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The Systems Engineering building could close owing to low enrolment, an almost £2m deficit and "disappointing" academic research results.
Some subjects will be moved to other departments, but degrees including BScs in Robotics and IT will cease in 2016.
Students currently enrolled in the more than ten subjects under threat will have their degrees honoured.
Up to 15 academic and 20 support posts will be lost if the recommendations go ahead, the university said.
Vice-Chancellor Sir David Bell said: "We believe these recommendations are in the best long-term interests of the whole institution.
"We have not made these recommendations at all lightly, but our proposals strike the right balance between building on existing strengths and taking robust action on weaker areas."
The degrees recommended to be axed are:
The existing BSc Computer Science, which accounts for nearly 60% of all SSE undergraduates, and MSc Advanced Computer Science would continue under a new Department of Computer Science, created within the School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences.
New divisions will also be created to retain research expertise in certain subjects.
The university's council will decide on the recommendations, made by a review group, on 13 July.
Amid arrows that climb upwards to an ever-richer, higher-profile future is the claim that 10 teams should be "capable" of reaching the 31 October final at Twickenham.
Considering only eight teams have ever made the semi-finals in the tournament's history, it is a bold suggestion.
The story of Samoa, eliminated in the group stages at the last three tournaments but brimful of raw talent and proud history, illustrates why the target of the IRB, now World Rugby, is not a realistic one.
And why the the game's governing body itself is, at least partly, to blame.
Last November, the All Blacks, Australia, France and Italy posted pictures on Twitter in support of Samoa ahead of their Test against England.
The Samoa United campaign wasn't driven by anti-English sentiment, but concern for their fellow professionals.
For while each of the home players in that Twickenham match earned £15,000, Samoa's squad were on approximately £500 a week - around £70 a day - during their northern hemisphere tour.
That figure had not changed for more than 20 years and, according to players, would frequently be delayed or held back in part by the Samoan Rugby Union.
At the last World Cup in 2011, some overseas-based players effectively played for Samoa for free once they paid for their own flights.
So, in November, Samoa threatened not to take to the field against England in protest at the irregularity and level of pay, as well as complaints that internal politics at the Samoan Rugby Union were interfering with team selection.
The union's president - also the country's prime minister - responded by calling his squad "little brats". World Rugby hastily got involved and a new agreement was finally reached at the end of August, just weeks before the start of the World Cup.
The union said it provided "certainty for players regarding fees" but made no mention of any increase.
"Some of the guys are amateurs and rely on this money to put food on the table," said Mahonri Schwalger, who skippered the side in the 2011 World Cup but has not been picked since then after criticising the management after the tournament.
"The SRU needs to realise this is a new era. Guys are making a career out of the sport and they need to pay the bills and pay the mortgage. Mentally you do not want to be thinking about these things before a big game."
It is a scenario a world away from the England player who joked that their World Cup quarter-final exit in 2011 meant "£35,000 down the toilet" rather than in his pocket.
Census Johnston, a keystone of the Samoa front row, admitted in April his decision to end his international career to focus on playing for Toulouse less than six months before the World Cup "might seem strange".
Yet not only did Johnston, 34, play for Samoa in their historic home Test against the All Blacks in July, he has been called up for their World Cup squad.
The French side were not amused by his appearance against New Zealand, with sporting director Fabien Pelous describing it as "unsettling" and first-team coach Ugo Mola warning it would have "consequences".
Toulouse have not yet reacted to the news he will not be playing for them in the Top 14 this autumn.
London Welsh second row Dan Leo claimed in May - before Samoa team-mate Johnston's apparent U-turn - that Pacific Islanders were being put under pressure to give up international rugby by their clubs.
Claims of clubs offering two different contracts - one with international rugby, one without and a 30-40% difference to the bottom line - or inducements to declare themselves unavailable to their country are not new.
After the last World Cup, Simon Mannix, Racing Metro's coach during the tournament, claimed three of the club's Fijian players did not go to New Zealand "because the club gave them a cheque if they stayed".
In England, Premiership clubs receive more than £175,000 a year for each player they provide to the national squad, but get no such compensation while their other internationals are unavailable.
Samoa wing Alesana Tuilagi and his England centre brother Manu, according to their agent, had their wages cut by Leicester during the 2011 tournament.
Leicester would only say the details of contracts were "confidential".
World Rugby's own code expressly forbids clubs "whether by contract, conduct or otherwise inhibiting, preventing, discouraging, disincentivising or rendering unavailable" players from international selection, stressing that high-quality international rugby is the lifeblood of the game.
But the emphasis is on players bringing cases to them rather than the governing body proactively seeking out violations.
Eliota Fuimaono-Sapolu is a qualified lawyer, a former Gloucester centre and a member of Samoa's 2011 World Cup squad.
"I had one year on a full salary at Gloucester and then the next year they changed it and put it into match fees. If I wasn't there I didn't get my money," he told BBC Sport.
"For someone on a decent contract, getting £3,000-£4,000 a week, when you get that cut and instead get maybe a tenth of that - it's a big loss."
"There is a very strong fairness in terms of the times of rest periods," World Rugby chairman Brett Gosper said in April 2013 ahead of the publication of the 2015 World Cup fixture list.
"It will be the same for all teams - far more equal, completely equal."
It certainly wasn't in 2011. Then, hosts New Zealand had their pool matches spread over 24 days while England's were in 22 days.
Pretty much all Six Nations and Rugby Championship teams had a more leisurely schedule than those outside the game's elite, some of whom packed four matches into 17 days.
The rationale given was that with the tournament in a less lucrative time zone, the 'big names' had to be given prime time fixture slots to generate the revenue that would in turn be used to build the game around the world.
Fuimaono-Sapolu criticised 2011's two-speed fixture list, claiming Samoa would have "killed" Wales had they, rather than their opponents, had three days' extra rest.
As Rugby World's analysis shows, 2015 is more equal but still some way short of the "completely equal" promised by Gosper.
Canada, Tonga, Namibia, Fiji and Romania will twice play matches off the back of four days or less rest, with the tournament's big names all spared tight turnarounds.
Rugby-playing nations are divided into different tiers by World Rugby. These were initially based upon "playing strength and potential", but World Rugby's own ranking suggests there is little difference between Italy and Scotland in tier one and Samoa, Tonga and Fiji in the strata below.
These classifications matter as they decide the funding and support which flows back to unions from World Cups which, this time around, is expected to generate about £180m profit.
World Rugby has trumpeted £34m investment in tier two nations since the last World Cup.
However, with less fanfare, the 10 tier one nations have been paid more than double that - £7.5m each - from World Cup coffers to compensate for the revenues they might have earned organising matches during the time of the World Cup.
With a £4m fund to be split among all the teams in increasing amounts depending on progress in tournament, even exceptional performance won't carry a huge financial reward for a 'lesser light'.
"Those millions of pounds of profit are not World Rugby's money - that is money they owe the tier two nations," said Fuimaono-Sapolu.
"If you take those 10 tier two nations out there is no 'World' Cup. That is not charity. At the last World Cup, Samoa sold out Hamilton, Eden Park, Albany. That money should come to the tier two already by right and there should be more of it."
Instead, Samoa felt they needed to hold a fundraising drive before the 2011 World Cup, seeking support from a population with an average annual income of £3,371.
Outside of their World Cup income, the Samoan Rugby Union's chances to make cash are slim.
Unable to convince big unions to tour - New Zealand's visit this summer was their first - Samoa have to travel to meet tier one opposition.
But away days don't pay. Their hosts keep all of the gate money, television receipts and bar takings.
So while England's players joined in prayer with their Samoa counterparts after their November test, the RFU retained the estimated £2m generated by an 84,000-sellout and paid Samoa a £45,000 appearance fee.
"This money is going to the same people it has gone to for time immemorial. It is neo-colonisation, and a brilliant, fraudulent arrangement," added Fuimaono-Sapolu.
Twenty-five years ago Samoans watched as one of their own, Va'aiga Tuigamala, rampaged through backlines wearing the All Blacks jersey.
More recently, they have seen Manu Tuilagi, whose five older brothers have all represented Samoa, doing something similar for England.
Times change, but the stream of Samoan talent re-emerging, after three years residency, in the colours of another nation continues.
Schwalger now runs a rugby academy in Samoa and believes that while it may offend rugby romantics, realists will understand that schooling Samoa's brightest prospects overseas ultimately strengthens the national team.
"At the moment, schools in Australia and New Zealand and clubs in Europe are offering our kids opportunities we cannot," he says.
"We don't have finances, we don't have facilities, we don't have the coaches - so the only way to develop our kids is to send them out.
"They can play a better level of rugby out there and hopefully come back and represent Samoa in the future.
"Not everyone can play for the All Blacks! Eventually Samoan people will realise that if other countries come over and take our kids, it is a blessing."
After Wales famously lost to Western Samoa - as Samoa was formerly known - at the 1991 World Cup, the joke was that Alan Davies' side were lucky they weren't facing the whole of Samoa.
Come 2015 and the rest of the rugby world might be even luckier not to be facing a Samoa side with the resources and advantages of their opponents.
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The police will look for local sources of air pollution, including open-air barbecues and dusty roads, Cai Qi says, according to Xinhua state news agency.
The mayor has also promised to reduce coal consumption by 30% this year.
Many residents have been forced to stay in their homes for days at a time to avoid breathing the poisonous air.
The public has been calling on the government to do more to address major sources of smog, including reducing China's reliance on coal-fired power plants, the primary source of electricity in the country.
Officials say unfavourable weather conditions in the capital have prevented pollutants from dispersing.
"Open-air barbecues, garbage incineration, biomass burning, dust from roads - these acts of non-compliance with regulations are actually the result of lax supervision and weak law enforcement," Mr Cai was quoted by Xinhua as saying.
The city's only coal-fired power plant will be closed after the winter, when consumption increases for heating, Mr Cai added.
Another 300,000 high-polluting old vehicles will be phased out, Xinhua says. Polluting factories will be closed and some 2,000 others will be upgraded to meet higher pollution treatment standards.
Beijing authorities had earlier announced that they would begin installing air purifiers in some of the city's schools and kindergartens. They were already ordered to stop all outdoor activities.
The 22-year-old suffered his initial bicep problem playing for England U20s in March 2013 that caused him to miss the junior version of the World Cup.
He had further minor injuries but has started in the Sharks past two games in the Champions Cup.
"It has been brutal as most of the injuries I've had are all upper body," he told BBC Sport.
"So it has all been lower body weights in rehab, a lot of running involved and I basically don't have any biceps anymore - I've got an Achilles heel tendon holding my left one together and then I did my right one at the start of the season.
"It was a serious thing as the rehab had to be down to every fine detail about getting it right to make sure it was 100% before I came back.
"It was quite frightening for my career as before that I hadn't really had any injuries, now it just makes me hungry to play."
The Namibia-born back agreed a deal with Sale aged 16 becoming their youngest ever signing at the time and represented England through the age groups from under-16 up to under-20.
He joked: "I think the Sale physios are my best mates with the amount of time I spend with them. I'm sick of seeing the inside of the gym, really it is just a good feeling getting back out there and playing.
"It is about me kicking on now and putting my hand up for selection by showing what I can do."
Sale director of rugby Steve Diamond also confirmed that he would now not be looking to make additions for this season, but is close to agreeing deals for players for the 2017-18 campaign.
"I think we've got enough quality here if we get some momentum to get comfortable in the league," said the former Sharks hooker.
"There are new two or three for next season we'll have decisions on this week and we're still trying to negotiate with George Ford's agent but it is down to Bath now I think, that is out of our hands.
"If Bath don't release him then we'll look elsewhere."
The brawl erupted as a committee met to discuss the government-backed changes to the constitution.
Some parliamentarians launched themselves into the melee from a table, others threw water or aimed punches.
The opposition Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) say the move is aimed at stifling dissent.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called for members of the pro-Kurdish HDP to face prosecution, accusing them of being an extension of the banned Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK).
Several parliamentarians were injured in the fighting.
A session last week on the constitutional changes also broke up in violence.
The Scotland Under-21 international has yet to feature for the Premier League side's first team since a £1m move from Hamilton last summer.
Hendrie, 21, spent the second half of last season on loan at League One side Southend, making five appearances.
"He's not the finished article because he's a young kid, but he has scope for development," said manager Owen Coyle.
"I know West Ham have got high hopes for him to play in the Premier League in future years."
He told BBC Radio Lancashire: "I do expect to still announce another couple of signings this week - it's something I'm working very hard at."
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All of Northern Ireland's five trusts have cancelled some non-urgent elective surgeries.
It is one of the measures put in place in order to tackle demands on the emergency system.
The Department of Health said the minister, Jim Wells, was "aware of the increased pressures across the system".
The Belfast Health Trust has cancelled all non-urgent elective surgery up to and including 11 January.
Ken Lowry, the medical director at the Northern Trust, said: "We do not set out to disturb people's plans.
"Unfortunately, no one saw the level of activity across Northern Ireland coming to the extent it has over the past three or four days. I don't think you could blame anyone for that.
"We had planned for the normal anticipated upturn that happens every year but, what we are seeing here is something we have never seen before."
Medical director of the Western Health Trust Dr Alan McKinney said staff in Altnagelvin Hospital in Londonderry have been under extra pressure.
Eighteen people were waiting for beds on trolleys there on Tuesday night.
"The winter pressure of new admissions does cause problems but the flow of patients coming in is faster than those going out," he said.
"There is pressure on staff in the accident and emergency department but also in other medical wards.
"We had to delay patients who need non-urgent procedures and open our day case spaces to deal with the overflow.
"Wards have also been taking extra patients and we have also been putting more patients in rehab spaces.
"We are also trying to get packages of care in the community in place.
"Even with those contingencies in place, we are still under pressure."
A Derry woman, who has been in Altnagelvin Hospital since Sunday, told the BBC that "management is running around trying to deal with the situation".
"I came in with severe abdominal pains on Sunday. I eventually was looked at after waiting a couple of hours.
"The staff were more than good but were constantly apologising about having no beds.
"They put me in the day case unit and that's where I'm still at. They said it was because of the lack of beds.
"Staff are being pulled from ward to ward. Bed managers are constantly walking about. It's very evident there is a problem."
Garret Martin, deputy director of the Royal College of Nursing, said: "Our members are facing a lot of pressure.
"You do see an increase in waiting times and blockages in the system at this time of the year. This adds to the overall pressures.
"There are issues that are compounded by the financial situation. Discharges are being delayed.
"Frontline staff are doing the best they can but there has to be a better way."
In a tweet on Tuesday night, Mr Wells said: "I am so grateful for the dedication and hard work of all the staff who are under huge pressure in our hospitals."
In a statement, the Department of Health said: "Emergency Departments across the British Isles are currently facing pressures with major incidents called in England and unprecedented numbers waiting for admission to a bed in the Irish Republic.
"The regional unscheduled care task group has been set the clear aim of eliminating all avoidable 12-hour emergency department waiting time breaches and of making significant progress towards achieving the four-hour waiting time standard.
"However, this is an issue that doesn't just concern emergency departments. It's about ensuring the whole system works together to support patient care, this includes GPs, ambulance service, community care teams as well as those staff who work in acute hospitals.
"In tandem with all of this, it is of crucial importance that people use urgent and emergency care services appropriately to avoid adding pressure on to an already busy system."
Judges at the Extraordinary African Chamber said there was sufficient evidence against Mr Habre, who is in custody in Senegal.
The court was set up by Senegal and the African Union to try Mr Habre after his arrest in 2013.
His trial will mean the first use of universal jurisdiction in Africa.
Mr Habre, now 72, is accused of thousands of political killings during his 1982-90 presidency, which ended when he was deposed by the current Chadian President, Idriss Deby.
He denies the charges and refuses to recognise the legitimacy of the court.
In 2008, Mr Habre was sentenced to death in absentia by Chad for leading an armed rebellion in the country earlier that year.
The trial is expected to begin in May or June.
It will be held by a three-member panel: two Senegalese judges and a foreign lead judge from another African Union member state.
Jacqueline Moudeina, lead lawyer for the alleged victims in the case, said: "After so many years, Habre's victims are now on the verge of seeing justice done for what they have endured."
Clement Abaifouta, a political prisoner during Mr Habre's rule, said that "we are finally going to be able to confront our main tormentor and regain our dignity as human beings".
Dubbed "Africa's Pinochet", Mr Habre was first indicted in Senegal in 2000 but the country's courts ruled at the time that he could not be tried there.
He was charged by Belgium with crimes against humanity and torture in 2005 but Senegal refused four extradition requests.
She's released her second UK number one album, picked up three Grammy nominations for Shake It Off and sat in a car with Greg James.
But it would seem a world tour and making her first trip to Norwich for Radio 1's Big Weekend in May isn't enough to keep her occupied this year.
According to the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), she's trademarked five phrases from 1989 with the US government.
"Party like it's 1989", "this sick beat", "cause we never go out of style", "could show you incredible things" and "nice to meet you, where you been?" have all apparently been trademarked by the singer.
While lyric copyright is commonplace, it's not clear why Taylor's gone the extra mile to take legal ownership of these five phrases.
One logical answer would be that she doesn't want merchandise to have the phrases printed on it.
The fact that the trademark applications were submitted days before the release date of 1989 would also suggest some official "this sick beat" products in the pipeline.
What is certain though is that she wouldn't be the first celebrity to attempt to have a trademark in their name.
The Happy singer and The Voice coach got into a legal dispute over the phrase "I am" after Williams tried to trademark the name of his I Am Other project.
But the Black Eyed Peas frontman objected and started legal action, saying people could confuse Pharrell's venture with his I.Am.Symbolic company.
After several rounds of legal appearances, the two musicians ultimately agreed to settle their creative differences outside court.
This one has been rumbling on for a while.
It essentially boils down to the Walt Disney Company seeking to block the DJ's attempt to trademark his cartoon, mouse-shaped headpiece.
Disney argues, in the form of a 171-page document, that the "mau5head" logo is too similar to its long-established Mickey ears.
Jersey Shore star Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi wanted to own the rights to her nickname in connection with her TV personality and books.
However, the USPTO blocked the attempt because it had already granted the rights to a fictional cat in 2004.
Snooky the Cat has his own line of books, Adventures of Snooky, from Brian J. Publishing Inc and USPTO was worried about a "likelihood of confusion" between Snooky and Snooki.
In a similar vein to Snooki, the power couple were too late trying to trademark their daughter's name.
It's thought there were plans to launch a line of children's clothing and other baby products under the name Blue Ivy - but the rights to the name were already granted to Boston-based wedding events firm Blue Ivy Events.
This one slipped through the net. Yes, Paris Hilton owns the rights to her catchphrase "that's hot".
Ironically, few people seem to have actually used the phrase since the trademark was granted in 2007 but that hasn't stopped the socialite earning from it.
In 2010 Paris won an undisclosed settlement from Hallmark cards after they produced a card which used the term in the pun.
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Deep below the City of London is a world few people ever see.
Iron girders span the length of a vast subterranean space - the floor is thick with river silt and the Victorian brick walls drip with condensation.
Workers here in the Fleet mainline sewer call this the "viewing gallery" - a space the size of a church hall cut into the earth, from where you can see millions of litres of raw sewage flowing from 500,000 homes on its long journey to treatment works in the east.
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The sewers are part of a 20,000-mile network owned and run by Thames Water - and are a unique piece of British history.
They were built in the 1860s by the engineer Sir Joseph Bazalgette to intercept raw sewage that previously ended up being flushed straight into the Thames.
It followed a series of outbreaks of cholera that killed 40,000 people in the first half of the 19th Century - the Victorians believed the disease was contracted through airborne "miasma" due to sewage in the open air.
Their solution was a 1,000-mile network of underground sewers, the construction of which caused much controversy thanks to the £4.2m cost (the equivalent of £430m today), but prevented sewage being dumped in the river.
It was not until after the vast project was complete that the Victorians finally understood that cholera was waterborne - the deaths had actually resulted from pumping drinking water straight from the river into which raw sewage had been flushed.
"They got the right answer to the wrong problem," says Dr Stephen Halliday, author of The Great Stink of London.
He says: "One of the things about cholera and typhoid and other waterborne diseases is that they affect everyone - they affect the rich as well as the poor," he says, explaining what drove the decision to build the Bazalgette sewers.
"Waterborne diseases, unlike the diseases of urban filth carried by rats and fleas, [affected] members of parliament and the Royal Family as well as the poorer people, who in those days of course didn't have the vote."
Today Bazalgette's network remains in superb condition - the lack of sunlight, the moisture and the regular temperature are perfect for maintaining the Victorian brickwork, according to one worker.
But there is a problem - the sewers are being deluged.
They were built to take not only waste water from people's homes, but to act as London's drainage system - when it rains, the sewers fill up.
The population they serve has quadrupled since the 1860s and vast areas of land have been concreted or paved over.
Where storm water once drained into the earth, now it surges straight into the sewage system.
The sewers overflow on a weekly basis, flushing 39 million tonnes of raw sewage straight into the Thames each year, according to Phil Stride from Thames Water.
He says: "It is absolutely not consistent for a world-leading city to be using its river as an open sewer.
"We need to build a project that will intercept those flows and take them off to east London for treatment before they are discharged into the river," says Mr Stride, who is overseeing the Thames Tideway Tunnel project.
The 15-mile tunnel would start in Acton, west London, and follow much of the route of the river, capturing raw sewage and taking it to a pumping station in Stratford in the east of the city.
Those in the engineering business call it a "megaproject" - a 200ft (60m) deep tunnel, as wide as the Channel Tunnel, which will take 10 years to build and cost £4.2bn - nearly half the cost of the 2012 Olympics.
It would eventually add up to £80 a year to Thames Water customers' bills.
A preliminary hearing on Thursday will start the Planning Inspectorate's long inquiry process before a final decision could be taken by the government next year. If the tunnel gets the go-ahead, it is due for completion in 2026.
But the scheme faces strong opposition.
Much of the building work will take place around the clock, causing "mayhem" for people who live near the tunnelling sites, says Christian Sarrasin, from the environmental group, Clean Thames Now and Always.
"We've concreted over all the cities and that's why we've got this issue with the Thames Tunnel," he says.
He says there are cheaper, greener alternatives to it that involve preventing storm water flooding into the sewers in the first place.
So-called "green infrastructure" projects - often involving rooftops being covered in soil and plants - are being used extensively in the US city of Philadelphia where officials say they provide a "model" for flood and sewage management.
"You actually get massive benefits from this," says Mr Sarrasin, "it improves everybody's quality of life."
His group claims another green innovation - porous asphalt roads that soak up or store water - are a better alternative, and believe that converting half of the roads in central London would mitigate the entire need for the Thames Tunnel.
Both sides of the argument will be fully aired during the planning inquiry but there is no doubt that without some help the Victorian sewers will continue to struggle to meet the demands of 21st-Century London.
During Williams' Australian Open second-round tie with Stefanie Voegele in January, Adler said: "Venus moved in and put the guerilla effect on."
Adler apologised after viewers complained, but was dismissed by ESPN.
An ESPN spokesman told BBC Sport: "We have not been served and are declining further comment."
Adler's lawyer David M Ring said that "guerilla tennis" was a common phrase in the sport to describe an aggressive match, citing a Spike Jonze-directed advert featuring Andre Agassi and Peter Sampras that was named after the term.
Adler had worked for ESPN since 2008 and was a professional tennis broadcaster for six years prior to that.
He claims he suffered "emotional distress" after accusations of racism.
The incident in the central town of Muxungue followed two police raids on Renamo gatherings earlier in the week.
The police said the meetings were military training seminars organised to destabilise the country.
Renamo has said it will boycott local elections in November and intends to disrupt them.
The party says it feels the electoral process is fundamentally flawed.
Renamo and the governing Frelimo party fought against each other during Mozambique's 16-year brutal civil war, which ended in 1992.
The police said one woman and four officers died in the raid in Muxengue and 10 policemen were injured.
Renamo said it launched the attack in retaliation for the police raids on meetings they were holding in the towns of Gondola and Muxungue.
"Renamo is tired of persecution, humiliations, repression, dictatorship and slavery," AFP news agency quoted Renamo's security chief Ossufo Momad as saying.
A force of about 300 Renamo men have remained armed since the 1992 peace deal, despite efforts to integrate them into the army or police force.
Renamo leader Afonso Dhlakama says he needs his own personal bodyguards, and the men usually stay in his bush camp in the Gorongosa mountains in central Mozambique.
The BBC's Jose Tembe in the capital, Maputo, says this week's clashes have created an atmosphere of fear and rumour.
Some people in Muxengue and Gondola have fled their homes fearing further clashes and there is little traffic on the main highway between the central region and the capital, which is in the south of the country, he says.
National elections are due next year.
Mr Dhlakama took 16.5% of the vote in election in 2009 - the fourth time he had lost since the end of civil war.
The Shin Bet security service said about 60% of all funds sent to Gaza by the World Vision charity was being diverted to the Islamist movement.
It said Hamas recruited the charity's head of Gaza operations, Mohammed Halabi, more than a decade ago.
World Vision said it had no reason to believe the allegations were true.
It said it carried out regular audits of its Gaza programmes and was "shocked" by the charges.
"We will carefully review any evidence presented to us and will take appropriate actions based on that evidence," a statement said.
Hamas (either the organisation as a whole or in some cases its military wing) is designated a terrorist group by Israel, the US, EU, and UK among other countries.
A Hamas spokesman, Sami Abu Zuhri, said the group had "no connection to [Mr Halabi] and therefore, all Israeli accusations are void and aim to suppress our people," Reuters news agency reported.
In the wake of the accusations against Mr Halabi, Australia said it was suspending funding to World Vision until investigations into the matter were complete.
Shin Bet said Mr Halabi was arrested at the Erez border crossing in June and has now been charged with funding terrorism.
It said the aid money he funnelled to Hamas, and to its military wing the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, amounted to about $7.2m (£5.4m) a year.
Mr Halabi set up fictitious projects, including ostensibly to help farmers and disabled people, falsely registered Hamas members as employees, and invented and inflated invoices, siphoning off money to the group, Shin Bet said.
The security service said these funds were used, amongst other things, for the digging of tunnels intended to be used for attacks on Israeli civilian communities, the building of military bases and for the purchase of weapons.
It said one base costing $80,000 was paid for in cash from UK donations.
However, it said there was no evidence that the Christian charity's main office had been aware of Mr Halabi's alleged actions.
United were without a number of injured players, including Wayne Rooney, and lost David de Gea in the warm-up.
They took the lead through Memphis Depay's shot but Sergio Romero, who stepped in for De Gea, was unable to prevent Pione Sisto equalising.
United's Jesse Lingard hit the bar before Paul Onuachu struck the winner.
After losing to Sunderland 2-1 on Saturday, the Red Devils are six points shy of the top four in the Premier League, leaving qualification for next season's Champions League very much in the balance.
Winning the Europa League could represent their best chance of reclaiming a place in Europe's elite club competition, but if they are to do that they will have to be much better than they were against opponents who had not played for 71 days because of the Danish winter break.
That includes in the second leg of this tie, which is at Old Trafford in a week's time.
Midtjylland were only formed in 1999, the year United won their famous Treble, but what they lack in history they made up for with application and ability.
With 13 first-team players out and facing a side whose analytical tactical approach makes them a serious threat from set-pieces, United suffered a major setback when goalkeeper De Gea injured himself in the warm-up.
That meant a first United start in four months for Romero, but the Argentine proved an able replacement with three good saves.
One was a block to deny Vaclav Kadlec, who ran through unchallenged, just 56 seconds before United broke the deadlock through Depay's close-range finish from Lingard's cross.
Romero also produced a superb one-handed diving stop to keep out a powerful goalbound header from Onuachu in the second half.
Between those two saves, he could not stop Sisto pulling the hosts level with a shot that found the net via the shin of Chris Smalling.
Romero was equally powerless to keep out Onuachu's winner - a low drive after the substitute beat Juan Mata on the edge of the box.
A knee injury means United face a six-week insight into life without captain Rooney - an absence that could become permanent if reports of a move to China prove correct.
United have refused to comment on speculation about the striker's future, but his absence allowed Depay to make his first start since Boxing Day and gave Anthony Martial the chance to start up front.
Depay, the top scorer in the Dutch league last season prior to his £31m move to Old Trafford, had scored once in his previous 20 United appearances.
And while his display in Denmark was not a notable improvement on past performances in a United shirt he was able to add a goal to his modest tally of goals for the season, which now stands at six.
But the Dutchman, like the rest of the United team, offered little in the second half as the home side came back to win.
Martial, who has operated primarily on the left since joining the club for £36m in September, was largely anonymous in his central role.
Lingard struck the bar with a volley while the score was 1-1, but United rarely threatened as the clock ticked down.
United travel to Shrewsbury for an FA Cup fifth-round tie next Monday, followed three days later by the return leg against Midtjylland at Old Trafford.
Match ends, FC Midtjylland 2, Manchester United 1.
Second Half ends, FC Midtjylland 2, Manchester United 1.
Attempt blocked. Pione Sisto (FC Midtjylland) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Chris Smalling (Manchester United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Chris Smalling (Manchester United).
Marco Ureña (FC Midtjylland) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt blocked. Jesse Lingard (Manchester United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Anthony Martial.
Attempt missed. Michael Carrick (Manchester United) header from the right side of the box is too high. Assisted by Andreas Pereira with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Manchester United. Conceded by Filip Novak.
Attempt blocked. Jesse Lingard (Manchester United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Donald Love.
Attempt missed. Daniel Royer (FC Midtjylland) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Marco Ureña with a headed pass.
Foul by Andreas Pereira (Manchester United).
Ebere Paul Onuachu (FC Midtjylland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Marco Ureña (FC Midtjylland) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Kristoffer Olsson following a set piece situation.
Substitution, FC Midtjylland. Daniel Royer replaces Vaclav Kadlec.
Jesse Lingard (Manchester United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Jesse Lingard (Manchester United).
Ebere Paul Onuachu (FC Midtjylland) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt missed. Pione Sisto (FC Midtjylland) right footed shot from the right side of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by André Romer.
Chris Smalling (Manchester United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Vaclav Kadlec (FC Midtjylland).
Substitution, Manchester United. Andreas Pereira replaces Juan Mata.
Goal! FC Midtjylland 2, Manchester United 1. Ebere Paul Onuachu (FC Midtjylland) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Marco Ureña.
Michael Carrick (Manchester United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Marco Ureña (FC Midtjylland).
Corner, Manchester United. Conceded by Pione Sisto.
Substitution, Manchester United. Morgan Schneiderlin replaces Ander Herrera.
Attempt blocked. Jesse Lingard (Manchester United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ander Herrera.
Attempt missed. Vaclav Kadlec (FC Midtjylland) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Kian Hansen.
Attempt missed. Pione Sisto (FC Midtjylland) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Marco Ureña.
Substitution, FC Midtjylland. Marco Ureña replaces Rilwan Hassan.
Offside, FC Midtjylland. Kristoffer Olsson tries a through ball, but Vaclav Kadlec is caught offside.
Memphis Depay (Manchester United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Kian Hansen (FC Midtjylland).
Foul by Michael Carrick (Manchester United).
Rilwan Hassan (FC Midtjylland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt saved. Ebere Paul Onuachu (FC Midtjylland) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Kristoffer Olsson with a cross.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Substitution, FC Midtjylland. Ebere Paul Onuachu replaces Martin Pusic.
Donald Love (Manchester United) is shown the yellow card.
United hold a 1-0 lead over Celta Vigo heading into Thursday's semi-final second leg at Old Trafford.
Mourinho says a busy fixture schedule made it necessary to prioritise.
"Seventeen matches in seven weeks is impossible. It's not a gamble, just a consequence of our situation," he said.
"It was a simple decision, based on common sense."
The Europa League champions are guaranteed Champions League football for next season, as are the top four finishers in the Premier League.
The Red Devils are currently fifth in the league, four points behind fourth-placed Manchester City with three games remaining.
Mourinho made eight changes as United's 25-match unbeaten run in the league was ended by Arsenal on Sunday.
The Portuguese coach is confident the Europa League remains United's best chance of securing Champions League football and insists he will have "no regrets" if his side ultimately fail to win the competition.
"Let's see if we can do it," he added.
"It doesn't matter what happens. No regrets, we are giving everything we can, the players and myself."
United striker Wayne Rooney backed his manager's decision.
"This club belongs in the Champions League," he said.
"Realistically, it's going to be difficult to do it through the league. We have to concentrate on winning the trophy."
Rooney continues to be linked with a big-money move to China, while Everton and the United States have been suggested as other potential destinations.
However, the England forward indicated he is keen to stay at Old Trafford.
He added: "Would I like to stay? I've been at this club 13 years," he said. "Of course, I want to play football."
Megan Williams and Charlie Hague built the house using local materials in the garden of her parents' home on land at Glandwr near Crymych in 2012.
More than 100,000 people had signed an online petition supporting the couple.
On Tuesday Pembrokeshire councillors refused to save the house. The couple say they will appeal.
Sculptor Mr Hague and Ms Williams argued that the straw-walled roundhouse, which took a year to build, has a low impact on the environment.
They lived in a caravan for four years, before moving into the new home just before their son was born.
Megan Williams said she and her partner wanted to live "an older and simpler way of life".
But they had not applied for planning permission at the time and faced calls from the council to demolish the house.
The couple asked the council to reconsider the issue after losing an appeal against a demolition order in 2013.
But officials said the couple had broken rules about developing homes in the countryside and recommended councillors refuse their second appeal.
Crymych councillor Keith Lewis prompted applause from the public at the meeting on Tuesday when he said there were no local objections to the house and the couple were "ahead of the game in many ways".
But planning officer David Popplewell said the property fell short of the guidance in the Welsh government's One Planet Development (OPD) policy.
Nine of the planning committee members voted to refuse the planning request, while four voted in favour of allowing the application.
Ms Williams said she and her partner felt "very disappointed" but were "determined to carry on...to save our home and get permission".
They have six months to launch an appeal, and Ms Williams said:" That's the way we're going to go."
Asked if she was confident they could win, she replied: "We can't think any other way."
In a statement, Pembrokeshire council said it had originally issued an enforcement notice against the roundhouse in December 2012.
It said: "An appeal against this decision was refused by a Welsh government planning inspector last July.
"The inspector said the benefits of the development did not outweigh the harm to the character and appearance of the countryside."
It said the committee members voted to refuse the retrospective application for the house as it was "an unjustified development in open countryside contrary to planning policies".
It was a struggle to get work with a small baby in tow, and a bricklaying apprenticeship ended after three months, due to workplace bullying.
Glynn's story is typical of more than a quarter of a million young women who need more support to find work, according to the Young Women's Trust.
Being shut out of the workforce leads to isolation and depression for too many young women, says YWT in a report.
The latest official figures show 285,000 young women are currently classed as economically inactive (not working and not looking for work), and are also not in employment, education or training.
That is 82,000 more than the figure for young men.
Of these young women, almost a third would take jobs if they could and 86% want to work in the future, suggests the study.
But they face obstacles, such as unaffordable childcare and an expectation among some families that good mothers should stay at home with their children.
And for other young women who are not mothers, caring responsibilities for younger siblings or sick relatives can make paid work impossible.
Many of these young women struggle financially and too often develop mental health problems, the researchers found.
"There appears to be a vicious spiral, where a lack of appropriate employment opportunities leads to isolation and stress which leads to anxiety and depression, and which in turn make it harder to engage in work," says the report.
Dr Carole Easton, the trust's chief executive, said: "Young women are telling us they want to work but too often they are shut out of the jobs market by a lack of networks and support and a lack of convenient childcare.
"While the government focuses on reducing its unemployment figures, hundreds of thousands of women who are not included in the numbers are being forgotten."
The report calls for:
Glynn, from London, is now a trainee on a Young Women's Trust scheme.
Her son is now nine and she says his father's family have helped a lot with childcare - but she has sometimes struggled to hold down low-skilled jobs and often avoided signing on because "it's such a disheartening experience when you are in there.
"You need to be able to sell yourself as the best candidate for the job but it's hard to do this because the lack of support takes its toll on how you feel about work."
A government spokesman said: "There are more women in work than ever before - up by well over a million since 2010 with fewer than 5% of all young women unemployed and not in full-time education.
"And we're doing more than ever to support families with the cost of childcare by investing a record £6bn per year by the end of this Parliament, giving working parents up to 30 hours of childcare a week for three- and four-year-olds."
North Korea is subject to strict sanctions because of its nuclear weapons programme.
The sanctions were extended to Ocean Maritime Management (OMM) last year after one of its ships was found to be importing weapons from Cuba.
The UN Security Council is to discuss the report on Thursday.
The report, from a panel of experts monitoring the sanctions, said OMM had renamed 13 of its 14 ships, and transferred their ownership to shell companies, which meant they were effectively erased from the blacklist database.
"These changes are likely a strategy to evade assets freezes by member states," said the report, quoted by AFP news agency. The company has operations in at least 10 countries.
The report also said that despite the sanctions, North Korea was continuing to "attempt to procure or transfer items relating to its nuclear and missile programmes".
Under United Nations sanctions, North Korea is banned from weapons exports and the import of all but small arms.
But in July 2013, the North Korea vessel Chong Chon Gang was stopped in Panama on suspicion of carrying drugs.
Police found undeclared Cuban military cargo hidden on board, hidden under bags of sugar in its hold.
The authorities in Havana admitted being behind the stash, saying they were Soviet-era arms from Cuba headed for repair in North Korea.
The UN's North Korea sanctions committee said at the time that OMM had "played a key role in arranging the shipment of the concealed cargo of arms".
More than 95% of investors at Aberdeen and 98% at Standard Life voted in favour of the deal during general meetings held on Monday.
The enlarged company, to be called Standard Life Aberdeen, will be headed up by Keith Skeoch and Aberdeen boss Martin Gilbert with a 16-member board.
The two companies agreed the terms of the merger in March.
Simon Troughton, chairman of Aberdeen Asset Management, said the result was a "landmark" in the firm's history.
He said: "We are pleased with the overwhelming support Aberdeen shareholders have shown for the proposed merger.
"They recognise the strategic and financial rationale of the transaction which will create the UK's largest active asset manager and one of the top 25 globally.
"This deal opens up significant opportunities across all facets of Aberdeen's business and is an important step towards realising the company's ambition of creating a world-class investment business with a truly global footprint."
The deal also faces regulatory scrutiny, with the Competition and Markets Authority last month launching an investigation to ascertain if the tie-up could harm competition within the industry.
If it gets the green light, the merger will create Europe's second-biggest fund manager with £670bn under management.
The merger is hoping to achieve cost savings of £200m a year, with about 800 jobs expected to be lost over a three-year period from a global workforce of 9,000.
Standard Life chairman Sir Gerry Grimstone said: "I'm delighted our shareholders have voted to support the merger today.
"Our merger with Aberdeen will be one of the most significant events in our near 200-year history, creating a well-diversified world-class investment company.
"There are still some approvals to be granted before the merger can complete and I know the teams in both companies are working through these diligently.
"We are still on track for a completion date of Monday 14 August and will keep our shareholders informed of developments."
Shares in Standard Life and Aberdeen were up 2% and 5% respectively in afternoon trading on the London Stock Exchange.
At an elaborate ceremony at the Élysée Palace in Paris, he said his presidency would "give the French back the confidence to believe in themselves".
He vowed to see the EU "reformed and relaunched" during his time in office.
He takes over from François Hollande, whose five-year term was plagued by high unemployment figures.
Mr Macron was proclaimed France's new president a week after his resounding victory over the National Front's Marine le Pen, with 66% of the vote in the run-off poll.
The former investment banker, who had never contested an election before and only formed his centrist movement a year ago, has vowed to shake up the country's political order and reinvigorate its economy.
Tight security was in place across Paris for the ceremony at the president's official residence, with hundreds of extra police on patrol.
France has been under a state of emergency since terror attacks in 2015 and a large section of the city centre was closed to traffic all morning.
During his inaugural address on Sunday, President Macron pledged to restore the confidence of the French people in their country's future.
"The division and fractures in our society must be overcome," said the centrist politician.
"The world and Europe need more than ever France, and a strong France, which speaks out loudly for freedom and solidarity," he declared.
He said he would convince the people that "the power of France is not declining - that we are on the brink of a great renaissance".
Speaking later during a visit to the capital's town hall, President Macron praised the way Parisians had responded to terror attacks.
He said that rather than hide behind barricades, many had opened their doors and offered help "because the face of Paris is the face of France, that of a living fraternity".
He also promised to strongly support the city's bid to host the 2024 Olympic Games.
He was presented with a chain of office once worn by Napoleon I, as a symbol of his position as Grand Master of the Legion of Honour (a title usually given to the leader of France).
Before the inauguration ceremony began, he spent nearly an hour with his predecessor, who handed him the country's nuclear codes. It was Mr Hollande who launched the new president's political career, appointing him first as adviser and later economy minister.
Despite historic low approval ratings, the former president tweeted after leaving the palace: "I leave a country in a much better state than I found it."
It was interesting to note how many "re-" words Emmanuel Macron used in his address. There was "re-formulate", "re-invent", "re-mould", "re-juvenate", "re-launch". And of course "re-naissance".
It was all intended to "re"-enforce the message that this presidency will be one of newness, youth and optimism.
Mr Macron is one of nature's optimists. Francois Hollande - the man from whose hands he took the reins of power - said that when Mr Macron worked for him, he "radiated joy". An almost preternaturally sunny demeanour, combined with his winning way with words, has been the new president's magic formula.
But to hold presidential office is to walk a road of thorns. Rarely is there good news to smile at. Success - if it comes at all - may only be appreciated years later. Mr Macron's "re-splendent" personality is about to tested like never before.
At 39, Mr Macron is France's youngest leader since Napoleon and the first to be born after 1958, when a presidential system was set up.
His En Marche political movement was formed just last year and as a new party - La République En Marche - will be fielding candidates across France in June's parliamentary elections.
He has promised to "work for everyone" and sees his programme as straddling both left and right.
Mr Macron's first week in office will be busy. He heads for Berlin on Monday to meet Chancellor Angela Merkel and to demonstrate his commitment to the European Union.
He is also expected to name a prime minister on Monday morning.
Mr Macron faces major challenges including high unemployment, especially among France's young, and low growth.
He says his main aims are to boost investment and to set up a "new growth model" that increases social mobility and helps the environment.
Defence lawyers wanted a delay to allow more time to prepare.
The men apparently confessed to the killings earlier this month. Police have denied subsequent reports the pair then withdrew their confessions.
Hannah Witheridge, 23, and 24-year-old David Miller were killed in an attack on the island of Koh Tao last month.
Post-mortem examinations found Mr Miller, from Jersey, died from drowning and a blow to the head, while Miss Witheridge, from Great Yarmouth, died from head wounds.
The police investigation into the murders has been widely criticised. On Monday the UK Foreign Office summoned the Thai charge d'affaires to express concern.
The two suspects were in court for a pre-trial witness hearing on the island of Koh Samui on Tuesday, but did not testify.
Three potential witnesses, also of Burmese origin, are due to take the stand.
The two suspects, both aged 21, are charged with conspiracy to murder, conspiracy to rape and robbery.
Lawyers representing the pair have argued for the proceedings to be postponed because they say they have been allowed too little time to prepare a defence.
Thai police have been criticised for allegedly not allowing lawyers or translators to be present when the suspects were questioned.
Foreign Office minister Hugo Swire summoned Nadhavathna Krishnamra, the Thai charge d'affaires to the UK, on Monday to express concern over the way the investigation has been handled since the bodies were discovered on a beach on 15 September.
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office said it followed a call made by Mr Swire to Thailand's deputy prime minister and foreign minister earlier this month.
The Burmese government and parliament have also issued statements of concern.
But, as the pre-trial hearing began on Tuesday, Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha dismissed growing concern and denied that the Thai charge d'affaires had been summoned.
He said: "They did not summon us. We went to provide clarification to them.
"We went to show them how we work. They might be surprised at how quickly we work but we explained the steps we have in place."
In a statement, the Foreign Office said: "Mr Swire stressed that there was a real concern in the UK about how the investigation has been handled by the Thai authorities.
"He said that it was crucial for the investigation to be conducted in a fair and transparent way."
British ambassador Mark Kent tweeted that he had a nearly three-hour meeting with the Thai police and Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Burmese ambassador and delegation, about the murders.
Thai police say that DNA found on Ms Witheridge matched samples taken from the men.
Funeral services for Mr Miller and Ms Witheridge have taken place in recent weeks.
This is the full statement to the inquests from his mother, Dolores Steele:
On 24 May, 1973, we welcomed into our family our new baby son and decided to name him Philip John Steele, as his birthday fell so close to the feast of St Philip.
His brother, Paul, and his sister, Denise, were delighted with the new addition to our family, and they were pleased to note every sign of progress along the way.
Nearly three years later, Brian was born and this completed our family unit. Philip was only 15 years of age when he was taken from us.
Philip loved his life, his school, work and play, but there was something that came top of his list, and that was football.
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We knew straight away that his favourite football team would be Liverpool, following in his father's footsteps. The boys were full of excitement when their dad, Les, took them to Anfield and when I joined them at home matches.
Philip spent hours reading about Liverpool Football Club. He knew about football heroes past and present and everything there was to know about the club.
I still have a collection of his football books that he always had his head buried in. He sat quiet and contentedly reading these books, and I often teased him and said, "Philip, you are just making too much noise in here".
I can clearly remember cold winter nights when our family grouped around the television watching video tapes of Laurel and Hardy with a bag of sweets.
Whilst watching, Philip sometimes burst into fits of laughter, so much so that we would all turn our attention on him and away from Laurel and Hardy, wondering what was so funny; sorry, Stan and Ollie.
When I think of our lovely son, his laughter rings in my ears.
We had a lot of fun together as a family, often going on family holidays to Jersey. Our hotel was on the beach and we were always blessed with good weather.
One year, Les decided to buy all the children surfboards, which nobody knew how to use. They were on the beach in shallow water two inches deep and trying to surf.
It was a scene and I just remember thinking, 'this isn't going anywhere', but they had so much fun with each other.
Philip joined the Cubs, and although he was very quiet natured, he really enjoyed all the activities, including camping excursions to various places.
He also became an altar boy in our local church at nine, a duty he took seriously. He is still well remembered at our church.
I can remember one Easter, our priest Father John Hyland asked Philip and Bryan to say the prayers of The Stations of the Cross at the 3.00pm service on Good Friday. Father John asked the boys to come to church in the morning and practise the prayers.
I overheard Philip say, "If we have to go to church any more times today, I may as well bring my bed", which made me chuckle.
Brian and Philip were very close, as they were only two years apart. As the youngest, Brian loved to play with the older children, and so he tagged along with Philip.
I bumped into one of Philip's friends not so long ago, and he told me how he recalls Brian always being by Philip's side; uninvited, but Philip never minded.
We did a lot of things together as a family and, on 15 April, 1989, we awoke to a beautiful bright sunny day to attend the match together. Les and I took our dog for a walk and our daughter Denise set off for work.
We left home at 10.00am, making sure we had plenty of time to drive to Sheffield. Les was a stickler for good time-keeping, so an early start was inevitable.
Les was never the same since we lost Philip and died in September, 2001. He could not come to terms with the fact that we were at Hillsborough and that he was unable to save his son. It was all too much for him.
In concluding this short summary of Philip's life, may I say, from the minute he was born until he died, he filed our family with love and joy. I never heard Philip say anything negative about anyone.
My first thought each morning is of Philip, as well as the last thought at night. He is always with us. Thank you for your love and beautiful smile.
That smile could light up the world and I am very proud of you, Philip.
Some 3,000 tents will be flown in from Denmark to provide shelter for some of the estimated 680,000 people affected.
Two-thirds of Benin has suffered from months of heavy rain, and about 800 cases of cholera have been reported.
It is the worst flooding to hit the country - one of the poorest in the world - since 1963.
Areas previously thought not to be vulnerable to flooding have been devastated and villages wiped out.
"There are huge areas that are covered in water so people are living on the tops of their houses, because people try to stay near their homes," Helen Kawkins of the Care aid agency told the BBC.
The flooding has sparked major health concerns, with drinking and bathing water contaminated by human waste which has overflowed from latrines.
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The number of cases of cholera are rising daily, with more than 50 reported in the largest city, Cotonou, alone, Care says. Dozens of people have died as a result of the flooding in the past few weeks, officials say.
People who have lost their homes have sought shelter in medical facilities, putting pressure on the country's health system.
The UN's Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs (Ocha) says an appeal for funds and aid is being planned.
The rain is continuing to deluge Benin and forecasters say there is no sign yet of it abating.
The 37-year-old was arrested in September before being charged in relation to alleged messages sent to her ex-husband James Placido.
Ms Marsh, from Great Dunmow in Essex, was due to appear at Chelmsford Magistrates' Court on Wednesday.
However, the case against her has been discontinued by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS).
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A CPS spokeswoman said: "We keep cases under constant review and following a further review of this case it was decided there was no longer sufficient evidence for a realistic prospect of conviction.
"We have contacted the court, Ms Marsh and the complainants to say that we are not continuing with the prosecution."
Dutchman Yanic Wildschut rode a series of tackles to put the Latics ahead and played his part as Will Grigg doubled their lead shortly after.
Posh halved the deficit when Erhun Oztumer pounced before substitute Souleymane Coulibaly equalised.
However Power raced onto Grant Holt's pass to find the winner and put Wigan a point outside the League One play-offs.
TV footage is not thought to reveal any contact by the fast bowler's spikes which might alter the ball's condition.
However, England batsman Joe Root appeared to exchange words with Riaz.
England assistant coach Paul Farbrace said: "The umpires dealt with it at the time and that is the end of it."
The tourists face a fight to avoid defeat after closing the fourth day 130-3 in pursuit of a notional 491.
Root is unbeaten on 59 and when asked about his altercation with Riaz, Farbrace said: "In the heat of battle you are going to see the odd exchange between players.
"Riaz certainly won't be signing for Chelsea in the Premier League with his footballing skills."
Even the most rudimentary hacking attempts could give hackers access to the devices, US company Rapid7 said.
Babies could be watched, but the cameras could also be used as a springboard to attack other home devices.
The report highlights potential security problems with web-enabled devices in the "internet of things".
Baby-monitoring cameras work by filming a child at home and sending a video stream to a personal website or an app on a smartphone or tablet.
The Rapid7 researchers said they had found serious security problems and design flaws in all of the cameras they tested.
Some had hidden, unchangeable passwords, often listed in their manuals or online, that could be used to gain access.
In addition, some of the devices didn't encrypt their data streams or some of their web or mobile features.
"There's a certain leap of faith you're taking with your child when you use one of these,'' says Mark Stanislav, a senior security consultant at Rapid7.
Higher camera prices don't translate to higher levels of security, he said.
More expensive models come with extra features, potentially giving hackers more ways to access a camera or its video stream, he added.
The Rapid7 research looked at seven baby monitors made by six different companies.
The Philips In.Sight B120 baby monitor, which is about £60, had flaws that could allow a hacker to start a camera and watch a video stream online, and also hack into a connected home computer, the report said.
Philips said that the model had been discontinued. It added that its branded video baby monitors were now licensed to Gibson Innovations, which was aware of the problems and was working on software updates to fix them.
The researchers also tested the iBaby and iBaby M3S, Summer Infant's Summer Baby Zoom, Lens Peek-a-View, Gynoii, and the Trendnet WiFi Baby Cam TV-IP743SIC.
Summer Infant said it was reviewing the report's findings and would make sure that any necessary precautions were taken to protect its customers' security.
Gynoii said it wanted to work with Rapid7 to fix the issues with its camera.
Trendnet said that physical access to its camera would be needed to exploit the security bug, but it had prepared a patch and a software update would be available soon.
It had originally intended to present the medal to all officers and support staff who had served more than three years.
The medals were to be issued to commemorate the first 10 years of the formation of the force.
The cost of going ahead with presenting the medal would have been more than £300,000.
Last year, the PSNI confirmed that plans for the medal had been submitted to the Department of Justice for consideration.
But when the anticipated cost of £320,000 emerged, the cost of the plan to award the medal became controversial.
Now, in the context of large scale cuts to the policing budget, there has been a rethink.
The PSNI has said it is now reviewing its proposal to award the service medal to police personnel and staff.
A spokesperson for the department of justice said: "The department is aware that PSNI are reviewing the proposal for a medal."
He was held in connection with an incident at William Perkin Church of England High School in Greenford, west London, which happened on 28 June.
The teenager was released on bail until late July, police said.
Karanbir Cheema died on Sunday, almost two weeks after collapsing.
A post-mortem examination is due to take place on Wednesday.
Alice Hudson, executive head teacher of Twyford Academy Trust, said: "Karanbir Cheema (known as Karan) was a popular Year 8 student at the school. He had many friends who are devastated at his death, as are the staff.
"He was a bright and keen student who excelled in maths. Our thoughts and prayers are with Karan's family."
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Leigh Day failed to disclose evidence its Iraqi clients were members of a "murderous" militia group when it represented them in compensation cases, a tribunal has heard.
The claims caused years of anguish to falsely accused soldiers, it was told.
Leigh Day and solicitors Martyn Day and Sapna Malik deny 19 misconduct charges.
Fellow solicitor Anna Crowther also denies one allegation of misconduct at the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal in London.
Without the firm's failures it was unlikely a £31m public inquiry into claims of murder and torture by UK soldiers would have taken place, the tribunal was told.
Representing the Solicitors Regulation Authority, Timothy Dutton QC, said: "Over a period of more than seven years, Martyn Day, Sapna Malik and Leigh Day made and maintained allegations that soldiers in the British Army had murdered, tortured and mutilated Iraqi civilians."
He said the lawyers had continued to act for their clients despite having a document showing they were members of a militia associated with the Mahdi Army, which had ambushed British troops.
Mr Dutton said the OMS (Shia militia group Office of the Martyr Al Sadr) detainee List had been in their possession from 2004 onwards and "undermined their clients' claims they were innocent bystanders in the Battle of Danny Boy".
The battle occurred on 14 May when British soldiers were ambushed near to the city of Al Amara by Iraqi insurgents of the Mahdi Army.
The tribunal heard Leigh Day had received some £9.5m for its work on the compensation cases.
The firm has always said the failure to disclose the detainee list was caused by "human error" and not professional wrongdoing.
Mr Dutton said if the list had been made available to others, it was unlikely legal aid would have been granted to Public Interest Lawyers and the long-running Al-Sweady inquiry would not have gone ahead.
Public Interest Lawyers, which submitted multiple allegations of misconduct by British troops during the Iraq War, has since closed down and its lead lawyer, Phil Shiner, has been struck off for misconduct.
Mr Dutton said: "If the respondents had discharged their duties, British soldiers and their families would not have had to endure torment and years of worry arising from false allegations endorsed by solicitors and members of the profession, made not just in claims but to the world's media."
The Al-Sweady inquiry concluded in its final report that the conduct of some soldiers towards detainees breached the Geneva Convention.
But it was highly critical of the claims it was initially set up to investigate - that Iraqi detainees had been murdered, mutilated and tortured following the Battle of Danny Boy.
It found that British forces responded to a deadly ambush by insurgents with "exemplary courage, resolution and professionalism".
Among the charges the lawyers face is an allegation of prohibited payments made to a person called Mazin Younis, and of improper conduct at a 2008 press conference involving Mr Shiner, where it was claimed that British soldiers had carried out the abuse.
The tribunal, which is scheduled to last seven weeks, is expected to be the longest and most expensive in the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal's history.
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A law firm has been accused of misconduct over the way it handled claims that British troops tortured civilians during the Iraq War.
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Joshua Williams, 18, was part of a group which attacked Alan Cartwright as he rode along Caledonian Road, Islington, in February.
In sentencing at the Old Bailey, Judge Rebecca Poulet QC described the crime as "gratuitous and senseless" and "motivated by acquisitive greed".
Williams was told he would serve a minimum of 21 years.
He had denied murder, but was found to have lashed out at Alan, delivering a single stab wound.
He had claimed to be at a youth club at the time of the attack, but jurors rejected his explanation.
Judge Poulet said the killing "rightly horrified and dismayed the public" and acknowledged a statement from Alan's mother, Michelle Watson, in which she had laid bare the "heartbreak" felt by the whole family.
During the trial, it emerged he had been on police bail on suspicion of possessing a 4in (10cm) lock knife, although he was never charged.
Shaquille Roberts, 18, and a 16-year-old - who cannot be identified because of their age - have already pleaded guilty to the bicycle robbery but have yet to be sentenced.
Alan was cycling with five friends on the evening of the attack when the trio intercepted them, the court heard.
They stepped out in front of the cyclists and managed to take two bikes, before Williams approached Alan and swung a knife at his chest in a "deliberate and gratuitous" stabbing.
Alan managed to cycle on for a short distance before collapsing. He was pronounced dead a short time later.
Williams was identified in a YouTube comment on CCTV footage after police posted it online, jurors heard during the trial.
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A man has been sentenced to life for murdering a 15-year-old cyclist during an attempt to steal his bike.
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Mr Kasparov saw fellow Russian Kirsan Ilyumzhinov retain his position as head of the World Chess Federation at a vote in the Norwegian Arctic city of Tromso.
Mr Ilyumzhinov has run the federation for 19 years.
However, his critics accuse him of being a Kremlin puppet with ties to brutal dictators.
Mr Ilyumzhinov won the election on Monday with 110 to 61 votes, on the sidelines of the Chess Olympiad in Tromso.
Mr Kasparov - a regular critic of Russia's elite - said the procedure was rigged.
"This has been an unfair fight from the very start," Mr Kasparov said before the vote.
Mr Kasparov, 51, is a noted human rights campaigner and an opponent of Russia's President Vladimir Putin.
He accuses Mr Ilyumzhinov of being too close to Russian President Vladimir Putin and says his presidency of the World Chess Federation has been marked by "abuse and favouritism".
"Every Russian embassy in the world has been mobilised to support Mr Ilyumzhinov and to keep him in office," Mr Kasparov told Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet.
"It's not about chess. This is a pure political fight."
Mr Ilyumzhinov, 52, claims he was once abducted by aliens who communicated telepathically and took him to another planet in a giant spaceship.
His critics say such claims have driven sponsors away from the game.
He has also been accused of damaging the reputation of the chess federation by cultivating close ties to dictators including Saddam Hussein and Muammar Gaddafi.
In a recent interview with the New York Times, he said: "Chess is beyond politics. [That] is why Kasparov is so dangerous. This is why it's necessary to fight him. This is what the chess world was afraid of: Kasparov started mixing chess with politics."
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Former chess champion Garry Kasparov has failed to take the game's top job from a multi-millionaire who says he was once abducted by aliens.
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The 2015 summer transfer window was as dramatic as any.
BBC Sport takes a look at some of the stories of the summer - and retells them in road signs.
Follow the escape lane previously used by Otamendi, Pedro, Ramos and pick another club. Manchester United is not your summer destination. The Reds were unsuccessful in a number of transfer bids this summer.
Fans of New York FC must be hoping the club's decision to sign Frank Lampard and Andrea Pirlo does not backfire. The former joined from Chelsea, aged 37, while Pirlo, 36, was signed from Juventus.
'Get out of the way Manchester United, Chelsea are coming through. The Reds may rue allowing Chelsea to overtake them in the pursuit of Barcelona forward Pedro.
Aston Villa fans probably weren't best pleased by Fabian Delph's U-turn over his decision to turn down Manchester City and stay at Villa Park. The England midfielder declared his loyalty to the Midlands club before changing his mind and moving to the Etihad.
Watford have made 15 summer signings and Notts County have made 19, so there may be a queue to get in the first team.
Several clubs - including West Brom, Southampton and Everton - held firm to fend off significant interest in players.
Beware falling out with your club, it could come back to haunt you. Saido Berahino has suggested he might not play for West Brom again under chairman Jeremy Peace, after the Baggies turned down a fourth bid for him from Tottenham. Could be a boring few months for Saido then...
Everton fans will be breathing a sigh of relief now the transfer window has closed as the Toffees held their nerve to keep Chelsea away from England defender John Stones. (Submitted by Tom Arnold)
Manchester United vice executive chairman Ed Woodward at the steering wheel of Manchester United's transfer window. (Jack Haywood)
Manchester United assure Real Madrid they sent the documents for David De Gea to the appropriate place. (Jon Murray)
The saga of Manchester United goalkeeper David De Gea. (Sam Cavanagh)
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David De Gea's Real Madrid move collapsing, Saido Berahino staying at West Brom and Manchester United losing out on the signature of Chelsea to Pedro.
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The game on 5 November falls outside World Rugby's Test window, which contravenes English Premiership rules.
But it appears North and Roberts - and the injured Taulupe Faletau - could have special dispensation to play.
"Having spoken to the players, some of them are available for the Australia game," said Howley.
"We've had no formal conversations with any of the English clubs.
"The players I've spoken to are the likes of Jamie, George and Toby [Taulupe Faletau]."
Harlequins' Roberts posted a message on his Instagram account saying he was "looking forward to meeting up" with the Wales squad next week.
Northampton paid a fine of £60,000 in 2013 after their wing North played for Wales against Australia in a match which took place outside of the international window.
North had agreed a three-year contract whereby he would be available for all Wales games, but the 24-year-old has since signed a new deal.
Centre Roberts, meanwhile, is in the second year of his Harlequins contract and any fresh release could prompt more action by Premiership Rugby Limited against its clubs.
Wales also believe Toulon full-back Leigh Halfpenny will be available to line up against the Wallabies.
Bath number eight Faletau has been picked to lend experience to Wales training, although he is unlikely to be fit until the latter half of November if at all.
His inclusion, along with Roberts and North as the three wildcards under the Welsh Rugby Union's senior player selection policy, meant that Bath fly-half Rhys Priestland misses out.
Only three players who have signed new contracts outside Wales can be included in any squad.
Japan-based lock Dominic Day, Gloucester prop Nicky Thomas and scrum-half Rhodri Williams are the others affected by the rule.
Meanwhile, Wales captain Sam Warburton could make his return for Cardiff Blues against Pau in the European Challenge Cup on Friday 21 October, following a cheekbone injury.
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Wales coach Rob Howley says they will have England-based pair Jamie Roberts and George North available to face Australia in their opening autumn Test.
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Counter terrorism police raided several homes across the city on Thursday as part of an ongoing investigation.
Memhet Biber, 25, allegedly travelled to the Middle East in 2013 with the al-Nusra Front, a Syria-based jihadist group at that time linked to al-Qaeda.
A 17-year-old suspect is accused of attempting to travel in 2015 to fight with the Islamic State (IS) group.
The Australian government has made it a criminal offence under to take part in, fund, recruit or train for the conflict with IS, or to travel for certain areas in Syria and Iraq under IS control.
Police were quick to defend the amount of time between the alleged offences and the arrests, saying a lack of law enforcement in the region made it hard to gather evidence.
"We ensure that we continue to take the matters of foreign incursion very seriously," Assistant Commissioner Neil Gaughan told reporters.
Police also said that the involvement of a teenager was troubling.
"We have a juvenile who appears to be involved, and we will allege is involved potentially in wanting to engage in hostile activities, and this is a continuing concern for us," Deputy Commissioner Catherine Burn said.
Mr Biber was one a group of men that convicted terror recruiter Hamdi Alqudsi helped travel from Australia to Syria to fight alongside IS militant.
Alqudsi was the first person to be prosecuted under Australia's foreign incursion laws and was in August sentenced to six years in jail.
Photos posted to Mr Biber's Facebook page in 2013 show bombed buildings, injured children and a dead aid worker in Syria.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said such cases showed why the government "continues to give these agencies the resources and the legislative powers they need to keep us safe".
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Two men have been arrested in Sydney on suspicion of breaking Australian laws on involvement in foreign conflicts.
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The US state wants to extend free tuition to middle-class families, as well as the disadvantaged, with young people in almost a million households expected to be eligible.
It will mean children from families earning up to $125,000 (£101,000) per year will not have to pay fees at public higher education institutions, such as colleges of the State University of New York and City University of New York.
Governor Andrew Cuomo, announcing the scheme last week, said he wanted to reduce levels of student debt that were like "starting a race with an anchor tied to your leg".
The New York governor said that 70% of jobs in the state now needed a college education and that tuition fees could not be allowed to remain a barrier.
"What high school was 75 years ago, college is today," said Mr Cuomo. "College is a mandatory step if you really want to be a success."
The New York proposals will particularly address the anxieties of middle-income families, earning too much to benefit from scholarships for the most deprived, but struggling to afford increased fees.
Tuition fees have risen much more sharply than inflation and student loan debt in the US has outstripped the amount owed on credit cards, standing at $1.3 trillion (£1.07 trillion).
This is not a problem for only the recently graduated.
A report last week from the Office for Older Americans showed that the number of over-60-year-olds still paying back student debt had quadrupled in a decade, with $66.7bn (£55bn) remaining in outstanding loans.
The study raised concerns of elderly people unable to afford repayments being pursued by debt chasers using "aggressive tactics".
But the financial support in New York will not apply to top private universities, where tuition fees can be in the region of $50,000 (£41,000) per year.
And even though the fees in state universities will be covered, students would still face other costs such as accommodation.
The plans estimate that about 200,000 students will take up the fee offer in New York, from the million families that would be eligible.
Governor Cuomo's pledge is a surviving legacy of Hillary Clinton's unsuccessful presidential campaign agenda, which proposed a tuition fee subsidy scheme to be extended across the US.
Bernie Sanders, another presidential candidate who had campaigned on cutting fees, helped to launch the New York fees plan.
He highlighted the economic cost of the US slipping behind in education compared with international rivals.
"If we are going to have an economy that creates the kinds of jobs that we need for our people, we must have the best educated workforce in the world," said the senator for Vermont.
"And here is a truth, which is an unpleasant truth - and that is 30 or so years ago we had the highest percentage of college graduates of any nation on Earth. We were number one. Today, we are number 11."
More stories from the BBC's Global education series looking at education from an international perspective, and how to get in touch.
You can join the debate at the BBC's Family & Education News Facebook page.
Mr Sanders said young people should be encouraged to achieve as much as possible in school and college - rather than "punish them for getting that education" with high fees.
"It is basically insane to tell the young people of this country, 'We want you to go out and get the best education you can.
'We want you to get the jobs of the future. Oh, but by the way, after you leave school, you're going to be $30,000, $50,000, $100,000 in debt.'"
The fees policy, if approved by the state's lawmakers, will affect the biggest state university system in the US and a population bigger than many European countries - such as the Netherlands, Greece or Sweden.
And it will mark another stage in the international argument about the cost of higher education and who should pay for it.
In England, the government is pushing in the opposite direction, with plans to increase tuition fees to £9,250 from the autumn.
While in contrast, the Scottish Government continues to maintain a policy of free tuition.
A few weeks ago, the Philippines announced the scrapping of tuition fees for state universities, following in the footsteps of Germany, where fees have also been abolished.
But there have been moves in Finland for universities to start charging overseas students, with the fees to be levied on non-EU students from this autumn.
There are also arguments that state subsidies can encourage universities to inflate fees even further, with taxpayers picking up the bill.
Such a lack of consensus means that young people either side of a border can face huge differences in tuition costs.
And Mr Sanders predicted that the initiative in New York, due to be phased in over the next three years, would be copied by other authorities.
"If New York state does it this year, mark my words, state after state will follow,'' said Mr Sanders.
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New York is planning one of the biggest schemes in the world to abolish tuition fees for students.
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The team wrapped up the title on Monday after closest rivals Tottenham Hotspur slipped to a 2-2 draw at Chelsea.
But the party got into full swing as Claudio Ranieri's players lifted the trophy following their final home game of the season.
Opera star Andrea Bocelli sang before the game on a day of celebrations.
Bocelli set the tone with pre-match renditions of Nessun Dorma and Time to Say Goodbye, honouring a recent promise to his countryman Ranieri.
The party baton was then handed over to the players, who brushed Everton aside with a goal from Andy King and two from Jamie Vardy before the visitors struck a late consolation.
Lifelong Foxes' fan Steve Worthy, 39, of Wigston, had the honour of handing the trophy to captain Wes Morgan at the end of the game.
He won a competition organised by league sponsors Barclays and said he would dedicate the experience to his 97-year-old grandmother, Gladys Knight, who had to forfeit her season ticket this season due to ill health.
"When I hand the Premier League trophy to Wes Morgan I'll be thinking of my grandmother," Mr Worthy said before the game.
The 25kg trophy, topped by a golden crown, was decorated with blue ribbons for Leicester, and yellow ones to represent the royal house of Thailand, which is the country of club owners King Power.
It was engraved on Friday, in preparation for Saturday's presentation.
Demand for tickets to the final home game of the season was high, with reports of tickets appearing on websites for up to £5,000.
But thousands - inside and outside the stadium - were just happy to be part of what has been termed a "fairytale" by pundits all over the world.
Back in December, former England footballer and Leicester-born Gary Lineker joked he would present the Match of the Day "in just my undies" if Leicester City won the Premier League.
On Wednesday Leicester East MP Keith Vaz asked David Cameron if the pundit should keep his promise after the club's triumph.
The prime minister replied he "absolutely" agreed he should.
It has been announced an open top bus parade will take place on Monday 16 May, ending up in Leicester's Victoria Park for further celebrations.
As one fan said: "It's something I didn't think I'd ever, ever see. Ever. Not in my lifetime and it's fantastic."
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Leicester City lifted the Premier League trophy in front of jubilant fans after a 3-1 win against Everton at their King Power Stadium home.
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In total 94,370 properties changed hands in April, down from the record high of 164,400 transactions in March.
HMRC said March had seen a rush to buy properties before the higher rate of stamp duty on second homes came in on 1 April.
Since then landlords and buyers of second homes have had to pay 3% extra.
The number of residential properties sold in April - 84,280 - was the lowest for three years.
Compared to April last year, the number of transactions was down by 14.5%.
He was nominated because of his work in mountain rescue and training climbers, and for setting up the Scottish Mountaineering Heritage Collection.
Mr Tighe will be presented with the accolade at the Fort William Mountain Festival next month.
The award was set up to recognise those who have dedicated their lives to working in Scotland's mountains.
Friends, fans and fellow entertainers have spoken of their shock at her death.
Prime Minister David Cameron paid tribute on Twitter to her "huge talent" and "significant contribution to public life".
Bruce Forsyth expressed his shock to the BBC, saying he still thought of Black as "just a kid" and that "72 is no age to leave us all".
"I can't really take it in at the moment. I'm in shock," he said.
"So many people will be so upset. She had such a following with all the shows she did.
"She had that common touch when you get to everybody with your career. She will be greatly missed by all."
Gloria Hunniford said: "It's a total shock, actually it's a bit of disbelief. It was two weeks ago today that we were at a mutual friend's barbecue."
She said she knew "Cilla had little niggly things that were wrong with her".
"For example she had a bit of trouble with her eyesight and her hearing and a bit of trouble with her knee and walking, but then anybody over 70 will recognise all of those," she said.
"But there was nothing on that day, only two weeks ago, that would have suggested that she had anything that was life threatening. I'm very saddened."
She added: "What I loved about her was she had that common touch, that Liverpool marvellous touch, where she could talk to anybody and have a bit of fun."
DJ Tony Blackburn said that "it just doesn't seem possible that she is no longer with us".
He told the BBC News Channel: "She was lovely. She just wanted everyone to do well and have fun.
"She had a great sense of humour. What you saw on television was Cilla Black. There was no pretence about her at all and to suddenly hear today that she's no longer with us is a real shock.
"I think people forget how important she was in the early days of pop music. We forget now how many hit records she had. She had a wonderful career."
Barbara Windsor, who had known Black for many years, said: "Oh it's awful.
"I was only with her a couple of weeks ago. I've seen her twice in the last few weeks and as always she looked immaculate. That was the thing about Cilla, she always looked spot-on.
"But I knew she wasn't very well. She didn't look or seem very well. But I'm so desperately sad."
Sir Paul McCartney said: "Such a shock to hear about Cilla's passing. She was a lovely girl who infected everyone with her great spirit.
"From first meeting her as a cloak room girl at the Cavern in Liverpool, to seeing her many times since, she always had a fun-loving dignity that made her a great pleasure to be around.
"She had a fine distinctive voice and was always a bit of a laugh. It was a privilege to know and love her."
Singer and broadcaster Des O'Connor said: "If ever the words 'the one and only' applied to anyone it was Cilla. She really was unique.
"As a friend she was always fun to be with, kind, generous and caring, a very special lady. We will all miss you Cilla more than words can say."
Singer Sir Cliff Richard said he would miss his "outrageous" friend dearly.
"Some people will always be with us and Cilla is one of those people," he said.
"I will always think of her as outrageous, funny, incredibly gifted but above all full of heart. She was a very special person, and I have lost a very wonderful friend, I will miss her dearly. God bless her."
Many entertainers took to Twitter to pay tribute to Black:
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Record signing Morata - a late substitute - dragged a poor effort wide moments after goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois had blazed over in a first use of a new penalty shootout system.
Premier League champions Chelsea had gone ahead through Victor Moses, before Pedro was sent off for an ugly lunge on Mohamed Elneny.
From the resulting free-kick, debutant Sead Kolasinac headed the Gunners level to take the match to penalties.
The shootout - the first in English football to follow the ABBA format - saw Chelsea miss back-to-back penalties to allow Olivier Giroud to win the match from the spot.
Level at 90 minutes, the match went straight to penalties, which were taken in the ABBA format.
Designed to prevent a perceived advantage to the team going first, the system sees team A take the first kick followed by team B - before team B go again. Team A then get two successive penalties, a little like the tie-break in tennis, and so on until there is a winner.
Confused? You are not alone as not even the players seemed to understand.
After Gary Cahill's opener for Chelsea was cancelled out by Theo Walcott, Arsenal defender Nacho Monreal stepped forward, correctly, to take his kick. However he was waved back by several of his Gunners team-mates, who seemed confused by the new format.
Monreal scored, before Courtois and Morata both missed horribly, to the delight of the Arsenal fans behind the goal.
That allowed first Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and then Giroud to score and start the Arsenal celebrations.
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The Community Shield can be a rather tame occasion, more pre-season friendly than kick-start, but referee Bobby Madley was kept busy in a fiercely contested affair.
Chelsea were first to be upset when winger Willian was booked for a dive in the first half as he went down under a challenge from Hector Bellerin in the penalty area. Replays suggested that the Brazilian was tripped by his own feet, but also that Bellerin may have made contact beforehand.
If that was a tricky call for Madley, his decision to send off Pedro with 10 minutes remaining was more straightforward. The forward was late and high on Elneny, raking the Arsenal man's Achilles with his studs.
Antonio Conte was angered by the decision though, and by his team's marking from the free-kick as they let Kolasinac head home from six yards out.
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Until the red card, it looked like being victory for the champions, who shook off a sleepy first 20 minutes to have the better of the game.
They deservedly took the lead in the opening minute of the second half as Granit Xhaka's dreadful clearance from a corner was headed back in by Gary Cahill for Moses to finish with opportunism.
It looked a long way back from there for Arsenal, especially as they were without key duo Alexis Sanchez and Mesut Ozil, left out of the squad altogether by Arsene Wenger.
Sanchez only returned to training on Tuesday after illness, having taken an extended break following his participation in the Confederations Cup with Chile, while Ozil picked up a minor knock in training in the week and was not risked.
In their absence, the focus was on record signing Alexandre Lacazette, the only debutant to start for either side. The £46.5m man faded after having the best moment of the first period, wrapping a shot against the post after a flowing counter-attack, which he started in his own half.
An out-and-out striker who doesn't stray far from the penalty area, he showed enough to suggest that he will add a focal point to the Arsenal attack - particularly when partnered by Ozil and Sanchez.
Morata, on the other hand, had a debut to forget for Chelsea.
The £60m signing from Real Madrid was left on the bench until the 74th minute and, after replacing the underwhelming Michy Batshuayi, wasted his only sight of goal by shooting over.
He then dragged a poor penalty wide in the shootout to hand Arsenal a chance they took.
Morata, and Conte, will take solace from the fact that the last team to win the Premier League title after winning the Community Shield were Manchester United back in 2010.
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Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger:
"Well, I don't know if it was a sending off or not but at that moment we were dominating. We had some difficult moments at the start of the second half but after that we dominated. We always looked dangerous.
"It is a dream to make the fans happy, a difficult dream, but we try hard. I would like that they stand behind the team as we might go through some very good periods and some not so good periods.
"We want to be united and together throughout the season."
Chelsea boss Antonio Conte:
"I didn't see the situation with the sending off. For this reason, it is very difficult for me to say something about this decision. This is the second game, after the FA Cup [final], that we finish with 10 men.
"I heard there was clearly a penalty but I did not see. We are working, we are trying to do our best. We had a tough pre-season, between the six days until we start the league it is important to be focused on the next game."
The start of the Premier League season.
Arsenal kick off the new top-flight campaign when they host Leicester City on Friday (19:45 BST).
Defending champions Chelsea meet Burnley at Stamford Bridge on Saturday (15:00).
Match ends, Arsenal 1(4), Chelsea 1(1).
Penalty Shootout ends, Arsenal 1(4), Chelsea 1(1).
Goal! Arsenal 1(4), Chelsea 1(1). Olivier Giroud (Arsenal) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the top right corner.
Goal! Arsenal 1(3), Chelsea 1(1). Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Arsenal) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
Penalty missed! Still Arsenal 1(2), Chelsea 1(1). Álvaro Morata (Chelsea) hits the left post with a right footed shot.
Penalty missed! Bad penalty by Thibaut Courtois (Chelsea) left footed shot is too high. Thibaut Courtois should be disappointed.
Goal! Arsenal 1(2), Chelsea 1(1). Nacho Monreal (Arsenal) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner.
Goal! Arsenal 1(1), Chelsea 1(1). Theo Walcott (Arsenal) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top right corner.
Goal! Arsenal 1, Chelsea 1(1). Gary Cahill (Chelsea) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top left corner.
Penalty Shootout begins Arsenal 1, Chelsea 1.
Second Half ends, Arsenal 1, Chelsea 1.
Attempt blocked. Theo Walcott (Arsenal) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Granit Xhaka with a through ball.
Offside, Chelsea. Cesc Fàbregas tries a through ball, but Antonio Rüdiger is caught offside.
Foul by Rob Holding (Arsenal).
Álvaro Morata (Chelsea) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt missed. Theo Walcott (Arsenal) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Héctor Bellerín.
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Foul by Héctor Bellerín (Arsenal).
César Azpilicueta (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Reiss Nelson (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Antonio Rüdiger (Chelsea).
Substitution, Arsenal. Reiss Nelson replaces Danny Welbeck.
Substitution, Chelsea. Charly Musonda replaces Willian.
Goal! Arsenal 1, Chelsea 1. Sead Kolasinac (Arsenal) header from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Granit Xhaka following a set piece situation.
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Pedro (Chelsea) is shown the red card.
Mohamed Elneny (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Pedro (Chelsea).
Substitution, Chelsea. Antonio Rüdiger replaces Marcos Alonso.
Attempt missed. Álvaro Morata (Chelsea) right footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Willian with a through ball.
Olivier Giroud (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by David Luiz (Chelsea).
Attempt missed. Rob Holding (Arsenal) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Granit Xhaka with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Thibaut Courtois.
Attempt saved. Granit Xhaka (Arsenal) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Rob Holding.
Substitution, Chelsea. Álvaro Morata replaces Michy Batshuayi.
Olivier Giroud (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by David Luiz (Chelsea).
Foul by Sead Kolasinac (Arsenal).
Victor Moses (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Tanjug (The Telegraphic Agency for the New Yugoslavia) was one of many state-owned media outlets put up for sale. The starting price was about £543,000.
The sale was part of an effort to end state ownership in the sector.
The 72-year-old agency employs around 200 people.
The number of staff has vastly decreased from when the agency was at its peak - as have its profits. In 2014, Tanjug's pre-tax profit was $6,320.
Tanjug was formed in 1943 by Yugoslav Communist partisans, becoming Serbian-owned with the break up of federal Yugoslavia in the 1990s.
It was amongst 38 other state owned media outlets put up for sale in June by Serbia's privatisation agency.
It is unclear whether a new sale effort will be launched.
Labour MPs voted against Mr Corbyn by 172 to 40 in the motion, after a series of shadow cabinet resignations.
Ms Dugdale said that "if I lost the confidence of 80% of my parliamentary colleagues, I could not do my job".
Mr Corbyn said he would not "betray" the members who voted for him by resigning as leader.
More than 20 members of Mr Corbyn's shadow cabinet and a similar number of junior ministers have quit, including sole Scottish Labour MP Ian Murray.
Lourd Foulkes, chairman of the Scottish Parliamentary Labour Party, said no Scottish politicians would fill the shadow Scottish secretary position vacated by Mr Murray while Mr Corbyn is leader.
The former Scottish Office minister said Mr Corbyn would struggle to find "decent people" to fill shadow cabinet posts.
Ms Dugdale said that she had an "excellent" relationship with Mr Corbyn, and said she had spoken with him on the phone on Monday evening.
However, she noted that she had been elected to her position with a similar mandate, and underlined that she could not do her job if she "lost the confidence of 80% of my parliamentary colleagues".
The Scottish Labour leader said it was "difficult" for Mr Corbyn to now continue in his job.
The no-confidence vote held by Labour on Tuesday is not binding.
Lord Foulkes, who chairs the Scottish Parliamentary Labour Party at Westminster, claimed that far-left and new members would soon constitute the front bench under Mr Corbyn's leadership.
He also suggested that Labour could lose its last seat north of the border if Mr Corbyn remained in his post.
Mr Corbyn faced calls to resign at a meeting in the House of Commons on Monday after more than 20 members of his shadow cabinet and a similar number of junior ministers walked out, questioning his performance during the EU referendum and ability to lead the party.
Labour's only MP in Scotland, Mr Murray, resigned from his position as shadow Scottish Secretary on Sunday.
He confirmed during a live interview on the BBC's Sunday Politics Scotland programme that he had written to his leader informing him he was stepping down.
Mr Murray said matters had been brought to a head by the result of the EU referendum.
I'm sitting here on College Green looking at the Houses of Parliament and at times you think we are in a Westminster soap opera.
Yesterday Jeremy Corbyn went into a meeting of his MPs after more than 40 said he could no longer work with him.
He got a right royal kicking.
Then he went out to be cheered on by more than 5,000 supporters holding a rally in Parliament Square.
It was like he was in political intensive care, and received a political blood transfusion.
Today's vote doesn't force anything, but Labour MPs will have to make a decision about whether to stand against him."
The quantity of goods bought rose by 0.6% in June from May, which was stronger growth than economists had been expecting.
The rise was driven by strong sales of household goods, clothing and shoes.
That compensated for falling sales at supermarkets and other sellers of food and drinks.
"A particularly warm June seems to have prompted strong sales in clothing, which has compensated for a decline in food and fuel sales this month," ONS statistician Kate Davies said.
Retail sales rose by 1.5% in the three months to the end of June, which wipes out the 1.4% slide in sales over the first three months of the year.
Economists prefer to look at figures over three months, which smooth out volatile moves from month to month.
"We shouldn't get too carried away by these figures. After all, the retail sales figures are very volatile on a month-by-month basis. And the heatwave in June provided a boost to clothing sales that may not be sustained," said Paul Hollingsworth, UK economist at Capital Economics.
Other economists argue the figures should have been even stronger.
"Last month was the fifth warmest June since 1910, and food and clothing sales usually surge when the temperature is unusually high in the summer," said Samuel Tombs, chief UK economist at Pantheon Macroeconomics.
"The increase in retail sales in June was relatively modest, given the temporary support to demand from the unusually warm weather."
Economists are keeping a close eye on spending by UK shoppers as it has been supporting the overall economy.
But with inflation now running ahead of wage growth, there have been concerns of a slowdown in spending.
"The outlook of falling real wages and tightening credit conditions suggest that retail sales will struggle to retain Q2's vigour in the second half of this year," Mr Tombs said.
Next week, figures will be released on second quarter growth in the UK. Growth could "perk-up" from the first quarter figure of 0.2% according to Chris Williamson from IHS Markit.
However, Mr Tombs from Capital Economics doubts there will be much improvement, given other weak economic data.
Tim Passmore said claims Douglas Paxton's continued absence was linked to poor relations between the pair were "a load of old tosh".
He said: "There has definitely not been a bust-up. [I] 120% deny that."
He would not elaborate on Mr Paxton's illness. The BBC understands his condition is not life-threatening.
Mr Paxton, 49, started the £133,845-a-year-job in March 2013, having been the only person to apply for the role.
Last month, Conservative PCC Mr Passmore said Mr Paxton would be off "for the foreseeable future" and that Deputy Chief Constable Gareth Wilson would be standing in.
Speaking to BBC Look East, Mr Passmore said he was "really surprised" when he heard Mr Paxton was off work.
"We were at the Christmas lunch in the canteen and he said a few words, we had a chat, I said a few words and the next thing I knew he was off," he said.
In a separate interview with BBC Radio Suffolk's Mark Murphy, Mr Passmore said he was aware of the extent of Mr Paxton's illness, but said he had been "asked not to divulge people's personal medical details".
Mr Passmore said he had disagreed with Mr Paxton about certain issues, including the ultimately doomed proposed merger of Suffolk and Norfolk's control rooms.
"My role as PCC is to hold the constabulary to account via the chief constable and when we have robust conversations, which we do, it's very, very important we explore all the issues in great detail," he said.
"It's not some sort of lovey-dovey relationship."
Suffolk Police declined to comment.
The 23ft (7m)-long bowhead whale was seen in shallow waters at Long Rock Beach, near Penzance on Sunday.
It is the second sighting of the species in the last 15 months after another off the Isles of Scilly in February last year.
Sea Watch Foundation said both appeared to be of juveniles and the sightings could be of the same animal.
Bowhead whales, which can grow to 65ft (20m), are normally found 2,000 miles (3,200km) further north, according to marine conservationists.
Dan Jarvis, regional co-ordinator of British Divers Marine Life Rescue, said there were only an estimated population of 10,000 in the wild.
"We are not sure if it's part of a trend, but it's amazing to see an animal like that in our waters," he said.
A bowhead whale was also spotted off Brittany in France last week according to Sea Watch Foundation.
A small number of personnel had been sent to Camp Shorabak - near the former Camp Bastion - in an "advisory role", the Ministry of Defence said.
They will not be in combat and are part of a larger Nato team, it said.
UK combat operations in Afghanistan ended last year, but about 450 troops remain in mentoring and support roles.
Helmand's governor, Mirza Khan Rahimi, insisted the authorities were still in control of Sangin, in the province, but his own deputy said the town had been overrun by Taliban militants.
The police headquarters reportedly remains under siege after a Taliban attack.
Maj Richard Streatfield, who spent seven months in Sangin in 2009 and 2010 with the Rifles, told the BBC it was "hugely disappointing" to see the town under threat again.
"I won't deny, on a personal level, it does make you wonder - was it worth it?" he said.
"Because if the people we were trying to free Afghanistan from are now able to just take it back within two years, that shows that something went badly wrong at the operational and strategic level."
There are about 10 British personnel now at Camp Shorobak - an army camp some 60 miles by road from Sangin, the BBC understands.
A spokeswoman for the MoD said they would be providing advice to the Afghan National Army as part of the UK's "ongoing contribution" to Nato's Resolute Support mission.
They will not deploy outside the camp, she added.
The Taliban surge, not just in Helmand but in a number of other provinces, has highlighted the dysfunction at the heart of the Afghan government and thrown the continuing problems of the Afghan military into high relief.
The Taliban resurgence is as much a product of the turmoil in its top leadership as anything else, with different factions vying for power and seeking to demonstrate their pre-eminence by displays of military prowess.
The fact that the so-called Islamic State organisation is slowly putting down roots in the turmoil is also worrying Western military planners and adding a new dimension to the Afghan conundrum.
Read more from Jonathan here.
Defence select committee chairman Julian Lewis said British forces must be able to respond more flexibly to extremists in Afghanistan, as well as in Iraq and Syria.
He suggested having a "flexible force which can swoop in and swoop out again, a mixture of special forces supported by air power in support of friendly ground forces where they exist".
The UK, however, should resist getting drawn in permanently to build up a nation in a country that is not ready for it, he told BBC Radio 4's World At One.
Another senior figure, Lord Dannatt - former head of the British Army - said he believed Afghanistan was a lower priority than Syria and Libya, and any upsurge in British military effort should be focused there instead.
Dr Mike Martin, who spent two years in Afghanistan as a British army officer and wrote the book An Intimate War, said the UK should leave Afghanistan alone and not pour money into what he calls a "micro civil war".
Portraying the conflict as the government versus Taliban was "simplistic" when many factors, such as the drugs trade, water, territorial battles, were behind the fighting, he told BBC Radio 4's PM.
October 2001 - Following the 9/11 attacks, the US accuses the Taliban, the ruling power in Afghanistan, of harbouring terrorist Osama Bin Laden. Britain becomes involved soon after, deploying ground troops
December 2001 - The city of Kandahar, the last Taliban stronghold, falls to US coalition forces. Then Prime Minister Tony Blair hails a victory. Within a year it becomes clear the Taliban has regrouped and is fighting back
January 2006 - More than 3,000 British forces move into the southern Helmand province, with their base at Camp Bastion, as fighting intensifies
October 2009 - The UK sends more troops - at the peak of the conflict there are 9,500 British troops in Afghanistan. Nato and the US also send more troops. It becomes the bloodiest year of the campaign, but the coalition begins to win ground
October 2014 - The last British combat troops withdraw from Afghanistan, after 13 years of combat
December 2015 - A small number of personnel are sent to Camp Shorabak in an "advisory role", working as part of a larger Nato team, the MoD says.
Read more about the history of the conflict
Some 12,000 foreign soldiers are deployed as part of the Nato-led Resolute Support international coalition, which is meant to underpin Afghanistan's own security forces.
On Monday, a Taliban suicide bombing near Bagram killed six US soldiers in one of the deadliest attacks on foreign forces in the country this year.
Nato acknowledged progress in the last year had been "uneven", but said the Afghans were "resilient".
It added that they had become more adept at conducting planned operations and were successfully using helicopters now.
The battle for Sangin comes a little over a year after the end of UK combat operations in Afghanistan.
More than 450 British personnel died in the conflict, with the heaviest losses suffered in and around Sangin.
Victoria Bateman, whose husband L/Cpl James Bateman was among them, said it almost took her back to the time he died.
If his death had been for nothing, she believed she was owed an explanation, she told the BBC.
Brenda Hale, whose husband Captain Mark Hale was killed in an explosion in Helmand in August 2009, said: "When I'd seen the headline earlier today my breath was snatched away from me.
"Particularly because it's Sangin and especially at Christmas time when families like mine are just trying to get through the holiday with a very empty chair in our house," she told BBC Radio 5 live.
The six-month-old female cub, nicknamed Fyne, is being cared for at a rescue centre in Fife after being found on the A82 near Glencoe village.
Centre manager Colin Seddon said it was too friendly for a wild animal.
After spotting the otter by the side of the road, the motorist got out of his car to check on it and was surprised when it ran up to him.
The man called the Scottish SPCA and local inspector Dawna Connolly took the cub to a vets before transferring it to the Fife rescue centre.
Mr Seddon said the otter may have been hand-reared after being abandoned, or losing its mother, before being released back into the wild.
He said: "We have no idea how Fyne managed to get where she was found but she's so tame we believe she's been hand-reared.
"In 30 years of caring for wildlife I have only heard of one other hand-reared otter cub being rescued, so this is really rare.
"Fyne is far too friendly for a wild otter and while we shouldn't be able to get anywhere near her she always approaches us."
Mr Seddon added: "The intentions of whoever tried to look after her may have been good, but she wouldn't have survived in the wild had she not been found and rescued.
"What they should have done is contact an organisation with expertise such as the Scottish SPCA."
Fyne will later be transferred to the International Otter Survival Fund (IOSF) on Skye.
Ginger feline Tom had been the former Bishop of Derry's cat for about 15 years before his death in 2016.
Dave Graham from Coleraine said he came across the moggy after searching a pet re-homing site for a new kitten.
"I asked who his owner was and they told me that Bishop Edward Daly's housekeeper had brought him in," he told the BBC. "I was shocked!"
"They had an urgent request to find this guy a home, he's 16 years old and he's deaf.
"Maybe his congregation didn't know that his cat was homeless."
Mr Graham, who has previously worked for the charity Cats Protection, said he visited the Rainbow facility after one of his own cats passed away over Christmas.
"Originally, I had been looking for a kitten so I went down there, I had a look around," he said.
"It's a wonderful place and I went inside and saw him sitting there sound asleep, a beautiful ginger tom.
"I was told that his owner had sadly passed away last year and he was brought into us looking for a new home."
Mr Graham, who already has a number of cats at home, explained that Tom had literally landed in Bishop Daly's lap many years ago.
Edward Daly had gone for a scan and was expecting bad news. However, on his way home from hospital the cat appeared, and sat on his lap.
The stray had been viewed as a good-luck charm ever since.
"He puts the cat into catholic so to speak," said Mr Graham.
"I don't think he's been with other cats before but now he's starting to calm down and he's made a friend and everything.
"He's in a good home at the moment, he could be one of those cats that needs to live alone but no matter what he'll be in a home for the rest of his life.
"Hopefully Bishop Daly is looking down from up above with a big smile on his face," he said.
The former Crystal Palace and Middlesbrough player guided Saints to a sixth successive Welsh Premier title.
Saints also won the Nathaniel MG League Cup and broke Ajax's 44-year-old world record for the longest winning streak in top-flight football.
Newtown striker Jason Oswell was player of the season and Henry Jones of Bangor City won the young player award.
The hosts led 2-0 after Ellen White's opener and Jess Clarke's curler.
Liverpool's Caroline Weir then placed a penalty over the bar and White punished that miss with Notts' third goal.
Katie Zelem pulled one back for Liverpool from the spot after Amy Turner fouled Emma Lundh in the area and Zelem fired in her second to give the Reds hope but Notts held on to win.
Victory lifted Rick Passmoor's side up to fourth, above Liverpool on goal difference.
Both sides are three points behind third-placed Arsenal.
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Notts County striker Ellen White: "We're delighted to get the three points, we've been yearning for that first league win.
"We played some really nice stuff and got some good goals, especially the one Jess scored - it was an absolute screamer.
"But it was disappointing for us not to keep a clean sheet. Those last few minutes must have been exiting for the spectators, but not for us.
"If you take away those two late goals we conceded though, it was a great team performance."
Liverpool captain Gemma Bonner: "We're very disappointed. We started the game well and created a couple of good chances, but in the end we gave ourselves too much to do.
"Going three goals behind meant we had a mountain to climb, but we can take some positives from the last 15 minutes when we pulled two goals back.
"We lost to Chelsea at home last week, but we performed really well and even their manager said we deserved a draw. So we'll go down there next week knowing that we can compete with them, and we'll hopefully come back with three points."
It announced an alliance with India's Ola and South East Asia's GrabTaxi which allows customers to book private cars and taxis in each other's regions, starting next year.
It comes after Lyft announced a partnership with China's largest ride-sharing firm Didi Kuaidi in September.
US-based Uber has aggressively expanded globally in recent years.
Lyft, and the three other companies combined will cover nearly all of South East Asia, India, China and the US to include almost 50% of the world's population, said Lyft - which currently operates only in the US.
"By establishing strategic partnerships with local market leaders Didi, GrabTaxi and Ola, we're able to remove many of the pain points and language barriers that often come with foreign travel, the company said in a blog post on Thursday.
Starting early next year, Lyft users travelling to countries in the regions it has partners in, will be able to access the relevant service provider in English through the Lyft app and pay in US dollars.
The same applies to users of Ola, GrabTaxi and Didi Kuaidi, who will be able to access Lyft services through their company's app and pay in their native currencies.
The companies will also share new technology information, products and knowledge of local markets and regulations.
Uber, which operates in 67 countries, already allows users to use the same app to book rides globally.
But, it has been marred with bans and legal battles in cities around the world, stemming from breaking transport regulations.
Lyft's announcement also comes on the same day as reports that Uber is trying to raise $2.1bn (£1.4bn) in new funding that would take the start-up's valuation to $62.5bn. Analysts said the money would likely be used to grow its global expansion.
The 33-year-old striker has been ruled out of the Republic of Ireland's game against Slovakia on Tuesday after injuring his calf.
"He has a tear in his calf, but we have no timescale," Ipswich physio Matt Byard told the club website.
"We are looking to get him scanned again on Tuesday," he continued. "We will know more from there."
Ipswich face Wolves on Saturday as they continue their push for the play-offs, with the club just four points away from sixth place.
"Needless to say, there has to be a concern about him for the weekend," Byard added.
The first attack occurred early on Thursday as an officer was shot for unknown reasons in an industrial plant car park, a sheriff said.
Two officers were then fatally shot at a trailer park while investigating the first incident.
Five people are in custody, some with gunshot wounds, police said. They do not think any suspects are still loose.
The two wounded officers are undergoing surgery at local hospitals, they added.
The two officers who died have been identified as Deputies Brandon Nielsen, 34, and Jeremy Triche, 27.
Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal has ordered the state flags to be flown at half-staff over the state Capitol and all public buildings and institutions until sunset on Friday.
Sheriff Mike Tregre became tearful during a news conference as he described what happened.
The first shooting occurred around 05:00 (10:00 GMT) in the Valero refinery car park, he said.
Officers investigating the incident tracked reports of a speeding car and ended up in a trailer park.
They handcuffed a suspect and knocked on the door of a trailer when a person with a dog answered, said Sheriff Tregre.
"Another person exited that trailer with an assault weapon and ambushed my two officers," he added. "Two deputies were killed and a third was wounded."
The wounded officers are Michael Boyington, 33, and Jason Triche, 30. The Triches are said to be related.
State police spokeswoman Melissa Matey told CNN that two of the deputies had been working off-duty and the other two were on duty.
It is understood the charge is in connection with the discovery of a viable explosive device in the Millbank Park area of north Belfast on 15 August 2009.
Police say the man is expected to appear before Belfast Magistrates' Court on Tuesday 16 August.
The Welsh Premier League side got off to the worst possible start at the Parken Stadium, when Ben Verbic struck for the hosts after three minutes.
But Newtown refused to crumble and it took until the 74th minute for Kasper Kusk to double Copenhagen's lead.
The second leg at Latham Park is on 23 July.
"I thought the players were tremendous tonight," said Newtown manager Chris Hughes.
"We'd worked hard on the game plan, myself and the coaching staff with the players, and we knew how Copenhagen would play, we knew they'd have lots of possession and we set up fantastically well to cope with that.
"The pleasing thing for me was the last 10 to 15 minutes the fitness levels were really good; for a part-time side to come up against a very, very good full-time team and keep going the way they did they boys can be very proud."
Hughes's side overcame full-time Maltese club Valletta 4-2 on aggregate in the first qualifying round.
The tradition dates back to the Celtic times, when people thought ghosts and spirits came back to the human world on Samhaim - the old name for Halloween.
By wearing masks and costumes when they left their house, people thought the ghosts wouldn't recognise them.
Nowadays people still dress up in spooky costumes and visit neighbours houses, asking for a "Trick or a Treat".
Here at Newsround we've put together some top tips and advice to help you stay safe and enjoy the spooky tradition!
Make sure a responsible adult or guardian goes with you - it could be an older brother or sister if they're over 16.
Also staying together in a small group is a good idea.
Plan your trick or treat route before you leave the house, and make sure someone else knows where you are going before you leave.
Stay close to home and if possible only visit the houses of people you know - you should NEVER go into a stranger's home alone.
Carry a torch and wear reflective or light-coloured clothing, so you can be seen in the dark.
It is almost November so it is pretty chilly outside, make sure you wrap up warm, and if it is raining, wear waterproof clothing and shoes.
If you are wearing a mask, or a costume that covers your face, make sure you can see where you are going when you are moving to the next house.
Not everyone loves Halloween, if some people don't answer their door, or do not have any sweets, don't worry about it, just give them a smile and try the next house!
Also if you are eating your treats as you go, try to pop things like wrappers in your pocket or a bin.
The 24-year-old pitcher Misael Siverio is said to have disappeared from the hotel where the Cuban national team had been staying in the US state of Iowa.
The heads of the Cuban delegation do not expect him to return, reports say.
At least two of the American Major League Baseball's rising stars are Cubans who recently defected to the US.
Mr Siverio, one of the 24 players in the US for a five-game series, told the El Nuevo Herald newspaper that he was going to try to make it in the US baseball leagues.
"Leaving behind your country is not easy, but this was a decision that I gave a lot of thought," Siverio reportedly told Miami's El Nuevo Herald.
Siverio was not in the Cuban team list published by the US organisers on Wednesday.
The Cuban delegation has reportedly declined to comment on the situation.
"From their perspective, he's no longer a member of their delegation," US Baseball director Paul Seiler told the Des Moines Register.
Cubans Yoenis Cespedes, from the Oakland A's and Yasiel Puig, from the Los Angeles Dodgers, who defected in the last two years, are considered to be among the US major baseball league's (MLB) rising stars.
Sheila Boon, 55, transferred money from the woman, who was in a nursing home in Bournemouth, to herself.
She then claimed her relative had no money and made claims for care costs to the local borough council.
Boon, of Weybridge, Surrey, had denied fraud by abuse of position but was found guilty after a three-week trial.
She was sentenced at Bournemouth Crown Court on Monday.
Boon spent the money on property, travel expenses and tried to buy a car, police said.
Det Sgt Paul Smith, of Dorset Police, said the investigation into Boon had been "protracted and difficult" due to the fact the victim could not be interviewed "because of her age and frailties".
"The defendant took the decision to secure her inheritance and invested her relative's money without her consent before it was all spent on care fees," he said.
To me it seems like the wrong question. The more pertinent question should perhaps be - why did anybody think Abenomics would work?
Abenomics is the term Japan's Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, has, in a rather self-aggrandising way, given to his plan to get Japan's economy out of deflation, and back in to growth.
When he launched it nearly two years ago there was much fanfare and much excitement.
Even such an illustrious economist as Paul Krugman declared himself a supporter. But now, 18 months on, Japan's economy is back in recession, and support for Mr Abe - who faces a General Election on Sunday - has been dwindling.
So what went wrong?
In the very simplest terms, Mr Abe and his government tried to do two contradictory things at once. To use a car analogy - he put his foot on the accelerator and the brake at the same time.
In spring 2013 Mr Abe put with his foot hard on the accelerator. Lots of money was pumped in to the Japanese economy.
The government went on a spending spree (fiscal stimulus), and the Bank of Japan printed vast amounts of new money, which was then used to buy assets (quantitative easing).
And for a while that seemed to work.
But then in April this year Mr Abe put his foot on the brake - he raised sales tax from 5% to 8%.
If you live in Europe, where VAT rates are closer to 20%, that may seem like a paltry rise. But in Japan the result was dramatic - Japanese consumers stopped spending.
The economy went into reverse - from growing at a rate of over 6% to shrinking at -7.3%. Mr Abe brushed that off as a blip, the short-term result of the tax rise.
But the contraction has continued. Between July and September Japan's economy shrank again, although at a much lower rate of -1.6%.
Why did Mr Abe think it was a good idea to raise taxes just as the economy was starting to grow? He didn't.
But his government was under tremendous pressure to do something about Japan's massive debt mountain. It currently stands at about 240% of GDP.
In other words it would take nearly 2.5 years of everything that Japan produces to pay off what the government owes.
The only other country that comes close to that is Zimbabwe.
The UK's national debt is, by comparison, 91% of GDP. Getting Japan's debt to at least stop growing so fast is seen as vital to maintaining confidence in the Japanese currency.
In the same week that Mr Abe said he would delay a further tax rise, the ratings agency Moodys downgraded Japan's credit rating.
This brings me back to my original question - why did anybody think Abenomics would work?
The reason I ask that is because most of the economists I talk to agree that Japan's economic woes are not the result of a short-term cyclical drop in demand, they are deep and structural and difficult to change.
The biggest challenge facing Japan is demographic. Japan is shrinking.
Its working age population peaked in the mid-1990s at about 86 million people. Since then it has fallen by nearly 10 million to 77 million today.
Japan's birth rate, at about 1.3 children per woman, is similar or even higher than many European countries.
But countries such as Britain, France, Germany and Italy have staved off population decline by importing workers. Japan, on the other hand, remains adamantly opposed to large-scale immigration.
And so Japan's population is ageing and shrinking faster than any other country in the developed world.
There is a simple rule of economics from which even Mr Abe cannot escape - growth can be achieved either by employing more people or increasing productivity per worker.
For Japan the maths of economic growth simply do not add up.
So what can be done?
Mr Abe appears to have pinned his hopes on Japan exporting its way out of trouble.
If you can't sell more stuff at home, then sell it to foreigners. And to help with this, his government has deliberately and dramatically pushed down the value of the Japanese Yen.
Today it is worth nearly 25% less against the dollar than when he came to power.
A weak yen makes Japanese exports cheaper, and so more people in America, Europe and China will buy them. Or so the theory goes. Except it hasn't worked.
In 2013 Japanese exports declined. This year they have been largely flat.
One reason is that demand all around the world is still low, the prolonged after-effect of the 2008 crash.
More worrying for Japan is the fact that more and more Japanese products are no longer made in Japan.
Over the past 20 years big Japanese corporations have been exporting jobs, to the US, China, and South East Asia.
Next year the number of "Japanese" cars made outside Japan will overtake the number made at home for the first time.
The falling value of the yen has been great for companies such as Toyota, which has reported record profits.
But it hasn't increased demand for cars from its factories in Japan.
This does not mean that Japan is finished. But getting more growth out of a declining population is very hard.
One answer could be women. In simple economic terms, women are a valuable resource.
Japan has one of the most highly educated female populations in the world. And yet much of that talent is going to waste.
Compared to their counterparts in North America and Europe, far more Japanese women give up full-time employment after they have their first child, and fewer go back to full-time work once their child is in school.
According to a research paper by Kathy Matsui, at Goldman Sachs in Japan, getting full-time female employment up to the level of Italy could add 15% to Japan's GDP.
Prime Minister Abe has declared himself a fan of what has become known as "Womenomics".
He has set an extremely ambitious target that by the end of this decade, 30% of all managers in Japanese companies should be women.
There are lots of reasons why this won't happen.
Primary among them is Japan's work culture. Talk to any professional Japanese woman about her experience in the corporate world and you are likely to hear a similar story.
Work hours are extremely long, routinely extending far into the evening. Male-dominated social drinking is a part of corporate life.
Taking time off to have children destroys promotion prospects - as does leaving the office "early" to make dinner for your children.
In short, trying to balance family life and a full-time job is almost impossible.
I recently spoke to a female graduate from one of Tokyo's top universities who told me that when she went to interview for a large Japanese trading company one of the first questions they asked was: "Do you plan to get married?"
Despite a 1986 law banning it, endemic discrimination against women in the workplace is still rife.
Meanwhile Prime Minister Abe's ambitious target for Japan's corporations does not appear to extend to his own party.
A general election is due to take place here on 14 December, for the lower house of parliament.
Of the 342 candidates so far named by the ruling Liberal Democratic Party only 36 are women, just 10.5%.
Some of Japan's problems are unique. But the biggest one is not.
Since the dawn of the industrial age people in industrialised countries have come to expect almost continuous economic growth.
But across the globe birth rates are collapsing. Europe is greying fast. Soon South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore and even China will follow.
In much of the world, the era of high growth may be coming to an end.
In that respect, Japan's two decades of low growth may represent something of a success, and a new norm.
Center Parcs has agreed the purchase of a 375-acre site near Ballymahon in County Longford where it will build the 2,500-guest capacity resort.
The company says it will create 750 jobs during construction, plus a further 1,000 jobs on opening.
It says the resort will add 32m euro (£23.5m) to the Irish economy every year.
The company hopes to open to the resort to guests in 2019.
Center Parcs currently has five resorts in the UK, offering short breaks in what it describes as a "secluded and natural woodland setting".
The Irish state forestry company Coillte currently owns the Newcastle Woods site in the country's midlands, and has agreed the sale, subject to planning permission.
The Irish prime minister (taoiseach) Enda Kenny met Center Parcs chief executive Martin Dalby in County Longford today.
The taoiseach said: "This project is a perfect fit with our recently-announced tourism policy statement which aims to create 50,000 new jobs by 2025.
"Center Parcs will be a major addition to our national tourism infrastructure."
Mr Dalby said that only between 10-12% of trees would be removed from woods to build the resort.
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said it was in the public interest to prosecute the Rt Rev Peter Ball, who served as bishop of Gloucester and bishop of Lewes in East Sussex.
It is alleged Bishop Ball, 82, indecently assaulted a boy aged 12 or 13 and a man aged 19 or 20.
He is due to appear before Brighton magistrates on 10 April.
Bishop Ball is also to be charged with misconduct in public office between 1977 and 1992.
Chief crown prosecutor for the South East Jaswant Narwal, said: "After a thorough and careful review, I have decided that Peter Ball should be prosecuted for misconduct in public office and two indecent assaults.
"It is alleged that he sexually abused a number of young males between 1977 and 1992.
"The misconduct alleged is that he misused his position and authority to manipulate and prevail upon others for his own sexual gratification."
Bishop Ball is due to be charged when he appears before the magistrates.
He served as Bishop of Gloucester until 1993.
California-based Cyphort Labs said that it had detected ads placed on the site being used to spread harmful code on two separate visits during one week.
The celebrity scandal site has not yet commented but was known to have suffered a similar problem last year.
Experts suggested users install ad-blocking plug-ins to defend themselves.
The phenomenon is known as "malvertising", and users do not have to click on the ads to find their device infected.
PerezHilton.com is far from being the only publisher to have hosted the threat.
Cyphort identified 1,654 unique domains that had fallen victim to the parasitical attack in 2015, and said it believed it was on course to see more than 2,000 instances this year.
The New York Times, AOL and BBC.com are among other popular sites thought to have been hijacked in this way. since January.
"Malvertising is effective because users tend to trust mainstream, high-trafficked "clean" websites," security researcher Nick Bilogorskiy blogged.
"The attackers abuse this trust to infect them via third-party ad content."
PerezHilton.com says it is visited by 12 million people every month.
In the first instance on 30 April, the firm said PerezHilton.com's ads caused users to download the Angler exploit kit, which is used to distribute a range of infections including ransomware.
Then on 2 May, it said a different type of exploit kit was spread via the site.
If the users had anti-virus software installed they may have been protected against some of the threats. But in many cases they would not have known they had been exposed.
Like many sites, PerezHilton.com does not check each advert that appears on its pages but instead relies on third parties to place them, sharing the revenue they generate.
"The only organisations which understand the full scale of the threat are the advertising networks themselves, and they don't want to draw attention to their own failure to vet their clients," commented Dr Steven Murdoch, a security expert at University College London.
Cyphort noted that users could protect themselves by installing ad-blocking extensions for their web browser.
Dr Murdoch concurred but questioned whether this was a long-term solution.
"Ad-blockers offer a temporary mitigation against these problems but if everyone starts using them the current business model of the web will no longer be sustainable," he said.
"Other options for keeping the web running include asking users to pay for services - subscriptions - but few websites have been able to make this work."
The 15-year-old has been giving evidence in the trial at Leeds Crown Court since Tuesday.
She and her friend allegedly killed alcoholic Angela Wrightson in her home in Hartlepool, County Durham, in December 2014.
Mr Justice Globe told the jury the girl had a history of self-harming.
He said they would hear evidence from psychiatrists who had been in court to hear the girl, who cannot be named for legal reasons, giving evidence.
The judge said: "You're going to hear that [the girl] has had a number of incidents in the past of self-harming and there have been incidents of attempted suicide.
"In the context of her giving evidence, there have been three such incidents.
"One of them apparently occurred at the place where she's staying last Wednesday, the second one occurred while she was at this court last Friday and the third one occurred over the weekend.
"Being aware of these incidents, you will perhaps appreciate a bit more the reason why we have been so careful in relation to making sure she's alright and in a fit state to continue giving her evidence."
The court has been sitting for short days during the trial and the girl has been giving her evidence in half-hour time periods. She has been speaking via video link from a separate room.
The girl, who was 14 at the time, has admitted manslaughter and told the court she repeatedly hit and kicked Miss Wrightson but did not think she could die from her injuries.
The second younger girl, who is now 14 and was 13 at the time, says she played no part in the attack.
Miss Wrightson, who was 5ft 4ins and weighed six and a half stone, was found in her blood-spattered living room with more than 100 injuries.
Both girls admit to being present at the time the injuries were inflicted but deny murder.
The trial was adjourned until Tuesday.
Fishlock, 29, has previously spoken about the challenges she has faced as a high-profile gay athlete.
No current Premier League players are openly gay but a recent BBC survey found 82% of fans would have no issue with a gay player.
"The environment and the timing is so important," Fishlock said.
"That's what we have to get - the environment to say 'it's ok and it's not a problem'. That's what we're fighting for and what we've got to work on."
She told BBC Radio Wales Sport: "You don't want a footballer to come out for all the wrong reasons and then have a negative impact for that person.
"What you do want is for them to feel comfortable that they can come out, they can be themselves and they're happy with that."
Former England women's captain Casey Stoney publicly revealed her sexuality for the first time in February 2014 and became the most high-profile active gay footballer in England.
Stoney said homosexuality was more accepted in the women's game than the men's game.
Justin Fashanu was the first player in England to come out as gay in 1990, but took his own life aged 37 in 1998. No male professional player has come out while playing in England since.
The Seattle Reign player, currently on loan at Melbourne City, said she had received abuse during her career for being gay but was also proud she had inspired others come to terms with their own sexuality.
"I've had people write letters telling how me being so open and so happy and so comfortable with who I am at the highest level at a huge sport has actually made them realise it's ok and they don't have to commit suicide or they don't have these dark thoughts anymore," she added.
"When you hear that and when you get that I guess nothing else really matters because that is such a big thing to have."
Ex-Germany and Aston Villa player Thomas Hitzlsperger became the first player with Premier League experience to publicly reveal his homosexuality in January 2014 after he had finished playing in England.
Football Association chairman Greg Clarke told a Commons Select Committee in October that Premier League players would still suffer "significant abuse" if they chose to reveal they were gay.
This weekend, football and rugby union will support a campaign helping to raise awareness of issues faced by lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) fans and players.
The Rainbow Laces campaign, launched by LGBT equality charity Stonewall in 2013, aims to tackle homophobic, biphobic and transphobic attitudes in sport.
Rainbow flags will feature at Premier League fixtures, while referees will wear rainbow-coloured laces and Fishlock says she supports the campaign's aims.
The Black and Whites, who beat Warrington to lift the Challenge Cup on 27 August, went ahead when Mahe Fonua touched down in the right-hand corner.
But Saints led at half-time with tries from Owens and Matty Fleming.
Vea went over twice and Owens got his second, with Sika Manu's try little consolation for the visitors.
Saints stay fourth in the table, six points clear of Dragons in the final play-off place.
Shaun Michaels almost brought about a nervy finish for the hosts, but he was pushed out into touch by Adam Swift before being able to get the ball down.
Vea and Owens' second tries then sealed victory for Saints.
Hull FC, who rested several players from the side that won the Challenge Cup at Wembley for the first time, will lose top spot if Warrington beat Catalans on Saturday.
St Helens: Lomax; Owens, Peyroux, Fleming, Swift; Turner, Fages; Walmsley, Roby, Richards, McCarthy-Scarsbrook, Greenwood, Wilkin.
Replacements: Amor, Vea, Ashworth, Knowles.
Hull FC: Shaul; Michaels, Fonua, Talanoa, Naughton; Pryce, Abdull; Bowden, Washbrook, Green, Manu, Hadley, Thompson.
Replacements: Downs, Watts, Paleaaesina, Pritchard.
The agreement includes a $100m fine and $370m in consumer relief to borrowers.
Investigations began in 2010 after HSBC was found to be signing off foreclosure documents without proper review.
In a statement, the bank's chief executive Kathy Madison called the agreement a "positive result."
The consumer relief will require the bank to cut the loan amount on mortgages for homeowners close to default. HBSC will also be required to change internal practices like foreclosing on homeowners who are being considered for a loan modification.
"The agreement is part of our ongoing effort to address root causes of the financial crisis," said the head of the Justice Department's Civil Division Benjamin Mizer.
The deal settles claims with 49 states, the District of Columbia and the federal government.
HSBC's agreement is similar to deals that were given to US banks including JP Morgan and Bank of America in 2012.
Teaching maths and science to all up to 18 would "produce a wiser population", says new British Science Association president Dame Athene Donald.
Prof Donald will use her address to next week's British Science Festival to urge major changes to UK education.
In particular, pupils are asked to specialise too young, she will argue.
"Citizens need to be empowered to make good decisions in their private lives - be it about vaccinations, mobile phone masts or climate change," she will tell the festival, at Bradford University.
In order for this to happen, she will say, more young people need to be interested in and comfortable with science.
She believes the problem starts young, with too few teachers able to teach primary school science or trained as subject specialists at secondary level.
Forcing pupils to make subject choices from the age of 14, effectively divides the nation "into sheep and goats, science people and arts people", she will argue.
"Too often we find ourselves apparently in opposing camps - and our culture these days always makes it seem as if the scientists are the outsiders.
"We may be mocked if our knowledge of Shakespeare or Austen isn't perfect, but it is still OK to say 'I could never do maths at school.'"
Echoing calls for a shift to a Baccalaureate-type exam to give a broader, less specialist education for post-16s than is currently available, Prof Donald will say that "in most other countries, children are simply not allowed not to study maths right up until they leave school".
She will also hit out at gender stereotyping which she says has seen too few women in science.
"We need to change mindsets of teachers and parents alike," she will say, "to ensure that both genders get equal airtime in the classroom, that boys don't hog the apparatus."
"Because science is so integral in our everyday lives, having an attitude that it's all nasty, scary and dangerous stuff is enormously unhelpful if not positively dangerous.
"We should be working hard to ensure parents are not bamboozled by basic facts."
A spokesman for England's Department for Education agreed maths and science were "vital" in everyday life, "whether you are running your own business of trying to pick the best mortgage".
Thousands more students are now leaving education with good GCSEs in science and maths subjects, said the spokesman, while the number of A-level entries in these subjects has risen by more than 38,000 since 2010.
"The new, robust, national curriculum introduced last year includes extra emphasis on maths at primary school and will be introducing new science GCSEs next year," he added.
The politician was on the Greek island of Lesbos to see what help was being given to those coming ashore.
Mr Yousaf said an estimated 5,000 people had arrived on the island in the 24 hours he was there.
The Scottish government is providing £300,000 in humanitarian aid for those arriving in Europe.
It has also pledged that Scotland will accept at least 2,000 refugees.
Mr Yousaf called on governments across Europe to do more to assist.
During his visit, he said he;
Mr Yousaf said: "It is hard to describe in words how shocking and heartbreaking it is.
"You're talking of mothers, pregnant women, the elderly, children - all just desperate to find safety, security and a home.
"The first thing that hits you when you see the coast is the thousands, if not tens of thousands, of life jackets piled up on the shores.
"The emotions of the people who disembarked ranged from delight that they'd managed to make it to safety, to shock - one woman collapsed in front of us with shock - to fear because the journey had been so treacherous.
"It's a scene that should leave every single one of us thoroughly ashamed of ourselves, that this is happening on our doorstep and we're doing next to nothing to assist."
Kelly Falconer, 45, originally from Surrey, was discovered in the property in the town's Fisher Avenue on 13 April after fire crews arrived at the scene.
Police Scotland initially said the death was being treated as unexplained.
A joint investigation with the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service has now concluded there were no suspicious circumstances.
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Roedd Ivor Gifford o Abertyleri, Blaenau Gwent, yn credu mai merched 11 a 12 oed roedd e'n cysylltu â nhw ar-lein.
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Nearly a decade on, Britain still has only that same 68-mile (109km) stretch of track, but China has built itself the longest high-speed network in the world.
At more than 12,000km (7,450 miles) in total, it is well over double the length of the European and Japanese networks combined.
So if you want to get a sense of what the future of rail travel might look like, China would seem to be the place to come.
As it stands, train technology doesn't seem to have changed much for decades.
The UK may have just received its first Hitachi-made Super Express high-speed train capable of running at up to 140mph (225km/h), but this is hardly a quantum leap forward.
The much-loved InterCity 125 - as its name suggests - could do 125mph back in the 1970s. And France's TGV and Spain's AVE travel at more than 190mph.
So when will we see truly superfast trains bulleting through the countryside, capable of speeds of several hundred miles per hour?
A lot of hopes are being pinned on "evacuated tube transport" (ETT) technology, inside China and elsewhere.
Friction is the enemy of speed, and air friction increases the faster we go. This means the current upper limit for conventional high-speed trains is about 250mph.
So the theory is that by running trains through vacuum tubes, and raising them off the tracks using existing maglev [magnetic levitation] technology, drag could be reduced to near zero.
These ETT trains could potentially travel at over 1,000mph.
The Rand Corporation's Robert Salter proposed an underground version of such a transit system back in 1972. But it is only now that an overground version, based on the Hyperloop concept proposed by Tesla Motors and SpaceX founder Elon Musk, will be trialled in California next year.
China is already testing the technology - albeit on a small scale.
Dr Deng Zigang, from the Applied Superconductivity Laboratory at China's Southwest Jiaotong University, has built just such a system: a 6m radius vacuum train tunnel, and he has begun testing.
But these are early days. Reports suggest Dr Deng's small train has so far only reached speeds of 15.5mph (25km/h), and there are many who doubt whether such technology will ever become a reality.
"Viable public transport needs a lot more than experiments," says Prof Sun Zhang, a railway expert from Shanghai's Tongji University.
"It needs to be achievable in construction, they have to be able to control the risk, and they have to have concern about the cost.
"So my personal view," he adds, "is that, at this stage at least, this is just a theory."
Jeremy Acklam, transport expert at the Institution of Engineering and Technology, agrees that a combination of maglev and vacuum technologies would be "very much more expensive" than traditional high-speed rail. "We need to ask ourselves how much extra speed is worth?" he says.
Maglev tech is expensive because the repelling magnets and copper coils use a lot of electricity, and the track infrastructure is far more complex than conventional steel rails.
"Achieving a vacuum across a long distance is a significant engineering challenge," says Mr Acklam.
Then there are the safety issues.
How would passengers be evacuated if the train broke down, and how would the emergency services gain access?
There's also the obvious point that many people might not like travelling in a tube with no windows to look through.
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While TV screens and video projections could make the experience less claustrophobic, it would still take some getting used to.
Despite such drawbacks, Mr Acklam still believes that the hyperloop concept is one "whose time has come".
Meanwhile, Japan is powering ahead with maglev technology.
In October last year it approved plans to build what will be the world's fastest train line, capable of whisking passengers between Tokyo and Nagoya at more than 310mph (500km/h).
If the line is eventually built, for a cost of a little over $50bn (£34bn), it will be the world's first inter-city maglev line, shaving a whole hour off the current journey time of 1 hour 40 minutes.
China, of course, does have its own maglev line in Shanghai, carrying passengers from the international airport in Pudong into the city.
But it is often held up, not as a shining example of the benefits of high-speed rail, but of the pitfalls of pursuing big infrastructure projects for their own sake.
The line does indeed whoosh passengers into the city at breathtaking speed, but not to the city centre, meaning travellers then have to find other ways to complete their journeys.
And for many, now that the metro has been extended all the way to the airport, this offers a regular, reliable and cheap alternative.
While we're waiting for these superfast trains to arrive, we'll have to make do with more conventional high-speed trains.
China's lead in the technology means it has become the partner of choice in more than a dozen countries. And it is in talks with many more.
No other country has seen such a rapid expansion of mass transportation.
And things look set to stay that way.
China is planning to double the size of its network again within the next five years or so and has recently confirmed plans to build a $242bn high-speed rail link to Moscow.
The benefit of all of this railway construction, at least in the short term, has been obvious in the form of a huge investment-driven boost for the economy.
And in such a vast country, reducing journey times has been good for business.
The train journey from Beijing to Guangzhou - now the world's longest unbroken high-speed rail journey at 2,298km - now takes eight hours rather than 20, and costs just over $100.
The main question for China is whether such a massive expansion is commercially sustainable.
"We're still seeing large growth in air and rail travel around the world," says Mr Acklam. "There doesn't seem to be a reduction in the need to travel in the digital era.
"Business always demands more speed."
The RAF, also called the Baader-Meinhof gang, killed more than 30 people in an anti-capitalist terror campaign in the 1970s and 80s.
In 1998 an RAF declaration said the "urban guerrilla project" had ended.
Shots were fired at an armoured security van near Bremen last June, but the militants could not open its doors.
The three fled the scene - a supermarket car park in Gross Mackenstedt - in a Ford Focus, having failed to grab the cash that was inside the van. The two security men inside were unhurt, German broadcaster NDR said.
Police have only now identified the robbers' DNA from fingerprints, naming the suspects as ex-RAF militants Ernst-Volker Staub, 58, Daniela Klette, aged 57, and Burkhard Garweg, whose age is unknown.
Experts on the RAF believe the militants may be running out of money as they get older, and not that they are staging robberies in order to finance a new urban guerrilla campaign.
Born from the radical student movement of the late 1960s, the RAF comprised mainly middle-class youngsters who saw themselves as fighting the West German capitalist establishment.
At the peak of the group's popularity, around a quarter of young West Germans expressed some sympathy for the militants.
Their critics denounced them as murderous nihilists - desperate for a cause but with no real political goals.
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According to investigators, the militants drove up to the security van in a VW van, which they then reversed into a wall, blocking the target vehicle.
The three wore masks and camouflage gear. Video footage from surveillance cameras showed them armed with two Kalashnikov assault rifles and a grenade launcher.
At least three shots were fired - a bullet burst one of the van's tyres, another shattered the windscreen and a third was found embedded in the van's armour.
The Ford Focus getaway car was found abandoned a week later in woodland near Gross Ippener - about nine minutes' journey from the crime scene.
NDR reports that DNA from Klette and Staub was also found after a similar armed robbery in Duisburg, in the Ruhr region of western Germany, in 1999.
The RAF had links with radical Arab militants in the Middle East and targeted German bankers, businessmen, judges and US servicemen.
The German criminal police - BKA - has put wanted notices on the internet for the three, offering rewards for information that leads to their capture.
Mr Obama was joined at Arlington National Cemetery by former President Bill Clinton.
The 50th anniversary of Kennedy's assassination is on Friday.
Earlier, Mr Obama awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest US civilian honour, to Mr Clinton and other prominent Americans.
Among this year's recipients were entertainer Oprah Winfrey, late astronaut Sally Ride and feminist Gloria Steinem.
Kennedy established a modern version of the awards but did not live to present the first medals.
Members of Kennedy's family stood by Mr Obama, Mr Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as a trumpet player performed Taps, the traditional US military mourning song, at the Kennedy grave.
Mr Obama made no public comments.
"Today, we salute fierce competitors who became true champions," the US president said earlier at the White House, speaking about each recipient of the medal before their official commendations.
He thanked Mr Clinton for "the advice and counsel that you've offered me, on and off the golf course. And most importantly, for your lifesaving work around the world, which represents what's the very best in America."
A recent political book reported that Mr Obama had gone to play a game of golf with Mr Clinton during the 2012 election campaign, but left the course early, supposedly saying he could only tolerate his fellow Democrat "in doses".
At Wednesday's ceremony, Mr Obama said Sally Ride - who became the first American woman in space in 1983 and died last year of pancreatic cancer - had served as a role model for his own children.
"Today our daughters, including Malia and Sasha, can set their sights a little bit higher because Sally Ride showed them the way," Mr Obama said.
The medals for Ride as well as civil rights activist Bayard Rustin and Senator Daniel Inouye, the first Japanese-American to serve in Congress, were awarded posthumously.
The other Medal of Freedom honourees were
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James Anderson and Stuart Broad shared 15 wickets in the match as England completed the 13th-fastest victory in terms of balls bowled in Test history.
"Anderson and Broad had the conditions and Sri Lanka are inexperienced," said former England batsman Boycott.
"I don't care who played, they would have struggled in those conditions against two fine bowlers."
Anderson took his second five-wicket haul in two days with Sri Lanka bowled out for 119 just after tea on day three of the first Test at Headingley.
The Lancashire bowler ended with match figures of 10-45 as England took a 1-0 lead in the three-match series.
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Two years ago, at the same venue and against the same opponents, Anderson was left in tears after being dismissed from the penultimate ball of the match to give Sri Lanka a series win.
The 33-year-old, England's all-time leading wicket-taker, also struggled on England's tour of South Africa this winter, managing only seven wickets in three matches.
In Leeds, he was a constant threat, expertly using the assistance on offer to swing the ball prodigiously, and claiming his third Test 10-wicket haul.
"I wasn't myself in South Africa," Anderson told Test Match Special. "It was nice to have a couple of months after that and I worked on some things with Lancashire. I'm delighted to carry that on here."
Boycott, who played 108 Tests for England, added: "I never felt there was a problem with Anderson so long as he got match bowling.
"He's bowled 100 overs in the Championship for Lancashire this season - I always feel the older you get, the more overs you need, not less. He looks in great shape and there's still miles in his legs."
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Jonny Bairstow was named man of the match for making 140 with the bat and taking nine catches behind the stumps, the first England player to complete such a double.
"He was batting on a different wicket to the other 21 players in this match," said England captain Alastair Cook. "Everyone else was struggling to drive, but every time they pitched it up he whacked it for four.
"It's great to see a guy realise his talent and fulfil it on the international stage. The first time I saw him I thought he would play for England and he'll go from strength to strength."
For Bairstow, a first Test hundred in the UK came on his home ground of Headingley and follows his maiden century against South Africa earlier this year. He has also made scores of 246 and 198 for Yorkshire this season.
"I'm confident and in good form," he said. "I enjoy playing here but I wouldn't say it was easy out there. It was tough."
England assistant coach Paul Farbrace also admitted that Bairstow's form has led to discussions about moving higher than his current spot of number seven in the batting order.
"When he plays like that, he could easily bat in the top five," Farbrace told Sky Sports. "I'm sure he will end up higher but, at the moment, having him at seven suits the way we want to play."
Sri Lanka, touring England for the first time since batting greats Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara retired from international cricket, have little time to regroup, with the second Test at Chester-le-Street beginning on Friday.
"I don't think they will get much sunshine in Durham," said Boycott. "Sri Lanka have to hope the ball doesn't move about as much. If the ball moves the same amount again, they will lose."
Captain Angelo Mathews, who made a century in their win at Headingley two years ago, conceded that his team must examine their approach to batting in English conditions.
"We have to make that mental change," said the all-rounder. "It's a matter of being positive and coming up with a good strategy. We have to score runs, that's the bottom line.
"We don't have the two legends now so it's up to all of us to step it up. We have seven good batters, but it's just inexperience."
All-rounder Ben Stokes suffered a knee injury on the second day and did not bowl on Saturday. He will be assessed by medical staff on Sunday with the England squad for the second Test on his home ground expected to be announced later in the day.
If he fails to be fit, then Farbrace said Chris Woakes is one possible replacement, or that England could shuffle their batting order and play an extra bowler.
While opener Alex Hales played his most impressive Test innings to date with a disciplined 86, under-pressure number three Nick Compton only managed a three-ball duck and debutant James Vince, batting at five, contributed just nine.
"Hales was a shining light," said Boycott. "Full marks to him showing great application.
"It shows he is prepared to work really hard to stay in the team. If you're prepared to do that, you've always got a chance of making it."
Captain Cook's wait to become the first England player to reach 10,000 Test runs will also stretch to Durham, with the left-hander edging behind for 16, 20 short, on the first morning.
"I thought it was there to drive, but it shows the fine margins in batting," said Cook. "I'm frustrated, I'd love to get 10,000 out of the way. Hopefully I can do it in Durham."
President Koroma waded into the country's football feud by lashing out against "unproductive squabbles in football".
His dramatic intervention comes just over a month after Fifa secretary general Fatma Samoura visited Freetown and announced a roadmap designed to bring peace between Sierra Leone's warring football factions.
Sierra Leone FA (SLFA) president Isha Johansen is locked in a bitter fight with various club administrators, particularly over two issues - her organisational reforms and conveying of the SLFA congress.
The SLFA has also not been able to organise a league this year and a breakaway league organised by nine out of 14 Premier League clubs is ongoing.
President Koroma's comments came during a popular annual football competition carrying his name in his birth place of Makeni at the weekend.
"I've been trying to solve the issues for some time... there are no big issues other than, egos and selfish interests," the Head of State said.
"This should not stop us from looking at the bigger picture which is to promote our talented young men and women.
"I hope the impasse will come to an end very soon."
President Koroma, who has attempted several times to deal with the malaise infecting his country's national game, did not say what he would do if nothing has changed by March 2017.
Crucially, though, he warned that no one will be protected by Fifa - a clear reference to Fifa's stance that government should not interfere in football matters.
The world governing body has made no secret of its backing for Johansen, the only female football president in Africa.
President Koroma said: "Let nobody feel that he or she will continue to enjoy the protection of Fifa because when the Fifa secretary general Fatma Samoura came to Freetown recently, she made it very clear that it's time the stakeholders of football in the country sat down and sorted out the issues.
"It will be in the interest of the country to do so immediately because we have young talent to develop."
The DSCOVR spacecraft, which was launched in February, has a camera that stares constantly at the sunlit face of the Earth.
The images are being used to track moving features such as clouds and dust storms, and to monitor the climate.
But on 27 September, it was in just the right position to see the Moon go behind the Earth and into its shadow.
On the ground at this time, skywatchers would have observed the lunar body turn a shade of red.
It does this because some sunlight is still able to reach the Moon's surface after being filtered through the Earth's atmosphere.
"Our camera is normally centred on the Earth but we use the Moon for calibration," explained Jay Herman, the US space agency's (Nasa) lead investigator on DSCOVR's Epic camera system.
"That's what we were doing on this occasion. We were staring at the Moon and the Earth moved in front about four hours before the eclipse was seen on Earth. And that's because we were at an angular position, just to the side of the Sun-Earth line.
"The Earth is rotating as it goes by. It's kind of neat because you can watch the motion of the clouds."
Dr Herman was speaking at the Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union in San Francisco - the largest annual gathering of Earth scientists.
The DSCOVR satellite is reported to be in excellent shape. In-space testing continues following the launch but science operations have started up nonetheless, and the AGU gathering is being used to report some early observations and results.
One of the satellite's objectives is to track cloud behaviour. The different wavelength filters on Epic allow the camera to estimate cloud heights. This is important not just for monitoring weather systems, but also to understand the clouds' impact on the climate. Some help to cool the planet by reflecting sunlight back out into space; other clouds actually warm the Earth because they trap heat.
And in pursuing this work, Epic data has already observed some unexpected things, like the tracks of ships. These are not the wakes created by the vessels cutting through the ocean surface, but rather the clouds their exhaust system are seeding up above.
"It was very surprising for us that we could see them from one million miles, and they're even better seen if we use a longer wavelength because this gives you a strong contrast with the dark ocean," said Alexander Marshak, the DSCOVR deputy project scientist.
Also still being tested is the satellite's NISTAR instrument. This is a radiometer that measures the total amount of solar energy being reflected off Earth, as well as the heat emitted from our planet.
Its principal investigator is Steven Lorentz from the US National Institute of Standards and Technology. He explained how the amount of solar energy bouncing off the planet would vary depending on which continents or oceans are in view. The Earth was most reflective, he said, when Africa dominated the scene (land surfaces are brighter than sea surfaces) with Antarctica visible also during the austral summer.
"The two poles do show up very clearly in the data," he told BBC News.
"When the Earth is tilted this way or that way, it really does make a difference to the planetary albedo. And that just underlines the ice's importance to the climate because if the poles weren't there, or as they shrink, the amount of energy going into the system will go up."
DSCOVR's project scientist, Adam Szabo, added: "The type of measurements that the satellite is making is nothing new - we've been making these exact observations from low-Earth orbiting or geostationary satellites. But the vantage point is really unique.
"Sitting between the Sun and Earth, we are seeing the full sunlit face of Earth all the time, allowing Earth to rotate beneath us rather than the satellite going around the Earth."
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Controversial plans to add a further 16 turbines at Scout Moor, on land between Rochdale and Rossendale, were approved earlier this year.
But now the government has "called in" the decision by Rossendale Borough Council to approve 14 of the turbines.
It means a public inquiry will be held before further progress is made.
Scout Moor wind farm opened in 2008 with the 26 existing wind turbines generating enough electricity for 40,000 homes.
Rochdale Borough Council approved plans for the final two turbines to be added.
Opponents are concerned the expansion of the wind farm will impact negatively on the natural beauty of the area.
But energy companies Peel Energy and United Utilities said consultations have shown opposition to the plans is low.
MW = Megawatts
Source: RenewableUK
Cancer Research UK has set out seven challenges covering what it says are the most important unanswered questions in cancer research.
The first winning grant will be announced next autumn.
World Health Organization figures show there were about 14m new cases and 8.2m cancer related deaths in 2012.
The number of new cases is expected to rise by about 70% globally over the next two decades, with more than 60% of them occurring in Africa, Asia and Central and South America.
Smoking is the most important risk factor for cancer, causing around one-fifth of global cancer deaths.
Dr Rick Klausner, chairman of the Grand Challenge board and former director of the US National Cancer Institute, said: "This is research on a scale never before attempted in cancer - it's big, it's bold, and I'm very excited to be part of this journey."
The first successful proposal will be awarded £20m to carry out five or more years of research.
Cancer Research UK said it planned to make at least five more Grand Challenge awards over the next five years "to stimulate fresh thinking and investment in multiple areas of cancer research".
Margaret Grayson, a patient adviser on the Grand Challenge panel, said: "I was diagnosed with breast cancer alongside six other women I grew to be close friends with, and in the first five years I've been to all of their funerals.
"So I'm determined to see the odds improve for future cancer patients and I see the Grand Challenge as the way Cancer Research UK is going to do this."
The band performed during Friday night's Children In Need, the first time as a seven piece since 2002.
During their career, the group had 11 UK top ten hits, including three number ones.
Speaking about the 2015 tour, Rachel Stevens said: "We went through so much together there will always be that bond there. Even though it had been such a long time, coming back together felt really natural."
Of their comeback performance, Bradley told Newsbeat: "It was amazing. You couldn't ask for a better response from the fans."
Whilst there was a lot of positive reaction, there had been some criticism directed at Jo O'Meara's singing.
But Jo explained that it came down to nerves.
Jo said: "A lot of people were picking out my vocals saying they weren't all that good which, I've got to say, I completely agree with!"
"It's because I was so nervous. More nervous than I've ever been. It's like someone had thrown sand in my mouth. I was shaking from head to toe. Next time I'll do a better job."
The full tour dates are:
Thursday, May 7 - Birmingham LG Arena
Friday, May 8 - Manchester Arena
Saturday, May 9 - Newcastle, Metro Radio Arena
Monday, May 11 - Bournemouth IC
Tuesday, May 12 - Cardiff, Motorpoint Arena
Wednesday, May 13 - Liverpool, Echo Arena
Friday, May 15 - Nottingham, Capital FM Arena
Saturday, May 16 - London, The O2
Tuesday, May 19 - Leeds, First Direct Arena
Wednesday, May 20 - Glasgow, The SSE Hydro
Tickets go on sale on Thursday November 20 at 9am.
The billboard, which has displayed electrical advertisements for more than a century, went dark at 08:30 GMT for work to take place.
It is the first time since World War Two the lights have gone off, except for power cuts and special events.
A temporary advertising banner will replace the lights.
A permanent single screen will be unveiled in autumn to replace the current six screens.
As well as being an advertising board, it will be able to provide live video streaming and give updates about events such as the weather and sports results.
Ros Morgan, chief executive of the Heart of London business alliance, said the new screen would "bring visitors an enhanced entertainment experience".
About 100 million people are estimated to pass through Piccadilly Circus each year.
The lights have previously gone out in 1939 to comply with World War Two blackouts. They were not switched back on until 1949.
Since then, they have only been turned off as a mark of respect, including during the funerals of Winston Churchill and Princess Diana, and in support of environmental campaigns.
The occasional power cut and the imposed three-day week in the 1970s have also plunged Piccadilly Circus into darkness.
The new display, which will be the same size as the current space, will be shared by six advertisers.
Coca-Cola has been advertising in Piccadilly Circus since 1954 and will continue its residency, while Samsung will also have a spot.
Vasiliki Arvaniti, portfolio manager at Land Securities, said the new screen would offer brands "pioneering new ways to connect" with people.
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Dons fans have embraced Don't You Want Me - a number one in 1981 - by changing the lyrics to "Peter Pawlett Baby".
Campaigns on Facebook and Twitter to get the song to the top of the charts have snowballed since the club won the Scottish League Cup on Sunday - with the song echoing in the background.
The Human League have now joined in with the effort.
Peter Pawlett is an Aberdeen midfielder.
The song was the highest new entry in the iTunes chart on Tuesday, when it reached number 10, and has continued to climb since.
Human League's Facebook page posted a message that said: "Amazing stuff you Aberdeen FC fans, simply amazing.
"Best of luck with your campaign and here's hoping the club appreciate your creativity and support as much as we do."
The band later said in a statement: "For us to be waking up this morning to find Don't You Want Me at number 5 on the iTunes singles chart was absolutely amazing and has to rank as one of the biggest surprises of our career to date, which after over 35 years in the music business is really saying something.
"We are slightly stunned but at the same time very honoured that the fans of Aberdeen FC have chosen our song as their anthem to Peter Pawlett and their achievement in getting it so high in the charts in the space of just one day is a real testament to both their dedication to their club and to this player in particular.
"Speaking as a band who have always enjoyed a deeply loyal and enthusiastic fan base of our own we know just how important the fans really are and what a difference they can make.
"We do of course wish the Aberdeen fans every success in their campaign to honour Peter by getting DYWM to number one on Sunday and regardless of whether they succeed or not we hope that both they and everyone involved with the club have a fantastic day at their League Cup parade this coming Sunday.
"As we believe the saying goes in Aberdeen - Come On You Reds!"
Fans are now also calling on The Human League to come to Aberdeen to play the song - with the alternative Peter Pawlett lyrics included.
Live in New York! explores 40 years of the comedy sketch show and its impact on US culture.
The festival, founded by actor Robert De Niro and Jane Rosenthal, has now been running for 14 years.
It closes on 26 April with a remastered print of Martin Scorsese's Goodfellas, marking the film's 25th anniversary.
De Niro, who starred in the original 1990 film, will be joined by fellow cast members at the screening.
Other festival highlights include a screening of Harold Lloyd's New York-set silent classic Speedy, with a live soundtrack provided by DJ Z-Trip; Arnold Schwarzenegger in the premiere of zombie drama Maggie - described by the Terminator star as "the most human role you've ever seen me take on"; and Britain's Simon Pegg in the screwball romantic comedy Man Up.
There will also be documentaries on the National Lampoon films (Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon) and the international premiere of Michael Winterbottom's The Emperor's New Clothes, made in conjunction with Russell Brand.
There will also be talks with filmmakers including George Lucas, Christopher Nolan and Bennett Miller.
On Thursday, Mary J Blige will follow the screening of music documentary The London Sessions with a live performance.
"You're always nervous. It's putting on a show; it's having all these people into your house. We work for a year on it," Rosenthal told the Hollywood Reporter at Vanity Fair's annual Tribeca Film Festival party.
"I think being a little nervous is always good. You can never be too confident about anything."
Rosenthal said she was most looking forward to Monty Python's 40th anniversary celebration, which will see screenings of classic Python films and bring together, once again, the five surviving members of the comedy troupe.
"I'm actually really excited about seeing all the Pythons together, having just loved those movies," said Rosenthal. "So I'm excited to see what they're going to do after their film."
For his part, De Niro told reporters he just had fun..."showing up".
All three and four-year-olds, as well as vulnerable two-year-olds, are currently entitled to 600 hours of free childcare each year.
The government plans to almost double this to 1,140 hours a year by 2020.
But some parents have said they struggle to access the existing free hours due to a lack of flexibility.
The three trial areas will test out different models in a bid to address concerns that have been raised.
These will include extended days and cover over holidays in the Borders, a "stay and play" scheme for two-year-olds in Aberdeen that allows parents to stay with them, and extending access to a woodland play area in Edinburgh.
The pilots have been backed with about £138,000 of Scottish government funding, and were announced by childcare and early years minister Mark McDonald on a visit to Craigentinny Nursery in Edinburgh.
He said the Scottish government was determined to deliver the flexibility that families need to make the best use of childcare.
He added: "Right now, councils work hard to be flexible but we must all acknowledge that too often the system does not offer places where and when families need them. We are going to change that.
"By trialling different delivery models we will be better able to understand what parents and children need and want.
"The three successful local authorities announced today put forward a diverse range of proposals and I look forward to seeing how these work in practice."
The trials will start in January and involve Manor Park Primary School in Aberdeen, the Philiphaugh Community School campus in Selkirk and two nurseries in Edinburgh, potentially Craigentinny and Ferryhill.
Research by Heriot-Watt University identified improved childcare as the single policy that could do most to reduce income inequality in Scotland.
Alan's father crossed into Kurdish-controlled Kobane with the coffins.
Three-year-old Alan, his brother Galip, five, and his mother Rehan died trying to reach the Greek island of Kos.
Pictures of Alan's body on a beach in Turkey sparked worldwide outrage at the plight of people fleeing the war in Syria for Europe.
A convoy of vehicles with the bodies crossed into Kobane from the Turkish border town of Suruc, officials say.
Alan's father Abdullah said his family died after the boat they were capsized shortly after leaving Turkey.
Images of Alan's body being recovered from a beach near Bodrum caused an outpouring of sympathy for the plight of those fleeing Syria's civil war and criticism of foreign governments for not doing enough to answer the crisis.
Thousands of migrants have died this year trying to reach Europe by sea.
Kobane became a symbol of Kurdish resistance in January after a siege by Islamic State militants lasting five months was repelled in a battle that made international headlines.
Thousands of the city's previous 400,000 population began to return following IS's defeat.
But in June the jihadists attacked Kobane again, detonating car bombs and launching an assault, prompting a renewed exodus of refugees from the city.
Although the city has never been important strategically, correspondents say that its loss after heavy street-fighting and coalition aerial bombardment still hurts the militants.
Samir Hussain said covering his face with his hands saved his sight but he was left unable to fully close one eye.
The 28-year-old, who is backing calls for controls on the sale of corrosive substances, said he felt the acid "eating away" at his face.
He now wears a facial mask and said customers at the Kent shopping centre where he works often ask what happened.
"I work in a public-facing role and it is something I talk about on a daily basis," said Mr Hussain, who works in Tunbridge Wells.
He must wear the mask all day and night for at least 18 months as part of his treatment following the attack at Cineworld in Crawley, West Sussex in September.
"When it was thrown, automatic reaction was to raise my hands and cover my face," he said.
"So luckily my eyesight was saved, although my eyelid does not close properly any more.
"When it hit my face it was a cold shock and that's when you feel the acid actually eating away at your flesh."
Mr Hussain, from Redhill, Surrey, is backing calls for controls on the sale of corrosive substances such as sulphuric acid, battery acid, and powerful drain cleaners.
James Berry, Conservative MP for Kingston and Surbiton, wants people buying dangerous substances to have to pay by credit or debit card so their details are recorded.
He says anyone buying the most concentrated substances should need a licence.
It follows an acid attack in Southampton, also in September last year, which left Carla Whitlock scarred and blind in one eye.
The Home Office said sulphuric acid was a reportable explosive precursor, meaning sellers must report suspicious purchases to the police.
"We are working with retailers to identify the best means of restricting sales of products with a high acidic content," said a spokesman.
A wide range of vehicles went on display at the Borders Vintage Agricultural Association's 40th annual show at Springwood Park in Kelso at the weekend.
Hundreds of vintage vehicles and modern classics were exhibited by owners from across the Borders and beyond.
Association chairman Charlie McCririck said: "We were quite lucky with the weather on Saturday and were delighted to see so many people there enjoying the day.
"As ever, we had a fantastic range of entries and we would like to say a particular thank-you to the members of the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service and Scottish Ambulance Service who put on an excellent demonstration for us in the main ring."
Four cars and two lorries were involved in crashes near Leamington Spa just after midnight.
The collisions left the motorway closed in both directions between junctions 15 and 16.
Two lanes of the southbound carriageway - between the M42 turning and junction 15 for Warwick - remain closed for resurfacing work.
Drivers were urged to consider alternative routes.
West Midlands Ambulance described the scene of the accident as complex and distressing.
It said the first crash involved a lorry and a car.
A spokesman said: "When crews arrived at the scene, they found wreckage over three lanes and the lorry was on fire.
"The car was also destroyed by fire."
The car driver was confirmed dead at the scene.
A second crash happened in the queuing traffic about a mile away.
A car crashed down an embankment following a collision and the engine caught fire.
The ambulance service said a fire crew going to the first crash put out the fire.
The closure of the motorway led to congestion and delays on the A435 between the Coventry Highway and the Warwick Highway, the A3400 between Lapworth and Henley-in-Arden and the A4189 Stratford Road in Henley-in-Arden.
The Archbishop of Canterbury, The Most Rev Justin Welby, presided over the service with local senior clergy and representatives of world faiths.
Sophie, Countess of Wessex and the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester were among the guests.
Actor Benedict Cumberbatch, a distant relation of the king, read a poem by Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy.
During the service, The Rt Rev Tim Stevens, Bishop of Leicester, said: "People have come in their thousands from around the world to this place of honour, not to judge or condemn but to stand humble and reverent.
"From car park to cathedral...Today we come to give this King, and these mortal remains the dignity and honour denied to them in death."
A procession and commemoration service are also taking place in York later.
The king's remains were found beneath a Leicester car park in 2012.
The archbishop, spiritual leader of the Church of England, delivered a prayer shortly before the reburial took place.
"We return the bones of your servant Richard to the grave," he said.
On writing "Richard", the poem recited by Cumberbatch during the service, Ms Ann Duffy said it was "a privilege".
The service was attended by 200 members of the public, following a ballot and representatives of those involved in finding and identifying the remains.
In a foreword to the order of service, The Queen said she recognised the "great national and international significance" of Richard's reburial.
"Today, we recognise a king who lived through turbulent times and whose Christian faith sustained him in life and death," she wrote.
Philippa Langley spearheaded the campaign to find the king led a procession through the city before the morning's service.
Speaking afterwards, she said: "I was thinking about all those years ago when I put the Looking for Richard project together and its ethos, its aim to give Richard III what he didn't get when he died in the field of battle.
"I was thinking 'It's job done'. It really is, we are laying him to rest with full dignity and honour."
Historian John Ashdown-Hill, who worked with Ms Langley, said: "It was good to get the sort of reverence for Richard that he didn't really get in 1485, which Philippa and I and the Looking for Richard team had been saying all along was what we wanted for him."
The cathedral will fully reopen to the public on Friday when the king's sealed tomb will be revealed.
In York, a choral evensong was held at the city's Minster, followed by a commemoration service and a procession through the city.
The reburial has not been without controversy. Campaigners who petitioned for Richard III to be reburied in York have described the events in Leicester over the last week as a "pantomime".
While the Dean of York, The Very Reverend Vivienne Faull was addressing the service in the Minster, about six people walked out in protest.
They described it as "Leicester-centric", complaining the event should have been about Richard's connections with Yorkshire rather than the East Midlands.
Richard, the last English king to die in battle, was killed at Bosworth Field in 1485, at the end of the Wars of the Roses.
The woman, 23, had requested weeks ago to be transferred from Nauru, part of Australia's offshore network housing people seeking asylum, to Australia so she could have an abortion.
Australia's top court is currently reviewing the legality of the centres.
Thousands of people joined protests at the weekend in support of refugees, and calling for the camps to be closed.
Meanwhile, Nauru has dismissed another Somali refugee's allegation she was raped.
The authorities said there was insufficient evidence to support the woman's claim she was raped by two Nauruan men.
Under Australia's tough asylum policy, any irregular migrants trying to reach the country by boat are intercepted and held in centres on Nauru and Manus Island, Papua New Guinea.
The government says this deters people-traffickers but there has been been criticism of the conditions at the camps.
In September, a report by the senate committee found conditions on Nauru were not "appropriate or safe". It said allegations of rape and abuse should be investigated.
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The 23-year-old Somali woman is reportedly more than 12 weeks pregnant. She alleges she was raped in the Nauruan community.
Abortion is illegal in the tiny island nation of Nauru, except where the mother's life is at risk. Rape is not considered a justifiable reason to seek a termination.
The Australian government had been under pressure to allow the women to enter the country for medical treatment.
"Our client is relieved that there has been a resolution to this sensitive matter," her lawyer George Newhouse told the Sydney Morning Herald.
"She is now in Australia and the Commonwealth government has agreed to provide her with medical treatment," he said, without giving further details.
Mr Newhouse said his client was grateful to "concerned Australians for their support" and to officials for their "understanding".
But an opposition politician has hit out at the woman's treatment.
"You've got to wonder why a young woman's very distressing situation had to become so public and the [prime] minister had to be pleaded with by the Australian people," said Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young, AAP reported.
Just some of the reactions to 24-year-old Shoshana Roberts as she was filmed walking around New York city for 10 hours.
And since the video was posted, she's suffered rape threats and abuse online.
Wearing a plain T-shirt, jeans and trainers, she was "catcalled" 108 times, and it was all caught on a camera hidden on her male friend's backpack.
Watch the video on the Hollaback blog.
One man repeatedly asked: "You don't wanna talk? Because I'm ugly?".
Some followed her for several minutes.
The footage was captured in August by Rob Biss, who was inspired by his girlfriend after she got similar unwanted attention in the street.
The film's now being used by the campaign group Hollaback! which has highlighted the impact of what it calls "intimidating street harassment".
The organisation says that includes everything from verbal harassment to stalking, groping, indecent exposure and assault in public places.
In British law, harassment includes "repeated attempts at unwanted communications" and "contact" with a victim that's "likely to cause distress or fear".
Shoshana said: '"This happens daily to so many people. We don't put up with harassment in school, at home, or at work, so why should we have to put up with it on the street?"
The Hollaback! movement's been set up in 26 countries and 79 cities, including Birmingham, London and Edinburgh.
The organisation estimates between 70% and 90% of women are harassed while walking down the street at some point in their lives.
It claims it can discriminate in many ways including sexism, racism and homophobia.
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Police were called to a house on Littlemoor Lane, Oldham, at about 01:00 GMT.
The 55-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene. A post-mortem examination is due to be carried out.
The women, aged 34 and 54, remain in police custody. Officers said the force was not looking for anyone else in connection with the death.
A fisherman raised the alarm on Friday after spotting the animal caught in creels anchored in Loch Eriboll.
British Divers Marine Life Rescue (BDMLR) was offered boats by a nearby fish farm in its effort to free the whale from the ropes on Saturday.
At one point, rescuers used one of the ropes like a horses bridle to control the whale and save it from harm.
Humpbacks are a large species of whales known for launching themselves above the sea's surface in behaviour called breaching.
During the rescue operation near Durness in Sutherland, the entangled whale breached in front of the BDMLR team.
Using a small inflatable boat, the rescuers were eventually able to cut and pull the ropes off the whale's body. It then swam free of the fishing gear.
The BDMLR team was drawn from all over Scotland.
It included Ali Jack from Wick, Noel Hawkins of Ullapool, Brian Corbett from Dundee, David Scott and Anna Oliver from Glasgow, Cath Bain of Nairn and observers Donald Mitchell from Durness and Laura Shirra from Ullapool.
Instead, doctors told Ruth Ferguson she had Bell's palsy, a condition which has left one side of her face temporarily paralysed.
She finds it difficult to talk and eat, and she has to drink through a straw.
But now the 31-year-old nurse from Skye has taken to social media to raise awareness of the illness.
A video that she has posted to Facebook last week has now been viewed more than 28,000 times.
In it, she explains that it is important that people who think they may be suffering from the condition are treated quickly.
She said that she was prescribed steroids to treat the condition, which could be effective within about six weeks.
She told BBC Scotland news online that she first displayed symptoms of Bell's palsy last Sunday, when she lost her sense of taste.
Mrs Ferguson said she also felt a pain in the back of her head but she put it down to a bad night's sleep.
"On Tuesday morning I looked in the mirror and noticed that the right side of my face was particularly drooped, I couldn't smile and my right eye wouldn't blink.
"That's when I thought I was having a stroke so I went to A&E".
The diagnosis came about 10 weeks after Mrs Ferguson gave birth to a baby boy, Xander.
Despite her medical background, she admitted that she knew little about the condition.
And when she shared her diagnosis with friends and family on social media, she realised Bell's palsy was not well understood.
It led her to conducting online research into the condition, and she posted her video highlighting the effects of the illness last week.
"It's not a life-threatening condition but it affects my life in a huge way," she said.
"The whole right side of my face is paralysed. I can't say certain words and I have to hold my cheek up because it's drooped so much.
"When I am drinking water it just dribbles out of the side of my mouth so I have to use a straw.
"I can't blink or close my eye so I have to tape my eye closed at night."
The local authority has paid the company about £1,400 to patrol the area at Jaywick in Essex.
Tendring District Council said about four caravans had parked at Beach Car Park on Tuesday.
Councillor Paul Honeywood said: "It's an extra cost but the idea is to make it significantly less desirable for the group to remain there."
The council said it was believed to be the same group of travellers which parked a month ago on land where Jaywick's market and car boot sale is held.
It said it had spent £20,000 this year on court actions and cleaning-up at illegal encampments.
Mr Honeywood, who is the cabinet member for housing, said: "[Security] was there to allow the caravans to leave the car park - and prevent them from returning or any new ones being allowed on."
The security firm would be at the car park for 24 hours and then make periodic checks.
A 'direction to leave' has been issued to the travellers and, if they remained, a summons to appear in court was likely to be issued on Friday, a Tendring spokesman said.
Council staff issued three £50 penalty notices at Beach Car Park to vehicles which were not displaying parking tickets.
They reached the last four with a tense 10-run win over Sri Lanka in Delhi.
Following Jos Buttler's 66 from 37 balls, Chris Jordan and Ben Stokes restricted the defending champions to 11 runs from the last two overs.
"As a unit we can be quite strong and that's important confidence-wise to take into a semi-final," said Morgan.
"We've shown different strengths game on game. We're a reasonably good chasing side and on top of that we show a lot of character."
England are likely to face Group 2 winners New Zealand in the semi-finals on Wednesday in Delhi, unless West Indies lose heavily to Afghanistan on Sunday.
Sri Lanka captain Angelo Mathews hit five sixes in an unbeaten 54-ball 73 to drag his side within sight of victory but Joe Root's spectacular diving catch to dismiss Dasun Shanaka when they needed 17 from 10 balls proved crucial.
"We certainly like to make it interesting, not through choice," added a relieved Morgan.
"Given the position we were in after the first fix or six overs [of the Sri Lanka innings], we would have liked to have finished it off a little bit earlier.
"Going from Wednesday's performance against Afghanistan to today's performance against Sri Lanka, I think we've made a significant improvement."
Probable last-four opponents New Zealand completed a 100% winning record by defeating Bangladesh in Kolkata on Saturday but Morgan says England will embrace the challenge.
"We won't get too far ahead of ourselves. We know anything can happen but having put ourselves in this position, it gives us a little bit of freedom to go out and express ourselves as much as we can," he said.
England fast bowler Stuart Broad: "Great entertainment. So tense, loved it - Jos Buttler is the man."
Former England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff: "Maybe you'll start to believe me now, England to win the WT20."
Former England captain Michael Vaughan: "Great, great game. No question England have been the entertainers in this tournament. Never know what's going to happen."
Former England captain Alec Stewart: "For those that continually doubt Chris Jordan he again showed his value bowling the tough overs."
England wicketkeeper-batsman Sam Billings: "Geez.... win's a win. On we go, Jos Buttler showing the freak he is yet again! Class... come on."
England women's wicketkeeper-batter Sarah Taylor: "How can you not love this game. T20 at its very best. Hats off to Chris Jordan and Ben Stokes at the end. Great win."
Talha Asmal's family say he was groomed online, and Downing Street described the case as "deeply concerning".
But a pupil at the same school as Asmal, 17, has told the BBC he believes the sixth former was persuaded to join Islamic State by someone in Dewsbury.
Asmal travelled to Syria in March with the brother of a convicted terrorist.
Hassan Munshi, who is also 17 and from Dewsbury, is still in Syria.
His brother was detained for two years in 2008 after being convicted of making a record of information likely to be used for terrorist purposes.
Speaking to BBC Radio 5 live, a friend of the Asmal family also said he believed the teenager must have come under "some kind of peer pressure".
"You just can't go out and cross borders and go into another country and do whatever," Zubair Patel said.
"It makes you think that there might be something here."
But Iqbal Bhana, a Home Office adviser on hate crimes, played down the suggestion.
"If there is somebody like that we would like to know who it is. I'm absolutely certain that if we found out there was someone planting these kind of ideas into the minds of young people, converting them... we would want to confront and challenge them."
At least 11 people were killed in the car bombings carried out by four suicide bombers near the city of Baiji, north of Baghdad, on Saturday.
Social media reports linked to militant group Islamic State (IS) said Asmal, going by the name of Abu Yusuf al-Britani, was among the attackers.
Confirmation would make Asmal Britain's youngest known suicide bomber.
Another West Yorkshire teenager, Hasib Hussein, was 18 when he blew himself up on a London bus in the 7 July 2005 attacks.
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Dewsbury councillor Masood Ahmed said there had been no signs Asmal had been radicalised.
Lorraine Barker, executive principal of Mirfield Free Grammar and Sixth Form, where Asmal was studying, told the Times he was a "conscientious student".
In a statement issued on Sunday, his family said he had been a "loving, kind, caring and affable teenager".
They said he had been "exploited by persons unknown who, hiding behind the anonymity of the world wide web... engaged in a process of deliberate and calculated grooming of him...
"We are all naturally utterly devastated and heartbroken".
Alyas Karmani, an imam and independent councillor in Bradford, says the community is failing to do enough to counter the appeal of Islamic State to some young people.
"What they're not doing is engaging their young people in terms of the emotional issues that they're affected by, engaging them in discussions around foreign policy - young people want to talk about these big political issues that are taking place globally," he said.
By Dominic Casciani, home affairs correspondent
Talha Asmal's family say he was groomed. That makes him, in their eyes, a teenage victim, rather than a criminal or terrorist.
Ten years ago, the UK had the same debate about suicide bombers from Yorkshire who killed 52 people in London in the 7/7 attacks.
Today, the UK's police and security agencies have a wide range of powers and techniques to disrupt would-be terrorists.
But the police can't arrest everyone - and evidence shows it is difficult to bring someone back from the edge, once they are radicalised.
In two weeks' time, public bodies, including schools, will be under a controversial but groundbreaking new legal duty to prevent people being drawn towards terrorism.
Critically, it is directly linked to other legal duties of "safeguarding" the young from harm.
So this really thorny question of "prevention rather than cure" is where the debate is now shifting.
Shahid Malik, former MP for Dewsbury and a family friend of the Asmals, said it was "disturbing" to see how relaxed Talha looked in the IS photographs allegedly taken prior to his suicide mission.
"This is a clear indication of just how successful the evil Isis groomers have been in poisoning and brainwashing," he said.
He added: "Mosques need to confront this evil ideology head-on... I would say that up and down the country that is not happening at the moment."
Shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper also urged a "stronger plan" for community-led action.
The former independent reviewer of terror laws Lord Carlile told BBC Radio 4's Today programme MPs should be "working together" to produce solutions to the issue of radicalisation.
He criticised some social media companies for not co-operating enough with the government and security services.
Downing Street said the government wanted to work with social media firms to stop young people being targeted, but rejected the idea of compelling firms to co-operate through legislation.
David Cameron's official spokeswoman said the prime minister felt the case "underlines the need to do all we can to prevent young people being radicalised and, if they are thinking of travelling, to stop them from doing so".
It comes as Kenya says a Briton was among 11 al-Shabab gunmen killed in a failed attack on a military base.
Thomas Evans, 25, a Muslim convert from Buckinghamshire, joined the Islamist group in Somalia three years ago.
At least 700 people from the UK have travelled to support or fight for jihadist organisations in Iraq and Syria, with the majority joining IS.
The Home Office said since 2011 it had trained more than 160,000 people to identify and prevent extremism; excluded nearly 100 "hate preachers" and taken down more than 90,000 pieces of terrorist-related material from the internet.
It had also removed or refused 30 passports in 2013 and 2014 where people were considered to be at risk of travelling to Syria or Iraq.
Thursday's doodle depicts the Mangalyaan probe, which has been studying the planet's atmosphere.
Only the US, Russia and Europe have previously sent missions to Mars.
India has succeeded on its first attempt - an achievement that eluded even the Americans and the Soviets.
Mangalyaan - more formally referred to as Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) - was launched from the Sriharikota spaceport on the coast of the Bay of Bengal on 5 November 2013.
Last month the satellite joined four other missions that are circling the planet: Maven (US), Mars Odyssey (US), Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (US) and Mars Express (Europe).
At 4.5bn rupees ($74m; £45m), Mangalyaan is also one of the cheapest interplanetary space missions ever.
Google doodles, which began in 1998, depict famous and lesser known notable people, events, anniversaries and tributes.
Google has done a number of doodles on a variety of Indian subjects, including marking the country's Independence and Republic Days, the festivals of Holi and Diwali, the cricket World Cup and the birth anniversaries of Mahatma Gandhi and Rabindranath Tagore.
Banks, 23, has joined on a two-year deal after leaving Chesterfield, where he won the League Two title in 2014.
He started his career at Rotherham but was moved on to spells at a number of non-league clubs before he joined the Spireites in 2013.
Former England Under-21 international Clarke, 34, has signed a one-year deal after his one-season stay at Bury.
Clarke has made more than 600 professional appearances for seven different clubs including Everton, Blackpool and Huddersfield.
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Eifion Gwynne, 41, from Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, was in Malaga for a friend's funeral when he died on 22 October 2016.
The father-of-three had played rugby for Aberystwyth and Llandovery.
Ceredigion coroner Peter Brunton recorded a conclusion of death by misadventure at a hearing on Wednesday.
He said he suffered a number of serious injuries to his upper chest.
The inquest heard Mr Gwynne had been drinking for up to seven hours after attending the funeral before getting a taxi back to his hotel.
In a statement, his friend David Thomas described him as being drunk but also "coherent and capable" when he got into the taxi.
The inquest heard he was hit by a car in the early hours of the morning on an unlit section of the A7 motorway near Estepona.
The driver told police she had been travelling at about 50mph (80km/h), in the inside lane.
Mr Brunton said: "We don't know what happened between the English speaking barman [who had arranged the taxi for Mr Gwynne] and the taxi driver.
"Whether or not there had been a misunderstanding and he'd taken him to the wrong address - that's just speculation on my part."
About 1,200 people attended Mr Gwynne's funeral and 4,000 people watched a charity rugby match which was played in his memory in May.
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Gemma Green-Hope, from Newport, has joined actor and writer Stephen Fry and five other British artists to retell stories from survivors.
The Memory Makers project, run by the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust, saw artists paired with Holocaust and Bosnian genocide survivors living in the UK.
Ms Green-Hope met Ivor Perl, 82, who was 11 when he was taken to Auschwitz and survived with the help of his older brother.
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The Infinite Build device prints layers of an object vertically, rather than horizontally, allowing for much longer items to be produced than had been previously possible.
It was developed by Stratasys. Boeing plans to use it to print plane parts.
Under the deal, the technology giant will install servers in Cuba to improve connectivity speeds to Google services, including Gmail and YouTube.
Google and Etecsa have reached their agreement in the final weeks of Barack Obama's presidency.
It is not clear whether his successor will change US policies towards Cuba.
President Obama restored relations with Cuba earlier this year, after more than five decades of hostility between the two former Cold War rivals.
Donald Trump has made arguments both for and against improved ties with the communist-run nation since being elected last month.
But there is some uncertainty on the island as to what his definitive policy will be, says the BBC's Will Grant in Havana.
Even though most Cubans are likely to see the deal with Google as a step forward, it will do little to change the overall online accessibility in the country.
Cuba still has one of the lowest online connectivity rates in the world.
The majority of the population is not allowed access to the internet from home and must rely, instead, on expensive wi-fi points to get online.
"This deal allows Etecsa to use our technology to reduce latency by caching some of our most popular high bandwidth content like YouTube videos at a local level," said Google in a statement.
The agreement was signed in Havana by Eric Schmidt, chairman of Google parent company Alphabet Inc, and Etecsa president Mayra Arevich Marin.
Dundalk face a difficult second leg in Norway after drawing 1-1 at home to Rosenborg on Wednesday.
But they have the incentive of facing British Isles opposition, with Linfield hosting Celtic in their first leg in Belfast on Friday, if they win.
Welsh champions The New Saints will face Hibernians of Malta or Salzburg of Austria if they beat Croats Rijeka.
Red Bull will almost certainly be hosting the first leg of the third qualifying round after establishing a 3-0 lead in Malta.
But TNS will themselves have to come from 2-0 behind when they host Rijeka if they are to set up a likely meeting with the Austrians.
The winner of Celtic v Linfield will be at home in their first leg of the next round following Friday's draw in Nyon.
Rosenborg will be favourites to provide the opposition and are in fine form, leading the Norway's top flight by five points from Brann Bergen after 16 games of the 2017 season.
The Troillongan, who include former Arsenal striker Nicklas Bendtner in their squad, are seeking their third straight domestic title.
Dundalk qualified for the group stages of last season's Europa League but are unlikely to retain their domestic title for a third season.
The side, managed by former Dunfermline Athletic manager Stephen Kenny and captained by former Falkirk midfielder Stephen O'Donnell, are 12 points behind Cork City 20 games into in the League of Ireland season.
Dundalk's Oriel Park home is unlikely to be used if they progress to the next round.
However, the Aviva Stadium is unavailable on 2 August, one of the dates earmarked for the second leg, because of a friendly between Manchester United and Sampdoria.
French side Nice, with former Liverpool striker Mario Balotelli in their ranks, take on four-time winners Ajax of the Netherlands in the round's stand-out tie.
Slavia Praha (Czech Republic) v BATE Borisov (Belarus) or Alashkert (Armenia)
Spartaks Jurmala (Latvia) or Astana (Kazakhstan) v Mariehamn (Finland) or Legia Warszawa (Poland)
Zrinjski (Bosnia-Herzegovina) or Maribor (Slovenia) v Hafnarfjördur (Iceland) or Víkingur (Faroe Islands)
Zilina (Slovakia) or Copenhagen (Denmark) v Malmo (Sweden) or Vardar (Macedonia)
Linfield (N Ireland) or Celtic (Scotland) v Dundalk (Ireland) or Rosenborg (Norway)
Hapoel Beer-Sheva (Israel) or Honved (Hungary) v Zalgiris Vilnius (Lithuania) or Ludogorets (Bulgaria)
Viitorul (Romania) v APOEL (Cyprus) or Dudelange (Luxembourg)
Hibernians (Malta) or Salzburg (Austria) v Rijeka (Croatia) or The New Saints (Wales)
Qarabag (Azerbaijan) or Samtredia (Georgia) v Sheriff Tiraspol (Moldova) or Kukesi (Albania)
Partizan (Serbia) or Buducnost Podgorica (MNE) v Olympiacos (Greece)
Steau Bucaresti (Romania) v Viktoria Plzen (Czech Republic)
Nice (France) v Ajax (Netherlands)
Dynamo Kyiv (Ukraine) v Young Boys (Switzerland)
AEK Athens (Greece) v CSKA Moskva (Russia)
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Macedonian soldiers raised a new fence on the southern border with Greece on Saturday to manage the migrants.
Dozens of migrants, stuck in Greece after Balkan countries imposed tougher entry conditions, threw stones.
Reports suggest that Macedonian police briefly entered Greece and fired stun grenades on the rioters.
Macedonia's interior ministry says 18 police officers were injured, with two hospitalised. Some 20 migrants were treated for head injuries and breathing problems, aid groups told Associated Press news agency.
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) says 105,000 migrants have passed through Macedonia after arriving in Greece this month.
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between 1 Jan - 25 Nov this year
217,936 in October
34,442 in whole of 2014
388,130 Syrians arrived between January and October this year
Throughout 2015, close to 720,000 migrants - mainly from Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan - have arrived in Greece.
The IOM says most then travel onwards through Macedonia. The most popular route for migrants sees them move further north towards Germany and Scandinavia.
Macedonia insists it is not closing the border completely. A government spokesman said the fence would simply redirect people to official crossing points.
But those border crossings will not be open to all. Macedonia is allowing through refugees only from Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan. Other nationalities are being stopped.
There have already been protests in response. Hundreds of people from countries such as Morocco, Algeria and Pakistan ripped up a barbed wire barrier on Thursday. Others have protested by sewing their mouths shut.
Slovenia, Croatia and Serbia have all implemented similar restrictions based on nationality.
Many of those refused entry to Macedonia from Greece are from Iran, Pakistan and Morocco.
One Moroccan man denied entry into Macedonia was taken to hospital with severe burns on Saturday after climbing on top of a train carriage and touching a live wire.
Soon after, the first clashes were reported. Footage showed migrants chanting "Open, open" as the fence was erected, before stones were thrown.
Close to 250 people were involved in the clashes on the Greek side of the border, AP reports, with some 800 people stranded.
"I have been here for 10 days with my two sons," one Iranian woman, Fatemeh, said. "We have decided to return to Athens and see what we will do."
A note on terminology: The BBC uses the term migrant to refer to all people on the move who have yet to complete the legal process of claiming asylum. This group includes people fleeing war-torn countries such as Syria, who are likely to be granted refugee status, as well as people who are seeking jobs and better lives, who governments are likely to rule are economic migrants.
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"I think that will clarify a lot of things," said Warnock, who is continuing talks to keep Gabon defender Bruno Ecoule Manga at the club.
Warnock is already on the hunt to draft in two goalkeepers this summer.
But the club will "wait and see" as midfielder Peter Whittingham mulls over his future.
Cardiff City travel to play Warnock's former club Huddersfield in their final Championship game of the campaign on Sunday.
Warnock admits he cannot wait for the season to end with his team destined for a mid-table finish.
"I would say it's like extracting teeth at the minute. I just don't like football when there is nothing at stake, if I'm honest," the Bluebirds boss added.
"Either one end or the other I can get my head around but making the numbers up I can't.
"I ask my lads to make sure we perform and they have done if I'm honest. "
Warnock already has his eyes firmly fixed on a promotion challenge next season and has instigated a face-to-face meeting with Tan at the end of May to finalise plans for summer recruitment.
"I met (chairman) Mehmet Dalman and (chief executive) Ken Choo this week, now I am going to fly out to see Vincent towards the end of May which will be good. It is my request really," he said.
"It is ok on the telephone, but I think when you want to talk about numerous things about the club, you have to sit down face to face.
"There are certain situations I want to speak to him about you cannot do that on the telephone when your are hard of hearing, like me."
There are growing indications Manga could be a part of the Cardiff squad next season, with Warnock having initially been pessimistic about keeping him on reduced terms.
"I will be discussing him when I go across to see Vincent and talking to his agent in the meantime," Warnock said.
"I think he is enjoying playing for me. The circumstances could not obviously be the same as before but I look at him and since I have been here he has played very well.
"I think we have the three best centre-halves in the division."
Midfielder Whittingham has also been asked to accept less money and there is more uncertainty over the 32-year-old's future.
"We have had a good chat and both laid the cards," Warnock said.
"Peter has to see what develops for him. There might be clubs that can offer him a more lucrative contract or offer him the opportunity to play more regularly."
With Hull City loan goalkeeper Alan McGregor set to return to his parent club, Warnock says the club have spoken to "five or six" potential signings as he bids to sign two goalkeepers for next season.
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The young girls from Orkney won the Loganair contest for each of the Britten Norman Islander aircraft used on the inter-isles service.
One leg is the 1.7 mile jump between Westray and Papa Westray.
Danni Muir, 11, and Erynn Stevenson, 14, were the winners.
Erynn, from Stronsay Junior High, was selected for her pastel artwork of a sunset.
Danni, from Dounby Community School, took first prize for the primary school age category, creating an illustration of an Orcadian skyline which includes two puffins.
Both won a pair of return tickets to any destination in Loganair's Scottish network.
Jonathan Hinkles, Loganair's managing director, said: "Firstly let me extend my congratulations to our two winning artists - it's a marvellous achievement to stave off competition from more than 500 other entries.
"Your designs will be seen in the skies above Orkney, which really is a prize money can't buy.
"The quality of the artworks we received was extremely impressive and it was pretty difficult to narrow down a short-list, never mind select an overall winner."
The shortest leg should take two minutes, but can be done in 47 seconds if the wind helps.
The inter-island air service in Orkney recently welcomed its one millionth passenger.
It posted a net income of $3.4bn (£2.3bn) for the first quarter, compared to a loss a year ago, when it was hit by litigation costs.
A 55% increase in mortgage loans and a rise in profit at its global banking division helped drive the increase.
Chief executive Brian Moynihan said the bank saw "continued encouraging signs in customer and client activity".
"This should bode well for the near-term economic outlook," he added.
However, some of the bank's divisions saw revenues fall, with income from its loan portfolio lower than the same period last year due to low interest rates.
Profits at its consumer bank, its biggest division, were flat which the bank blamed on lower returns from credit cards.
The grave was found close to the town of Sinjar after it was recaptured from the so-called Islamic State (IS) group earlier in November.
IS captured Sinjar in August 2014, with reports of massacres and enslavement and rape of Yazidi women and girls.
This is said to be the sixth mass grave found in or near the town.
The grave is located some 10km (six miles) west of Sinjar, in Nineveh province, senior official Mahma Khalil told AFP news agency.
It was surrounded by bombs and has not yet been excavated. The estimate of the number of bodies inside comes from witnesses to the victims' executions.
Sinjar's mayor, Mahma Khalil, told the BBC this was the biggest of the mass graves found so far, though he expected further discoveries to be made.
He appealed to international organisations for help in compiling evidence for the International Criminal Court, of what he called IS's genocide of the Yazidis, who made up a majority of the population in the town.
Less than two weeks ago a grave was found which was thought to contain the bodies of about 80 women. Aged between about 40 and 80, they were deemed too old to enslave and rape, one official speculated.
Yazidis practise a form of religion which combines elements of Zoroastrianism and ancient Mesopotamian religions and are considered heretics by IS.
The UN has cited the Yazidis' treatment by IS as evidence that IS may have committed genocide and war crimes in Iraq.
Every day more than 6,000 patients well enough to leave hospital are unable to do so because there is nowhere suitable for them to be discharged to.
NHS England said this figure had now stopped rising but showed the importance of "joined-up" care.
It also missed waiting-time targets for planned operations, accident and emergency units and ambulance callouts.
An NHS England spokesman said: "It's important patients who are well enough to leave hospital can do so at the earliest opportunity, and in some parts of the country the system is working well.
"These figures underline the importance of joined-up care within the NHS and the dependence of hospitals on well-functioning social care services - particularly for older people living at home."
A waiting time target for mental health, introduced in April, requires that most people experiencing their first psychotic episode are treated with a National Institute for Clinical Excellence recommended package of care within two weeks of referral.
And the latest figures show that just over 73% started treatment within two weeks in June.
But, as BBC News has reported, Freedom of Information requests showed nearly a quarter of local commissioning groups in England offered the package only to patients aged 35 or under rather up to the age of 65 as required by the target.
Hospitals in England handled more than 1.9 million A&E attendances in June, a 2.1% increase on the same month last year, and more than 480,000 emergency admissions, a 4.7% rise.
NHS England director of operations and information Matthew Swindells said: "Our front-line services continue to come under intense pressure, but June saw another improvement in performance.
"We continue to admit, treat or discharge more than nine out of 10 emergency patients within the four-hour target time.
"Thanks to tremendous efforts by the NHS and social care, the number of delayed transfers of care stopped increasing in June, although there were still a significant number of patients waiting for discharge from hospital."
Stephen Dalton, chief executive of the NHS Confederation, which represents most NHS Trusts, said their staff on the front line were working "flat out" and "deserve recognition for the dedication they display day in day out".
"But unless we break the cycle, performance results will continue to follow this downward trend," he said.
"The recent and important relaxation of some targets, and of the penalties for missing them, will give many hospitals much needed opportunity.
"We now need the government to incentivise greater coordination between local authorities and the NHS and to invest more in out-of-hospital health and care."
The figures come as United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust said it was considering closing the A&E department of Grantham and District Hospital due to a severe shortage of doctors.
It said closing the Grantham A&E rather than the departments at Lincoln County Hospital or Pilgrim Hospital in Boston was the "safest option".
In April Chorley Hospital closed its A&E department temporarily, because it could not "recruit enough staff to provide a safe service".
In January NHS England showed 88.7% of A&E patients had been dealt with in four hours, the worst monthly performance since the target was introduced in 2004.
Conor Chaplin headed wide at the back post before Evans opened the scoring, nodding in Kyle Bennett's cross.
Rovers equalised shortly after half-time when Jermaine Easter's close-range shot hit the bar and deflected in off Pompey goalkeeper Aaron McCarey.
Stockley prodded home from close range to win it for Pompey.
The result also ensures that Paul Cook's side remain unbeaten in the league this season, while Rovers are 17th in the table.
Portsmouth manager Paul Cook told BBC Radio Solent:
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"I just thought we were excellent today, I thought it was a really good game of football. I have said for a while now about the balance of the team, you know the modern day game especially being Portsmouth manager you judge form game to game.
"Good passing, good movement, great ball in the box and you get goals.
"Adam (McGurk) did his ankle in the warm up so that was disappointing so we had to make a few changes today but that's part of the game. We are just happy that the squad is working together."
When World War One broke out, Donald Simpson Bell was playing football for Bradford Park Avenue.
He left the club to fight, saying he was "duty-bound to join the ranks."
The team, featuring players from the Yorkshire Regiment and Bradford Park Avenue, beat French side Albert 3-2 on Saturday afternoon.
The Harrogate-born footballer was awarded the VC for his part in knocking out a machine-gun post on the fifth day of the Battle of the Somme.
In a tweet, Bradford Park Avenue player Ryan Sewell said he would remember the trip and the people he met for a very long time.
The game followed a number of other events including a service at Bell's Redoubt, with a laying of wreaths at the Contalmaison war memorial.
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I have been to the Somme many times, but never experienced such emotion as I did this weekend.
The celebrations involved 28 members of the Bell family. They came from New Zealand, South Africa, Canada as well as the UK.
The Yorkshire Regiment, the Green Howards Association and representatives of his football club, Bradford Park Avenue, made the weekend even more poignant.
The last post drew tears and when his former school, Harrogate Grammar, led by its head and two pupils, laid their wreath, some found it overwhelming.
Donald Bell's sacrifice is preserved now in a formal memorial called Bell's Redoubt a few yards from the village on the Somme in the exact spot he lost his life.
We will remember him, and the hundreds and thousands who lost their lives on the Somme.
Speaking about Bell, who was chosen to lead dangerous bombing missions on German defences, officials from the Yorkshire Regiment said he was a "superb footballer and athlete", chosen for his athleticism and leadership.
He was described by one of his comrades as having the "courage of a lion" - a man who found ways of making life easier for his comrades.
On 10 July 1916, Second Lieutenant Bell, 25, was killed making a similar attempt on another gun placement at Contalmaison.
His comrade wrote: "His death was greatly deplored, though grief was qualified by pride in the fact that he had met the death he would have wished."
You can see more from the events in France on Inside Out Yorkshire and Lincolnshire on BBC One at 19:30 BST on Monday.
The baby was delivered at 16:24 BST at St Mary's Hospital in Paddington, west London, weighing 8lb 6oz.
The Duke of Cambridge said in a statement the couple "could not be happier". He and the duchess will remain in the hospital overnight.
The news has been displayed on an easel in the forecourt of Buckingham Palace in line with tradition.
A bulletin - signed by the Queen's gynaecologist Marcus Setchell, who led the medical team that delivered the baby - was taken by a royal aide from St Mary's to the palace under police escort.
The document said: "Her Royal Highness, the Duchess of Cambridge was safely delivered of a son at 4.24pm today.
"Her Royal Highness and her child are both doing well."
When the news was announced, a large cheer went up from well-wishers and journalists outside the hospital while a large crowd greeted the posting of the bulletin outside Buckingham Palace.
The Kensington Palace press release said the Duke of Cambridge was present for the birth of his son, who will be known as the Prince of Cambridge and who is third in line to the throne.
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"The Queen, The Duke of Edinburgh, The Prince of Wales, The Duchess of Cornwall, Prince Harry and members of both families have been informed and are delighted with the news," it said.
A Kensington Palace spokesman said the names of the baby - who was delivered in the private Lindo Wing of St Mary's - would be announced in due course.
The Prince of Wales, in a separate statement, said he and the Duchess of Cornwall were "overjoyed at the arrival of my first grandchild.
"It is an incredibly special moment for William and Catherine and we are so thrilled for them on the birth of their baby boy," he added.
"Grandparenthood is a unique moment in anyone's life, as countless kind people have told me in recent months, so I am enormously proud and happy to be a grandfather for the first time and we are eagerly looking forward to seeing the baby in the near future."
BBC royal correspondent Peter Hunt said the duke and duchess spent time bonding with their son before they told the family their news.
Royal doctor Mr Setchell described the new arrival as "wonderful baby, beautiful baby", our correspondent added.
Prime Minister David Cameron, speaking outside Downing Street, hailed the "wonderful news".
"It is an important moment in the life of our nation but I suppose, above all, it's a wonderful moment for a warm and loving couple who've got a brand new baby boy," he added.
He said the Royal Family could "know that a proud nation is celebrating with a very proud and happy couple tonight".
Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond said: "I am sure that people across Scotland will be absolutely thrilled to hear the news of the birth of a baby boy to the Royal couple and will want to join me in wishing the proud parents many congratulations."
And Welsh First Minister Carwyn Jones congratulated the couple "on behalf of the people of Wales" as "they enter their journey into parenthood".
The Archbishop of Canterbury, meanwhile, said he was "delighted to congratulate the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge on the arrival of their baby boy".
"Along with millions here and around the world, I share in their joy at this special time," he added.
"May God bless this family with love, health and happiness in their shared life ahead."
Catherine and Prince William had arrived at the hospital at 06:00 BST ahead of a Kensington Palace announcement that she was in the early stages of labour.
The world's media had been camped outside St Mary's for days in anticipation of the birth.
Research suggests that society pays too little attention to our "body clock" - and adolescents in particular have a late-running biological rhythm.
This means insisting on an early start can cause sleep deprivation, which in turn can affect learning and health.
A sleep expert made the argument at the British Science Festival in Bradford.
Dr Paul Kelley said that adolescents effectively lose up to two hours of sleep per day, which is "a huge society issue".
He and colleagues from Oxford are leading a project called Teensleep, which is currently recruiting 100 schools from around the UK to take part in what Dr Kelley called "the world's largest randomised control trial", due to commence in 2016.
Our body clock is a daily cycle which drives the regular rise and fall of certain genes as well as the ebb and flow of our cognitive performance, our metabolism and so on.
For much of our lives - and especially in adolescence - there is a mismatch between this rhythm and the typical working day.
In fact, Dr Kelley said, the body clock of most people between age 10 and 55 is not well suited to rising early.
"Most people wake up to alarms, because they don't naturally wake up at the time when they have to get up and go to work.
"So we've got a sleep deprived society - it's just that this age group, say 14-24 in particular, is more deprived than any other sector."
Dr Kelley and his colleagues, including well-known Oxford sleep researcher Prof Russell Foster, argue that school days should start at 10:00 and university at 11:00, to better match the circadian rhythms of adolescents and young adults.
"All the evidence points to the same thing," Dr Kelley told BBC News.
"There are no negative outcomes for moving [the school day] later, no positive outcomes for moving earlier."
The Teensleep experiment, which is funded by the Wellcome Trust and the Education Endowment Fund, will randomly assign its 100 schools into four groups.
One group of schools will shift their school days for 14- to 16-year-olds to a 10:00 start; another group will offer "sleep education" to their students.
This involves "helping students and staff realise sensible ways of making their sleep good sleep", Dr Kelley said, such as avoiding screen-based activity in the evening.
A third group of schools will introduce both a later start and sleep education, while a fourth, control group will make no such changes.
The interventions will commence in the 2016-17 academic year, and the researchers plan to report their results in 2018.
Derk-Jan Dijk is a professor of sleep and physiology at the University of Surrey. He cautioned that shifting the school day might be of limited use without changing other habits that affect our sleep, especially night-time light exposure - making the education part of the trial particularly important.
"It is clear that these adolescents tend to drift later. And many of them will probably prefer to start later," he told the BBC.
"But why do adolescents like to sleep in later and go to bed later? What is causing this?
"There is undoubtedly a biological component, but that interacts with our artificial light environment.
"And if we can't change that, then is delaying school times the best solution? Because that way you might not solve the problem - you might shift them even later."
Prof Dijk said the Teensleep experiment was an important one, which he would observe with interest.
"It will be very interesting to see the results."
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The 29-year-old Serb beat Austrian Thiem 6-1 6-0 in 59 minutes.
Djokovic will meet Alexander Zverev, 20, in Sunday's final after the German beat John Isner 6-4 6-7 (5-7) 6-1.
Meanwhile, French Open champion Garbine Muguruza retired from her semi-final against Ukraine's Elina Svitolina with a neck injury.
Svitolina will face Simona Halep in the women's final on Sunday after the Romanian beat Kiki Bertens.
It was a second appearance of the day for Djokovic, having earlier beaten Argentine Juan Martin del Potro 6-1 6-4 in a rain-affected match carried over from Friday.
There was little sign of fatigue as the men's French Open champion looked back to his best, serving well and hitting ruthless ground strokes as he raced away with the first set against 23-year-old Thiem.
Thiem, who knocked out Rafael Nadal on Friday, struggled to find any rhythm in the second set as Djokovic broke his opponent's serve three more times to see out a convincing win.
Zverev, currently ranked 17 in the world, dominated the first set against Isner, 32, winning it in just under half an hour.
Isner levelled the match after a second-set tie-break, but Zverev resumed control, comfortably winning the deciding set.
He guarantees himself a world ranking of 14 but, should he upset Djokovic in the final, he will move into the world's top 10.
At 20 years and one month, Zverev becomes the youngest Masters finalist since Djokovic himself won the 2007 Miami Open.
Halep, 25, booked her place in the final with a 7-5 6-1 win over 25-year-old Dutchwoman Bertens.
After a hard-fought first set, Halep won the second more convincingly to complete the victory in one hour and 17 minutes.
Svitolina, 22, advanced after Muguruza called the trainer 22 minutes into the match.
Muguruza, who upset Serena Williams to win the French Open last year, will be hoping to recover in time to defend her title at Roland Garros with the second Grand Slam of the year beginning on 28 May.
Six men and two women were killed when the minibus they were in collided with two lorries near Milton Keynes.
Ryszard Masierak, 31, and David Wagstaff, 53, have been charged with eight counts of causing death by dangerous driving.
The first victim has been identified as minibus owner Cyriac Joseph, 52.
Wipro, an IT services company, said three of its employees were also among those who died, and a fourth staff member had been critically injured.
"It is with deep regret and sadness that we confirm the passing away of three of our colleagues, Karthikeyan Ramasubramaniyam Pugalur, Rishi Rajeev Kumar, and Vivek Bhaskaran in a tragic road accident in the UK," a spokesman for the firm said.
"Our thoughts and prayers are with the families of all those who lost their lives in this tragedy."
It is understood the men were all contracted to work in Nottingham.
A service was held in memory of Mr Joseph on Sunday at St Paul's Church, Lenton, Nottingham.
Father Biju Joseph, who conducted the Mass, confirmed Mr Joseph's wife and children, a 19-year-old man and girl aged 15, who attended the service, were told of his death by police on Saturday morning.
He said the prayer service was a "great relief" for them.
"It's so sad and we're praying to God for his soul and his family," he said. "People are really shocked, he was such a good friend. He was like a brother to me."
Alex Daniel, a friend, said Mr Joseph was a "great leader" within the south Indian community in Nottingham.
He said: "I'm not surprised by the amount of people who came here [to the service]. We got calls from across the country showing concerns for the family."
A five-year-old girl, a man and a woman were left with life-threatening injuries in the crash, and are still critically ill in hospital. Another woman has serious injuries.
Thames Valley Police said the vehicles were all travelling in the same direction southbound between junctions 15 and 14 at Newport Pagnell at about 03:15 BST on Saturday.
Some of those on board the minibus, which carried branding for the Nottingham-based firm ABC Travels, were visiting the UK from India, police said.
Friends of Mr Joseph, who was also known as Benny and originally came from the Indian state of Kerala, paid tribute on social media.
"My dearest friend Benny passed away this morning after a huge road accident happened in M1 in London," said Soyimon Joseph in a Facebook post.
"Hearty condolences. I never thought yesterday 10pm you say thank you to me it was our last meeting."
Another Facebook tribute read: "Words cannot describe how helpful you are. You are there when we need you. You are my big brother.
"My deepest and sincere condolences to my best friend Cyriac Joseph (Benny)," wrote Manu Zachariah.
Thames Valley Police said the two men charged in connection with the crash also each faced four counts of causing serious injury by dangerous driving.
Mr Masierak, of Barnards Close, Evesham, Worcestershire, was additionally charged with eight counts of causing death by careless driving while over the drink-drive limit.
He will appear at High Wycombe Magistrates' Court on Monday.
Mr Wagstaff, of Derwent Street, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, is due before Milton Keynes Magistrates' Court on 11 September.
Pictures of the vehicles showed significant damage to the two lorries, which appeared to belong to courier firm FedEx and AIM Logistics.
Spokesmen for the two companies expressed sympathies to those who lost loved ones in the crash, and said the companies were assisting police with their inquiries.
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The Royals have failed to score more than once in a Championship game since 21 November - five games before McDermott took charge of the club.
Reading sit 15th in the table as they prepare to host third-placed Burnley at the Madejski Stadium on Saturday.
"Let's have some time and let's let us get to where we need to get to," McDermott told BBC Radio Berkshire.
Conversely, Reading have scored 11 goals in three FA Cup games - including a third-round replay against Huddersfield which they won 5-2 - on the way to booking a fifth-round tie with Premier League side West Bromwich Albion.
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McDermott has overseen four wins, four draws and four defeats in all competitions since returning to Reading for a second spell as manager in December.
The club have slipped 14 points behind the play-off positions after just one league win in six games.
"We're just trying to find a solution to something that's been going on for not 12 games, not one season, but for longer than that," McDermott added.
"We're trying to build a team and we're trying to get something going. When we do that, we will be scoring more goals.
"I've had 12 games in a really congested period of time, with a transfer window amongst it."
McDermott confirmed midfielder Aaron Tshibola could miss the remainder of the season following surgery on a hamstring injury.
Fellow midfielder George Evans is in contention for the squad to face Burnley, having played just 65 minutes since his January move from Manchester City.
The traditional kiosk in Marden, which was bought from BT for £1, is to be twinned with a kiosk in Thurlestone.
Organiser Lalu Carter, said the Wiltshire kiosk was being linked with a redundant K6 phone box in her parent's village in Devon as a "bit of fun".
A BT spokesman said despite more than 2,000 kiosks being adopted he was "not aware of any that have been twinned".
Fitted with shelves, the redundant Marden kiosk is used by the village as a "swap shop" for everything from books to vegetables.
When not being used by locals and other nearby villages as an exchange, the kiosk and resident mannequin are decorated on a holiday theme.
"We have dressed our phone box up as a giant Easter bunny and at Christmas we dressed up our resident mannequin Gladys as an angel," said Ms Carter.
"My parents got quite inspired by this - they had a redundant phone box in their village and they started doing the same thing."
Thurlestone's K6 phone box, also bought by the parish council for £1, was officially opened as a party venue last year.
Since then, according to Ms Carter, it has been fitted out with shelves and is currently being used as a book swap.
"They are the Thurlestone Exchange and we are the Marden Exchange and so we decided to twin them," said Ms carter.
"It's just a bit of fun really but our motto is 'bonus est loqui' - it's good to talk - and it's good to get people talking."
A contingent from South Devon is expected to travel to Wiltshire for a twinning ceremony and plaque unveiling on 18 May.
According to BT, there are still 10,000 traditional phones boxes across the UK and 2,000 have been "adopted" by their local community.
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The victim, 24, was attacked at about 02:15 GMT in Corrigan's Court in the city.
He was taken to hospital but his injuries are not believed to be life threatening.
A 27-year-old man has been arrested.
Damien Joseph McLaughlin, 40, of Kilmascally Road near Ardboe, is due to stand trial next month on charges that include aiding and abetting his murder.
However, in court on Friday, police said he had breached his bail conditions.
They said he had not been seen by them since November.
Mr Black's family said they feel betrayed by the justice system.
Mr Black was shot dead by dissident republicans as he drove along the M1 on his way to work at Maghaberry prison in November 2012.
"Senior detectives involved in the case met with Mrs Black and her son Kyle this afternoon at the family home to offer sincere apologies on behalf of the PSNI for the stress and worry this situation is creating for them," Ch Supt Raymond Murray said on Tuesday.
"The officers spent a number of hours discussing the matter and listening to the concerns of Mrs Black and Kyle, as well as providing reassurance of the steps police are taking to locate the whereabouts of Damien McLaughlin.
"It was an honest and constructive meeting and we will keep Mr Black's family updated as we continue our enquiries.
"We also informed them that we intend to review this matter in order to ensure that the processes currently in place surrounding bail checks are robust and will provide the necessary requirements for both the families of the victims and the police."
McLaughlin had served just over two years in prison for possession of guns and ammunition.
He spent time in prison on remand on charges connected to Mr Black's killing, but was released on bail in May 2014. A series of conditions imposed were later varied, including the removal of a stipulation that he had to wear an electronic tag and a reduction in the number of days he had to report to police.
At Belfast Crown Court on Friday, a judge revoked McLaughlin's bail after being told that he had failed to sign with police in November and had not been seen by them since.
Kyle Black said the decision to relax the bail conditions was "laughable to say the least".
"What is even more farcical is that someone with previous terrorist convictions and who is charged with further terrorist-related offences cannot sign bail (which should be completed daily) for more than five weeks and takes until then before concerns are raised about his location," he said.
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Greig Laidlaw kicked the visitors into a 6-0 half-time lead as the Scots defended like lions.
But French pressure continued to build and Wesley Fofana and Maxime Medard scored tries as tackles were missed.
Tim Visser responded with a late breakaway touchdown but Scotland could not manage a third campaign victory.
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On a cold, wet night in Paris, Scott Johnson's men were rarely seen as an attacking force.
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In difficult conditions, both teams made several handling errors, while scrummaging was rendered close to farcical on a pitch that cut up badly under the studs.
Without a win in their last seven Six Nations games, the hosts were in a hurry to engage the crowd but found themselves trailing to two Laidlaw penalties after 18 minutes.
There followed a 10-minute period of intense attacking play from France, with recalled centre Mathieu Bastareaud regularly bulldozing his way forward.
However, Louis Picamoles, Sebastien Vahaamahina and Fofana were all stopped within inches of scoring as the Scots scrambled with great tenacity and a discipline that was missing in last weekend's loss to Wales.
Scotland managed one glimpse of a score when winger Max Evans, on for the injured Sean Maitland, broke two tackles in midfield and chipped into the French 22 but French full-back Yoann Huget beat him to the chase.
The half-time whistle brought loud jeers from the Stade de France audience as the battered visitors left the field gulping for air.
French playmaker Frederic Michalak made more mistakes than most in the first 40 minutes only to atone with three straightforward penalties in the first 13 minutes of the second period.
However, the moody fly-half can consider himself lucky to have still been involved as the match officials missed his cowardly off-the-ball punch on the back of Stuart Hogg's head.
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The Scotland full-back immediately confronted his assailant and the pair were engaged in an ugly spot of grappling while play raged on.
The visitors looked weary but got back on level terms shortly before the hour mark, Laidlaw kicking another penalty following an offside decision.
French replacement prop Vincent Debaty then thundered down the left flank after crashing through a couple of challenges but he could not run over the top of Hogg and the home crowd wailed in horror as he failed to release the wide open Vincent Clerc.
The home attacks kept coming and Hogg did well to block Clerc as the stylish winger burst through the gain-line but the breakthrough was not long in coming.
Fofana broke free on the right and brushed off a weak Hogg tackle to touch down under the posts, with Michalak converting.
The French added a second try soon afterwards following a rumbling break by Bastareaud. Sean Lamont did well to down the powerful centre but the ball was quickly worked to Medard to slip through.
Replacement Maxime Machenaud converted as Michalak lay prone on the ground with a shoulder problem.
Evans and Visser broke tackles as the Scots rallied gamely and a promising attack broke down with a dreadful knock-on from substitute fly-half Ruaridh Jackson, who had started the move with a quicksilver pass.
Scottish bravery was rewarded when Matt Scott darted forward before playing in Visser who galloped away to score under the posts, with Jackson adding the extras.
France: Huget, Clerc, Bastareaud, Fofana, Medard, Michalak, Parra, Domingo, Kayser, Mas, Vahaamahina, Maestri, Claassen, Dusautoir, Picamoles.
Replacements: Fickou for Bastareaud (74), Machenaud for Parra (40), Guirado for Kayser (54), Nyanga for Claassen (67). Not Used: Debaty, Ducalcon, Samson, Trinh-Duc. Scotland: Tries: Visser. Cons: Weir. Pens: Laidlaw 3.
Scotland: Hogg, Maitland, Lamont, Scott, Visser, Weir, Laidlaw, Grant, Ford, Murray, Gilchrist, Hamilton, Strokosch, Brown, Beattie.
Replacements: Evans for Maitland (30), Jackson for Weir (67), Pyrgos for Laidlaw (74), Hall for Ford (74). Not Used: Low, Cross, Kellock, Wilson.
Att: 81,158
Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)
Touch judges: George Clancy (Ireland) & Lourens van der Merwe (South Africa)
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Father Tom Kennedy, parish priest at the English Martyrs, Haydock, has served in the priesthood for 73 years and said he had no plans to retire.
He became curate in Haydock in 1958 and returned as parish priest in 1973.
"The reason I haven't retired is I liked the people I worked with and they liked me - at least they said they did anyway," he said.
Reflecting on the many changes he had seen during his ministry, Fr Kennedy said: "We found it very hard at the beginning because we had trained for Latin, but then the changeover to English was a Godsend really because people could understand what you were doing."
In a statement, the county force said: "We have received an allegation of electoral fraud and an investigation has been launched."
"We are considering an application for extension on time to investigate."
The police would not give further information about the nature of the allegations.
Police did not comment on whether the investigation is linked to the Conservative Party failing to declare £38,000 worth of election expenses.
Philip Hammond said he could not see why firms should be restricted from recruiting "high level" workers.
The public was not concerned about controls on "computer programmers, brain surgeons, bankers", he said.
The chancellor said voters wanted restrictions on those migrants competing for "entry level jobs".
"I cannot conceive of any circumstances in which we would be using those migration controls to prevent banks, companies moving highly qualified, highly skilled people between different parts of their businesses," he said.
Giving evidence to MPs on the Treasury Select Committee, Mr Hammond did not dispel suggestions that he supported students being taken out of the target for reducing net migration.
Mr Hammond's comments will fuel growing speculation that the government wants to introduce a work visa scheme aimed at low-skilled migrants.
On Tuesday night Downing Street released details of the aims of the government's immigration sub-committee, which included a commitment to introduce a "targeted visa scheme".
Elsewhere, Mr Hammond - who supported the remain campaign - appeared critical of some of his pro-Brexit cabinet colleagues.
He said those seeking "hard decisions" risked undermining the prime minister's negotiations with the European Union.
The chancellor also criticised some of the recent briefing against him: "It would be far more helpful if we could conduct negotiations privately without leaks to newspapers."
The chancellor has said controversial Treasury analysis of the economic shock the UK might face if it left the European Union is now "partially invalid".
It is a significant break with his predecessor, George Osborne, and with what became known by critics of the Remain campaign as "Project Fear".
Philip Hammond said some of the assumptions behind the document - which suggested a significant drop in economic growth - had been superseded by events.
Those close to the chancellor made it clear the models were not wrong for the time, but the circumstances had now changed.
It is also clear that Treasury officials still believe that there will be an economic slowdown as Britain negotiates its exit from the EU, a position backed by the Bank of England.
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MPs on the select committee also questioned the chancellor about the impact of Brexit on the economy.
Mr Hammond said they were right to identify that "uncertainty is the big challenge in the next phase of this process", adding: "It's a challenge to our economy - there will be a period inevitably of uncertainty until we know the outcome of the negotiations."
He also tried to calm fears that the financial services sector would be hit hard by Brexit by saying that retaining passporting was important and "would be the ideal outcome".
Passporting refers to the sector maintaining the same access to the EU's financial services market as it enjoys under the UK's membership of the union.
"The reality is that financial services remains our single largest sector; it is responsible for a very large number of jobs straight across the United Kingdom, it's not London-based industry," Mr Hammond said.
"The industry knows that we regard it as extremely important, the industry knows that we understand that it has a particular set of challenges as we go into this period of negotiation with the European Union. And I hope the industry knows - it certainly should know - that helping to address these challenges and taking account of these challenges will be a very high priority for the government."
However, the Chancellor admitted that some banks and financial firms were being "realistic and are looking at other options beyond passporting to protect their interests".
Mr Hammond also insisted that the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee, which sets interest rates, would remain responsible for monetary policy.
That stance was called into question after Mrs May made a surprise attack on the Bank in her speech to the Tory Party conference this month, saying that "a change has got to come".
The Bank's actions - such as maintaining low interest rates since the financial crash - had meant those with assets such as property had got richer, while those without had suffered, Mrs May said.
Mr Hammond was asked what Mrs May's promised "change" referred to if it was not monetary policy.
He said: "There will be no change in monetary policy. Monetary policy is independently determined, that will continue to be the case."
Police called to Carlisle's Warwick Road area on 9 January saw Alistair Bradshaw with items taken from a shed.
The 46-year-old, of Charles Street, Carlisle, admitted burglary and was given a 12-month community order.
He had been acting as an accomplice to Martin Howlett, who was jailed in March for five years.
Bradshaw must also complete 120 hours of unpaid work.
At the city's crown court, Recorder Kevin Grice heard Bradshaw had played a "limited" role in the crime in the wake of Storm Desmond and was "very sorry".
The Markit/CIPS purchasing managers' index (PMI) for the sector rose to 53.3 in August from July's figure of 48.3. A figure above 50 indicates expansion.
The weakening of the pound following the Brexit vote boosted exports, the survey found.
However, it also indicated that the weak pound had pushed up firms' costs.
A weakening of the pound makes UK goods cheaper for overseas buyers, but increases the cost of goods imported into the UK.
Since the Brexit vote, the pound has fallen in value by more than 10% against both the US dollar and the euro.
Following the release of the latest PMI survey, the pound jumped by 1%, more than a cent, against the dollar, to $1.33 before falling back slightly. Against the euro, the pound was 0.6% higher at just under €1.19.
Markit said the month-on-month increase in the PMI level was the joint largest in the survey's 25-year history.
"The August PMI data indicate a solid rebound in the performance of the UK manufacturing sector from the steep downturn that followed the EU referendum," said Rob Dobson, senior economist at IHS Markit.
"The domestic market showed a marked recovery, especially for consumer products, while the recent depreciation of sterling drove higher inflows of new business from the US, Europe, Scandinavia, Middle East and Asia," he added.
Mr Dobson also said that inflation was "raising its ugly head".
"Rates of increase in input prices and output charges both hit five-year highs, which manufacturers placed squarely at the door of the cost impact of sterling on import prices," he said.
The latest PMI survey chimes with last week's CBI survey, which showed that export orders were rising at their fastest rate in two years.
At the time, the July PMI figure was taken as immediate evidence of an impending downturn, following June's referendum vote in favour of the UK leaving the EU.
It was one of the pieces of evidence that contributed to the Bank of England's recent decision to cut its interest rate to 0.25%.
But Laith Khalaf, from the investment firm Hargreaves Lansdown, said the latest PMI figures now called the Bank's decision into question.
"It certainly seems that companies and consumers alike are carrying on with business as usual now the referendum is disappearing into the rear view mirror," he said.
"There's still a long way to go until Britain leaves the EU, and in the meantime, businesses still need to make money, so they can't just sit on their hands.
"However, the gathering pile of robust economic data might start to dissuade policymakers from any further monetary easing," he added.
Next week, another PMI survey, of the much larger services sector, will provide another snapshot of the state of the UK economy.
Elon Musk tweeted on Sunday that he would issue a follow-up to his original vision for the electric car company.
But he gave no hint as to what it would contain.
In recent weeks, Tesla has had to deal with the crash of one of its cars driving in autopilot mode and controversy over a proposed merger with a solar panel provider led by Mr Musk.
The firm also confirmed it had fallen short of its car production target again.
"There's a lot of very enthusiastic Tesla fans that look for a reason to buy this stock," commented Efraim Levy, a Wall Street analyst at S&P Capital.
"The fact that there will be - at least in their minds - potential upside from a new masterplan... is contributing to the rise in the valuation today.
"But on a fundamental basis, I think it's an expensive stock."
Mr Musk's original plan was published in August 2006 and detailed how he intended to make a "low-cost family car" that would be more eco-friendly than petrol-based alternatives.
This was eventually revealed as the Model 3 in April of this year. The company has since received more than 400,000 pre-orders for the car.
Although Mr Musk is keeping quiet about what the new plan will detail, he has posted several tweets in defence of his firm's autopilot feature.
The facility allows its cars to automatically steer, change lanes and adjust their speed in response to traffic while driving on motorways.
Earlier this month, Tesla revealed that Joshua Brown, a Model S owner, had died after its software was unable to recognise "the white side of the tractor trailer against a brightly lit sky" that had driven across the car's path in Florida.
The car's manual warns that autopilot cannot always detect other details and it is described as being in "beta".
"Use of word 'beta' is explicitly so that drivers don't get comfortable. It is not beta software in the standard sense," Mr Musk tweeted.
"Point of calling it 'beta' was to emphasise to those who chose to use it that it wasn't perfect."
He added that he expected it would take another half a year until the system had clocked up more then one billion miles of use outside of Tesla's labs.
He added: "1B needed for min statistical sample size. More software mods and data may be needed beyond that."
Last week, the automaker denied suggestions that the feature had caused a second car crash in Pennsylvania.
"Based on the information we have now, we have no reason to believe that autopilot had anything to do with this accident," it said.
Mr Musk has also faced criticism for planning to combine Tesla and SolarCity.
He is both the chairman of the solar panel firm and one of its biggest shareholders.
Investment manager Jim Chanos has described the idea as being "shameful", claiming the tie-up would cause great stress to both businesses.
But Mr Musk defended the idea saying it would help to create "a seamlessly integrated Tesla battery and solar panel product that looks beautiful".
It became the first professional symphony orchestra to perform in the region, as part of a trip marking 150 years since the arrival of Welsh settlers.
More than 1,000 people watched the concert at a former wool warehouse in the city of Trelew.
The gala ended a week-long residency in Patagonia.
Orchestra director, Michael Garvey, said: "The thing that I'm going to take away from this week in Patagonia is the warmth of the reception we've had, and the incredible skill and ability that our musicians have displayed when dealing with all sorts of different people, from schools to youth choirs and orchestras."
"What musicians love is to get feedback form an audience, and to feel that their music means something to those to whom they are performing. And that has been so evident in the workshops that we have been doing here."
Welsh songs including Calon Lân were performed by the orchestra, while local soloists sang Ar Hyd y Nos.
The National Youth Choir of Wales, also touring the region, was joined by several amateur choirs to sing alongside the orchestra.
There will be further concerts in Argentina, Chile and Uruguay.
NHS trusts are required to screen 90% of hospital patients.
But fewer than half manage this says the NHS, which warns 25,000 people die each year from hospital-acquired DVT.
One assessed just one in four patients and another barely one in 10. Sir Bruce said this was "absolutely disgraceful".
"In the sort of NHS that I want to work in and be treated in, I don't think that level of practice is acceptable."
DVT involves blood clotting in the legs and can be fatal if a clot breaks off and travels in the blood up to the lungs and causes a blockage, known as a pulmonary embolism.
Since April 2010, trusts in England have faced losing up to 0.3% of their income for failing to meet the guidelines. Some have already lost money. And there will continue to be financial consequences for trusts who do not meet the target, Sir Bruce Keogh told BBC Radio 4's Face the Facts.
He also says he will name the worst performers if they continue to do badly.
Giselle Dye's mother Giska was admitted to Worthing Hospital in Sussex in January following a fall and with suspected internal bleeding. She was not assessed for DVT, which killed her.
"To my mind it's such a simple procedure they should be able to get this right," said Giselle. "If they had done the risk assessment they might have been able to make sure my mother's legs were elevated."
"My mother was left sitting in a chair. The carer took a photograph the day before she died and her legs from the knee down were dark purple. Your legs don't go dark purple unless you have been sitting for a very long time without moving."
Western Sussex Hospitals Trust, which runs Worthing Hospital, has apologised for not assessing Mrs Dye and for other shortcomings in the care provided.
But director of nursing and patient safety Cathy Stone said: "I am unable to talk directly about Mrs Dye's case but it is important to remember that treatment for VTE (vein thromboembolism) is not always appropriate."
The trust is now assessing 93% of patients and is aiming higher.
Risk factors for DVT include being immobile or bed-ridden for a long time and undergoing extensive surgery.
Preventative measures include blood-thinning drugs and compression stockings. But medication may not be appropriate in cases of internal bleeding or poor circulation.
Keeping patients mobile and hydrated is also important.
"Preventative treatment does reduce almost to zero the incidence of DVT," said John Black, the outgoing president of the Royal College of Surgeons.
"This is the number one clinical priority for me and my colleagues," said Sir Bruce.
"Some 25,000 people die a year from something that is preventable. The same sort of number which die from stroke and other major conditions which are far less preventable.
"Of course this is fairly early on in this initiative but we need to be firm about those that are failing to improve."
Radio 4's Face the Facts investigates DVT screening at 1230 BST on Wednesday 13 July, repeated at 2100 BST on Sunday 17 July, in the first of a new series of investigations.
The move follows claims in the Commons that top employment agencies have been needlessly selling personal accident insurance to low-paid workers.
The shadow business secretary Chuka Umunna accused the agencies of "profiteering" out of the practice.
But the industry said such firms are doing nothing wrong or illegal.
Mr Umunna named six agencies - Blue Arrow, Acorn, Taskmaster, Randstad, Meridian and Staffline - as being involved in the practice.
He said the insurance was often sold to workers on the Minimum Wage. He said that the personal accident policies were often not needed as workers were already covered by their employers.
"There is even a company - Gee 7 Group - which specialises in putting together these dubious arrangements for agencies," Mr Umunna said in the Commons.
However Gee 7 denied being involved in such insurance policies.
"We have never ever got involved in temporary accident cover," said Jon Pardoe, the managing director of Gee 7.
"We are aware of companies that do it, but we've always disagreed with the principle," he told the BBC. Such cover provides limited benefits and is in most instances unnecessary, he said.
The business secretary Vince Cable said if the practice had been happening, "it would be indefensible, and I think it is unlawful".
"I will commit to ensuring that we have a proper enforcement procedure," said Dr Cable.
He added that the companies would be investigated, and that he would also consider a more broad-based enquiry.
The Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC), which represents recruitment agencies, said the companies concerned were offering a useful service.
Tom Hadley, the REC's director of policy, said many trade unions offer similar products.
"Let's be clear, employment agencies are not doing anything wrong by offering workers the opportunity to purchase accident insurance," he said.
"It's a product that many other organisations offer to their members, including trade unions."
But he added that profiteering was a very serious allegation, and asked Mr Umunna to hand over any evidence he has about the organisation's members.
He also said that many workers need insurance, to cover them for accidents when not at their place of work.
"Personal accident cover can be appropriate for workers in high risk sectors such as rail and construction and can also cover them for accidents off-site that would prevent them from working," he said.
One of the firms under attack from Mr Umunna, Blue Arrow, said the insurance was "offered," not "sold."
"Our consultants are fully trained and regulated in line with the Financial Conduct Authority's guidelines and are not paid commission as personal accident insurance is not a sales initiative," a spokesman said.
"We do not believe that any of our employees take out personal accident insurance without fully understanding the benefits and cost," he added.
Acorn, another agency involved, said it wholly rejected the allegations.
It said it introduced the policies when two foreign workers died in the UK, and their families were unable to fly the bodies home.
In answer to the claims about profiteering, a spokesman told the BBC: "We do make a small margin on the policy to cover the administration of the scheme but that is certainly not the primary reason we introduced it."
The Metropolitan Police, which is investigating the attack, said a County Antrim house was searched on Monday.
The boy was arrested on suspicion of Computer Misuse Act offences.
He was taken into custody at a County Antrim police station and was being questioned by detectives from the Police Service of Northern Ireland.
The investigation being conducted by the Metropolitan Police Cyber Crime Unit, Police Service of Northern Ireland Cyber Crime Centre and National Crime Agency is continuing.
The Metropolitan Police said on Tuesday that the boy had been "bailed to a date in November".
News that the TalkTalk website had been hit by a "significant and sustained cyber-attack" broke last week.
The phone and broadband provider, which has more than four million customers in the UK, said bank details and personal information could have been accessed.
But credit and debit card numbers had not been stolen, it said.
The opening coincided with a national day of remembrance for the victims of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin.
Earlier, thousands of victims' names were read out near the Lubyanka, the former base of the KGB secret police.
The new Gulag museum is bigger than a previous one founded in 2001.
Under President Vladimir Putin's rule Russian officials have tended to downplay Stalin's crimes, focusing more on Stalin's role in the Soviet World War Two victory over Nazi Germany.
Portraits of Stalin have reappeared in public - yet they were taboo for decades after his death and the 1956 denunciation of Stalinism by his Communist successor Nikita Khrushchev.
The new five-storey museum shows personal effects of Gulag prisoners, the dimensions of prison cells, and original doors from camps in remote Magadan, Anadyr and Vorkuta.
Up to 170 prisoners were crammed into one cell.
There are also grim discoveries from execution pits - bullets and casings, and wire used to tie up victims.
An estimated 20 million people died during Stalin's reign of terror. At the height of the terror, in the 1930s, victims accused of plotting against Soviet power were executed en masse.
On entering the museum visitors hear the chilling clank of cell doors being shut and loud footsteps in prison corridors.
"I want visitors to be able to touch the doors and immerse themselves in this theme, to feel it," said museum director Roman Romanov, quoted by the government newspaper Rossiiskaya Gazeta.
A huge map of Russia shows the camp locations - described in detail in Alexander Solzhenitsyn's chronicle The Gulag Archipelago, which was banned by the Soviet authorities.
And visitors can also read about the experiences and suffering of individual prisoners.
By focusing on the Stalin period the museum does not however include the persecution of dissidents that went on after Stalin's death.
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The American recorded his first victory since taking charge in October to lift the Swans off the bottom of the table and on to nine points from 13 games.
He said: "I see the win as a turning point in so many ways.
We felt pure ecstasy today
"Sometimes you feel like you need something crazy and maybe this game can be that moment."
Bradley added: "It has been a difficult season and a lot of things have not bounced the right way.
"But we still show up every day with a great mentality and I couldn't be happier for that group."
Swansea had led 3-1 but trailed 4-3 before Fernando Llorente scored twice in stoppage time to earn their second win of the season.
"I have been on both sides of games like that, so I understand how Palace feel," added the former USA coach.
"As far as we are concerned, it was a huge victory and one which the group thoroughly deserves.
"However, when I see the deflection off Jack Cork's head [for Palace's third goal], there is a moment when you think we just need some luck to turn things around.
"In the end the character of the players shone through and I am very happy for them."
Dutch midfielder Leroy Fer, who scored twice in two minutes to give Swansea a 3-1 lead, said: "This result is a good springboard, we have to keep going and moving forward.
"It was heartache for us when Everton equalised late on last week, but we felt pure ecstasy today."
In a letter to constituents, she wrote: "I have been bored by political squabbles over personalities and I know I don't still have the passion which has driven my politics for 20 years."
She has become the ninth Labour MP to quit the Commons after several others announced their retirement, including Alan Johnson.
The 63-year-old was elected in 1997.
Ms Mactaggart was one of 13 MPs who voted against holding a snap general election after Theresa May called for a poll to be held by the summer.
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In the letter to her constituents, she added: "I have decided to give someone else a chance to do the wonderful job which I have been privileged to hold for so long.
"I know I'll miss it, and I didn't want this to happen so fast. I foolishly believed the prime minister when she said again and again that she wouldn't call an early election."
Ms Mactaggart, who was an active campaigner against slavery and trafficking, is currently a member of the Intelligence and Security Committee.
Continuing her letter she explained: "I have been frustrated by cruel immigration rules which prevent families from living together in this country where they are citizens while inefficient administration means that some people easily flout the rules.
"I am embarrassed to discuss with our head teachers how they will cut spending to fit the meagre budgets they face.
"I have been depressed by the way the fantastic capacity in the voluntary sector is being run down by lack of funds or poor leadership."
It was found in the eastern approaches to the Firth by the lighthouse tender, Pharos, using sonar equipment.
The upturned hull of the Cemfjord - which was carrying cement - was spotted by a passing ferry on Saturday and sank the following day.
No trace was found of its crew despite a huge search operation.
The seven Polish nationals and one Filipino who were on board did not have time to send out a distress signal.
A liferaft from the cargo ship has also been discovered drifting in the Pentland Firth, but coastguards said there were no signs of life on board and that the liferaft had not been used.
The Shetland coastguard helicopter was sent to investigate at 14:00 on Monday after a passing vessel reported seeing the liferaft.
A winchman was lowered on board but found no signs that anyone had used it.
The ship was carrying 2,000 tonnes of cement and had been sailing from Aalborg in Denmark to Runcorn in Cheshire when it sank. It had been due to arrive on Monday.
Operators Brise of Hamburg expressed "great sadness" that the extensive air and sea search had found no trace of the missing crew.
The last confirmed sighting of the ship was at about 13:00 on Friday.
It is understood the alarm was raised by the crew of the ferry Hrossey at 14:30 on Saturday.
The Hrossey, which was sailing to Aberdeen, spent time in the area looking for survivors.
An investigation into the circumstances of the accident is ongoing.
The Scottish government is expected to update the parliament on the accident during topical questions after 2pm, which you can watch live or on demand at BBC Scotland's Democracy Live website.
Niyi Adeolokun got two touchdowns and Kieran Marmion also scored for the Irish side, who are the competition's top try scorers with 42 this season.
Johan Meyer, Kelly Haimona, Dries van Schalkwyk and Federico Ruzza responded with tries for the hosts.
Connacht had never lost to Zebre and this was their 12th win over their Italian opponents.
But Zebre pushed them all the way in Parma and were rewarded with a try-scoring bonus point.
Craig Ronaldson and Haimona exchanged early penalties before Connacht wing Healy claimed the first of his three tries after good work by Bundee Aki and Tiernan O'Halloran.
Haimona reduced the deficit with a 25-metre kick, but scrum-half Marmion soon wriggled over from a quick tap penalty and Craig Ronaldson converted.
But in a sign of what was to come in a high-scoring second half, Zebre flanker Meyer powered over from a line-out and Haimona's conversion made it 17-13 at the break.
Healy took AJ MacGinty's pass to extend Connacht's lead, but Haimona sneaked over within two minutes for another converted try.
Connacht lost Eoghan Masterson in that incident, the back row replacement taken off on a stretcher, but Healy was soon racing over to complete his hat-trick and secure the Irish province's bonus point.
Zebre replied again when number eight Andries van Schalkwyk intercepted the ball in his own 22 and ran the length of the field to score.
But two tries from Adeolokun and the accurate boot of MacGinty, who had taken over the kicking duties after Ronaldson had left the action, finally gave Connacht breathing space.
Replacement lock Ruzza grabbed Zebre's fourth try.
Zebre: Muliaina, Toniolatti, Bisegni, Pratichetti, Van Zyl, Haimona, Burgess, Postiglioni, Fabiani, Chistolini, Koegelenberg, Bortolami, Caffini, Meyer, van Schalkwyk.
Replacements: Beyers for Muliaina (50), Boni for Bisegni (57), Panunzi for Burgess (67), De Marchi for Postiglioni (59), Coria Marchetti for Fabiani (74), Ceccarelli for Chistolini (55), Ruzza for Meyer (57), Cristiano for van Schalkwyk (65).
Connacht: O'Halloran, Adeolokun, Aki, Ronaldson, Healy, A. MacGinty, Marmion, Buckley, McCartney, Bealham, Marshall, Muldowney, Muldoon, Heenan, McKeon, Masteron.
Replacements: Robb for Ronaldson (49), Blade for Marmion (59), Loughney for Buckley (59), Ah You for Bealham (59), Heffernan for Marshall (60), Masteron for Heenan (21), Naoupu for Masteron (45).
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The work has been completed alongside a £600m revamp of the city's New Street Station, which was unveiled on Sunday. But how does the redevelopment measure up?
£150m
Cost of building new shopping centre
5 years
Time taken to build as part of New Street Station redevelopment
66 shops in the new centre, including department stores, fashion retailers and restaurants
1,000 permanent jobs created at new shopping centre
50 million visitors expected each year
500,000
square feet spread over four floors
Over 6 times larger than Villa Park pitch
3 times larger than Edgbaston cricket pitch
13 times larger than Wimbledon centre court - the atrium alone
Savanaca Kokoibulileka, known as Tu, collapsed while playing for Rutland-based club Oakham RFC in a game against West Bridgford on 24 September.
The 38-year-old Fijian had just scored a try when he collapsed. He died later in hospital.
A minute's silence was observed before Oakham's match against Stamford on Saturday afternoon.
Steve Knight, Oakham's membership secretary, said he had been a great role model to the younger players.
He told BBC Radio Leicester: "It happened right in front of the whole crowd and players on the pitch.
"It came completely out of the blue, Tu had just scored a try, came back to take the restart and he collapsed.
"He was a very jovial friendly chap, always smiling and always laughing.
"He was a great inspiration particularly to the younger players, they looked up to him and respected him."
A Fijian farewell is due to be sung by the club's choir following the game.
Mr Kokoibulileka was a former British soldier and was married with four children, according to the Stamford Mercury.
His cause of death has not yet been revealed.
About £10,000 has been raised so far for Mr Kokoibulileka's family following his death.
David Smiter, who started the Just Giving page, said he was "one of the greatest men I have ever known".
The camera and medical equipment maker reported net profit of 8.02bn yen ($101m; £63m) compared with a loss of 32bn yen in the same period last year.
The profit was partly due to the sale of some subsidiaries but its medical systems unit also made a profit.
The camera business made a loss as a result of the strong yen and popularity of camera-equipped smartphones.
The strong yen is bad news for Japanese exporters because it makes their products more expensive overseas.
In November last year, Olympus admitted to hiding billions of yen of losses over 20 years in one of Japan's biggest corporate scandals.
The company and three of its former executives were charged by prosecutors in March in connection with the scandal.
Olympus is engaged in a five-year restructuring plan, which will involve reducing its global workforce by 7% by 2014 and cutting the number of its factories around the world from 30 to 18 by 2015.
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McGuigan has announced a partnership with Sanigar Promotions, who feature several Welsh boxers on their books.
The new partnership will begin when Bristol's Lee Haskins defends his IBF world bantamweight title against Ivan Morales on 14 May at the new venue.
"We are here partly for this arena," McGuigan said.
"It is a fantastic venue in a developing part of Cardiff. We are looking forward to trying to fill it.
"It is a new page for Welsh boxing. We have turned over a new leaf."
Ice Arena Wales in Cardiff Bay which opened earlier this month. as the new home of the Cardiff Devils ice hockey team and McGuigan is impressed with the venue.
Cardiff's Craig Kennedy and Barry-based Andrew Selby will also feature on the bill, with a crowd of over 3,000 expected.
Unbeaten Selby, 27, will face Louis Norman in what could be a British flyweight title fight, subject to British Boxing Board of Control ratification.
Selby, brother of current World IBF Featherweight champion Lee Selby, is one of the fighters McGuigan believes can benefit from the agreement.
"Andrew Selby has a lot of talent. This kid has been an elite fighter for seven years," McGuigan said.
McGuigan believes boxing rivals the popularity of rugby in Wales.
"In Wales apart from rugby, and on some occasions as much as rugby, the sport of boxing has done more than maybe any other sport," he said.
"There's a wealth of talent and that inspires another pool of talent, so we are entering very exciting times.
"There are so many young kids there on the back of Nathan Cleverly, Enzo Maccarinelli and Joe Calzaghe.
"The Celts love their boxing, they're different.
I have been down here in the days of Joe Calzaghe and Steve Robinson and it was a brilliant atmosphere and full of passion. This is the place to be."
He was speaking at a discussion at the MacGill Summer School in Glenties about north-south relationships on Wednesday.
Mr Poots also said he was" not opposed in principle" to legislative support for the Irish language.
Demands for an Irish Language Act were understood to have been a sticking point for parties during power sharing talks in June.
In April, DUP party leader Arlene Foster said thank you in Irish during a visit to a school.
At the end of the speech Mr Poots said: "Maireann an chraobh ar an bhfál ach ní mhaireann an lámh do chuir.
"Forgive my broken Irish, but for those of you who, like me, are not fluent it translates to: 'The branch lives on the hedge though the hand that planted it be dead.'
"It's an old Irish saying reminding us of our mortality and that our actions today will live long after we are gone.
"May we work together both north-south and east-west to ensure the best for all these British Isles."
He said: "Anyone who speaks and loves the Irish language is as much a part of Northern Ireland life as a collarette-wearing Orangeman.
"I want them to feel at home and feel respected and part of society."
Edwin Poots also spelt out his opposition to bilingual road signs, a quota for Irish speaking civil servants or a commissioner with powers to sanction public authorities.
When asked if the DUP's position on a stand alone Irish language act had changed, Mr Poots said it was a question of balance.
"We will not have one culture denigrated and another culture elevated, we need to move forward together," he said.
Mr Poots told the BBC that the DUP would work to "ensure all cultures are respected" but that he suspected the "Irish Language Act is an excuse because Sinn Féin didn't want to do governance in Northern Ireland".
"They're afraid of making hard decisions on welfare reform for example, and they're afraid to make hard decisions around Brexit and be laboured with that.
"They are after other things, but the Irish language is a useful tool to them," he added.
Sinn Féin's deputy leader Mary Lou McDonald also addressed the event and talked about the need to restore the power sharing institutions.
The Dublin Central TD also hit out at "effigies of Martin McGuinness" that were "burnt on unionist bonfires" on the Eleventh Night.
"Unionist leaders were silent," she said.
"Posters of Sinn Féin and SDLP assembly members were all set alight, as were those from the Alliance Party.
"We need to call out these actions for what they are - this is not colourful pageantry; it is the ugliest side of sectarianism.
"It is a hate crime, and it sucks the hope of future generations," she said.
The newly crowned champions resumed on 82-4, 318 runs in arrears after Hampshire's 400-9 declared.
Only 7.4 overs were bowled, however, before the teams left the field for bad light and rain later arrived to end play for the day.
Yorkshire opener Alex Lees was 37 not out, with partner Tim Bresnan on 12.
Unless Hampshire can bowl the White Rose county out cheaply on the final day, they will have to settle for a draw, which will probably ensure they go into next week's final game away at Nottinghamshire in one of the Division One relegation places.
However, if they can pick up maximum bowling points, they could slightly close the 11-point gap on Sussex and Somerset, whose game at Hove was also rain-affected on the third day.
MSPs on the finance committee will look at what the new Scottish rate of income tax (SRIT) should be set at when it comes into effect next year.
The new powers are part of the 2012 Scotland Act.
The move means the UK Treasury will deduct 10p from standard and upper rates of income tax in Scotland, with MSPs then deciding how to raise cash.
The committee will also consider if companies and individuals are prepared for the introduction of the new levy in April.
The new powers will mean people north of the border could potentially pay a higher or lower rate than taxpayers in the rest of the UK.
As part of its work scrutinising the 2016-17 budget, the finance committee will consider what the extra cash raised could be spent on if the SRIT is higher than 10p.
They will also look at how any reduction in the SRIT could be funded from the Scottish budget.
Committee convener Kenneth Gibson said: "From next year, revenue from the Scottish rate of income tax will be a significant part of the money spent on Scotland's public services.
"There are key decisions to be made on the level the Scottish rate should be set at and how taxpayers and employers are informed about the introduction of SRIT."
He added: "It is important for the finance committee to scrutinise the introduction of this new power and I would encourage people to submit their views to inform the committee's inquiry."
Earlier this week a new Scotland Bill was published by the UK government.
The 76-page document outlined the Conservative government's plan to give tax-raising powers to Scotland.
It follows recommendations made by the cross-party Smith Commission which was set up to look at devolving more powers.
It was found after the vehicle was stopped and searched on the M50 roundabout at junction 4 in Ballymun shortly before midnight local time on Saturday.
The operation was part of an ongoing investigation targeting serious criminal activity in the Dublin area.
A 32-year-old man was arrested at the scene.
He has since been released without charge.
Konta, the world number 10, was in impressive form as she beat the Canadian in one hour and eight minutes.
The first set was tied at 2-2 before Konta reeled off seven games in a row on the way to victory.
She will now play world number three Agnieszka Radwanska, who beat Barbora Strycova 6-1 6-2, in Friday's final.
Konta, who has one tour title to her name, has played Radwanska twice before and lost each time.
The most recent of those defeats came in the China Open final last October.
The match, which will be shown live on BBC Alba, has a 12:30 GMT kick-off.
Dundee United overcame Queen of the South 3-2 in Saturday's semi-final and St Mirren came from behind to beat The New Saints 4-1 on Sunday.
TNS were one of two Welsh sides to feature in this year's competition, with two from Northern Ireland also taking part.
Next season, League of Ireland sides Sligo Rovers and Bray Wanderers will play in the cup tournament, which is run by the Scottish Professional Football League and involving teams from the Scottish Championship, League One and League Two.
United have never won the Challenge Cup but fellow Championship side St Mirren took the trophy in 2005.
"We're delighted to make today's announcement that Fir Park will stage this season's Irn-Bru Cup Final, including making tickets available to fans from as little as £5," said SPFL chief executive Neil Doncaster.
"We wish both clubs the very best of luck for the final and hope they produce a classic for supporters in the stadium and those watching live on BBC Alba."
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Midfielder Byrne, 27, has attracted interest from former County boss Justin Edinburgh, who's pushing for promotion in League One with Gillingham.
Edinburgh confirmed to the BBC earlier this week that he considered moving for Byrne in the transfer window.
"It shows what a good player Byrney is. He's captain of this club for a reason," Feeney said.
"There are a few players who, I'm sure, there will be a fight to keep but we want to stay up first and cross that bridge when we come to it."
Feeney isn't taking the interest in the player personally, however.
"I'm disappointed Justin didn't want to sign me," laughed Feeney.
"Justin's a great lad, he was on my pro licence course.
"But that's football and it shows you Byrney's one of my best players."
Edinburgh signed Byrne from Barnet, who visit Rodney Parade this weekend.
Ex-Tottenham defender Edinburgh was Newport boss between 2011-15.
Feeney, who is Newport's third manager of the season, is now targeting more changes to his squad ahead of the re-opening of the loan window on Tuesday.
"There was one or two I was hopeful of getting before the [transfer] window so there could be stuff happening," he explained.
"We're speaking to potential loan players and those who may be unattached."
Jose Mourinho's side needed three points to complete the triumph that has become an inevitability in recent weeks as they moved out of sight of their rivals to reclaim the crown from Manchester City, who are 13 points adrift despite their win at Tottenham.
Victory was secured by Eden Hazard's goal on the stroke of half-time, the Belgian heading past Julian Speroni after the Palace goalkeeper had saved the PFA Player of the Year's penalty.
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That gave Mourinho his third title as Chelsea manager, and the first of his second spell in charge. It is the club's fifth top-flight title and comes five years after their last and 60 years since their first.
The celebrations that swept around Stamford Bridge at the final whistle were fully deserved for a Chelsea side who have set the pace since the start of the season.
They played with flair and verve to make an all-conquering start then showed the ruthless efficiency that is the hallmark of all Mourinho sides after losing leading scorer Diego Costa for a crucial closing phase of the campaign.
At the head of it all was the master strategist Mourinho, adding the title to the Capital One Cup won against Tottenham at Wembley and vindicating Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich's decision to turn, once again, to the manager who brought him his first successes with titles in 2004-05 and 2005-06.
Banners were draped from the Shed End at Stamford Bridge in honour of Mourinho, bearing slogans such as: "The Special One - He's One Of Us." And while the Portuguese may be a divisive figure elsewhere, there is no doubting his heroic status at Chelsea after the successes he has engineered.
The statistics back up Mourinho's brilliance as this was his eighth title in 12 years with Porto, Chelsea, Inter Milan and Real Madrid.
This decisive victory over Palace may not have been achieved with sparkling football but the title win was closed out with the nerveless professionalism of a team that knew what needed to be done and did it - as they have so often.
And when it was done and hundreds of blue streamers littered the Stamford Bridge turf before Chelsea's elated players took a lap of honour with Abramovich looking on, the challenge was laid down to the chasing pack to respond to the domination Mourinho has now re-established in west London.
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Chelsea's title win has been built on a mixture of the old guard, such as inspirational captain John Terry, who has rolled back the years magnificently, and the newer breed, such as the brilliant Hazard and those key summer signings Cesc Fabregas and Costa.
The chants of "Boring Boring Chelsea" - started by Arsenal's fans and repeated here by Palace supporters - carry a hollow ring as Mourinho's side have proved without question that they are the Premier League's outstanding side led by the Premier League's outstanding manager.
They were forced to make a late adjustment to their starting line-up when Ramires was taken ill and Juan Cuadrado was drafted in.
For all the energy on the pitch and expectation off it, the first half was a non-event until Hazard's penalty - apart from some wayward handling from Palace keeper Speroni, who fumbled Didier Drogba's free-kick having almost let in Nemanja Matic with a wild punch.
The deadlock was broken right on half-time when Hazard surged into the area before tumbling theatrically under James McArthur's challenge.
Palace clearly felt Hazard made the most of slight contact - which he certainly did - and their frustration increased when the Belgian reacted first after his penalty was saved by Speroni, heading the rebound past the stranded keeper.
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There was the sense of the inevitable about proceedings as Chelsea moved towards a triumphant conclusion after the break, with only a Jason Puncheon shot that flew inches wide and a Wilfried Zaha effort that was blocked by Thibaut Courtois threatening to delay the coronation.
All the tension and pressure of the final few weeks were released when referee Kevin Friend blew his whistle, the normally impassive Abramovich punching the air as Chelsea returned to the pinnacle of the domestic game.
Match ends, Chelsea 1, Crystal Palace 0.
Second Half ends, Chelsea 1, Crystal Palace 0.
Foul by Didier Drogba (Chelsea).
Martin Kelly (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Substitution, Chelsea. Filipe Luis replaces Eden Hazard.
Delay in match John Terry (Chelsea) because of an injury.
Corner, Crystal Palace. Conceded by John Terry.
Corner, Crystal Palace. Conceded by Kurt Zouma.
Attempt blocked. Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Yaya Sanogo.
Corner, Crystal Palace. Conceded by Nemanja Matic.
Foul by John Terry (Chelsea).
Glenn Murray (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Eden Hazard (Chelsea) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by César Azpilicueta.
Substitution, Chelsea. Kurt Zouma replaces Willian.
Attempt missed. Yannick Bolasie (Crystal Palace) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Glenn Murray.
Attempt missed. Willian (Chelsea) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Cesc Fàbregas.
Corner, Crystal Palace. Conceded by Thibaut Courtois.
Attempt saved. Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Yaya Sanogo.
Attempt missed. Yaya Sanogo (Crystal Palace) with an attempt from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Yannick Bolasie with a cross.
Attempt missed. Didier Drogba (Chelsea) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Willian.
Attempt missed. Branislav Ivanovic (Chelsea) left footed shot from the right side of the box is too high.
Attempt blocked. Gary Cahill (Chelsea) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Branislav Ivanovic.
Willian (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by James McArthur (Crystal Palace).
Nemanja Matic (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Yaya Sanogo (Crystal Palace).
Offside, Chelsea. César Azpilicueta tries a through ball, but Didier Drogba is caught offside.
Substitution, Crystal Palace. Yaya Sanogo replaces Jason Puncheon.
Attempt missed. Jason Puncheon (Crystal Palace) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right following a set piece situation.
Foul by César Azpilicueta (Chelsea).
Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Joel Ward.
Nemanja Matic (Chelsea) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace).
Eden Hazard (Chelsea) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Martin Kelly (Crystal Palace).
Substitution, Crystal Palace. Glenn Murray replaces Jordon Mutch.
Substitution, Crystal Palace. Martin Kelly replaces Adrian Mariappa.
Attempt missed. Nemanja Matic (Chelsea) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Branislav Ivanovic.
The weeks-old baby bird has made an "incredible" recovery since eating the tweezers while being hand-fed, an RSPCA spokesman said.
The male jackdaw was rushed for specialist animal surgery in Cheshire on Monday from a garden in Swadlincote, Derbyshire, where it was found.
The tweezers stretched almost the full length of the bird's body.
Vets were concerned the young bird would die from the internal damage but it is now on the mend after an "intricate hour-long procedure", RSPCA vet Bev Panto said.
"When I saw the X-rays and the size of the tweezers he had swallowed, I thought there was absolutely no chance this poor jackdaw could survive.
"The tweezers stretched the whole length of his digestive system - right from his crop to his intestines and the sharp ends were piercing through his skin."
The vet said the tweezers were removed by opening up the bird's stomach.
"We think it is possible this bird was being hand-fed and then tried to eat more than just the food.
"He has proved quite the little fighter. He seems as right as rain and has been eating well ever since.
"He obviously has quite the tweezer fetish though so we have to be extra careful when feeding him!"
She said it was "the most incredible case" she had ever seen in six years as a wildlife vet.
"Whilst he still has a long way to go, and lots of healing to do, he has amazed us all so far, and we are hopeful we will be able to see him through to release."
Outside of London, Northern Ireland has the highest rate of unemployment for the over-50s in the UK.
The Office of National Statistics put the rate at 4.5%, despite the number of unemployed people in the age group falling in recent years.
However, unemployment in later life continues to be a problem, particularly after the closure of numerous factories in recent years.
It's a hardship that Ken and Mairead Stewart, from County Fermanagh, know all about.
The couple were made redundant when Unipork, a bacon-processing factory in Enniskillen, closed its gates in 2002.
Mairead was 55 and Ken was 50. Despite applying for numerous jobs, they never worked again.
"We applied and we tried and did everything, but there was no chance of anything at that time," said Ken.
"When you work all your life, it's degrading."
"It took the economy out of the town," added Mairead.
"Five hundred people spent a tenner on a Friday evening and a lot of other people would have done their shopping before they went home to Lisnaskea and other areas."
A number of high-profile factory closures in County Antrim have also had a major impact on those who spent most of their working lives in the companies.
Tommy Kerr was made redundant at 58, when the Ballymena firm Patton closed in 2012. He had worked for the company for 40 years.
Tommy has since found employment and said that people in their 50s should take ownership of their career path and try to get new skills.
"It was a shock when it happened," he recalled.
"I didn't even have a CV. My generation was brought up with pounds, shillings and pence.
"Everything moves so fast now. It's up to you to keep in step with that, or else you are going to get left behind and, to be honest, maybe I left myself a wee bit behind."
"People in their 50s are wise enough to what is in front of them," he added. "I think the daunting task is interviews, particularly if you have worked in one place for 40 years.
"Ordinary working people who haven't got a lot of qualifications should get a bit of help down the line, to give them confidence to move on to another job, with better prospects - even if they are over 50.
"Towns are struggling, people are struggling and money is really tight."
Rodney Quigley, 52, works as a tyre producer for Michelin in Ballymena. He will be losing his job in June 2018.
He said that many made redundant in their 50s are lucky because they may be entitled to a good pension - something that younger generations may not benefit from.
"The money I'm getting at the minute is very good and there's not another job out there, in the Ballymena or broader area, that you will get that sort of money," he said.
"A lot of the boys in the factory are currently doing their heavy-goods vehicle licences.
"There are jobs out there for that, but it's not for everybody. A lot of the jobs out there are minimum wage."
He added: "I felt deflated when I heard I was losing my job. I've been there 31 years and I thought it would see me through until my late 50s, early 60s.
"I'm in a position I can look towards getting my pension at 55, there is a lot of young boys out there still in their 20s, 30s and 40s who are going to have to try and find other employment."
The runner-up is a similar-looking red, white and blue design.
The final result will be announced on Tuesday after late and overseas votes are counted.
New Zealanders will now have a second vote, which will be held in March 2016, to decide whether to adopt the new flag, or keep the existing one.
New Zealanders were asked to choose which of five designs they preferred.
About 48% of people allowed to vote took part, which has divided opinion in New Zealand over its cost and timing.
The winner and runner-up flags were both designed by Kyle Lockwood, and feature New Zealand icons the silver fern and the Southern Cross.
The decision to choose a new flag has been backed by New Zealand's Prime Minister John Key, who has said the current one is too similar to Australia's and that it is time to remove the Union Jack, which represents the UK, from the flag.
Mohamed Amoudi, 21, was deported to the UK from Turkey in 2015, but released without charge.
Police said they foiled an active terror plot when they raided a house in Willesden, north-west London.
A 21-year-old woman who was shot during the operation remains in hospital.
Police foil 'active terror plot'
Mr Amoudi was arrested on Thursday after the raid in Harlesden Road - the house had been under observation by police.
It has now emerged that he had travelled with two 17-year-old boys to Turkey, and they were believed to be heading for Syria.
They were sent back to the UK and all three were released without charge after being questioned by British authorities.
A 20-year-old woman, a 16-year-old boy, and a man and woman both aged 28 were also arrested, as well as a 43-year-old woman, who was arrested at another raid in Kent.
All of them were detained on suspicion of the commission, preparation and instigation of terrorist acts.
The woman who was shot is under police guard in hospital but has not been arrested "due to her condition".
It is believed to be the first time a woman has been shot by police in 10 years. The last time was in 2007 when Ann Sanderson was fatally shot in Kent.
The Willesden raid has been referred to the Independent Police Complaints Commission and the Met's directorate of professional standards, as is procedure.
The IPCC said it was gathering evidence but that no officers were under investigation.
A neighbour living close to the raided property told the BBC she had reported its residents to authorities on several occasions, for anti-social behaviour.
She claimed there was often noise throughout the night, including the sound of prayer, and that on several occasions she had reported the residents to the police and local authorities over the noise.
During one incident, the neighbour claimed, she was verbally abused and her door was kicked.
A cleaning company was run from the property, the neighbour said.
On Thursday, police also arrested a 27-year-old man at the junction of Parliament Street and Parliament Square, in London, as part of an intelligence-led operation.
He was identified on Friday as Khalid Mohamed Omar Ali, a British national who is believed to have gone to school in Tottenham, north London, but was not born in the UK.
The Met said he had been detained on suspicion of terrorism offences and that knives were recovered from the scene.
It has now emerged that he had spent some time in Afghanistan and returned to the UK at the end of last year.
He had been on the force's radar for some time and it is thought police acted after a concerned family member contacted them.
The Metropolitan Police said the two counter-terrorism operations were not linked.
Neil Basu, deputy assistant commissioner, said that in both cases he believed "we have contained the threats that they pose".
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The Ulster hosts dominated from the start and Peter Brown opened the scoring before an Alex Burns own goal doubled their lead.
The tie was made safe three minutes before the interval when Eugene Magee dribbled the ball into the circle before finishing on the reverse stick.
Corinthians and UCD also progressed to the semi-finals.
Mossley went down to a 4-0 defeat at the hands of Corinthians while Cookstown once again lost out to UCD.
The Dublin university side had relegated Cookstown from the Irish Hockey League last season by winning the play-off and again left the Ulster side devastated by winning this cup tie on penalty strokes after the game finished 1-1.
Banbridge bossed the game from the first minute when a long overhead from Matthew Bell forced a penalty corner.
While the execution wasn't perfect the situation was retrieved by Johnny McKee and his pass found the unmarked Brown and he put the hosts ahead.
The second goal came as a result of constant pressure from Banbridge.
Once again McKee was instrumental in the build up and his cross from the left was turned into his own net by Burns before Magee added the third.
The other quarter-final tie between Instonians and Monkstown was postponed because of a frozen pitch at Shaw's Bridge.
The semi-final draw will take place on Monday.
They come originally from the state of Bihar in eastern India.
Biharis absolutely love litti chokha, as - in truth - do most people who taste it.
Put it like this, the first time I went to the Bihari capital, Patna, I had people in my office begging me to bring some back.
I said I'd do my best, but warned I was unlikely to be allowed any food through airport security checks.
Nevertheless, I arrived for the return flight with two big bags full of the stuff.
The security officers at Patna airport sniffed suspiciously, but, when I told them what and why, they broke into smiles and waved me right on through.
Clearly they judged it was more important to get a consignment of the state's most celebrated street food to hungry fans than enforce a few petty restrictions and regulations.
Litti are pastry balls, packed full of a spicy mash made with sattu - roasted chickpea flour.
They are roasted in beds of charcoal - or, sadly a rarity these days, dried cow dung - and then dipped in salty melted ghee, clarified butter.
This is the 15th article in a BBC series India on a plate, on the diversity and vibrancy of Indian food. Other stories in the series:
The dark history behind India and the UK's favourite drink
The Indian state that is obsessed with beef fry
Why this Indian state screams for ice cream
How home chefs are helping uncover India's food secrets
Amma canteen: Where a meal costs only seven cents
A couple of these will be served with a decent dollop of chokha, as well as some yoghurt sauce and a scoop of hot, sour pickle.
Yes, I thought that would get your mouth watering.
You find litti wherever Biharis go, and since Biharis go almost everywhere in India, that means you've got a chance of tasting this delicious snack almost anywhere in the country.
You've got to keep your eyes peeled, though. Look out for the tell-tale pall of smoke from the charcoal and the queue of wiry, tough-looking men.
Wiry men, because one of the few things Bihar is famous for in India - apart from litti - is migration.
The state capital was once the greatest centre of learning and culture on the sub-continent.
When the Greek ambassador Megasthenes visited in 302 BC - yes, it was a while back - he was stunned by Pataliputra, as Patna was then known.
The city stretched for nearly 10 miles along the banks of the Ganges.
It had, Megasthenes reported, 64 gates and 570 towers, not to mention gardens, palaces, temples and stables full of war elephants.
"I have seen the great cities of the east," he wrote, "I have seen the Persian palaces of Susa and Ecbatana, but this is the greatest city in the world."
No visitor would say that of Patna today.
Buddha achieved enlightenment in Bihar, the state was home to world's first residential university and was the powerbase from which Ashoka built the first pan-Indian empire, famous for its tolerance and pluralism.
But sadly the capital has not - how shall I put this? - retained the elegance of the ancient city.
Truth be told, modern Patna is a great sprawling, poverty-stricken megatropolis.
Which should be no surprise because Bihar has a population of over 100 million people, larger than any western European country, and is one of the poorest states in India.
It recorded an average per capita income of just $682 (£516) in 2015, less than half of the $1,627 (£1,233) average income nationally.
Last year, I managed to get hold of a copy of a vast health survey carried out by the Indian government with the UN agency for children, Unicef.
The report had been due for publication in October 2014 but the Indian government had decided to keep it secret.
Flip though page after page of statistics and you can see why. You'll also discover why so many Biharis have decided to go in search of work elsewhere.
The report shows that in 2013-14 half of children under the age of five in Bihar were stunted, a third were underweight and three quarters of households practised open defecation.
Now comes the good news.
A few years ago a new technocratic state government made tackling graft and promoting economic growth its priority, and Bihar - which had become a byword for caste division, crime and corruption - started scoring double-digit growth.
That's good news for the people of Bihar, but not for lovers of litti, like me.
Because here's the rub: as a result, migration from the state has fallen dramatically.
The fear is that the litti chokha stalls dotted across India that ensure that Bihari migrants still get a taste of the best of home will pack up shop and go home too.
Then this wonderful street food snack will be even harder to find.
But this collection of pictures has immense historic value.
They are the first ever photographs documenting a war in Latin America.
They show the War of the Triple Alliance, a conflict which raged from 1865 to 1870 and which pitched Paraguay against Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay.
It was one of the deadliest military conflicts in South American history with approximately 400,000 fatalities.
In Paraguay, which lost more than half of its population to the conflict, it is also known as the Great War.
The pictures are part of an exhibition currently touring Paraguay and commemorating the 150th anniversary of the start of the war.
But they were taken not with history in mind, but for purely commercial reasons.
They are, in fact, part of an unusual business venture launched by an American of Irish descent called George Thomas Bate.
Mr Bate had opened a photography shop in the Uruguayan capital Montevideo in 1864.
That same year, Uruguay was rocked by a coup.
Paraguay backed ousted president Bernardo Prudencio Berro, while Uruguay's neighbours Argentina and Brazil sided with coup leader Gen Venancio Flores.
As he observed the magnitude of the war grow, Mr Bate had an idea.
He had recently visited the United States during the Civil War and had noticed a blossoming new trade: the sale of war pictures.
Families whose sons, fathers, brothers or husbands had gone to war were willing to pay money for images of the battlefields where their loved ones were fighting.
In 1866, a year after the start of the War of the Triple Alliance, Mr Bate requested permission from the new Uruguayan government to send a photographer to the front.
The photographer he chose for the task was a Uruguayan called Javier Lopez.
Mr Lopez travelled with an assistant to the 100km-wide front line.
Herculean task
At that time newspapers were not yet able to print photographs so Mr Lopez was the only photographer on the battlefield.
Photography expert Luis Vera told BBC Mundo about the Herculean task that Mr Lopez faced.
"At that time pictures were taken using a technique called the collodion process, which required an enormous amount of equipment", said Mr Vera.
"The kit included a heavy camera, fragile glass plates and chemicals that had to be carried all the way to the battlefields."
While American photographers of the Civil War used vehicles to carry their equipment, Mr Lopez and his assistant had to use backpacks.
Another challenge was the time it took to shoot each picture.
"The photographer had to prepare the wet plate, then take the picture, which required that people photographed stood still for up to 13 seconds, and finally he had to develop the photo in a tent that was used as a dark room," explained Mr Vera.
The long time it took to process each image and the impossibility of shooting moving objects explains why most of the photos included in the exhibit are static and show no action, despite it being a war.
In the end, the venture turned out to be a commercial failure.
Even though Mr Bate publicised the photos in Uruguayan and Argentine papers, historians claim the 22 images compiled in an album called The Illustrated War did not catch the attention of the public, many of whom were against the war.
In 1869, Mr Bate sold his photography store and moved to Buenos Aires.
There, he tried a completely different line of work and opened a shoe store.
His historic pictures of the war became part of the collection of the National Library of Uruguay, which loaned the photographs to Paraguay for this special touring exhibition.
The War of the Triple Alliance ended on 1 March 1870 with the death on the battlefield of the Paraguayan president.
Paraguay was left devastated, its territory temporarily occupied by Brazilian forces and its population decimated.
In 1885 Uruguay became the first country of the Triple Alliance to return its war trophies to Paraguay, thereby normalising relations between the two Latin American nations.
The Tibetan spiritual leader told The Australian that he hoped Ms Suu Kyi could do something about the issue.
The Dalai Lama said that he was especially alarmed by the plight of thousands of Rohingyas stranded at sea.
Ms Suu Kyi has faced international criticism for refusing to speak out about the Rohingya issue.
The Rohingya are not recognised as citizens of Myanmar (Burma) by the authorities there and are effectively stateless.
In his interview with The Australian, the Dalai Lama appealed to all of Myanmar's Buddhists to "remember the face of the Buddha" when dealing with the Rohingya minority.
He said that he had urged Ms Suu Kyi to act over the issue twice since 2012, when an outbreak of interfaith violence erupted in Myanmar's Rakhine state.
"It's very sad. In the Burmese case I hope Aung San Suu Kyi, as a Nobel laureate, can do something," he told the newspaper.
"I met her two times, first in London and then the Czech RepublÂic. I mentioned about this problem and she told me she found some difficulties, that things were not simple but very complicated.
"But in spite of that I feel she can do something."
Ms Suu Kyi, 69, has defended her reticence over alleged Rohingya persecution by saying she is a politician and not a human rights defender.
She argues that the problem of thousands of Rohingya migrants who have fled Myanmar - and are now believed to be stranded at sea - was for the government to solve.
The BBC's Jonah Fisher in Myanmar says that the Dalai Lama is the latest international figure to call for Ms Suu Kyi to speak out.
South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu has also expressed concern over their plight.
Our correspondent says that Myanmar is due to hold a general election in November and many see her silence as political pragmatism - she knows that many Burmese are openly hostile to the Rohingya minority.
But it is far from clear whether she actually has much sympathy for the Rohingyas, our correspondent adds.
South Yorkshire Police was called to the Parson Cross estate after reports of shots on three separate roads, between 21:30 and 23:10 BST on Monday.
The girl suffered minor injuries on Deerlands Close, where shots were fired at the door of a house.
Vehicles were also shot on Barrie Crescent and Lindsay Avenue. Police believe the incidents are linked.
Roads remain closed while police investigate.
Carol Wilson who lives nearby said the incident had frightened local residents: "It's not safe like it used to be when we were kids - I daren't let mine out. I've got five kids and I don't like them going out."
The 20-part series, based on the books of Charles Dickens, started on Boxing Day with five million viewers but it fell to an average of two million.
The brainchild of former EastEnders' writer Tony Jordan, the drama brought together characters from books such as Oliver Twist, Bleak House and Great Expectations.
A BBC spokeswoman said the cancellation had been a "difficult" decision.
"We are incredibly proud of Dickensian and would like to thank all those involved in such an ambitious series.
"We sometimes have to make difficult decisions to make room for new shows and it won't be returning for a second series."
The show starred Stephen Rea as Inspector Bucket from Bleak House trying to solve the murder of Jacob Marley from A Christmas Carol, played by Peter Firth.
The cast also included Tuppence Middleton as a young Miss Havisham from Great Expectations and Caroline Quentin as Mrs Bumble from Oliver Twist.
But viewers complained about the lack of a fixed time slot in the schedules for the programme.
Before the series aired Jordan said he had already scripted 60 episodes and was banking on the BBC commissioning more, pointing out that Dickens created in excess of 2,000 characters and he had only used 30.
Jordan, managing director of Red Planet Pictures who made the drama, admitted he was "disappointed" that they would not be making a second series.
"We are hugely proud of what we achieved in the first series of Dickensian and would like to thank everyone who helped us create a truly special and unique drama."
O'Toole joined Worcester in 2015 having previously worked at London Irish.
Former cricketer Mackay, who begins his new job on Monday, was chief executive of rugby league club London Broncos.
"We welcome Gus to his new role at a very exciting time for the commercial side of the business," chairman Bill Bolsover told Warriors' website.
Mackay, 49, played three one-day international matches for his native Zimbabwe in 2001, and later moved into the administrative side while also working as a banker.
In 2006, he was appointed chief executive of Sussex CCC and two years later moved to Surrey CCC as managing director of cricket, before switching sports to join the Broncos between 2011 and 2014.
As managing director, Mackay will have responsibility for the business operations of the club, with responsibility for the rugby department remaining with director of rugby Gary Gold.
The departing O'Toole said: "This new structure makes sense for the business and I would like to thank our partners, staff and fans for their support during my tenure as chief executive."
There were cheers in court when the two-year jail term of Yekaterina Samutsevich, 30, was suspended.
Earlier the trio spoke defiantly at the appeal hearing, saying their protest song was political and not anti-Church.
In August they were jailed for staging an anti-Kremlin protest in Moscow's main cathedral, Christ the Saviour.
Samutsevich, Maria Alyokhina, 24, and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, 22, were found guilty of "hooliganism motivated by religious hatred".
Their imprisonment sparked widespread international condemnation.
By Leonid RagozinBBC News
Sitting inside a glass cage, surrounded by bailiffs in black uniforms, the three Pussy Riot members looked depressed and exhausted, but even more defiant than before.
All three said they would not "repent" as the Church demanded they should do.
Ekaterina Samutsevich stressed there was no split in the group, and reiterated her opposition to Vladimir Putin. Relatives and lawyers also denied any split.
Once freed, Samutsevich had to break through the media scrum and literally run away from journalists. She jumped into a red Honda, which whisked her away at a high speed.
Her father stayed behind and told the press that she would keep fighting for the other women's release - even though her actions will be limited by bail conditions.
The judges on Wednesday accepted the argument of Samutsevich's lawyer - that Samutsevich had been thrown out of the cathedral by guards before she could remove her guitar from its case for the band's "punk prayer".
The other band members cheered and hugged Samutsevich when the decision was read out.
One of the defence lawyers, Mark Feigin, said "we're glad that Yekaterina Samutsevich has been freed, but we think the other two girls should also be released". The appeal process would continue, he said.
Samutsevich's father reacted with the words: "What happiness! But what a shame about the other girls - they don't deserve such a harsh punishment".
Earlier Alyokhina told the hearing: "We're all innocent... the verdict should be overturned. The Russian justice system looks discredited".
Alyokhina said that "of course we didn't want to offend worshippers" when they protested at the cathedral's altar.
She said the trio's apologies had been ignored, but repentance was out of the question.
"For us to repent - that's unacceptable, it's a kind of blackmail," she said, adding that repentance was a personal matter, unconnected with a legal case.
She added she had "lost hope in this trial".
The three women sat in a glass cage in court, facing a three-judge panel.
The band performed an obscenity-laced song at the Moscow cathedral on 21 February.
Tolokonnikova told the court "it's as clear as daylight that this was a political act, not anti-religious... I ask you to quash this sentence".
Alyokhina warned that if they were sent to a penal colony for two years "we won't stay silent - even in Mordovia, or Siberia - however uncomfortable that is for you".
Their "punk prayer" - which implored the Virgin Mary to "throw out" President Vladimir Putin and sought, the band said, to highlight the Russian Orthodox Church leader's support for the president - enraged the Church.
But while the Church hierarchy said the women's action "cannot be left unpunished", it added that any penitence shown should be taken into consideration.
Those comments followed a suggestion from Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev that a suspended sentence would have been sufficient punishment.
But Mr Putin last week defended the sentence, speaking on Russian NTV television.
"It's right that they were arrested, it's right that the court took that decision, because you can't undermine the foundations of morality, our moral values, destroy the country. What would we be left with then?" Mr Putin said.
Opinion polls in Russia suggest a majority backing the sentence against Pussy Riot, the BBC's Steve Rosenberg reports from Moscow. One poll found 43% of respondents considered the sentence too lenient.
On Wednesday the judge rejected two motions from defence lawyers to call in experts for their opinions and more witnesses from the cathedral. The defendants' plea to hold a fresh psychological and linguistic evaluation of their protest song was also rejected.
Comments in a BBCRussian forum on Wednesday were mostly unsympathetic towards the band.
"I am really surprised at some Europeans' attitude towards the Pussy Riot case. The girls desecrated the cathedral that was originally built in memory of those who lost their lives liberating Europe from Napoleon. They should have protested elsewhere," said Vlad, in Moscow.
"Considering moral damage inflicted on my country, I think, it would be fairer to recall their citizenship and send them out of the country," said MosGen, in St Petersburg.
Another reader, Yuri in Barnaul, quoted Tolokonnikova's warning in court "that Putin's third term will bring instability and lead to a civil war" and commented: "She was right and that truth scared the judge".
Steven McIvor, 32, was one of two knife-wielding thieves who robbed the Letterbox Bistro in Balerno Main Street.
They stole £2,000 and 5,300 euros on 26 February 2016.
McIvor, from Edinburgh, had denied taking part in the robbery during a trial at the High Court in the city but was found guilty.
His co-accused Eddie Moffat, 27, was acquitted of the robbery charge on a not proven verdict, and admonished for a dangerous driving offence he admitted after spending almost 11 months in prison on remand. He was banned from driving for three years.
The owner of the post office/bistro business Steven Carlyle, 55, said he had been talking to his son when he became aware of two men entering the premises.
He told the court: "Then the language got worse and they demanded money. They were demanding all the money from the till and the euros."
The thieves had scarves over their mouths and each was armed with a knife.
Mr Carlyle said he pressed an alarm that was supposedly inaudible but turned out to be audible. He said: "That's when they started getting very agitated."
One of the intruders became very aggressive and a knife was thrust through a gap in a Perspex screen.
Mr Carlyle said: "They were swearing all the time, telling us to 'hurry up, get the money, get the cash'."
The trial judge, Lord Kinclaven, deferred sentence on unemployed McIvor, who has previous convictions for theft, for the preparation of a background report. He was remanded in custody.
Pat Dodson said on Monday there was no point introducing constitutional recognition for Indigenous people unless those changes were made.
Politicians met with 40 Indigenous representatives in Sydney to discuss potential changes to the constitution.
Indigenous Australians are not mentioned in the Australia's founding document.
However, two so-called "race provisions" allow the states to disqualify people on the basis of their race from voting, and allow laws to be made based upon a person's race.
Mr Dodson - a highly respected Indigenous leader from Western Australia who has won the Sydney Peace Prize - said constitutional recognition for Indigenous Australians would not be worth pursuing if a non-discrimination clause wasn't added to the constitution.
"These are complex moral and ethical issues for some people but I don't think we should be discriminating against anyone in this nation, and certainly not against Aboriginal people," he told reporters.
Prime Minister Tony Abbott has pledged to hold a referendum in 2017 that could see Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people recognised as the first Australians.
Opinion polls show there is widespread community support for the change.
However, there is still disagreement over the wording of any amendments.
Dozens of people protested outside Monday's meeting and said the participants did not have the authority to represent all Indigenous communities.
Mr Dodson said protections against discrimination needed to be strengthened.
"Two hundred years of discrimination is about as much as we can bear, quite frankly," he said.
Other leaders have expressed concern that any changes would be purely symbolic.
Mr Abbott and Opposition Leader Bill Shorten hosted Monday's meeting.
"Today was not a day to rule particular things in or out," Mr Abbott said later.
He said the next step would be to hold a series of community conferences later this year where the public could have their say on proposed changes to the constitution.
An Ipsos Fairfax poll released on Monday showed 85% of Australians were in favour of a clause being added to the constitution to recognise Australia's first people, up from 77% in 2013.
The Joint Select Committee on Constitutional Recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples has recommended these changes to the constitution:
Repealing the two so-called "race provisions":
Gary Doherty was named as the new chief executive of Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board on Monday.
The board was put in special measures by the Welsh government in June following a critical report on a mental health ward in Denbighshire.
Mr Doherty has run the Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust since 2013.
Speaking on Tuesday, the new health chief said he wanted to see a three to five year recovery plan put in place, and the board taken out of special measures.
Mr Doherty said it can be devastating when "trust isn't well placed and people are let down".
"It's really, really important we get that trust back and I think we can do that," he told BBC Radio Wales' Good Morning Wales programme.
"But equally, I'm under no illusions. It's a big, tough job."
Betsi Cadwaladr has been under the highest level of Welsh government intervention for six months since the investigation into "institutional abuse" at the Tawel Fan mental health ward at Glan Clwyd Hospital in Bodelwyddan.
It led to the former chief executive Prof Trevor Purt standing aside, and an interim chief executive was appointed by the Welsh health minister.
The Welsh government has already said it expects the health board to remain in special measures for up to two years.
Mr Doherty said he was acutely aware of the political significance of his role and that of the health board.
"It's a really important political issue - and it should be," he said.
"I fully understand how much this means to people, how hot it is politically.
"If we do a good job and I do a good job and we work together with people, then these political concerns and these very personal concerns and individual concerns that people have, we can respond to them and it can be a successful dialogue."
27 February 2016 Last updated at 12:03 GMT
We have actually won it five times, but since the 90s we've failed to make an impact.
The voting system for picking the UK's entry is changing this year.
Radio 1Xtra presenter, Nick Bright, shares his thoughts with Newsround.
22 May 2016 Last updated at 08:36 BST
It still is not clear what happened, but there are clues from automatic computer messages sent by the plane before it disappeared.
BBC transport correspondent Richard Westcott explains.
The Metro currently links Birmingham with Wolverhampton.
A 1.2km (0.7 mile) scheme, due to be completed in 2015, will see the line extended from Snow Hill railway station to New Street station.
The route, along Bull Street, Corporation Street and Stephenson Street, will see trams in the city centre for the first time since 1953.
The extension is being part-funded by £75.4m from the Department for Transport, which gave its backing in February 2012.
Work began in July although the first rails have just been laid.
Centro, the West Midlands transport authority, said the Metro extension would "revolutionise the way people travel to and around the city" and carry up to 3.5 million passengers a year.
But Baljit Kandola, co-owner of Bull Street-based newsagents Central News Midland, said his trade had fallen by 60% since the start of work and said he has had to sack three employees because of that.
"When the buses stopped that was bad enough but ever since the tram extension began, it has become a lot worse," he said.
"Hopefully we will benefit when the Metro is up and running but that's two years down the line. I'm not sure we'll still be here."
Meanwhile, Aggie Pelekanou, owner of Monty's Deli Sandwich Bar, also in Bull Street, said his breakfast trade had halved since the start of the tram scheme.
"It started when they moved the buses in August last year," he said.
"People used to get off the bus, grab a coffee. Now there is no passing trade at all. The workers have been good. They have arranged their shifts so they're not using the loud machinery when we're doing our lunch service but I can't lie. It has been hard."
The tram extension is expected to create more than 1,300 new jobs and boost the West Midlands economy by more than £50m a year. Four tram stops will be included as part of the scheme: at Snow Hill, Bull Street, Corporation Street and Stephenson Street.
Roger Horton, Centro's lead member for rail, who laid the first rail track at Colmore Gate in Bull Street, said traders had been compensated for their losses.
"Once there are trams coming past their shops, the traders will benefit," Mr Horton, who is also a Sandwell councillor, said.
Birmingham councillor Kath Hartley, the vice-chairman of the West Midlands Integrated Transport Authority said she also thought it would be "absolutely worth it".
"It may not be that far a distance in this first phase but this is only the first step," she said.
"Eventually this will go out to all the main centres. Quinton, towards the Black Country and the airport via Bordesley. It is what the people want."
But some people passing Corporation Street said they were unaware of what work was going on there.
"It's roadworks I think," said telecom salesman Bradley Davis, a 19-year-old sales assistant, from Metchley Lane in Harborne.
"It's been like this for about a year. I think they are making the road bigger."
Exeter Crown Court was told Ashley Dixon, of Down Road, Plymouth, Devon, used a helmet camera to record himself racing through Devon lanes.
Another video showed the 24-year-old driving through a village at 90mph.
Dixon, who pleaded guilty to two counts of dangerous driving, was jailed for nine months and disqualified from driving for two years.
The court was told Devon and Cornwall Police saw two videos on YouTube and were able to tie up the dates of the recordings with test drives Dixon took on a Honda Fireblade and a BMW S100RR in May and June.
The videos have since been taken down as police feared they could encourage others to ride bikes in the same reckless way.
Judge Francis Gilbert, QC, told Dixon he could not recall any other case of such extremely dangerous driving.
"It was a miracle nobody was killed or seriously injured, including yourself," he said.
The judge said he believed Dixon filmed himself so he could "show off" on the internet.
"You rode for at least five miles, and probably more, on each occasion on 1,000 cc bikes which you purported to take for test drives even though you were never going to purchase them because you could not afford them," he said.
"You did it so your wildly dangerous driving could be seen by others."
Mr James Taghdissian, prosecuting, said the footage showed Dixon "riding like a lunatic".
Eight-year-old Nikita Vasava was on her way to a farm on Wednesday in Vadigam village when the leopard attacked her.
The leopard was trapped in a cage, but angry villagers set the cat on fire.
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.
Forest official RS Gadhvi told the BBC's Ankur Jain that forest workers had trapped the leopard hours after the girl was killed.
"We laid seven cages around the village and trapped the big cat. But angry locals came with cans of fuel and torched the cage with the big cat inside. Forest officials guarding the cage where shooed away," he said.
There have been several instances of man-animal conflict in India in recent years.
In July, a group of men killed a leopard with sticks and stones in Gujarat's Rojmal village.
With 1,395 leopards, Gujarat has the second highest population of the cats in the country. More than a third of these cats live close to human habitation.
Last year, more than a dozen people, mostly farm workers, were killed and over 100 were injured in leopard attacks.
In many villages of Gujarat, people light small fires while working on fields to keep the cats away.
In February, a male leopard entered a school in the city of Bangalore and injured six people trying to capture it.
And in October 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.
The four parents, calling themselves Letzgo Hunting, said they had challenged seven men in person after chatting with them on the internet.
Four men have been arrested based on evidence gathered by the group.
But police said their tactics could have a "negative effect" on child abuse victims and their success in court.
Leicestershire Police said that last month they arrested a 54-year-old man in Warwickshire, a 24-year-old man in Loughborough, and a 33-year-old man in Hinckley.
A 45-year-old man was arrested in the West Midlands last week. All are currently on police bail pending further enquiries.
One member of Letzgo Hunting, who calls himself Scumm Buster online, defended the group's activities.
Speaking to BBC Radio 5 live's Victoria Derbyshire, he explained: "We are vigilantes, definitely. We're not working within the law. But we're not a vigilante lynch mob.
"We're not there to hurt anybody. We are there to get an explanation."
He said the group - three men and one woman - posed online as girls aged between 12 and 15. They chatted to men online, some of whom wanted to have intimate conversations of a sexual nature.
"We try to get them to say, in as much detail as possible, exactly what they want to do," Scumm Buster said.
Some online exchanges are held "over a month or two, because the more they say, the more can go into their prosecution", he added.
The men then suggest a meeting, local to where the "girl" lives. They are asked to bring condoms and alcohol.
The meeting sometimes involves the female member of the group waiting in an open, public area to encourage the man to get out of his car.
"Once out of the car, we make it very clear that we're not there to be offensive to them, we're not there to hurt him, and we're only there to have a talk to them about what they're doing," Scumm Buster said.
He also stressed the purpose of the encounters was "to show their intent", and to demonstrate that the men were breaking the law under the Sexual Offences Act 2003 by inciting a child to participate in a sexual act.
"While they are on the internet - in a fantasy world - saying they are going to do this and that, there are no particular laws broken.
"Once they show up and make it very clear that their intent is to meet the person for sex, that's the bit where the law is actually broken."
Of the nine people the group say they have met since January, seven were spoken to while being filmed, and the other two drove away from the meeting place.
The group said they had given car registration numbers to the police.
Asked how he felt at the meetings, Scumm Buster said: "Anger, of course. It would be unnatural if I wasn't feeling angry.
"We're angry, we're upset. The things we see them say, I wouldn't normally say to my partner. It's too offensive - it isn't right the things they are saying."
However, Leicestershire Police said it did not endorse such tactics and urged people with suspicions of child abuse to contact police, Crimestoppers or the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP).
"Unfortunately, these kinds of public 'naming and shaming' activities can actually have a negative effect on victims of child abuse.
"While we understand the strong feelings that motivate this kind of activity, it can seriously affect the chances of success in court, preventing victims from getting justice and increasing the chances of offenders walking free.
"It also fails to take into account that many victims of child abuse are children or family of the offenders, thus bringing extra distress to innocent people and affecting our ability to safeguard victims."
CEOP also warned of the consequences of unlawful activity by vigilante groups.
"While we understand the public's desire to protect their children from online abuse, we do not encourage vigilante investigations of this nature as they can compromise ongoing investigations into paedophile networks, and could spark an abuser to harm a child if they feel threatened.
"Identifying alleged paedophiles is best left to the police and suspected incidences of online grooming can be reported to CEOP."
Forward Nathan Webb and midfielders Luke Wall, Steven Hewitt and Arron Davies have also left the club.
Fellow midfielder Paddy Lacey was released after he was given a 14-month drugs ban by the Football Association.
Stanley have taken up one-year options on defenders Janoi Donacien, Omar Beckles and Mark Hughes and midfielders Jordan Clark, Brayden Shaw and Benin international Rommy Boco.
Speaking after Cardiff's dramatic 4-3 defeat against Barnsley, Warnock stated that he is 'ready to make changes.'
Warnock says he will sell to raise funds to improve his squad, but admits Zohore could change his January plans.
"If Ken can keep carrying on playing like this I will be delighted to have him on-board and we can spend the money elsewhere," he told BBC Wales Sport.
"He is what I have been looking for all along and he's just come out the woodwork.
"He's been a massive plus for us because I'm looking to spend decent money on a striker in January, and I can't buy anybody better than him at the minute.
"We are looking for someone like him, someone who can go beyond, can be strong, can flick it on here and there, has got an eye for goal.
"I wish some of our chances against Barnsley had fallen to him. He has come out the blue really."
Warnock had not selected Zohore before last week when he came on at half time in the win over Wolverhampton Wanderers, with his previous appearance for the Bluebirds coming on 1 October when Paul Trollope was still in charge.
Warnock explained: "If we hadn't have been so bad in the first half the other night [against Wolves] we probably wouldn't know about Kenneth. So I'm lucky aren't I?
"I can see light at the end of the tunnel in two or three positions now."
Warnock says Zohore has not been in his plans until impressing against Wolves, because he has been lazy in training.
"He'll get better when he gets fitter. He knows now that he can do that every week, and that's what you need from a striker," he said.
"I am so pleased with him. He's been a little bit lazy at times since I have been at the club.
"But he's showing what he can do and he will get fitter now. He's a big plus for us. But there are a few minuses I have to deal with as well in the next nine days."
Mohammed Syadul Hussain, 25, was found guilty of assisting Mohammed Kadir, who is suspected of murdering Koran teacher Jalal Uddin in Rochdale before fleeing to Syria.
Mr Uddin, 71, was bludgeoned in the face in an attack in a children's play area in February 2016.
Hussain, of Oswald Street, Rochdale, was jailed for five years at Manchester Crown Court, Crown Square on Thursday.
Last year, Mohammed Hussain Syeedy, 21, also from the town, was convicted of murder and jailed for life with a minimum term of 24 years.
He drove Mr Kadir, suspected of striking the fatal blows that killed the the imam, to the park before the attack.
The pair were said to have been consumed by hatred of Mr Uddin because he practised a form of Islamic healing in Rochdale's Bangladeshi community which the so-called Islamic State (IS) considers "black magic".
Mr Kadir, of Chamber Road, Oldham, has left the UK and is thought to be in Syria.
In the hours following Mr Uddin's murder, Hussain "openly expressed his approval" of the imam's death on WhatsApp, Greater Manchester Police said.
He later spoke on the phone with the alleged murderer Mr Kadir, who was his friend, before meeting with him and Syeedy early the following day.
This "placed him in the company of the two men responsible mere hours after the murder", police said.
Hussain then withdrew £700 from his bank and gave it to Mr Kadir two days after the murder.
Det Ch Insp John Harris said: "Not only did he not come forward and assist the police, but he actively sought to impede the investigation by helping the man believed to be responsible to flee the country."
The 33-year-old says his career could be over after his latest injury, which he suffered in a win over India in the first Test of their series.
Australian team doctor Peter Brukner said Clarke had "substantial damage to a key part of the hamstring tendon".
Steve Smith will captain Australia for the rest of the Test series against India, Cricket Australia has announced.
The length of Clarke's absence is unclear ahead of February's World Cup, which will be co-hosted by Australia and New Zealand.
"His recovery and the timing of his return to play will be dependent on the surgeon's advice and how well he recovers in the coming weeks," added Brukner.
Smith will become Australia's 45th and third-youngest Test captain when the second Test starts in Brisbane on Wednesday.
"It's something that I've always dreamt of doing," said the 25-year-old all-rounder. "It's an amazing thrill."
Wicketkeeper Brad Haddin, who was expected to get the captaincy, has been named as vice-captain.
Chairman of selectors Rod Marsh said Smith was highly regarded not just for his batting but also his "maturity and clear leadership potential".
Smith, who has played just 23 Tests and has previously captained New South Wales, scored 162 not out and 52 not out in the recent first-Test victory over India in Adelaide.
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The Railway Street drugs misuse service in Ballymena was partly paid for by the Department of Justice.
However, it is withdrawing funding after 14 years due to budget cuts.
The service has been independently assessed as a model of best practice in helping injecting drug users across the UK.
Justice Minister David Ford said the move was "regrettable but unavoidable".
"It is one of many difficult funding decisions I am currently having to make in order to balance the books," he said.
"In light of the financial constraints being imposed I have advised the Northern Trust that the Department of Justice share of the funding for this partnership project between the justice system and the health service would cease on 28 February 2015."
Oscar Donnelly, director of mental health and disability for the Northern Trust, said: "Unfortunately the withdrawal of two thirds of the funding for the scheme means that we will not be able to sustain it in its present form.
"The trust will need to review the way in which a significantly reduced service can be provided in the future."
Calderwood left after his side finished fourth to qualify for the Europa League and was succeeded in 2009 by Miller's former Aberdeen team-mate, Mark McGhee.
However, Miller insists he "gave Calderwood five wonderful years at the club and supported him to the hilt".
Calderwood told BBC Scotland: "I honestly believe it was Willie because Willie was strange in the end."
The 60-year-old, who also managed Dunfermline, Kilmarnock and Ross County, has been out of work since leaving De Graafschap in 2014.
He says being out of football is "killing me" and cannot understand why he has not had a job since his last sojourn in the Netherlands.
His departure from Pittodrie remains one of his most painful memories, the Scot having paid for being edged into fourth spot in the top-flight behind Rangers, Celtic and Hearts.
"I had to go to the chairman's house and I thought we were talking about next season," Calderwood said of his end-of-season meeting with Stewart Milne and Miller.
"I was told they were thinking of making changes but it's not certain yet.
"That's when I made a mug of it. I said 'it's certain now. If you are doubting what we're doing at this club, it is certain if that's what you want to do'.
"I said to Willie, what are you thinking about this? But Willie said nothing. I thought 'this is a done deal, they are at it'."
Calderwood believes that a majority of Aberdeen fans were similarly mystified over a departure the club said was by "mutual consent" but which he insists was a sacking.
Miller is surprised that his former manager has only had brief stints at Killie and County in Scotland since then, helping to steer both clubs away from the threat of relegation.
But he did say a dip in form had been to blame for Calderwood's departure.
"There was a feeling among the board that the quality of football wasn't what they were expecting in that final year," he told BBC Scotland.
"His league record was solid, absolutely. There was a fantastic run in the Europa Cup too. But no cup finals in that time.
"And from the turn of the year in that last season, there were only five wins from 19 games.
"I don't think the fans were particularly happy with what they were seeing at that time."
Under Calderwood, Aberdeen finished third once, fourth twice and sixth once, but he found himself replaced with McGhee, who had enjoyed success with Motherwell.
"I think Willie and Mark were quite close," said Calderwood, who says he has not spoken to Milne or Miller since.
"If I was in England watching games, Willie was down there a lot with Mark and big Alex McLeish.
But Miller denies that, saying: "I'm not particularly close with Mark.
"When Jimmy left we needed to find a new manager and Mark was one who was doing extremely well. There was certainly no conspiracy to bring Mark back to Aberdeen on my part."
Miller and Calderwood had grown up together, playing in opposing sides and together for Scotland in their youth days.
"He is a legend," added Calderwood. "He was absolutely brilliant for me in the first season, but I think he thought I was getting too big and powerful for him and there wasn't much dialogue in the end."
Miller said he was "baffled" by that comment, adding that he did "everything I possibly could to make his job a success".
The Apollo 11 lunar rock was a present from the United States President Richard Nixon to the UK.
The National Museum of Wales wanted it after Scotland, but was in competition with the Norfolk city of Norwich.
That could have posed "presentational difficulties" wrote an official to the prime minister's private secretary.
"The National Museum of Wales would like to receive the moon dust on loan for a month or so preferably after it has been released by the Royal Scottish Museum," said Richard Munday, in the papers released after 30 years by the National Archives.
"There would, as I am sure you will appreciate, be presentational difficulties if Wales came after Norwich."
The plea appeared to have been successful and the moon dust went on display in Cardiff before it travelled to Norwich.
It was later put on show in Newport, Swansea and Aberystwyth.
The moon dust consisted of "four miniscule pieces embedded in a clear plastic globule mounted for display".
The display stand featured a Union flag that had been taken to the moon and back by Apollo 11.
President Nixon had presented it to Prime Minister Harold Wilson in January 1970, but its preferred whereabouts occupied officials and politicians for more than a decade.
Edward Heath, PM from 1974 to 1979, was unable to identify an "aesthetically suitable" public spot in 10 Downing Street and it was placed in a cupboard.
In January 1985, Margaret Thatcher decided the display should be placed in the waiting area at No 10, where it remains today.
Papers also released by the National Archives show former prime minister Margaret Thatcher ordered a review of funding in Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland - amid claims that public spending in Scotland was too high..
The also revealed she was originally opposed to regeneration of Cardiff docklands and the Cardiff Bay barrage project.
The releases also unveiled how the Welsh secretary at the time, Nicholas Edwards, urged the prime minister to reject any plans to build a bridge linking England and France, based on his own experiences of using the Severn Bridge and the Cleddau Bridge in Pembrokeshire.
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The Riders, who won the Trophy and the league this season, failed to score for five minutes in the last quarter as the Sharks overhauled them.
Mike Tuck, voted the most valuable player, led Sheffield's scorers with 20 points and Jerrold Brooks added 18.
Northumbria won the WBBL play-offs title with a 75-68 win over Nottingham.
Neal Watson had 19 points for Leicester and Conner Washington added 15.
Leicester were uncharacteristically untidy in the first quarter but still came out of it leading 22-18.
Sheffield's six three-pointers in the second quarter - three from Kyle Odister and two from John Barber - ensured the Sharks were ahead 44-43 at the interval.
Leicester scored the last 10 points of a tight third quarter to lead 66-59 with 10 minutes remaining but Sheffield re-took the lead, 73-71, with 4:14 remaining with five points in a row from Brooks.
When Riders' Tyler Bernardini hit a three with 6:14 remaining, Leicester led 71-66, but that was their last score for almost five and half minutes - Sheffield's 14 unanswered points in that time left Leicester scrambling for a reply they could not find in the final minute.
Meanwhile, Nottingham, the league champions, led by as many as 13 points late in the first half, but Northumbria came back to lead with six minutes remaining and held their nerve in a tense final minute to win their first WBBL trophy.
Fiona O'Dwyer led Northumbria's scoring with 17 points and Nottingham's efforts were led by Amber Stokes' 21 points.
Sheffield forward Mike Tuck: "I couldn't be more proud of our guys - we've had such an up and down season with changes of players and losing guys to injuries - to fight all the way through the post-season to win the biggest competition of the year on the biggest stage in British basketball."
Leicester coach Rob Paternostro: "I thought we missed a lot of easy [shots] around the basket, some of them went in and out - demoralising misses for us. I thought it was quite comical that they were playing the underdog role because everyone in the league knew how good this team was."
Northumbria coach Chris Bunten: "We were down big in the first half and we weren't playing particularly well. We just said 'we can't play any worse than we are now - let's go out and play the way we can', and from that point we executed superbly."
Boreham Wood's Delano Sam-Yorke played a one-two with with Harry White before firing home the only goal.
Adam Boyes' header hit the bar for Guiseley and Sam-Yorke struck the inside of the post for the Wood.
After 20th-placed Halifax's surprise win over Forest Green, the Wood now sit 19th on 47 points, while Guiseley are 21st on 46 points with one game left.
The 31-year-old defender made 196 appearances for his hometown club, helping the Grecians win promotion out of non-league and into League One.
Since leaving in 2009 he has had spells at Derby, Crystal Palace and Bolton, whom he left at the end of last season.
"It is nice to have the kit back on and I have got my number back," Moxey told the club website.
"It is strange, having not been here for eight years. It (the training ground) has improved a fair bit since I was last here, with the 3G pitch down the bottom.
"The first team training pitch looks fantastic now as well - it was just mud when I was here before."
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It's not the first time the band have taken to the main stage, having made their debut at the event back in 2003.
"I can't stop thinking about playing at Reading & Leeds," said The Libertines frontman Pete Doherty.
"There is a great vibe in the band and we should be doing some new songs too. So it'll be the best Reading and Leeds ever," added band-mate Gary Powell.
The festival takes place on 28-30 August.
Mumford and Sons and Metallica have already been confirmed as the two other main stage headliners.
Mumford and Sons last appeared at Reading and Leeds on the NME/BBC Radio 1 Stage five years ago.
The band have been working on their third album since February 2014.
Festival boss Melvin Benn announced another 50 acts that will perform for fans across the English bank holiday weekend.
They include Jamie XX, Gorgon City, Kendrick Lamar and The Maccabees.
"I really think we've got the ultimate line-up this year," Benn said.
"Where else can you see Kendrick Lamar on the same day as Deadmau5 and Years & Years, or Marmozets on the same day as Azealia Banks or Metallica, or All Time Low on the same day as Knife Party or Mumford & Sons."
Rebel Sound are another of the acts confirmed to play.
"The last time we played Reading and Leeds, the crowd were insane and we had to stop the set four times - there was so much energy," the group said.
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She was speaking after a 15-year-old boy was charged with conspiracy in connection with an alleged terror plot in Australia.
He is one of the latest teenagers to be linked to activity by Islamist extremists around the world.
Last month, reports said one of two girls who ran away from their home in Austria to join the so-called Islamic State in Syria had been beaten to death while trying to escape. She was 17.
Her 15-year-old friend is believed to have been killed in fighting in 2014.
While the majority of jihadists around the world are not teenagers, official figures show that their involvement in violent Islamism is growing.
The number of under-18s arrested for alleged terror offences in the UK almost doubled from eight to 15 from 2013-14 to 2014-15. The total number of arrests for all age groups was 315 - an increase of a third on the previous year.
Experts say this bears out fears that more and more young people are being drawn to extremism, with followers in their early teens among them.
"We are seeing this kind of thing happening more and more with the rise of Islamic State," says Charlie Winter, an expert in jihadist militancy.
"And it is not something that is coming about by mistake."
The main target for groups like Islamic State is said to be young people between 16 and 24 years old.
However the radicalisation process can start as early as 11 or 12, says Daniel Koehler, director of the German Institute on Radicalization and Deradicalization Studies (GIRDS).
Younger members are less valuable in terms of potential to carry out terror operations, he says, but they are used to spread ideology and influence others.
And they are easier to access. "Adolescents and teenagers are indeed easier to impress and lure into relationships with recruiters."
Much of the recruiters' work is done online.
"The internet is essential…. IS produces an average of 30 to 40 high-quality videos per day in almost every language," says Mr Koehler.
"They have an estimated Twitter network of 30,000 to 40,000 accounts, and guides for carrying out jihad or how to join IS are easily available online."
They have also been shown to heavily rely on other social media platforms such as Ask.FM, which are visited by a large proportion of younger users.
But it is not just the volume of content which is driving membership.
"While the internet does play an important role, what is different with IS is that it is much more outward facing," says Mr Winter, a senior research associate at Georgia State University.
"There is more accessibility and more interaction."
He says one of the greatest draws for young followers is the promise of belonging to a collective.
"IS is really trying to push this idea of a counter culture. They have crafted this idea of state building, of democratic jihad."
This aspirational nature can appeal to some adolescents who have high ideals and ambitions but are frustrated by their families or societies.
The feeling of marginalisation also drives membership, says Mr Winter.
"Ideology is very important but it is also about how people feel about the society they live in.
"Real or perceived grievances in the hands of a recruiter can reach fever pitch."
While the internet is certainly an important tool for recruiters, both direct, real-life contact with radical groups in their home countries is equally vital.
"What we have seen a lot of times is people being enlisted by friendship groups," says Mr Winter.
"It's not just online. For every individual it is as much about knowing someone who has been to fight."
Members who have fought in Syria are encouraged to share information as a way of bringing other people in.
Experiences are whitewashed to hide the iniquities and hypocrisies of the group's mission.
Young people are particularly impressionable when they hear these stories, Mr Winter says.
And the stories can be found in schools, friendship groups and communities as easily online for those that know where to look.
Mr Koehler says young people are more accustomed to seeing violence in the media than adults, and this plays a role in their growing involvement in violent Islamism.
"But in the end it is about personal backgrounds and trajectories combined with opportunities and situations," he says.
"It is about when and how you come across a certain ideology and group, and what you are currently looking for in your life."
Starting in Strontian on the west coast of Scotland on 30 April, Colin Skeath and nephew Davis Gould-Duff travelled 2,100 miles (3,380km) clockwise.
The pair paddled over 86 days and completed several challenging crossings including Wales to Northern Ireland.
The men were raising money for the Forget Me Not Children's Hospice in Huddersfield.
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The trip was completed on Monday evening.
Mr Skeath, 50, a retired West Yorkshire Police officer who now lives in Strontian, said he got into canoeing in 2011 and had been inspired by a former teacher.
"I enjoyed 90% of the trip, 10% was just real hard work. It was quite exciting at times, he said.
"It has never been done in an open canoe."
Mr Skeath said he and Mr Gould-Duff, 25, from Limerick in Ireland, had had the "odd tiff but generally it was fantastic, he was a solid partner in a boat".
He said the best view had come relatively early in the journey as the pair were heading north along the Scottish coast when they saw Cape Wraith and had turned eastwards.
"That was a bit of a milestone and I thought 'We can do this'," he said.
Apps on the Indian version of the Play store can now be sold for just 10 rupees (10p). The price floor also applies to in-app purchases.
Before Google's announcement of the price change, the lowest price developers could charge was 50 rupees.
An expert said the price cut should help Google hold on to existing Android users in the country.
In a blogpost, Google said it hoped the lower price would help developers reach more people in India.
Average incomes in the country are typically low, and the cut could mean more people can buy popular apps.
Jasdeep Badyal, from mobile analyst company CCS Insight, said the lower price floor would make apps more accessible and help maintain a high level of Android users in the country.
"The majority of smartphone market share in India is taken up by Android handset makers such as Samsung, Micromax and Intex," he told the BBC.
"But there are other platforms that are growing share (iOS and Windows) as price points continue to decline and as smartphones become more affordable."
The cut would also encourage developers to stick with Android, knowing that they could get more customers because they could charge less for their creations.
The announcement comes soon after two analyst companies published data showing smartphone sales in China, the worlds biggest handset market, were falling. Selling more Android phones in India could offset falls elsewhere.
Earlier this month, Indian authorities accused Google of abusing its dominance in search advertising.
The probe of its main search business was launched following complaints from Indian websites that said Google was unfairly promoting its own services.
Of the 1,546 adults surveyed online by YouGov, 58% prefer cremation when they die, in comparison with 17% of those who would opt for burial.
Of those in favour of cremation, 79% want their ashes to be scattered , and 7% want them to be kept.
YouGov said there was a "strong shift in preference towards cremation as people get older".
While 42% of 18 to 24-year-olds wish to be cremated, this figure rises to 71% among the over-65s.
Statistics from the Cremation Society of Great Britain show 75% of people are cremated at present.
When asked at which age they would prefer to die, the most popular choice was between 81 and 100, selected by 44%. This range was the most popular across all age groups, and most of all with those aged 65 and older - with 60% of them choosing it.
The current average UK life expectancy, according to the World Bank, is 81.
The highest age option - to live to 110 or older - was chosen by 14% of people. Of these, 19% of men wanted to reach 110 or older, compared with 9% of women.
Freddie Sayers, editor-in-chief at YouGov said: "It's always interesting to see real numbers about something that people never really talk about.
"I think these figures lift the lid on one of the great taboo subjects."
He added that one of the conclusions that could perhaps be drawn from the poll was that as people got older attitudes to death changed, and rather than keep with tradition people were more inclined to think philosophically and practically.
When asked if they were scared of death, 58% of men said they were not, compared with 42% of women.
The research also probed the latest attitudes towards what mourners should wear at a funeral.
Wearing black was seen as a requirement by 22% of people. But 45% said wearing other colours was acceptable, so long as they were "dark and sombre".
Another 29% thought it was acceptable to wear any colour of clothing to a funeral.
"I thought it would last 10 years," he told Doctor Who magazine. "It's going to do a minimum of 15."
Last month the sci-fi drama celebrated the 10th anniversary of its relaunch, having been brought back by the BBC in March 2005.
"Ten years on, our ratings are pretty much the same," Moffat went on. "It's extraordinary".
He said the show's international ratings had gone up, adding: "You're meant to go down!"
First broadcast in 1963, Doctor Who celebrated its 50th anniversary in November 2013.
"As long as the people looking after it are passionate about it... there's absolutely no reason why it can't do another 50 years," said Ben Stephenson, the BBC's outgoing head of drama commissioning.
The next series is due to be shown in the autumn, with Peter Capaldi returning as the time-travelling Time Lord.
Moffat took over from original Doctor Who "showrunner" Russell T Davies in 2009 and is also the executive producer of BBC One's Sherlock series.
Robin McGreer, 35, allegedly approached the victim, verbally harassed him and left him with a "significant face wound" in the 27 November 2016 attack.
He is charged with bias-related malicious bodily injury in relation to the incident in a Washington DC suburb.
The victim was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
The accused, who was arrested on Monday, allegedly left the scene at the Tysons Corner Center in Virginia before police arrived.
Fairfax County Police have not identified the 31-year-old victim or his race and religion, citing privacy concerns.
Hate crime watchdog groups say such bias-related attacks are on the rise in the US.
Last week two Indian men were shot in a bar in Kansas City by a patron who reportedly shouted "get out of my country" before opening fire on them.
The last time I was here it was boarded up, everything smashed by the huge wave that swept up the bay ahead of Typhoon Haiyan.
They still don't have French fries and the quarter pounders seems to be lacking lettuce and tomato. But no one is complaining as they gobble up the hot beef patties.
On the road to the airport the huge Robinsons mall is jammed too.
The day I arrived a year ago it was being systematically looted. So was the nearby rice mill. That too is back in business.
The airport terminal has a new roof and new glass in the windows. The runway is getting new asphalt.
There is a rush to get it finished. The rumour in town is that Pope Francis is coming to Tacloban early in the new year. Everything needs to be spick and span for the pontiff.
But the sense of "normality returned" is deceptive.
The biggest storm ever recorded to make landfall tore apart families, took mothers from their children, children from their parents, and in minutes swept away what had taken a lifetime to build.
It hit the poorest and the most vulnerable hardest.
When I last came to Tacloban in the spring Arnel was almost suicidal.
The wave had taken his whole family; wife, two daughters and son. He sat on a chair in his makeshift home staring out of the window. He drank to dull the pain.
Today Arnel looks transformed. He has put on weight and is looking for a job. Most important he has a new partner and a new baby on the way.
When I ask him how he is doing he turns and pats his girlfriend's belly.
"This is what gives me a reason to live again." he says smiling, "soon I will have someone to call me papa again".
On the wall hang a few rescued photos of his wife and children.
"How will you be on Saturday?" I ask, "on the anniversary?"
He looks up at the photos and the smile slips from his face. Huge tears well up in his eyes and roll down his face.
"My eldest daughter would have graduated from high school this summer," he says, "I dream about seeing her in her gown and hat. When I hear children coming up the street I still look out hoping it is them coming home".
This sort of pain does not just disappear. Life carries on, people learn to live with it, but the heartache endures.
At a nearby UK-funded school run by Save the Children, a young woman in a bright red boiler suit is wielding a welding torch.
The arc welder pops and crackles as she melts two heavy bits of steel together. Geovelyn turns and lifts the heavy black welding mask from her face. She smiles, her big eyes shining.
When the storm hit, Geovelyn was far away at college studying to be a teacher. It took her a week to get home.
When she did she found her mother and three of her sisters were dead. The house was gone and her father and seven surviving siblings had nowhere to live.
"I wish I had never gone away to college," Geovelyn tells me. "If I had been here maybe I could have helped save them".
Such survivors' guilt is common here.
"I will not leave again," Geovelyn says, "now I must stay here to support my father and my younger siblings. That is why I am learning to weld, so I can get a job and earn money".
Geovelyn's family is so poor she and her mother would often go out and wash clothes just to get enough cash to buy rice for dinner. Now she has to do it alone.
Leyte province was already one of the poorest parts of one of the poorest countries in Asia. Typhoon Haiyan has pushed hundreds of thousands further into poverty.
Jovita is a small woman with greying hair and a cherubic smile. She is not among the poorest in Tacloban.
She is a teacher at a local elementary school. Her husband is a security guard.
Before the storm they even had a concrete house. But the storm surge swept a huge ship through their neighbourhood which crushed their house. It is still stuck on the hillside nearby.
Where Jovita's house used to be there is now a large shack made of wood and scrap pieces of tin and tarpaulin.
"This is how we live now," she tells me, "this is our bedroom and kitchen and living room, all in one".
In the middle there is a plastic table and stools, a wooden bed and mosquito net.
"I got a loan from the government to buy the basics, a few bits of furniture and clothes for the children."
"A loan?" I ask surprised.
"Yes a loan," she says. "They promised cash payment for people who lost their homes, but it has not come."
Before the typhoon Jovita was already in debt. She had been sick and in hospital for weeks. She had to take a loan to pay for the treatment.
"I don't know how I am going to pay those old loans," she says, "so there is no way I can take a new loan to buy materials to rebuild the house."
While she tells me all this the smile never slips from her face.
"How is it that you keep smiling?" I ask
Suddenly her face crumples and she starts to cry.
"The smile is a mask we wear to hide the pain we have inside," she says, sobbing.
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Spain lived up to their favourites tag by opening the scoring through a Xabi Alonso penalty, but Robin van Persie equalised with an incredible diving header just before half-time and Arjen Robben put Netherlands in front with a cool finish.
Stefan de Vrij forced in a third from Wesley Sneijder's free-kick, Van Persie dispossessed goalkeeper Iker Casillas to make it four and Robben's brilliant solo effort sealed the win.
Spain, looking to win a fourth consecutive major international trophy, were humbled and humiliated in the repeat of the 2010 World Cup final. The last time they conceded five goals in an international match was in 1963.
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Three-time runners-up Netherlands will suddenly find themselves talked about among the leading contenders to lift the title and it is not unrealistic if they maintain this level of display.
It was their first meeting with Spain since the showpiece four years ago in South Africa and the first time the previous finalists had met in the opening round of matches at the next World Cup.
Ear-splitting noise reverberated around one of Brazil's most impressive stadiums as the teams emerged before kick-off.
The Dutch fans have travelled in far smaller numbers than usual - a reflection of their pre-competition hopes - but there were still pockets of orange mixed in with the red of Spain, yellow of Brazil and the colours of various other teams, fitting in this melting pot of a city.
It made for a mighty atmosphere, including boos for pantomime villain Diego Costa - the striker born in Brazil and capped by them before switching allegiances to Spain.
Costa was clattered early on by Ron Vlaar, and there were more heavy challenges as the first half progressed, but any idea that the Netherlands would turn this into an encounter as brutal as their defeat in Johannesburg four year's ago were soon dismissed.
Indeed, it was Louis van Gaal's Dutch side who created the first clear chance when Robben slipped Wesley Sneijder clean through but captain Casillas's one-handed save kept the ball out.
That miss appeared costly when Xavi released Costa into the penalty area and he fell under the challenge of De Vrij. Italian referee Nicola Rizzoli pointed to the spot, although replays showed Costa had stood on the Feyenoord defender's leg.
Alonso slotted the resulting penalty past Dutch keeper Jasper Cillessen but rather than leading to a period of dominance, Vicente del Bosque's men sat back and tried to defend their lead and Netherlands accepted the invitation to get forward and finally enjoyed some possession.
However, it was Spain who came closest to scoring a second when Andres Iniesta played in David Silva with a glorious inch-perfect pass but the Manchester City midfielder's tame chipped effort was turned away by Cillessen.
It was a missed opportunity that would come back to haunt Spain as within five minutes, Van Persie had scored the goal that proved the turning point of the match.
The Manchester United striker escaped the attentions of Sergio Ramos and met Daley Blind's crossfield pass with an astonishing 15-yard header that looped over a despairing Casillas.
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Netherlands left the field at the break embracing each other with wide smiles and they carried that momentum into the second half.
Van Gaal's men deservedly took the lead when Xavi - the heartbeat of Spain's midfield for so long - lost possession and Blind supplied another pinpoint aerial pass from the left, which Robben expertly controlled before eluding Gerard Pique and finishing confidently.
Spain were now rocking and Van Persie smashed a half volley against the bar before De Vrij bundled a third goal over the line after Casillas missed Sneijder's inswinging free-kick from the left.
The goalkeeper protested that he had been impeded by Van Persie - and he had a point - but referee Rizzoli was unmoved and the Netherlands were suddenly in control at 3-1 up.
Silva thought he had given the world champions hope when he scored from close-range but his effort was correctly ruled offside.
And moments later, Netherlands were 4-1 up.
Casillas, who produced a stunning save to keep out a Robben volley, turned villain when he miscontrolled a backpass from Sergio Ramos and was tackled by Van Persie, who slid the ball into an empty net.
Robben then capped a fine individual performance with a fine solo goal. The winger raced from inside his own half to latch on to Sneijder's through ball and outpaced Ramos before taking the ball round Casillas and smashing past two defenders on the line.
Spain were in pieces and continued to be torn apart, substitute Jeremain Lens and Robben going close.
And Spain's torrid evening was summed up when substitute Fernando Torres failed to score from three yards. The Chelsea striker looked certain to register a consolation, only for Blind to arrive with a timely last-ditch challenge.
The full-time whistle was met with scenes of Dutch joy and Spanish woe, on the turf and in the stands. Netherlands embarked upon a lap of honour.
It was a result that will send shockwaves through world football.
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Match ends, Spain 1, Holland 5.
Second Half ends, Spain 1, Holland 5.
Foul by Pedro (Spain).
Georginio Wijnaldum (Holland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Wesley Sneijder (Holland) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Jeremain Lens.
Foul by Andrés Iniesta (Spain).
Nigel de Jong (Holland) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Attempt blocked. Wesley Sneijder (Holland) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Arjen Robben.
Hand ball by Jeremain Lens (Holland).
Corner, Holland. Conceded by Sergio Ramos.
Attempt saved. Arjen Robben (Holland) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Attempt saved. Georginio Wijnaldum (Holland) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Daley Blind.
Andrés Iniesta (Spain) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Joël Veltman (Holland).
Offside, Spain. Gerard Piqué tries a through ball, but Fernando Torres is caught offside.
Andrés Iniesta (Spain) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Joël Veltman (Holland).
Corner, Spain. Conceded by Ron Vlaar.
Goal! Spain 1, Holland 5. Arjen Robben (Holland) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Wesley Sneijder with a through ball following a fast break.
Jordi Alba (Spain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Dangerous play by Jeremain Lens (Holland).
Substitution, Holland. Jeremain Lens replaces Robin van Persie.
Substitution, Spain. Francesc Fábregas replaces David Silva.
Substitution, Holland. Joël Veltman replaces Stefan de Vrij.
Attempt missed. Sergio Ramos (Spain) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left from a direct free kick.
Pedro (Spain) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Stefan de Vrij (Holland).
Goal! Spain 1, Holland 4. Robin van Persie (Holland) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
Offside, Spain. Sergio Ramos tries a through ball, but Fernando Torres is caught offside.
Attempt saved. Robin van Persie (Holland) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Daley Blind.
Offside, Spain. Pedro tries a through ball, but David Silva is caught offside.
Attempt saved. Pedro (Spain) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by César Azpilicueta with a cross.
Attempt blocked. David Silva (Spain) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Robin van Persie (Holland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Pedro (Spain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Robin van Persie (Holland).
Iker Casillas (Spain) is shown the yellow card.
Goal! Spain 1, Holland 3. Stefan de Vrij (Holland) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal following a set piece situation.
Stefan de Vrij (Holland) hits the right post with a header from very close range. Assisted by Wesley Sneijder with a cross following a set piece situation.
Hand ball by Gerard Piqué (Spain).
Four fires are thought to have been set deliberately on Halkyn Mountain, near Flint, between the villages of Halkyn and Brynford in the past month.
The rare grasslands and heathlands are home to protected species such as the great crested newt.
It is also a Site of Special Scientific Interest and a conservation area.
Anthony Randles, of Natural Resources Wales, said uncontrolled wild fires could cause temporary loss of habitat, while repeated burning could do long-term damage to land.
Kevin Jones, arson reduction team manager at North Wales Fire and Rescue Service, said deliberate fires put "tremendous pressure" on resources and could delay crews from attending life-threatening incidents.
"Setting deliberate fires not only damages wildlife but also puts our firefighters and the public at risk," he said.
Anyone caught starting a fire on a Site of Scientific Interest without consent could be fined up to £20,000.
30 June 2016 Last updated at 07:14 BST
More than a million soldiers were killed or wounded, and it changed war and warfare forever.
Many of the soldiers were young men and teenagers - and some even younger than that.
Colin's dad, Sidney Lewis, was just 12 years old when he ran away from home to join the army.
In 1916, his life changed forever when he was sent to fight on the frontline at the Battle of the Somme.
This is his incredible story.
The vote on Donald Trump's healthcare bill is being seen as a key test of how well the new president will be able to push through his reforms.
At the close the FTSE 100 index was at 7,336.82, down by 3.9 points or 0.05%.
Shares in Next were among the biggest fallers, down 1.64%, as the retailer shed some of the gains it made on Thursday after it released its results.
BT Group shares dropped 1.74% as the telecoms regulator, Ofcom, proposed automatic refunds for landline and broadband customers who suffer poor service.
British engineering company Smiths Group was the biggest winner on the FTSE 100, rising 2.9%, after it reported a rise in half-year profits.
The wide-ranging firm, which supplies hospital equipment as well as sensors that detect explosives, said pre-tax profit increased 31% to £248m in the six months to 31 January.
On the currency markets, the pound was 0.19% lower against the dollar at $1.2495, and fell 0.46% against the euro to 1.1557 euros.
Hannah Cubin, 14, stopped breathing at a friend's sleepover and despite rapid medical help she could not be revived. Her cause of death is not yet known.
Her mother, Dawn, said: "Taekwondo was the one subject she really gave 100% on every single occasion she attended."
Her family has raised £40,000 for the Wiltshire Air Ambulance since she died.
"She was awarded her black belt, first dan certification on 16 October, so she was destined to do very well," said Mrs Cubin.
"We only found out since Hannah passed that she was actually already in the eyes of the UK national coach.
"She always wanted to be famous. This is the wrong way to be famous but this (fundraising effort) is providing some good."
Wiltshire Air Ambulance's efforts to resuscitate Hannah inspired her parents to raise money for the charity as a way of coping with her death last Saturday.
The cup named after Hannah was presented at the Malmesbury Taekwondo School's fancy dress competition held annually just before Christmas.
Senior instructor Jackie Tombling said: "Hannah was a very very bubbly young lady with an infectious personality.
"She would come training from a very young age and as she got older and her skills developed, she became a beautiful young lady.
"She would turn up in a full face of make up, red lipstick, and we would all call her Max Factor.
"She would even after a sparring session, end the lesson with a full face of make up."
Saturday's event also raised further funds for the charity.
Morton County Sheriff's Department said protesters, who had gathered on a closed bridge near the Standing Rock reservation, had started fires.
Sioux tribes and allies have been protesting for weeks amid fears the pipeline will pollute water supplies.
Demonstrators said rubber bullets were also fired, but police did not confirm those reports.
One person was arrested.
This latest clash involved an estimated 400 demonstrators at Backwater Bridge, which has been closed by local authorities since late October.
Activists at the scene reported on Twitter that police had used water jets in sub-freezing temperatures, and fired rubber bullets, which injured some in the crowd.
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Angela Bibens, a representative for the Water Protectors Legal Collective, said, "Our legal observers have reported sound cannons, rubber bullets have been deployed, mace and the water cannon."
The sheriff's department wrote in a Facebook post that the scene resembled an "ongoing riot".
Hundreds of people have been arrested during weeks of mass protest over the $3.7bn (£3bn) Dakota Access construction project.
The United Nations has previously criticised security forces for using excessive force against the protesters.
Earlier in November, the US government announced it had delayed its decision on the future of the pipeline project, and said it will consult further with the Sioux people.
Much of the construction for the 1,172-mile (1,885km) pipeline has already gone ahead.
However, construction company Energy Transfer Partners is still awaiting approval for work under Lake Oahe, which sits beside the Standing Rock reservation.
Her account, @HillaryClinton, was verified within hours and quickly gained more than 100,000 followers.
In her first tweet, the former US senator thanked the creators of the online meme Texts from Hillary.
She jokingly styles herself as a "pantsuit aficionado", "hair icon" and "glass ceiling cracker".
Her biography section begins by describing herself as "wife, mom, lawyer", before going on to list a few of the many high-profile public positions she has held.
The last line of her Twitter bio simply states: "TBD...", meaning "to be determined".
Polling suggests Mrs Clinton would be a front-runner for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination if she chose to run, but she has remained coy about her plans.
The Pumas, already qualified, secured a bonus point before the break with tries by Juan Martin Hernandez, Matias Moroni, Horacio Agulla and Facundo Isa.
Lucas Nogueira, Matias Alemanno, Leonardo Senatore, Julian Montoya and Tomas Cubelli added further tries.
Namibia's three tries came from Johan Tromp, JC Greyling and Eugene Jantjies.
Argentina finished second in the pool on 15 points, four behind pool winners New Zealand.
Namibia bow out of their fifth World Cup without a win.
On this evidence, neither France nor Ireland will fancy facing the Pumas at the Millennium Stadium next weekend.
Argentina's youngest World Cup starting XV for 16 years showed adventure and were creative as their youthful exuberance shone through.
They showed no mercy as they demolished Namibia, who had secured their first ever World Cup point in their previous outing, with free-flowing and adventurous play.
Argentina secured a bonus point four minutes before half time before adding a further five tries, including three in the space of 10 second half minutes.
This was not Daniel Hourcade's strongest side, the head coach likely to recall his influential and experienced players for next weekend, yet they still managed to score more points against Namibia than world champions New Zealand managed last month.
Namibia struggled to cope with Argentina's pace and Lucas Gonzalez Amorosino almost scored one of the tries of the tournament after a great turn of speed before eventually being stopped.
Argentina football legend Diego Maradona, who danced in the changing room following last week's defeat of Tonga, said he will return if the Pumas make the semi-finals.
Based on this performance, Ireland or France will have their work cut out to prevent that.
Argentina captain Martin Landajo: "We knew we had to play well against Namibia and we did that, even though there were mistakes.
"Now we can think about the quarter-finals, though I can honestly say I don't care if we play Ireland or France. We will see who we get."
Namibia captain Rohan Kitshoff: "We were exposed a bit, it's not the way we wanted to leave the World Cup, but we showed a lot of heart until the end."
Argentina: Lucas Gonzalez Amorosino, Matias Moroni, Santiago Gonzalez Iglesias, Juan Pablo Socino, Horacio Agulla, Juan Martin Hernandez, Martin Landajo, Lucas Noguera, Julian Montoya, Juan Pablo Orlandi, Guido Petti Pagadizabal, Matias Alemanno, Pablo Matera, Javier Ortega Desio, Facundo Isa.
Replacements: Juan Imhoff for Gonzalez Iglesias (65), Marcelo Bosch for Hernandez (51), Tomas Cubelli for Landajo (53), Agustin Creevy for Montoya (70), Ramiro Herrera for Orlandi (53), Juan Martin Fernandez Lobbe for Alemanno (60).
Not Used: Marcos Ayerza, Leonardo Senatore.
Sin Bin: Bosch (53).
Namibia: Chrysander Botha, Johan Tromp, JC Greyling, Johan Deysel, Conrad Marais, Theuns Kotze, Damian Stevens, Jaco Engels, Torsten van Jaarsveld, Aranos Coetzee, Janco Venter, Tjiuee Uanivi, Rohan Kitshoff, Wian Conradie, Danie Dames.
Replacements: Russell van Wyk for Botha (57), Eugene Jantjies for Stevens (65), Johannes Redelinghuys for Engels (52), Louis van der Westhuizen for van Jaarsveld (52), AJ de Klerk for Coetzee (48), Renaldo Bothma for Venter (6), Thinus du Plessis for Dames (58).
Not Used: Heinrich Smit.
Sin Bin: Greyling (11), du Plessis (76).
Referee: Pascal Gauzere (France).
Attendance: 30,198
Clayton Engineering in Knighton will supply the charity with the "launch and recovery system" vehicles.
The 22-metre long vehicles can tow a 15-tonne lifeboat up steep shingle beaches.
Economy Secretary Ken Skates said the contract was testament to Clayton's "manufacturing expertise, capability and highly skilled workforce".
Manufacture of the vehicles is set to be completed by 2020.
To meet demand, a £500,000 extension to the firm's factory will be built. The Welsh government is contributing £99,593.
Clayton Engineering employs 42 people and the Welsh Government said the investment would safeguard eight jobs and see at least three new workshop workers trained.
President Vladimir Putin also said he and Recep Tayyip Erdogan had agreed on the need for aid to get to the northern Syrian city of Aleppo.
The two countries have signed a deal to construct two pipelines to send Russian gas under the Black Sea to Turkey.
Ties were strained after Turkey downed a Russian military jet last year.
But speaking at a joint news conference with Mr Putin, Mr Erdogan said he was confident that the normalisation of relations would take place rapidly.
Unlike Russia, Turkey is a member of Nato, but both countries currently have uneasy relations with the West and are also facing economic challenges.
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Despite the deal, differences remain between the countries.
While Russia supports Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, Turkey has called for him to be ousted and has offered support to forces fighting Syrian government troops.
On Saturday, Russia vetoed a French-drafted UN resolution calling for an end to air strikes and military flights over Aleppo.
This is a developing alliance defined as much by what Turkey and Russia oppose as by what unites them.
Both feel isolated. Both have taken a decidedly authoritarian turn in their politics. Both have significant tensions with Washington. And both have strategic stakes in Syria with Moscow and Ankara well aware of the need to deal with the other if these interests are to be protected.
It's something of a rapid reversal though. Less than a year ago Turkey shot down a Russian warplane and relations went into the freezer. But self-interest, notably Turkey's "post-coup attempt" resentment at Washington and the shifting balance of military advantage in Syria, gives this unlikely pairing a certain logic.
Turkey, though, remains a significant player in the Atlantic Alliance - more so since it sits on Nato's strategic eastern flank. So how close military and intelligence ties can really be between Ankara and Moscow is an interesting question.
Earlier on Monday, the Russian and Turkish energy ministers signed a deal for the TurkStream gas pipeline project at the World Energy Congress in Istanbul.
One pipeline will be for Turkish domestic consumption, the other will supply southeastern Europe, bypassing Ukraine.
TurkStream replaces a previous project, South Stream, that was to have been built in co-operation with EU countries but was later scrapped. TurkStream had been announced by President Putin in 2014.
Earlier Mr Putin told the gathering he supported moves by the oil producers' group Opec to cap production.
Russia and the US are the biggest oil producers outside the group, which will attempt to adopt quotas in November.
NHS England has asked all retailers with hospital outlets to limit the drinks to no more than 10% of the total beverages they sell by next April.
Companies that do not comply will face a total ban on selling sugary drinks in hospital shops.
Campaigners welcomed the move to limit sugar intake in hospitals.
Retailers have been asked to cut sales of drinks such as fruit juices with added sugar and coffees with sugar syrup and NHS England will ask them to provide sales figures to check on progress.
All retailers in hospitals in England are being urged to make the changes to their stock.
The plans are part of a health drive to cut obesity and tooth decay across the country.
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NHS England said progress had already been made this year to remove all price promotions on sugary drinks and junk food sold in hospitals and to make sure healthy food options were available at all times for patients and staff.
Over the next 12 months, NHS England now wants hospitals to stock a healthier range of sweets and confectionery and more low-fat and low-calorie pre-packed sandwiches.
Simon Stevens, chief executive of NHS England, said: "A spoonful of sugar may help the medicine go down but spoonfuls of added sugar day in, day out mean serious health problems.
"The NHS is in a great position to take action on the damage being caused by poor diet to the nation's health and the wider healthcare system.
"With more money spent each year on the treatment of obesity and diabetes than on the police, fire service and judicial system combined, urgent action is needed."
Katherine Button, Campaign for Better Hospital Food co-ordinator, said she was delighted by the move.
"NHS hospitals are trusted by patients, families and staff to keep them fit and well and NHS England is helping everyone to take a big healthy step in the right direction."
Chris Askew, chief executive of Diabetes UK, said it was great news that NHS England was "taking this step to make hospitals healthier places for all of us".
He added: "With this plan, people with type 1 diabetes should still have access to products that are commonly used to treat hypos."
But Gavin Partington, from the British Soft Drinks Association, said that while sugar intake from soft drinks had been falling, obesity levels had been increasing.
"It makes sense to promote sales of healthier options in hospitals but not to focus on soft drinks, the only food and drink category which has seen a significant reduction in consumer sugar intake, down by over 18% since 2012."
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But he was also responsible for building a musical outpost to record some of the biggest-selling albums of the 1980s - in the tiny Caribbean island of Montserrat.
To those who lived and worked there, he will be fondly remembered as the owner of AIR Studios Montserrat, where a who's who of top musicians recorded hit albums throughout the decade.
Yvonne Kelly worked as managing director of the studios from 1981 to 1989 and says Sir George "changed the world of music, as well as my world and my life".
"I was working for Doncaster Council [in Yorkshire, England] when I read about him opening the studios," she says.
"I decided right then and there that I'd leave my job and move to Montserrat to work at his studios. I had spent some time there when I was younger, so I knew the island.
"I opened a restaurant at first when I got there, but when he came to the restaurant, I met him and got the job managing the studios."
The Police, Dire Straits, Elton John, Eric Clapton and Stevie Wonder were among just a few of the names who recorded albums there.
"It was an incredible experience," says Ms Kelly, who's now 59. "We had some great times. I was afforded a fantastic opportunity by George.
"I met a lot of stars and road crew, but most importantly, some fantastic people.
"It was a really nice environment to work and record in and it was all down to George."
Sir George opened the studio in 1979 after he "fell in love with Montserrat and decided to build the ultimate get-away-from-it-all recording studio", which offered "all of the technical facilities of its London predecessor, but with the advantages of an exotic location", according to its website.
Martin had founded Associated Independent Recording (AIR) studios in London in 1969.
Having played host to the recording of many best-selling rock albums - including The Police's Synchronicity and Dire Straits' Brothers in Arms - the studio was forced to close in 1989 after much of the island was destroyed by Hurricane Hugo.
Sir George kept close ties with the island however, and helped to raise funds for the victims and families of those affected by the hurricane, as well as the enormous volcano eruption in 1997, which left 19 people dead.
"He maintained a relationship with the island ever since the studio closed," Ms Kelly says.
"He still had a home there. He loved the island and brought his family there. You could say George Martin was integral to the island and to why it became so popular.
"His involvement with the island was such a positive note for Montserrat, as it struggled compared to other Caribbean islands to attract tourists.
"I grew up having to explain where the British colony of Montserrat was, yet thanks to George, Montserrat is now known as the home of some of the best music of the 1980s.
"I am forever grateful to have known him and his family. He was a truly talented gentleman. Montserrat - and the world - mourn his passing and salute his work."
Luke Hamilton crossed early in the opening period, before a penalty try extended the hosts' advantage.
Gloucester rallied after half-time with two penalties but could not find a try.
Tigers, inspired by the excellent Luke Williams, crossed again through Adam Thompstone, and French debutant Maxime Mermoz secured the bonus point late on.
Defeat ended Gloucester's five-match winning run in all competitions and left them in ninth place, while the victory was Leicester's first in the league since 3 December.
Williams shone as Tigers battled through a testing second half to eventually secure a victory that lifted them back above Harlequins, who won at Bristol on Friday.
Experienced France centre Mermoz's try, from a driving maul in the final attack of the game, was the perfect finale for the hosts following his arrival from Toulon until the end of the season.
Interim Leicester Tigers head coach Aaron Mauger:
"That performance was something we have always known we are capable of.
"We are still a long way away from where we can get to. But we can take a lot of confidence from it. Everything we had talked about we went out and proved, which is exciting for us.
We can take a lot of belief out of that performance. I am really proud of the way the boys went out there today. There was lots of energy, commitment and belief in what we are about."
Gloucester director of rugby David Humphreys:
"We pride ourselves, no matter where we play and who we play against, of having a physical edge.
"We were second best in everything. We were not competitive.
"Our set-piece let us down. We know when we come to Welford Road that we have to have a set-piece to allow us to play. We did not have that."
Leicester: Tait; Thompstone, Roberts, Smith, Brady; Burns, Kitto; Rizzo, T Youngs (capt), Cilliers, Slater, Barrow, Fitzgerald, O'Connor, Hamilton.
Replacements: McGuigan, Genge, Bateman, M Williams, Thacker, Harrison, O Williams, Mermoz.
Gloucester: Marshall; Sharples, Symons, Twelvetrees, Purdy; Burns, Heinz (capt); Hohneck, Hibbard, Afoa, Savage, Thrush, Ludlow, Rowan, Kalamafoni.
Replacements: Matu'u, Thomas, Ma'afu, Galarza, Kvesic, Braley, Hook, Scott.
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They marched from Custom House Square to the city hall and back.
Organisers said they were delighted with the turn-out. A small group of pro-choice demonstrators gathered at the front of the city hall in protest.
The pro-life protest was over proposed changes to Northern Ireland's abortion laws.
The laws covering abortion in Northern Ireland are the 1861 Offences against the Person Act, and the Criminal Justice Act 1945.
Terminations are only permitted to save a woman's life, or if there is a risk of permanent and serious damage to her mental or physical health.
Northern Ireland's Justice Minister David Ford has said he is going to consult on changing abortion laws to allow women carrying babies with fatal foetal abnormalities to have a termination.
The protest on Saturday was against that.
Among the demonstrators was singer Dana Rosemary Scallon.
"It's a great turnout, it's a celebration of life and these people want to protect life at all its stages," she said.
"No outside force should ever force the people of any sovereign nation to change their laws or in any way to bring in agendas that the people are not in agreement with."
The pro-choice group said they held their protest to show there was an alternative view.
"I believe that a woman who has an unplanned pregnancy or an unwanted pregnancy in Northern Ireland should have the same access to abortion as every other sister in the United Kingdom," the group's Brenda Callaghan said.
The Mastermind and Today programme host earns between £600,000 and £649,999.
Other Welsh stars who made the highest paid list included BBC News presenter Huw Edwards, One Show host Alex Jones and Radio Wales and sport presenter Jason Mohammad.
Rugby pundit Jonathan Davies and journalist Jeremy Bowen also earned more than £150,000 a year at the BBC.
Former Top Gear host and Radio 2 presenter Chris Evans tops the overall list, earning between £2.2m and £2.25m in 2016/2017
Schmeichel, 30, injured his right hand during the goalless draw with FC Copenhagen in the Champions League on 2 November but finished the game.
Leicester have won just two of their eight league and cup games since.
"Kasper trained very well today," said Foxes boss Claudio Ranieri on Thursday.
"I will check on him tomorrow [Friday]. He feels good. The hand is OK."
Denmark international Schmeichel signed a new five-year deal with Premier League champions Leicester in August.
He played in all 38 of the Foxes' league fixtures last season, keeping 15 clean sheets.
Schmeichel has made more than 200 appearances for Leicester since arriving from Leeds United in 2011, having started his career at Manchester City.
Ron-Robert Zieler is Leicester's back-up keeper.
The claim: Pensioners would be £872 worse off if the triple-lock was taken away. The triple-lock is a commitment to raise the basic state pension by average earnings, inflation or 2.5%, whichever is higher.
Reality Check verdict: In the long-term, pensioners would be worse off without the triple-lock. How much worse off would depend on what replaces it. Ian Blackford's figure is a forecast of what would happen if the state pension was only increased in line with inflation predictions for the next five years. He appears to have misspoken, because the research actually said that pensioners would lose £817 over five years.
Responding to a question from Angus Robertson, the SNP's leader in Westminster, she pledged that pensioners' incomes would continue to rise, but would not specify by how much.
The government is currently committed to maintaining the pension triple-lock until 2020, which means it will raise the basic state pension by average earnings, inflation or 2.5%, whichever is higher.
Labour, the Liberal Democrats and the SNP are all committed to maintaining the triple-lock.
But the Work and Pensions Committee has said it should be scrapped on the grounds that it is "unsustainable" and "unfair" on younger families.
It suggested that pensions should rise in line with earnings and be protected against inflation being higher than earnings, but with no minimum annual increase.
John Cridland, who published a report on the future of state pensions last month, suggested that the triple-lock would also eventually need to be abandoned in favour of an earnings link.
In the long-term, the triple-lock is a big issue, with the number of people of pension age per person of working age forecast by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) to rise considerably over the next 50 years.
Speaking on BBC Newsnight, Mr Blackford cited research from the House of Commons Library, which found that "over a five-year period, pensioners would be £872 worse off if the triple lock was taken away".
Giving a bit more detail, the library was asked to take Office for Budget Responsibility forecasts for the next five years of inflation and average earnings figures.
It then compared what would happen to pensions under different scenarios.
It turned out that protecting it in line with with earnings would make almost no difference, because average earnings are expected to be more than 2.5% throughout the period.
Protecting only in line with inflation would cost a total of £642 over five years for a pensioner on the basic state pension and £817 over five years for someone on the new state pension.
Mr Blackford presumably remembered that figure wrongly when he said it would cost £872.
Clearly these figures are based on forecasts for what will happen in the future, which are uncertain. An alternative is to look at how much the triple-lock has cost in the past as the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has done.
The triple-lock makes a particularly big difference in periods of relatively low earnings growth and low inflation as the UK has experienced recently.
It found that the triple-lock had cost about an extra £6bn a year compared with only protecting with earnings and £4bn a year compared with adjusting in line with inflation.
The IFS made this chart showing the difference in the percentage of national income spent on the state pension with or without the triple-lock, also based on OBR forecasts.
The IFS suggested that the government should decide what proportion of earnings it wants the state pension to be and then stick to that, rather than arbitrarily increasing it gradually through the triple-lock.
What happens to the triple-lock is highly significant because it has made such a difference in incomes for pensioners compared with workers.
In-work benefits are protected less generously than state pensions.
The Resolution Foundation brought out research recently suggesting that pensioner households on average are better off than working households after housing costs have been taken into account.
Taking income after housing costs makes a huge difference because pensioner households are more likely to own their own homes and to have relatively small or paid-off mortgages.
Former pensions minister Baroness Altmann told Newsnight that the triple-lock was particularly unfair on younger families because it was putting pressure on the government to keep raising the pension age to keep pension costs down, so the time when they could claim their own pensions was being delayed.
Among the options for replacing the triple-lock are:
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Before the operation, Rosie Davies, from Walsall in the West Midlands, was "basically a timebomb", her family said.
Missing bones in her spine meant her upper body weight was unsupported and her inner organs were being crushed.
The lifesaving surgery came at the cost of her lower legs, which she had always been unable to move.
Rosie was born with a very rare disorder called spinal segmental dysgenesis. Five bones which made up part of her spine were missing, leaving a 10cm gap in her backbone. Her legs were also contorted up against her belly and she had very little feeling in them.
She was slowly running out of space in her chest - and running out of time. Eventually the internal crush would have led to Rosie's organs failing, which would have killed her.
In her last scan before the operation there was evidence of her kidneys being crushed.
Rosie's legs were amputated from the knee down and a section of bone was taken to bridge the gap in her spine.
Two metal rods were then bolted to the upper spine and the hips to provide extra support.
The operation at Birmingham Children's Hospital took 13 hours.
Her dad Scott said: "Before she was basically a timebomb - we never knew how long it would take to go off, we never knew how long we actually had with her.
"Since having the op she's now had her life expectancy increased to that of a normal child."
Since the surgery there have been early signs of sensation returning to her legs, which means it may be possible for Rosie to one day walk with prosthetic legs.
Her mum Mandy said: "Rosie is such a strong character. You give her the equipment to use and she'll do it, whether it's sticks or artificial legs or her hands - she'll make a way of walking.
"All she has ever wanted to do is be like her sister. All she's wanted to do is ride her bike like her sister, run like her sister."
Rosie's parents said she now had more confidence.
An operation of this scale has never been attempted in Europe before. The only similar procedure took place 10 years ago in New Zealand.
Mr Guirish Solanki, one of the consultant neurosurgeons who operated on Rosie, said: "We are delighted with the results of this operation.
"This is only the second time in the world that a surgical team has attempted to fix the thoracic spine to the hip side bones for a condition as rare as Rosie's.
"This case was very complicated as normally children with this condition do not have a working spinal cord or nerves but Rosie did. So in carrying out this procedure we had to be extremely careful not to damage her nerves."
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The answer is Francois Hollande.
In a collection of interviews just published by two Le Monde journalists, the French president unburdens himself, in astonishingly cavalier style, of a series of revealing jibes:
There's more. Presidential predecessor and Republican candidate Nicolas Sarkozy is a "crude mini-De Gaulle" and a "Duracell rabbit". The Greens are a "cynical pain in the butt" and left-wing rebels are a "crowd of idiots".
And, on a personal note, ex-partner Valerie Trierweiler was a traitor because she lied about his famous "toothless" quote about the poor.
Perhaps most damaging of all, not a jibe but a revelation: the admission that he personally ordered the assassination of four enemies of the state, presumably militants in the Middle East. The secret services must be fuming.
Friends in the Socialist Party, still hoping Mr Hollande might have a decent shot at a second term in April, are flabbergasted at the president's verbal carelessness. They fear it has already undermined his nascent campaign.
Others are more blunt. For more than one commentator, the book - called appropriately A President Should Not Say That - is little less than an act of "political suicide".
"How do you manage to turn your camp into a field of ruins, fill your friends with despair and your enemies with rejoicing, and weaken your own position just a little bit more?" asked Le Monde.
"Francois Hollande has found the recipe."
The interviews, 60 in all, were accumulated over the last five years by Gerard Davet and Fabrice Lhomme.
The president received them regularly at the Elysee Palace and they chatted. The journalists made no secret of their intention of writing a book, and Mr Hollande agreed to their condition of no copy-vetting.
In his defence, it has been argued that the controversial comments were made a long time ago - and it is easy to take things out of context.
All he was trying to do, plead the president's dwindling band of loyalists, was keep his promise of being a "normal" president by opening his doors, as well as his thoughts, to the press.
But, off the record, many Socialists are exasperated by what they see as a kind of narcissistic self-indulgence on the part of their leader.
What psychological impulse can it be, they ask, that made him spend so much time baring himself to journalists? How could he have been so naive?
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With the book selling out in shops across Paris, the damage is already visible.
In a poll, 78% of those surveyed said it was a mistake for Mr Hollande to give the interviews. An even greater figure, 86%, said they did not want him to run for a second term.
Until now Mr Hollande has kept his career options open.
A Socialist primary will be held in January, and the president will announce if he is a candidate only after the centre-right holds its primary next month.
The consensus until this week was that the president would indeed run again, despite record unpopularity and the failure of his solemn vow to bring down unemployment.
The argument, as ever with Mr Hollande, is that only a bridge-builder like himself can bring together the two competing wings of the Socialists. The existence of rival candidates - Arnaud Montebourg on the left, Emmanuel Macron on the right - tends to reinforce that case.
But now more and more people in the party are pondering whether the president might not be an outright liability.
"It's bewildering. I lack the words to say what I think: something between a hammer-blow to the head, and the straw that broke the camel's back," one Socialist MP told Le Monde after reading extracts from the book.
"Imagine burying your grandmother when she is still alive; that's roughly the ambience at party HQ," said another.
The president's unguarded quips have already led to a series of angry rejoinders from his targets.
Magistrates said they were "stupefied" by his criticism, and the Union of Professional Football Players said: "Sorry to disappoint you, but not all of us are thick."
Mr Hollande's ex-partner Valerie Trierweiler sent out a tweet to contradict his denial that he had mockingly called the poor "toothless". In the book Mr Hollande says that her original accusation to that effect, made after the pair had split, was an "odious act of treachery".
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As political scientist Gerard Grunberg pointed out, in such abnormal times, France was not looking for a normal president.
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You know, everyone turns away from you, looking rather awkward, and then tries to change the subject?
It's a bit like that in Brussels when you ask people their opinion on the British election.
Why is that?
Well, as one German politician put it to me: "The real divide as we see it in the UK, is not between Labour and the Conservatives, it's between the UK and Europe."
This week's vote is seen in mainland Europe as a Brexit barometer. An indication as to how likely - or not- it might be that Britain will choose to exit the EU.
The majority of Britain's EU partners want it to stay and so - as an article in France's influential Le Monde put it last weekend - Brussels has been treading carefully these last weeks not to focus on issues that might "annoy" the UK.
Hence the reluctance to discuss this week's election in too much detail.
While Europe has barely featured in the election campaigns in Britain - with the exception of Ukip which managed to link the issues of the EU and immigration - here in Brussels the UK vote is being scrutinised to an unprecedented extent.
David Cameron has promised to hold a referendum on Britain's membership of the EU by 2017 if the Conservative Party is returned to government. Labour hasn't ruled out a referendum at some point and many EU civil servants believe the public mistrust of Brussels to be so high in Britain, they assume there'll be a demand for some kind of EU vote.
But the tone surrounding a possible referendum and its timing is thought here to depend very much on which party or parties form the next British government.
"Europe is watching," Sophie in 't Veld, vice-chair of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe, told me.
"People here realise that national elections have implications for the course of the European Union. Everyone is sure this UK election will somehow lead to a referendum and I hope Britain has not given up on the EU. The EU has certainly not given up on Britain."
The unpredictable nature of this UK election and the possibility of it resulting in a minority government also worries some of Britain's European partners.
"Anything that weakens the UK also weakens Europe and weakens Nato," Jacek Rostowski, adviser to the Polish prime minister, told the Financial Times newspaper.
Eastern European governments applaud the UK's current tough stance on Russian sanctions. They fear anything that may dilute it.
In fact, despite well-known frustration in Europe at Britain often asking to be an exception to EU policies and regulations - in the case of the euro, Schengen border controls, the social chapter, the charter on fundamental rights, and police and justice co-operation which EU officials dismissively describe as the UK's "pick and mix attitude" towards the EU - Britain is hugely appreciated in a number of ways.
Germany's Angela Merkel, the EU's most influential leader, has called for the UK to stay in the EU.
One of the main reasons from her point of view would be to keep a balance of power amongst EU heads of state and government.
Right now, protectionist, interventionist nations and pro-free market countries like the UK and Germany, are pretty evenly matched. Germany does not want to be outnumbered.
Nor does it want to have to empty its pockets even further. If Britain leaves, it would be mostly German taxpayers, as the largest net contributors, making up the shortfall to the EU budget.
Britain is also often praised in EU circles for "asking the hard but necessary questions" as a close aide to Chancellor Merkel put it to me. Such as cutting EU red tape and increasing competitiveness.
Concern and interest in this Thursday's election even stretches across the Atlantic.
The US does not want the UK to leave the European Union.
It views the UK as a strategic ally on the inside, not just on trade issues but as a country still with a decent military capacity that can potentially influence EU foreign policy.
However, Brussels diplomats point to what is seen as an increasingly isolationist Britain. Where was the UK in the Minsk ceasefire discussions with Russia, for example?
Still, Mark Leonard, Director of the European Council on Foreign Relations, told me that Europe without the UK would be smaller, weaker and less balanced and so it would go to "long lengths" to keep it in.
Will that include changes to EU founding treaties, technical amendments to treaties or tweaks to existing EU legislation?
David McAllister, an MEP for Angela Merkel's CDU party, spoke for many in Brussels when he told me there was no point talking about red lines - about what can or can't be done for the UK - until a new government has been formed and concrete proposals or requests are put to Brussels and the other 27 EU members.
The guardian of the EU treaties - EU Commission President Jean Claude Juncker - says one of his top priorities is to get a "fair deal" for Britain.
When polling stations open in the UK, Brussels will be holding its breath.
A children's version of the talent show is expected to run for at least two series,
There are already 30 versions of The Voice Kids globally, including in Australia and France, but this is the first time it will be on in the UK.
Peter Fincham, director of television at ITV, said he was "thrilled" to have the singing contest.
He said it would be joining other popular talent contests already on ITV including The X Factor and Britain's Got Talent.
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Greece midfielder Tziolis signed a short-term deal until the summer and made his Hearts debut in the 4-1 win against Rangers.
"I spoke to him [Karipidis] and he told me all about the best of the club, the city and the supporters - that helps me a lot," he said.
"The style of football is a bit different but football is football."
Tziolis, 31, agreed a switch to Hearts after being freed by PAOK Salonica and speaking to close friend Karipidis, who starred for the club between 2006 and 2008.
"I asked him [Karipidis] what he thought," said the midfielder. "He told me it's a very good opportunity for you to go there, play in a stadium that's always full with supporters who are always very warm about the team and I took the decision after those good words."
Tziolis, who has 62 caps, admits he only knows some "basic things" about Scottish football and sees his move as an opportunity to learn more about Scotland's top flight.
Hearts assistant coach Austin McPhee played an instrumental part in Tziolis' move, after seeing him playing while in his other role as assistant manager of Northern Ireland.
"My agent told me about the interest and Mr Austin called me and we spoke and he told me he knew me from the national team," Tziolis added.
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"I haven't played much football this season, maybe only two international matches in a few months. But that's in the past, now I'm here and you can be sure I will give everything to help the team."
After playing for 30 minutes against Rangers, Tziolis is ready to start against Motherwell this weekend. And he is already thinking about the upcoming Edinburgh derby on 12 February, after the city rivals were drawn against each other in the fifth round of the Scottish Cup.
"Everyone is talking about this match," he said. "I have played derbies in Greece ask me after that match about the difference."
The firm, BusinessWaste.co.uk, says manufacturers should revert to old-style paper straws, which biodegrade.
Plastic straws were described as "the ultimate in human wastefulness" by the firm.
It follows news that the most hated products for recyclers are Pringles and Lucozade Sport.
BusinessWaste's spokesman Mark Hall said: "A plastic straw has a lifespan of around 20 minutes, and then it's thrown away.
"Where recycling facilities exist, most pubs and bars don't bother separating out used straws to recycle because it's fiddly, and - frankly - they've been in the mouth of a stranger.
"They are pretty much the ultimate in human wastefulness, and a problem that can so easily be solved with very little effort."
The firm suggests a 5p plastic straw tax, in the footsteps of the plastic bag tax, which has radically cut the use of single-use bags.
It also takes aim at adults who use drinking straws. Mr Hall added: "Face the facts, you're not eight years old. Only kids need a straw with their fizzy pop. Why on earth do you need a straw in your G&T?
"The same goes for the little paper-plastic umbrella in your cocktail. They rank with Christmas cracker treats as the most pointless invention known to man."
Charles Sellers from Inn Supplies, a firm which provides straws for caterers, defended their use. "Paper straws are outdated - they're not so aesthetically pleasing."
He added: "Anyway, some of the paper straws aren't easy to recycle because they've got a polyethylene lining."
A plastic bottle tax was considered by the government earlier in the year but abandoned after manufacturers pointed out the costs in establishing proper recycling schemes.
Last week BBC News named the five products that most upset recycling firms because they are hard - or impossible - to recycle.
It included Pringles, Lucozade Sports, black meat trays, cleaning spray bottles and whisky bottle cartons.
Prince Charles launched a campaign for new recyclable designs for common products.
One item praised by competition organisers was a Japanese product - Drink Yoghurt - which has a slot in the side of the carton to contain the small straw.
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Checkpoint Software found loopholes in the way four popular media players handle subtitles.
Poor checking of subtitle files, the different formats they use and problems with the websites that store the files all introduced weaknesses, it said.
Checkpoint said it had reported the bugs it found to media player makers.
The researchers found the bugs by analysing how the VLC, Kodi, Popcorn Time and Strem.io media players handle subtitle files. All four programs have been downloaded hundreds of millions of times, suggesting a large number of people are vulnerable, they said.
Attackers who exploited the vulnerabilities found in the subtitling ecosystem would more than likely be able to completely take over a PC, tablet or smart TV, said Checkpoint. Attackers could steal information, carry out denial of service attacks or install ransomware.
In a blog detailing the findings, the security firm said it was one of the "most widespread, easily accessed and zero-resistance vulnerability [sic] reported in recent years".
Typically, media players are programmed to automatically look online for files that can provide subtitles.
The players expect subtitle files to contain text only, so most do not look to see if anything malicious has been inserted instead, said the security firm.
In addition, the recommendation systems of the subtitle file stores could be manipulated, allowing attackers to ensure booby-trapped versions would be picked ahead of legitimate files, Checkpoint said.
The security problems are exacerbated by the large number of formats - more than 25 in total - used to prepare subtitle files. The media players tested by Checkpoint used many different methods of reading data from these formats, leaving them open to many different sorts of vulnerabilities.
"While the weakness doesn't appear to have been exploited in real-world attacks, that such a glaring problem exists under everyone's noses is wearying," wrote John Dunn, a security researcher at Sophos.
Mr Dunn advised people to update their media player software as quickly as possible.
"The next time you play a movie on any device, make sure cyber-criminals aren't playing you," he said.
All four makers of the media players Checkpoint analysed have produced updated versions that do a better job of policing subtitle files.
However, the safer versions are not being provided automatically, suggesting many media players will remain vulnerable for some time to come.
The lift at Whiteways Court in Nottingham was damaged before Christmas when firefighters had to free several people who were trapped.
Residents said they have missed Christmas and New Year events.
Riverside, a housing charity that runs the flats, has apologised for the inconvenience but said specialist parts were "proving difficult to source".
Resident Joan Burnett said: "We were going to go to our son's for New Year but we can't get out.
"I can't walk very far - I can't get my breath to go far and it is ridiculous as they should have a back-up system of some sort.
"I was sat on the stairs and there wasn't even a chair to sit on. We feel trapped.
"If someone from head office would come and have a word with us and tell us what is going off, but they don't."
Her husband Reginald said: "If she left here I would give her 10 yards and she would have to stop to get her breath.
"The lift broke down several times before. It is all rubbish. Not good enough."
Some of the 25 residents who live on the top two floors said they were not able to get out for meals with relatives.
Sue Musgrove, daughter of two residents at the flats, said: "It's ruined our Christmas really because mum and dad should have come out with us."
A Riverside spokesman said: "We're very sorry indeed for the inconvenience that this incident has caused our residents at Whiteways Court, especially over the Christmas period.
"Our lift contractors are working as fast as they can to repair the damage, but they have needed to order a number of specialist parts which are proving difficult to source.
"The 20-25 first and second floor residents affected are being regularly visited by our scheme manager to ensure that they have everything they need and relatives and friends are also rallying round, running errands when required."
Whiteways Court is a 44-unit retirement living scheme for the over 55s.
She will be joined by four newcomers who will play sixth-formers at Coal Hill School - Greg Austin, Sophie Hopkins Fady Elsayed and Vivian Oparah.
Award-winning Class creator Patrick Ness said: "How lucky we are to get Katherine Kelly!
"She's been stunning in Happy Valley, The Night Manager and Mr Selfridge, just wait until you see her here."
Class marks the TV screenwriting debut of young adult author Ness, best known for his book A Monster Calls.
It is not the first time Coal Hill School has featured in Doctor Who - it was the setting for the very first episode in 1963.
Steven Moffat, Class and Doctor Who executive producer, added: "There's nothing more exciting than meeting stars that nobody's heard of yet. We had the read-through of the first few episodes last week, and there was a whole row of them.
"Coal Hill School has been part of Doctor Who since the very first shoot in 1963, but this new show is anything but history. Class is dark and sexy and right now. I've always wondered if there could be a British Buffy - it's taken the brilliant Patrick Ness to figure out how to make it happen."
Class is the latest of several Doctor Who spin-off shows aimed at younger audiences, including Totally Doctor Who and The Sarah Jane Adventures.
The eight-part series will be shown on BBC Three later this year.
As the title suggests, each 45-minute episode will be set in a school in contemporary London, although most of the series will be be filmed near Cardiff.
In the Gulf, though, users have hit a problem: There are no Arab emojis - unless you count a generic turban-wearing guy, who could equally be a Sikh.
Keen to fill the void, two Dubai-based friends have launched an app starring shisha smokers, belly dancers and 200 other playful characters.
They called it "HALLA WALLA" - which is Arabic slang for "Hi there!", and a common greeting around Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain.
Yasmine Rasool, 31, from Bahrain, and Eriko Varkey, 30, who is originally from Japan, hit on the idea during a trip to New York.
"It's been a cultural and social experiment for us," says Yasmine. "We actually started this because we were jumping between cities, and people were asking us, 'Okay, so what is it like in the Arab world?' Me and Eriko were trying to explain what the culture is like, the beauty and the richness of it."
They made an app for the modern Middle East, to match stories of loud families, endless cousin gatherings, fashion statements, fast cars, strong feelings and late-night trips for shawarma (a much-loved meat wrap).
"People would ask me, do you have any rights, as a girl living there? And yeah, we have a lot of rights, actually," says Yasmine.
"A lot of people have such bad connotations about the Arab world, so we thought - okay, we need to explain it."
The HALLA emoticons include men in more conservative Islamic dress - the kandura, an ankle-length white robe, and the keffiyeh, a headdress. But others wear casual baseball caps.
Likewise the female emojis, which range from a bare-headed woman crying with laughter, to a girl in a loose hijab giving a flirty wink.
"We really wanted to capture how fun-loving people are here - how everybody's comedic," Eriko says.
"Some of Yasmine's relatives are super-covered, they're conservative - but they're cheeky and fun-loving. Others are quite liberal, but also wear traditional dress.
"Our friends are mixed - we have some covered, some non-covered. So we really just wanted to capture all of that - to show that there's such a diversity here, especially in our generation."
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Yasmine says one of their gifs - an animated snippet of a woman in a hijab, blowing a kiss - was inspired by her cousins.
"All of them are covered - but most of them are so cheeky," she laughs. "We are Arab, but we're like every other human being."
When HALLA WALLA was in the works, the duo met focus groups in Bahrain, Dubai and Saudi Arabia to find out which emojis they were pining for.
They then worked with London-based developers Oxygn Consulting to make an app for iOS and Android.
The emoji keyboard lets users pepper their texts, emails or Facebook chats with emojis, or send animated gifs.
Of course, some of the little emoticons have more fans than others.
"I love the guy with the shisha and the heart," Yasmine sighs. "Like, a guy is blowing a heart from a shisha pipe! That doesn't happen. If I find that man - I'm gonna date him!"
Eriko favours the gifs, which include a woman contouring her make-up - a big trend for fashion-conscious Gulf girls.
She hopes HALLA WALLA will find pride of place in the big family WhatsApp groups that Arab relatives use to stay in touch - much like families in her native Japan.
"It's a beautiful marriage of the two countries," she smiles. "They're two worlds apart, but they're kind of similar."
Shway-Shway
The shway-shway gif is an early hit with the app's users. Shway means "little", but two shways are a plea to slow down.
It's a popular saying with a matching gesture - a pinch formed with all the fingers and an upturned palm.
Eriko explains: "It basically means, 'wait, I'm coming!' or 'calm down!'"
Sword dancing man
It's a vaguely menacing man waving a sword over his head. What's he up to?
Eriko has the answer: "The guy holding up the sword is a very traditional dance that people do at weddings and celebrations."
Yep, it's the Ardah - or Arabian sword dance. (For a non-animated taster, see Prince Charles's latest tour of the Middle East).
The female version features three long-haired women swishing their locks in unison.
"Oh! The girls dancing - that's a favourite one of mine," says Yasmine. "From childhood I always wanted long hair so I could copy the traditional dance!"
The flying slipper
The HALLA creators burst out laughing when asked about this one.
"The slipper is basically - if you have done wrong, mother will bend down to pick up her slipper and throw it at you. And then you know that you should start running!"
One aircraft failed to launch properly and was then nearly destroyed.
The test in Florida was intended to demonstrate how package-carrying drones could make the company more efficient in rural locations.
However, US rules currently state that commercial use of such aircraft requires pilots to keep them in sight.
The firm acknowledges that until this restriction is eased it cannot carry out its plan to let drivers deploy the drones from one location and then meet up with them at another, letting both humans and machines make deliveries simultaneously.
"Drivers are the face of our company and that won't change," said Mark Wallace, the firm's senior vice-president of global engineering.
"What's exciting is the potential for drones to aid drivers at various points along their routes. Imagine a triangular delivery route where the stops are kilometres apart.
"Sending a drone from a package car to make just one of those deliveries can reduce costly kilometres driven."
The Horsefly octacopter involved was made by Ohio-based Workhorse Group.
The initial test went well, with the aircraft launching from a platform built into the truck's slide-open roof.
But a second attempt was more problematic.
The drone tipped over when it tried to take off, rocked back and was then nearly crushed when the truck's roof began to close over the launch pad where the machine was still sitting.
"For the photographers we tried to do a quick non-traditional delivery and something went wrong," Stephen Burns, chief executive of Workhorse, told the news site Techcrunch.
"We probably shouldn't have tried to do something weird like that with everyone watching."
Mr Burns added that the problem may have been caused by interference from TV cameras filming the trial. Techcrunch has posted footage of the incident on its site.
UPS says it is not sure when or how it will eventually roll out the flying robots.
"We have no idea how all that will play out until we find out how to integrate them into the business," Mr Dodero told reporters.
Drones are, however, already making medical deliveries in Rwanda - a project UPS is involved in - and Amazon is testing the tech in the UK.
Flotillas of velella velella, known as By-the-wind Sailors, have been found on beaches near Lulworth and Bridport.
Julie Hatcher, of Dorset Wildlife Trust, said: "They are designed to blow around and never come to land so to get a big mass stranding is rare."
The trust advised people not to handle them as the sting on their tentacles could cause discomfort.
Native to the Azores it has a 'sail' on its back which enables it to be blown by the wind across the sea.
The creatures, which resemble jellyfish, are a colony of animals related to the Portuguese man-of-war.
The Dorset Wildlife Trust is asking people to report their sightings on the charity's website.
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The number of people in Northern Ireland applying for the documents rose by more than 60% in July, compared to the same period last year.
In the first full month since the UK's vote to leave the EU, there were 6,638 applications for Irish passports from people living in Northern Ireland.
The
study suggests Palestinians
could generate an extra £1bn ($1.5bn) a year if restrictions to their use of land, water and movements were removed.
It says Palestinians can use only 6% of the land, while settlers control 86%.
Israel criticised the report, saying it had "a clearly political agenda".
About 500,000 Jews live in more than 100 settlements built since Israel's 1967 occupation of the West Bank and East Jerusalem. The settlements are considered illegal under international law, though Israel disputes this.
The Jordan Valley - most of which lies within the eastern strip of the West Bank - is about 120km long (75 miles) and 15km wide.
Oxfam says about 66,000 Palestinians and 9,500 settlers live in the area. Most of the Palestinians live in 20 permanent communities, including the city of Jericho, though thousands live in temporary communities.
The Israeli human rights organisation B'Tselem say the authorities have instituted a system of permits and restrictions on the movement of Palestinians in the Jordan Valley, making it difficult for those who are not listed as residents to enter it. Israel says the measures are necessary for its security.
At the same time, the group says, Israel has allocated almost exclusive use of the valley's water resources to the 28 Jewish settlements in the area, to the detriment of Palestinian communities.
In the report On the Brink: The Impact of Settlements on Palestinians in the Jordan Valley, Oxfam says settlement expansion and restrictions on Palestinians are destroying the viability of a future Palestinian state.
"The Jordan Valley... has the potential to be the Palestinian bread basket, yet restrictions on Palestinians use of land, water, and on building in the valley are keeping them poor while helping nearby Israeli settlements thrive," it adds.
"By one estimate, the Palestinian economy could gain an additional $1bn a year in agricultural revenue if the restrictions on Palestinian use of land, water, and mobility in the Jordan Valley were removed."
The report states that Palestinians can use only 6% of the land in the area, while settlers, who account for 13% of the population, have control over 86% of its land. The poverty rate for Palestinian communities in the Jordan Valley is nearly double that of the rest of the West Bank, it adds.
"Settlements and related Israeli policies, such as systematic demolitions and restrictions on land and water use, are creating a wretched reality for Palestinians in the Jordan Valley," said Oxfam International Executive Director Jeremy Hobbs.
"The government of Israel has an obligation to keep all people safe, but such excessive restrictions on Palestinians inside the West Bank would not be necessary if Israelis were not settling there. These discriminatory policies and practices have pushed more Palestinians into poverty and are destroying the prospects for two states living side by side in security and peace," he added.
The report calls on Israel's largest trading partner and the biggest donor to the Palestinians, the European Union and its member states, to take urgent action to press the government of Israel to immediately stop building settlements and end the demolition of Palestinian structures.
Oxfam also calls on the international community, donors and non-governmental organisations to initiate and support development projects in the Jordan Valley "even if they have not been approved by the Israeli Civilian Administration (unless Israeli refusal is based on genuine security concerns that are legitimate under international law)".
A spokesman for the Israeli embassy in London, Amir Ofek, said: "Oxfam's latest report on the situation in the Palestinian territories puts a clearly political agenda above any humanitarian concern."
"Its call to the international community and to NGOs to initiate projects which clearly violate existing agreements is irresponsible and inflammatory. Far from advancing peace, such an approach undermines the prospects of reaching a negotiated resolution to the conflict."
Leeds City Council has drawn up three options for improving access to Leeds Bradford Airport.
Two proposals include building a new link road from the A65 between Rawdon and Horsforth while the third involves upgrading the existing route.
The West Yorkshire Combined Authority has earmarked £38m for the scheme but the costs are yet to be finalised.
A public consultation is expected to be launched in November with a view to construction starting in 2019.
Councillor Richard Lewis said a new link road would help tackle congestion, delays and the use of rat-runs on the current road network.
"We have a need for better road and rail links and a link road is clearly one we can do most easily and see the benefits," he said.
"Anyone who uses the A65 knows how congested it is. These proposals can make a considerable difference."
The first option includes building a more direct route from the A65, which runs along the east of the airport and joins the A658 Harrogate Road from the north.
The second runs to the east of Rawdon and only provides direct access to the airport where it joins Harrogate Road from the south.
The final scheme would see the existing A65 and A658 around Rawdon and Yeadon upgraded with new junctions and wider roads.
Work is expected to finish by 2022 and full details of the plan can be found on the council website.
The health director of Takhar province said the girls fell ill shortly after drinking water at their school.
An education official in Kabul said preliminary investigations suggested the water had been poisoned.
A local official in Takhar suggested that people opposed to education for girls were responsible.
The BBC's Bilal Sarwary in Kabul says that similar events have been reported before, but no conclusive evidence of poisoning has been found.
The official said 40 girls were treated and then discharged but 100 others including female teachers have been kept in hospital, after complaining of severe nausea, headaches and dizziness.
The water has been sent to a laboratory for analysis, and the official said he had asked for a full inquiry.
A spokesman for the education directorate in Takhar said the victims are aged from 14 to 30.
He said it appeared that "narrow-minded people" opposed to education for girls were behind the incident.
The American Airlines plane was flying from the South Korean city of Incheon to Dallas when the turbulence hit.
Five people needed hospital treatment, the airline said, but none of the injuries were life-threatening.
The turbulence, which occurred about 75 minutes into the flight, caused food to be thrown around the cabin.
"Medical personnel have been able to evaluate all passengers and crew members asking for medical attention," the airline said.
"Four passengers and one crew member have been transported to local hospitals for further observation and treatment."
A male flight attendant was thrown to the ceiling, hitting his head, Kyodo news agency said, citing a passenger.
"We were eating and all the food just flew up in the air and pretty much bounced off and fell. There were carts all over the place," another passenger told local media.
The plane landed at Tokyo's Narita airport in the early hours of Wednesday. It was expected to continue on to the US later in the day.
Among them is 43-year-old Alan Ash, who will be appearing in his fifth Games, and 21-year-old Coral Batey from Bradford, the team's only woman.
Jonny Coggan, Bulbul Hussain, Mike Kerr and Mandip Sehmi also have previous Games experience.
The team finished fifth at the London Paralympics in 2012.
As well as Batey, the squad features six other debutants - captain Chris Ryan, Gavin Walker, Ayaz Bhuta, Jamie Stead and Jim Roberts, who all helped GB to victory at the 2015 European Championships, plus newcomer Ryan Cowling.
Ash, who appeared in the sport's first Paralympic appearance as a exhibition event in 1996 and again when it made its full Games debut in Sydney four years later, missed out on a place in the squad for the London Paralympics.
But he returned to action a year later and has been part of the squad ever since.
Batey, who has also played wheelchair basketball for Yorkshire, made her international debut in 2014 and is the third woman to represent Britain in the sport at the Paralympics after Josie Pearson (2008) and Kylie Grimes (2012).
The British team, who are ranked fifth in the world behind Canada, the USA, Japan and Australia won the recent Rio test event.
Squad: Jonathan Coggan, Bulbul Hussain, Ryan Cowling, Mike Kerr, Coral Batey, Gavin Walker, Chris Ryan, Alan Ash, Ayaz Bhuta, Jamie Stead, Mandip Sehmi, Jim Roberts.
Business for Scotland said it was getting "back in full campaign mode" for a vote in 2018.
It said it expected a vote to be called for May or September next year.
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has previously said a second referendum was "highly likely" following the Brexit vote.
Business for Scotland focused on the economic case for independence ahead of the 2014 vote in which Scots voted 55% to 45% to remain part of the UK.
Group founder Gordon MacIntyre-Kemp has emailed members to say "we are only weeks away" from a second referendum being called.
In his message to supporters, Mr MacIntyre-Kemp said: "Business for Scotland was a vital contributor to the growth of the Yes vote in 2014. We need your help to renew the business and economic case for independence and drive Yes support to the levels required to call and win Indyref2.
"We didn't go away, instead we have kept on campaigning for independence and we also campaigned for a Remain vote in the EU referendum.
"We are getting ready for Indyref2 in May or September 2018 and so we are back in full campaign mode."
The group aims to raise £15,000 and said it had already raised nearly a third of the target.
Prime Minister Theresa May said earlier in February that the question of Scottish independence was "settled" by the 2014 referendum.
The SNP, however, argues that since a majority in Scotland voted to Remain, this represents a material change in circumstances that could justify a second vote.
The party has put forward proposals to secure Scotland's access to the European single market but Nicola Sturgeon has warned time is running out to find agreement.
Former SNP leader Alex Salmond has suggested an announcement from Ms Sturgeon is very close, and he has predicted a referendum in autumn 2018.
Others within the pro-independence camp have, however, signalled a more cautious approach.
A recent opinion piece by Robin McAlpine, director of pro-independence think tank Common Weal, asked whether the debate on indyref2 was "a bit too Culloden", referring to the crushing defeat of Jacobite rebels by a government army in 1745.
Mr McAlpine, who favours a 2019 vote, wrote: "If you were to make a calm assessment of the moment when we are at our strongest and our opponents are at their weakest, would you pick 2018?"
The country has been in turmoil since a loose alliance of mainly Muslim rebel groups, operating under the name Seleka, left their strongholds in the north and marched south and seized power in March 2013 from then-President Francois Bozize.
Their main leader, Michel Djotodia, briefly took over before being replaced by an interim head of state.
Since then, the CAR has lived under a shadow of fear, uncertainty and violence which has left some 6,000 people dead.
And the unrest has not gone away, far from it.
As we arrived in the capital, we were told that several people we had agreed to meet in the centre of town would not be able to make it.
It just was not safe anymore, they told us.
Three Seleka officials had been abducted and had disappeared; their bodies still have not been found.
The tit-for-tat response was immediate. The following day, three Muslims were killed. An accusing finger is being pointed at the mainly Christian "anti-balaka" vigilante militias.
News of the latest killings was broadcast for everyone to hear on Radio Ndeke Luka, one of the most listened to radio stations in the CAR.
Even the journalists there have had to adapt to the changing situation, with staff getting in to work later and leaving earlier because of the insecurity in Bangui.
"It's a small price for us to pay if we want to continue reporting on events," the morning show presenter, Ingrid Sandanga, told me.
And she points to a large, plastic-covered, sign on the table - the station's mission statement: "Ensemble, combattons la division dans notre pays", meaning "Together, let us fight division in our country".
Religious leaders are at the forefront of reconciliation efforts, with representatives of different faiths working hand in hand.
One of them is imam Abdoulaye Ouasselegue, vice-president of the CAR's Islamic Council.
As if to highlight what he is trying to achieve, he made a point of meeting us not at his mosque but on the grounds of Bangui's Catholic archdiocese, an island of tranquillity on the banks of the Ubangi River.
He is hopeful that stability will return, but says that he no longer wears anything that may identify him as a Muslim because it is too risky.
Source: Index Mundi
When asked about the importance of the international military presence in the country under the flags of the UN and France, he lets out a long sigh of resignation, before answering: "What's the point of having peacekeepers here if there is no peace to keep?"
Father Xyste Mbredjeze-Ngasha is also hoping to build bridges.
But this Catholic priest faces a huge task - he has just been put in a charge of a new parish in PK5, Bangui's now notorious fifth district.
Home to many of the capital's Muslims, it has become a flashpoint in the current conflict.
The first time Father Xyste entered a Muslim neighbourhood in his parish, he had to be escorted by armed UN peacekeepers.
"I fear for my safety, but I must do God's work," he says.
As the afternoon begins to draw to a close, anxious Bangui residents head for home.
But for some, beating the curfew is the last thing on their minds.
They have no homes to go to. They are the thousands of people living in the capital's 28 camps for the displaced.
Keeping the peace in CAR
At the Benzvi camp, half of the tarpaulin tents are in bad need of repair, there is little sanitation, limited access to clean water and the camp becomes a quagmire of mud with each heavy rainfall.
A few months ago, the aid agency Medecins Sans Frontieres, who provide much-needed medical assistance and food relief there, were hoping to close it down.
But then violence broke out again in September and terrified Christians rushed to the camp.
More than 2,500 people survive in dire and cramped conditions, too afraid to venture beyond the camp's gates.
"Even here, I don't feel safe, I'm scared that the Seleka fighters will attack us again," one young woman now living in Benzvi told me, echoing the thoughts of many.
With peace still a long way off, the transitional government led by the interim President, Catherine Samba-Panza, is pressing ahead with plans to hold elections.
They have already been postponed once.
But President Samba-Panza still hopes to see the country go to the polls before 31 December, when her mandate expires.
"We have no other choice - our priority is to secure the electoral process," she says.
"When the time comes, we shall see if we are really able to go ahead."
As the president speaks, Rwandan soldiers from the UN's Minusca force look on.
They have been tasked with guarding the presidential compound.
It is a sobering reminder that security in the CAR cannot be guaranteed without outside help.
Julian Keane will be presenting Newsday from Bangui on Friday 30 October 2015 from 06:00 GMT to 08:30 GMT on the BBC World Service.
In March Radioshack announced it had filed for bankruptcy and would initially be closing around 200 of its stores across the United States.
The page for the Reynoldsburg store, which contains swearing, posted: "Always hated all you p---k customers anyway."
Hours later a picture of the Radioshack sign, missing letters to spell "adios", meaning "goodbye" in Spanish, was uploaded.
Early on Tuesday morning another post bluntly told customers the store was no longer open for business.
"We closed. F--- you all." It read.
Despite the fact there were clues this was not the local store's official Facebook page, the post was shared more than 15,000 times.
The account is unverified and the only other post on the page is from 9 April 2016, advertising headphones.
Radioshack has used humour to respond on their official Twitter and Facebook pages saying the account was rogue.
In a statement Radioshack told the BBC:
"Thank you for contacting RadioShack in regards to the unofficial derogatory Facebook page. We are aware of the matter and it is currently being investigated.
"This is not a post of RadioShack Corporation.
"We do apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused. "
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The Claim: Vote Leave says the UK will be obliged to pay £1.8bn by 2020 to encourage Albania, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Turkey to join the EU.
Reality check verdict: Over a seven year period, £1.2bn of the UK's contributions to the EU Budget will go to seven candidate states. The UK committed another £250m towards helping Turkey support Syrian refugees for two years and might commit more in the future.
They say that the UK will pay Turkey a further £640m "as part of the recent EU-Turkey deal designed to facilitate Turkish accession to the EU", bringing the total to £1.84bn.
In 2014 the EU agreed to use a total of €11.7bn (£9.1bn) from its seven-year budget 2014-2020 to help seven EU candidate countries - Albania, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Turkey, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo - make political and economic reforms.
Turkey, the largest of the seven countries, will receive a total of €4.5bn over the seven year period. Albania will receive €649m.
On the basis of the 2014-2020 EU fund, Vote Leave calculated the UK's share of the total the EU is spending on reforms in those seven countries.
The UK's contribution to the EU Budget varies from year to year. It has been around 12% to 13% of the total in recent years and the Treasury says it was 12.57% in 2015. Vote Leave used the UK's 2015 share of the total and 2014 exchange rates and arrived at the figure of £1.2bn as the UK contribution to the programme.
Of the seven countries helped by this EU fund, Turkey has progressed furthest in its pursuit of EU membership, but it is nevertheless unlikely to join in the next 10 years.
The second part of this claim, that the EU recently agreed a deal with Turkey "to facilitate Turkish accession to the EU" is incorrect.
The EU and Turkey signed a deal in November 2015 to support Syrian refugees in Turkey in an attempt to reduce the number of refugees crossing into Greece. The EU will provide €3bn over the next two years for this programme, €1bn of which will come from the EU budget and the rest from contributions from member states according to the size of their economies.
Germany, which has the biggest economy, will pay €428m, while the UK will pay €328m (£250m).
The UK's contribution will count towards the UK's aid target of 0.7% of national income.
In addition, the EU promised an extra €3bn for Turkey by 2018 if the first programme for supporting Syrian refugees is successfully completed. There is no detail on whether this would come out of the EU Budget or be met by bilateral contributions.
Read more: The facts behind claims in the EU debate
The structure will be in place during the final phase of the wreck's conservation in Portsmouth Historic Dockyard.
The Tudor warship, which is being sprayed with a conserving solution inside a chamber, will begin a five-year drying process this year.
The walkway will give access to the chamber until the process is complete.
The chamber is due to be removed completely in 2016.
The ship sank while leading an attack on a French invasion fleet in 1545 and was raised from the sea bed in 1982.
The wreck has undergone 17 years of conservation treatment and is due to go on public display in 2012 when a dedicated museum will open in Portsmouth's Historic Dockyard.
The existing Mary Rose Museum will remain open during the construction of the new attraction.
Fuelled by "15 years of hurt" and 16 beers, Jack Quigley's 800-word Facebook rant attracted over 50,000 likes after Australia's 19-24 defeat to Scotland.
He said the players lacked passion and offered to give the team a pep talk.
Cheika said the appraisal was "pretty confronting" for players but revealed he shared some of the same emotions.
Quigley, an amateur rugby player and coach, took to social media after drowning his sorrows for several hours after the game on Saturday.
"I'm a pleb. I'm a nobody," he wrote. "My opinion on rugby counts for the square root of f-all in the grand scheme of things.
"But I've got one thing. Passion. Passion for the game of rugby. And for the Wallabies. And you can't deny me that. Despite your best efforts.
"When I was a kid - hell, even now, I would've given my left nut just to pull on a Wallabies jumper, but when I see you guys run out, I feel like you don't care.
"I'm willing to drive to Brisbane this week and address the squad. For 15 minutes. That's all I'll need. Then I'll turn around and drive home again. Because I feel like you've lost touch with the common man."
The Wallabies coach had a long conversation with Quigley on Monday and urged him to keep the faith.
He disagreed that players lacked passion and with criticism of Bernard Foley's goal kicking but conceded that the post had resonated with supporters.
"I think that's important, that you talk to the fans," Cheika said.
"When we come out to [news conferences] and say we want to make the fans proud, it's not lip service. We do. We're not perfect at it sometimes."
He has put Quigley's post in the team room ahead of Australia's test against Italy in Brisbane on Saturday.
In his closing speech, Rachel Fee's lawyer Brian McConnachie said there was evidence another boy killed Liam.
He said the jury must put aside any preconceptions and prejudices they might have and look dispassionately at the evidence in this harrowing case.
Rachel and Nyomi Fee deny murdering Liam near Glenrothes in March 2014 and blaming his death on another child.
The women, who are both originally from Ryton, Tyne and Wear, deny all the charges against them.
Mr McConnachie QC said: "As far as Rachel Fee is concerned, there is no direct evidence against her that she assaulted Liam."
Mr McConnachie said that she had "no motive" for attacking her son and was guilty only of the "unforgivable crime" of failing to seek medical aid for Liam for a suspected broken leg in the days before his death.
He said: "By failing to get medical help, his mother Rachel Fee committed an unforgivable crime and in due course she will be rightly and justly punished for that.
"That does not make her a murderer.
"Tragedy is an overused word in this court but the death of Liam Fee is a real, genuine tragedy."
He told the jury: "Do not compound that tragedy by convicting Rachel Fee of the murder of her son when there's not a shred of evidence to support that contention.
"The crown case is one of illusion, of smoke and mirrors."
The trial at the High Court in Livingston continues.
Culture minister Ed Vaizey placed an export bar on the Sekhemka statue controversially sold for £15.76m by Northampton Borough Council last July.
The Save Sekhemka Action Group hopes the statue, dating from 2400BC, will find a home in a public museum.
The owner of the statue is not known and the borough council said the ban did not directly affect its sale.
"The temporary export bar of Sekhemka has no impact on the borough council's sale of the statue and this is a matter for the current owner, Arts Council England and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport to resolve," a spokesman said.
The council has since been banned from the Museums Association and has had a Heritage Lottery Fund bid rejected as a consequence.
Mr Vaizey barred the export on recommendation from the Reviewing Committee on the Export of Works of Art and Objects of Cultural Interest (RCEWA), administered by Arts Council England.
The RCEWA said the statue was of "outstanding aesthetic importance" and was significant in the study of "private statuary and funerary religion in Egypt and the history of human self-representation".
A decision on the export licence application has been deferred until 29 July.
The action group said: "We would like to see Sekhemka retained in the UK. The only problem is where and how it could be retained and displayed.
"None of the UK's major museums wished to acquire it unless it was given outright - a public body cannot buy something owned by another public body, it is unethical and a misapplication of public money."
Dywedodd Yr Athro Dean Williams mewn adroddiad newydd fod "angen atebion newydd" i ateb y galw am feddygon yn yr ardal.
Mae Llywodraeth Cymru'n dweud y bydd penderfyniad am y mater o fewn wythnosau.
Cafodd yr adroddiad ei gomisiynu gan AC Plaid Cymru, Siân Gwenllian, sy'n cefnogi lleoli safle newydd ym Mangor ac sy'n dweud bod hi'n bryd i'r llywodraeth weithredu.
Mae'r adroddiad newydd, Delio â'r Argyfwng - Ysgol Feddygol Newydd i Gymru, yn amlinellu'r ddadl o blaid hyfforddi meddygon ym Mangor - a hynny er mwyn mynd i'r afael â'r diffyg meddygon mewn ardaloedd gwledig.
Yn y ddogfen, mae'r Athro Williams, pennaeth Ysgol Gwyddorau Meddygol y brifysgol, yn dweud bod angen 120 lle hyfforddi ychwanegol ar gyfer myfyrwyr meddygol i ateb y galw.
"Mae gwledydd eraill eisoes yn ehangu eu hysgolion meddygol i ddiwallu anghenion y dyfodol a'r prinder meddygon, yn enwedig meddygon teulu," meddai.
"Wrth ymateb i anghenion gwledig, mae profiad rhyngwladol yn awgrymu nad ydi ychwanegu at y strwythurau presennol yn gweithio.
"Mae angen atebion newydd. Byddai campws meddygol gwledig yn darparu ar gyfer anghenion penodol y rhanbarth."
Ychwanegodd: "Mae Prifysgol Bangor mewn sefyllfa ddelfrydol i feithrin a recriwtio myfyrwyr o Gymru wledig ac o gymunedau Cymraeg eu hiaith.
"Mae'r dystiolaeth gan ddisgyblion ysgol yn awgrymu y byddent yn cael eu denu i ysgol feddygol yn y rhanbarth."
Dywedodd Siân Gwenllian, sy'n cynrychioli etholaeth Arfon yn y Cynulliad, bod angen cyhoeddiad cyn hir.
"Mi ydan ni yn wynebu argyfwng yng Nghymru o safbwynt meddygol, ac mae'r syniad o gael ysgol feddygol arall yn mynd peth o'r ffordd tuag at ddechrau delio efo'r argyfwng yna," meddai.
"Mae diffyg cynllunio Llywodraeth Cymru ar hyd y blynyddoedd yn fy mhryderu i'n fawr, a dwi'n teimlo rŵan ei bod hi'n amser i wneud cyhoeddiad pwysig ynglŷn â chael ysgol feddygol arall yng Nghymru."
Dywedodd Prifysgol Bangor ei bod yn "barod i gydweithio gyda Llywodraeth Cymru er mwyn sefydlu Ysgol Feddygol ym Mangor os mai dyna yw eu bwriad".
Ychwanegwyd: "Mae'n hanfodol fod unrhyw ddatblygiad o'r fath yn cael ei ariannu yn llawn, a bod yr Ysgol yn gynaliadwy o ran adnoddau, staffio a chyllid."
Mewn datganiad, dywedodd Llywodraeth Cymru: "Rydym eisoes yn edrych ar y ddarpariaeth yn y gogledd o ran addysg a hyfforddiant meddygol, ac mae hynny'n cynnwys yr achos o blaid ysgol feddygol newydd.
"Rydym yn disgwyl bod mewn sefyllfa i gyhoeddi ein penderfyniad yn ystod yr wythnosau nesaf."
Mae'r Ceidwadwyr yn dweud y bydden nhw'n croesawu ysgol feddygol yn y gogledd os yw'n gynaliadwy, tra bod y Democratiaid Rhyddfrydol yn dweud bod rhaid mynd at wraidd y trafferthion recriwtio.
Dywedodd llefarydd ar ran UKIP: "Mae UKIP yn cefnogi cael ysgol feddygol newydd yng Ngogledd Cymru. Maen rhaid hyfforddi mwy o bobl yng Nghymru er mwyn helpu i ddatrys yr argyfwng meddygon teulu presennol."
Over the year, export volumes fell 2.1% compared to the previous 12 months.
Meanwhile, separate figures showed the value of retail sales remained flat between April and June, with growth much lower than levels across the UK.
The number of retail sales rose 1% in Britain in the second quarter of 2016, but north of the border the rise was 0.2%
Business minister Paul Wheelhouse said the export figures showed Scotland's place within the European single market was "absolutely vital".
He said: "These statistics remind us that Scotland's economy continues to face substantial challenges.
"Subdued global demand and the impact of a lower oil price environment have contributed to a drop in first quarter export volumes for companies working in several parts of the Scottish economy."
Mr Wheelhouse added: "While Scotland's economy is fundamentally strong, our continued EU status - and, thereby, our place in the world's biggest single market - is absolutely vital when it comes to promoting trade and protecting jobs, investment and long-term-prosperity, and this why we are committed to pursuing every possible avenue to maintain our place in the EU."
The figures showed a 3.3% increase in food and drink exports while the amount of textiles, clothing and leather goods sold abroad from Scotland went up by 2.1%.
The decline in exports was recorded ahead of the UK's vote for Brexit, which some economists have suggested could make British goods and services more attractive to overseas buyers as a result of falls in the value of the pound.
The Scottish Retail Consortium (SRC) said the latest retail figures continued the recent "trend of effectively flat retail sales".
SRC head of policy and external affairs Ewan MacDonald-Russell said: "This comes against the backdrop of an industry going through an intense period of structural, economic and regulatory change.
"Retailers are responding to this environment by becoming more innovative and productive through investment in people, technology and more efficient logistics systems.
"However, that's difficult when facing weak retail sales, falling shop prices and rising government-imposed tax and regulatory costs.
"When the uncertainty resulting from the Brexit vote is also considered, it becomes clear just how hard it is on the high street right now."
England failed to progress beyond the group stages of the World Cup on home soil and coach Stuart Lancaster left the post by mutual consent last week.
Cheika led the Wallabies to the World Cup final at Twickenham where they lost 34-17 to New Zealand on 31 October.
"I'm an Australian coaching Australia. It's the dream. There is nothing that would change my mind," Cheika said.
Speaking to BBC Radio 5 live, he added: "No-one has contacted me, and they know they can't contact me because I'm committed to Australia."
Cheika was only appointed Australia coach in October 2014 and in a year turned a side then in disarray into World Cup finalists.
The 48-year-old coached Leinster to the Heineken Cup title in 2009 and has also been in charge of French club Stade Francais and Australian state side NSW Waratahs.
Despite the Rugby Football Union being linked with approaches for a big-name, foreign Test coach, Cheika believes there is coaching talent in England good enough for the role.
"I just think there are good coaches coaching in the Premiership," he said.
"Exeter's Rob Baxter and the guys at Northampton [Jim Mallinder, Dorian West and Alex King], [Newcastle's] Dean Richards... there are heaps of guys coaching the same England players on a day-to-day basis in the Premiership, who given the right support could do a really good job.
"There are a lot of guys who have good quality here. They just need to be given the chance."
Jones, 30, played for the Magpies during a loan spell in 2009 and returns to Meadow Lane after spending the past three seasons with the Spireites.
He told the club website: "With the plans the manager and the chairman have, the facilities and the stadium it seems like a club built for success."
Boss Kevin Nolan said Jones was a "quality signing".
"He has great ability on the ball and a lovely left foot," Nolan added. "He is a real up-and-downer and hopefully we will see the best of him throughout the year."
The Magpies have not disclosed the length of Jones' contract.
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City are bottom of the table and look likely to be relegated, but will go to Wembley on the back of two successive league victories.
Robins said "there should be no fear" for his largely young side.
"There's no pressure on us. We're underdogs in terms of league position," he told BBC Coventry & Warwickshire.
"Oxford will be well supported too. They're on an upward curve under Michael Appleton, but this is a one-off final and we've got tremendous support. There's a real excitement around the city.
"It's a different week. There's more focus and attention on the club. We've been measured up for new suits and all sorts of things, but training has had a decent intensity and, on the back of two wins, it galvanises all that spirit.
"Even though they are young, sometimes that can have a positive impact. We've got to go to Wembley to try to enjoy it, take in all the sights, the sounds and experiences.
"But people also rightly say there's only one way to enjoy it - and that's by winning."
Coventry are 11 points shy of safety with six league games left to play and are 27 points worse off than Oxford, who are eighth and just four points off a play-off place.
Having only rejoined Coventry on 7 March, Robins is in the unusual position of being in charge of a side who had already made it to Wembley almost a month earlier.
With that in mind, he has stepped aside from the honour of leading the team out, and the club have asked veteran goalkeeping coach Steve Ogrizovic - the man they affectionately call 'Big Oggy' - to do it instead.
The 6ft 4in former Chesterfield and Liverpool keeper, 59, who started his working life as a police constable, has spent 33 years with the Sky Blues since joining from Shrewsbury Town in the summer of 1984.
After 507 league appearances as a player and one goal - a long clearance over Martin Hodge's head against Sheffield Wednesday on a windy day at Hillsborough in 1988 - he has since served as reserve and Academy coach, caretaker manager and now goalkeeping coach.
Coventry will be without both of his first-choice centre-backs, loan players Nathan Clarke and Farrend Rawson, who are both cup-tied.
Clarke made three appearances for Bradford City in the group stages of the competition, as did Rawson for Derby's Under-23s.
But Robins insisted: "We've got plenty of options. It's not a problem."
Meanwhile, City's technical director Mark Venus, who took charge for three months this season following Tony Mowbray's resignation, has left the club.
About 600 people were evacuated on Wednesday by air and sea.
Workers also established emergency road access to the town, which has been cut off by landslides.
Two people were killed when a severe earthquake hit the area shortly after midnight on Monday, followed by thousands of aftershocks.
An estimated 1,200 tourists were staying in Kaikoura, a popular whale-watching destination, at the time. About 3,500 people live in the town and surrounding area.
The country has been hit by at least 1,823 earthquakes since the magnitude 7.8 earthquake on Monday, according to GeoNet, New Zealand's government-funded earthquake monitoring service.
Engineering consulting firm Tonkin and Taylor, which has been employed by the New Zealand government to assess damage to Kaikoura, told the BBC that the damage in the area was "catastrophic".
"There have been 100,000 landslides, over 50 covering State Highway 1," the main road which runs the length of the country, it said.
But the company said damage to residential housing was "not too bad".
Helicopters began airlifting people from Kaikoura on Tuesday after road and rail links to the town were severed. Power and water supplies have also been disrupted.
An inland road open only to military vehicles transporting aid was established on Wednesday.
New Zealand's warship HMNZS Canterbury helped to transport the majority of Wednesday's evacuees. Another ship, HMNZS Wellington, has been surveying the seabed.
Canada's HMC Vancouver, Australia's HMAS Darwin and the US destroyer USS Sampson are bringing aid supplies and equipment to the town and are due to arrive on Thursday.
The USS Sampson is the first US warship to visit New Zealand in 30 years.
The foreign warships had been destined for Auckland to take part in 75th anniversary celebrations for the New Zealand navy but diverted to help with the recovery effort.
New Zealand Defence Minister Gerry Brownlee said the offer of assistance was "heartening", and that Japan and Singapore had also offered help.
Meanwhile, the cleanup is continuing in Christchurch and the capital, Wellington. Some streets remain cordoned off while safety checks are carried out.
Some buildings have been evacuated because of "structural concerns", TVNZ reported.
One eight-storey office building in central Wellington is expected to be demolished.
"The building is at significant risk of collapse so currently police and fire are conducting operation to seal off the area," Fire Service regional commander Brendan Nally told commercial radio.
Wellington Mayor Justin Lester said the full extent of damage would become clear later, but that the city had "resilience to cope" and the focus should be on "the worst affected areas".
Geonet initially gave Monday's quake - actually two at the same time - a magnitude of 7.5, but has now raised it to 7.8.
It was the largest tremor in the quake-prone country since 2009, it said, while early assessments of the geological changes indicate it was one of the "most complex earthquakes ever recorded on land".
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.
Jamie Murphy, 18, arrived at Perth Airport with his mother and father late on Thursday.
The talented football player was detained for two nights in Kuta this week after being found with a small bag of white powder at a nightclub.
Police suspected it was cocaine but forensic tests revealed the powder did not contain illegal drugs.
Indonesian authorities also confirmed no drugs were detected in Mr Murphy's blood or urine.
Many young Australians travel abroad at this time of year, as part of high school graduation celebrations known as "schoolies".
Kuta police chief Wayan Sumara said Mr Murphy was "very lucky" after the drug tests came back negative.
He had faced the possibility of 12 years in jail and a fine of A$800,000 (£500,000, $600,000).
Lawyers for Mr Murphy denied police claims he had admitted buying the white powder.
Australian media broadcast footage showing Mr Murphy, with his eyes closed, being restrained around the head by a nightclub security guard.
The Sky Garden nightclub initially said the guard was "ordered" to hold the teenager's face so police could take his photo. It has since issued apologised for using "excessive force".
Indonesia has some of the world's toughest drug laws, sometimes causing diplomatic tensions with Australia.
Two Australian drug smugglers, Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran, were executed in Indonesia last year for drug offences.
They were among a group of Australians dubbed the Bali Nine who travelled to Indonesia in 2005 hoping to bring 8.3kg (18lb) of heroin back to Australia.
A Queensland beauty student, Schapelle Corby, was convicted in 2005 of trying to smuggle marijuana into Bali.
Corby is reportedly due to be deported from Indonesia on May 27, 2017.
The building - which helped inspire author JM Barrie to write Peter Pan - is being turned into a children's literature centre.
Walliams and Lumley will hold a conversation at the Cadogan Hall in London on 19 March.
Proceeds from the event will go to the Peter Pan Moat Brae Trust.
The fundraiser promises "a marvellous morning of stinky stories and quirky questions".
Work recently started on converting the historic building after more than £5m in capital funding was raised.
It is hoped it can open to the public in two years' time.
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Laidlaw's late try and 26-point haul proved telling as the Scots overcame Samoa in a 36-33 thriller in Newcastle.
"Greig had an outstanding game. We were under a lot of pressure; he kept his cool, we kept our cool," said Cotter.
"We just needed to win, and that's done. We're relieved, but we're proud as well - that was a tough game."
The Scots leaked three tries to a dynamic, incisive Samoa during the furious first 40 minutes, losing Ryan Wilson to a yellow card for stamping, but responded with tries from Tommy Seymour and John Hardie to trail by three points at the interval.
The Pacific Islanders were already out of contention for a berth in the last eight, but Scotland needed a win to wrap up second place in Pool B.
"That was an outstanding performance from Samoa," Cotter reflected. "They've obviously spent this week having a look at how they want to play, and wanted to finish on a high.
"They threw the ball around, they've got really dangerous players. They were impressive. They had us under pressure, and we just had to stay in, keep believing.
"We knew in the second half we would perhaps get an edge, and finally we did."
Cotter's side will face Australia in the quarter-finals after they beat Wales 15-6 at Twickenham.
"It was about winning and fighting for a win," added the coach. "Because if anyone thought it was going to be an easy game, after the first five minutes, we certainly got a taste of what was coming at us.
"We found ways into the game and I thought the forwards stepped up and played well. I'm really, really happy for them."
Laidlaw joked that defence coach Matt Taylor "is a couple of years older after that game", but said there was no half-time panic.
"Defence was probably the hot topic at half-time," the scrum-half said. "But to be fair to the coaches, they were calm and controlled at half-time and that spread through to the players.
"We were only three points down and that was with a yellow card, so it was stick to the game plan, wear them down, and we did that."
The body of the man, who was in his 20s, was recovered by police divers near Welsh Back on Saturday.
Police said a member of the public reported seeing the man in the water at 12.30 GMT and went into the river to try to rescue him.
They have asked anyone who saw the man go into the river to contact them. The body has not been formally identified.
Insp Shaun Finn said: "The water at this time of year can be icy cold and can be very dangerous to even the young and fit.
"The cold water can really shock the body in a matter of seconds making it extremely difficult to swim or stay afloat.
"While trips and falls might happen, we'd strongly advise anyone against deliberately going in the water as what might seem like a harmless dip can go horribly wrong very quickly."
A Met Office amber alert for high winds in southern Wales, southern England, much of the Midlands, the East, and London and the South East is in place.
There is concern about possible heavy rain, falling trees, building damage and gusts of up to 80 mph (130 kph), or possibly higher on exposed coasts.
The Met Office said the predicted storm was not one "you would see every year".
It says 20-40mm (0.80-1.6 ins) of rain might fall within a period of six to nine hours across all areas.
A yellow alert warning of heavy rain that could lead to surface water flooding and disruption is in place for all areas, apart from London and the east of England.
This is the lowest level of the three warnings issued by the Met Office and advises people to "be aware".
An amber alert, advising people to "be prepared" for potentially hazardous conditions, is one level up from this.
The Environment Agency has warned of the possibility of surface water flooding on Monday but currently assesses it as a "low risk".
A spokesman added: "EA teams are out working to minimise river flood risk, clearing debris from streams and unblocking culverts. We will continue to closely monitor the situation ready to issue flood warnings if needed. We are supporting local authorities who will respond to any reports of surface water flooding.
"Seafronts, quaysides and jetties should be avoided due to the risk of overtopping by waves and wind blown shingle."
BBC Weather presenter Stav Danaos says the storm is contained in an area of low pressure in the Atlantic which developed off the east coast of the US.
It is currently "hurtling along" on the back of a strong jet stream and is expected to deepen and strengthen through Sunday as it approaches the UK, he says.
The strongest winds are expected on the storm's southern and western flanks.
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The Met Office says the public should be prepared for the risk of falling trees as well as damage to buildings and other structures, bringing disruption to transport and power supplies.
It says the storm is expected to run across the country in a north-easterly direction but there is still some doubt about the "timing, intensity and track of the low".
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Darron Burness, head of the AA's flood rescue team, said: "Strong wind and torrential rain is an unpredictable and hazardous combination, which can be quite overwhelming when you're driving.
"There's likely to be tree and other debris on the roads as well as potential flooding, so it's very important to keep your speed down and drive with great care."
The Met Office is predicting gusts in some areas could be similar in strength to storms in March 2008, January 2007, October 2000 and January 1990.
Wind speeds of 115 mph were recorded during the so-called Great Storm of October 1987.
Forecaster Michael Fish, who famously reassured viewers that there was not "a hurricane" on the way in 1987, predicted that the weather over the coming days would not rival the Great Storm.
He told the BBC News Channel: "Present thoughts are there are three storms it's comparable to - March 2008, January 2007 and October 2000.
"They certainly weren't as powerful as the 1987 storm."
He said computers had made it much easier for forecasters to accurately predict weather patterns and warn people to take precautions before storms hit.
Jill Attenborough, of the Woodland Trust, said 15 million UK trees fell in 1987 and warned more were now "exposed" because of a reduction to woodland areas for the building of roads, railways and housing.
She said part of the reason so many trees fell was that many were in "full leaf" at that time, catching "the wind like a sail", and the same risk applied to the forecast storm.
Ms Attenborough urged people to use "common sense" and stay away from woodland in high winds.
Steve Scott, from the Forestry Commission, said the organisation now designed its woodlands with more open space.
He added: "The truth is, if the wind blows sufficiently strongly, it will blow trees down and so our preparedness is about how we deal with the aftermath."
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The Manchester United legends hit the headlines before Christmas when they allowed homeless people who had set up camp in the former Manchester Stock Exchange - which Giggs and Neville are turning into a boutique hotel - to remain in the building until February when work there was set to begin.
Those renovations are now under way and the doors to the Grade II-listed building have been closed. Once they reopen, it will be a venue for the well-to-do rather than those down on their luck.
So did the gesture achieve anything?
Arguably, it raised the profile of homeless people in the city.
The country's media descended on Norfolk Street, desperate for a look round.
The people staying at the Exchange - who admitted they had expected to be served with eviction notices rather than invited to stay - were thrust into the spotlight thanks to the footballers' actions.
Speaking on behalf of the former England international at the time of his goodwill gesture, Neville's spokesman said there was "a real-life problem we have with people living on the streets of our city".
"Nobody should be sleeping on the street."
Shortly after Neville's announcement, and with national attention focused on the issue, the city council opened up three empty public buildings to be used as night shelters. It was a far cry from the summer, when homeless camps were banned from the city centre.
The Stock Exchange was not just used as a rent-free place to sleep - a partnership between the Riverside Service, Gary Neville and Manchester City Council was established to make sure the building was used as a help centre.
Access was arranged to services such as mental health, drug and alcohol support. Hot meals and showers were available.
Peter said he found himself at The Stock Exchange following a family breakdown that left him without a home over Christmas.
The support given to Peter when he was at the Exchange helped him get a flat, so he now has somewhere permanent to live.
He said he is now taking steps to rebuild his relationship with his daughter and reconnect with his family.
According to Manchester City Council, when the time came for the squatters to leave, only two people remained in the building, both of whom left voluntarily. One of them refused help, the council said, while the other was a failed asylum seeker whose fate is unknown.
Of the 40-odd people in total who stayed there, less than half were actually homeless - the others were protesters, helpers and campaigners. They were "asked to move on", the council said.
Eleanor Watts from the Riverside charity said: "As part of our range of support for people living at the Stock Exchange, we have helped 19 people into move-on housing [hostels and supported living] in the city."
Despite this assistance, the latest figures from homeless charities estimate about 80 people in Manchester are sleeping rough every night.
Paul Andrews, who is in charge of adult health and well-being at Manchester City Council, said: "While shelter and a roof over their heads is obviously a good start, what we're working together to achieve is about helping and supporting people to get off the streets.
"I am pleased to say that this is a relationship Gary Neville is keen to develop to ensure a lasting legacy for the city from the work which is going on here."
A number of businesses suspected of selling counterfeit goods were raided on Moulton Street, Strangeways, on 13 and 16 December.
The items seized included fake Louis Vuitton, Prada and Vivienne Westwood handbags, Nike trainers and Adidas and Converse tracksuits.
Counterfeit jewellery was also seized.
The items seized in the raids, conducted by Greater Manchester Police and Trading Standards officers, filled two 40ft (12m) containers.
The raids follow similar ones in November when goods worth an estimated £1m were seized, Manchester City Council said.
Manchester's Cheetham Hill, near where the most recent raids took place, has been nicknamed "Counterfeit Street" because of the widespread sale of fake goods there.
Intellectual Property Minister Baroness Neville-Rolfe described it as "almost like the counterfeit capital of the UK".
The Shrimpers are seventh following the 1-0 win over Port Vale on Saturday, and host Barnsley this weekend, before trips to Chesterfield and Gillingham.
"We are a quarter of the way through the season, so this run of games will certainly test the squad," Brown told BBC Essex.
"By next weekend we'll be somewhere near where we're going to end up."
The Essex club, who beat Wycombe in the League Two play-off final last season. to win promotion, have won four of their last five league games.
Former Hull manager Brown, in charge at Roots Hall since 2013, says his side are capable of challenging for a top six place this campaign.
"If [after Gillingham] we are are in the play-offs, then great. If we're higher then great," he added.
"And if we're in the middle of the table then we'll have something to work towards, but we're certainly looking up as opposed to fearing what's coming behind."
The eight-hour series will be the screenwriting debut for novelist Daisy Goodwin and will be made by Mammoth Screen, the producers of BBC One's Poldark and ITV's Endeavour.
Steve November, ITV's drama director, said: "She's a vibrant, fascinating character whose legacy lives on today."
Goodwin added: "Victoria was the first woman to have it all."
She said she her interest in the queen was sparked at university when she read her diaries: "all 62 million words of them [which] give an astonishingly vivid picture of her transformation from rebellious teenager into, to my mind, our greatest Queen.
"She's a woman whose personality leaps off the page - a tiny 4 foot 11 teenager who overnight became the most powerful woman in the world, and her candour and spirit makes for an irresistible heroine.
"She had a passionate marriage, nine children and was grandmother to most of Europe's royalty, but she also had a job, being Queen of the most important nation in the world."
November added that the series was "a chance to see the Victorian age through the eyes of the Queen herself for the first time". Queen Victoria was on the throne for 63 years until 1901.
Casting is under way for the drama, which starts filming in locations around the UK from September.
Goodwin has already written two novels set in the Victorian era, My Last Duchess and The Fortune Hunter and has also worked in TV, devising shows including Grand Designs, How Clean is Your House and The Life Laundry.
There have been several other dramatisations about Queen Victoria, including the films Mrs Brown (1997), starring Dame Judi Dench and Billy Connolly, and The Young Victoria (2009), starring Emily Blunt and Rupert Friend.
The queen was also a key character in Aardman's 2012 stop-motion animation The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! in which she was voiced by Imelda Staunton.
In 2001, the BBC broadcast a two-part TV drama called Victoria and Albert, starring Victoria Hamilton, Jonathan Firth and Peter Ustinov.
On average children aged eight to 15 years old get £6.35 a week in the UK, and children in London get almost £2 more!
Over the years pocket money for children has gone up faster than the money people earn at work.
Two out of three children have to do household chores to earn their pocket money, according to the survey.
The research was carried out among more than 1,100 children aged between eight and 15 years old.
Me and my little bro Toby get £0 every year. Our parents don't give us pocket money. I was shocked when I saw how much people in London get on average! Ridiculous!
Oli, Charlbury, England
I spend my pocket money on loom bands! I get £10 per week.
Naomi, Trowbridge, England
I get £1 a month for helping around the house. When I am allowed to go to the shops I spend my money wisely and only get a few things. I put the rest of my money in my bank account.
Lily, Nuneaton, England
I help my Dad with cleaning his car and help my Mum in the kitchen but I don't get any money. I think there should be a law that the government should give children pocket money.
Danish, Bradford, England
I would spend my pocket money on art supplies, toys and maybe a book, because I enjoy those things - but I have to do chores before I get the money.
Sophie, Fermanagh, Northern Ireland
I usually only get birthday money but sometimes when I help out around the house I get pocket money. I'm fine with not getting pocket money, because when I do I spend it on something I don't need.
Yva, Tunisia
I get £2.50 a week and that is a fair amount for me. I get it monthly, so I can decide whether I want to use it early in the month or spend a little at a time. I don't have to work to get money, but I do the dishes and help daily anyway without any reward.
Farsya, Birmingham, England
I don't get pocket money but with my birthday/Christmas money I spend it on clothes or a DVD.
Sarah, Stockport, England
I get around £8.75 per week; I don't earn my pocket money and I think I get too much but I think I should start working for it.
Casey
I don't regularly get pocket money but I am starting to get a few pounds by doing chores
Kyla, Helensburgh, Scotland
I think I have a fair amount of pocket money each week. I have about £10 a week. I have to work for my money - I have to do the dishwasher, feed the rabbit and feed the cat.
Chloe
I think my pocket money is fair. I get £5 if I have not done loads of chores and £10 if I do more. I usually save up my money if I found something really cool but I might just spend it on sweets for me and my friends.
Zoey, Nottingham, England
I have to do chores and I get £2 if I do them.
Lucy, Doncaster, England
I get £2 off my nan , £2 off my auntie and £3 of mom and dad each week. I save my money to buy anything I want and if my family want anything I let them borrow some of my money. If I'm extra good I get more each week !
Lissy, Walsall, England
I spend my pocket money on my horse Max, and buy him treats and rugs!
Molly, Atheron, England
I'm saving my money so I can go to Glanllyn with the school.
Elin, Pwllheli, Wales
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If right, it would be the third consecutive year of growth below 5% for this group of countries.
The Bank says that developing nations need to make economic reforms to promote growth.
But the new report does predict that growth in these countries will accelerate in 2015.
"Disappointing" is the word the Bank uses to describe the developing world's likely performance this year.
The organisation's president, Jim Yong Kim said these growth rates are "far too modest to create the kind of jobs we need to improve the lives of the poorest 40 per cent."
However, there are some optimistic elements to the report.
The downgraded forecast reflects the impact of the Ukraine crisis, bad weather in the United States and other factors.
Some of these will be temporary and the Bank expects the developing world to record growth of around 5.5% next year and in 2016, which the report says is "broadly in line with potential," which means the rate of growth that they could sustain.
They will be helped by the stronger growth coming through in many rich countries, notably the US and the euro area.
But Andrew Burns, a senior economist at the Bank and one of the authors of the report, acknowledged that a period of three consecutive years of indifferent performance raises questions about whether the developing world is in for a long period of sub-par performance.
"It's one thing to have one year where one-off factors explain why growth wasn't quite as strong as you anticipated. To have three years in a row where growth disappoints does have to start begging exactly those kinds of questions," he says.
Even the World Bank's new lower forecast for this year would constitute a very strong performance in a developed nation.
But poorer countries can grow faster by adopting established technology and, in many cases, putting an increasing working age population to work.
Mr Burns says these countries should focus on things they can control. So rather than hope for further help from the developed economies, they should push ahead with economic reforms of their own.
The report says: "The structural reform agenda needs to be reinvigorated in order to sustain rapid income growth".
The report mentions energy and infrastructure, labour markets and the business climate as areas where some countries would benefit from reform.
Among the countries it names, India and South Africa are said to need to make efforts in all these areas.
The crash happened at Bethania Street in Maesteg, Bridgend county, just after 17:00 GMT on Tuesday.
The woman was pronounced dead at the scene. South Wales Police said the driver of a black Renault Clio had been arrested.
The woman's family have been informed about her death.
Police said the road was closed for about four-and-a-half hours after the crash.
She is the fifth person to hold the position since the general election in 2015, when she was elected to parliament.
Perhaps, unsurprisingly, she is also the least well known.
Ms Rees has served on Labour's front bench team as a shadow justice minister, but this is her first shadow cabinet position.
Her constituents in Neath will be used to having their MP in that role, as her predecessor was the former Secretary of State for Wales, Peter Hain.
Having entered Parliament in 2015, Ms Rees unsuccessfully put forward legislation to allow the name of the mother of each person getting married to be recorded on marriage certificates.
Outlining the reason for proposing the change in law, Ms Rees told MPs: "My father died when I was a young teenager and my mother brought me up.
"The father of my husband-to-be had also died many years before.
"The two mothers came to the ceremony but their names could not be on the certificate. That was when I realised it was a great injustice."
The "husband-to-be" was the former Welsh Secretary Ron Davies to whom she was married during his time in office from 1997-98.
They divorced in 1999 and have a daughter, Angharad who says her mother is a "one-off".
Christina Rees is no stranger to political life. She stood as the Labour candidate for Arfon in the Welsh Assembly elections in May 2011 and came second.
She has also been a member of the Welsh Executive Committee of the Labour Party.
Ms Rees also (almost) succeeded in making the former Labour Leader Ed Miliband blush during a party conference Q&A when, as a newly elected councillor in Bridgend, she complained "you haven't kissed me, Ed, but you kissed Barbara yesterday and I'm extremely jealous".
Ms Rees, who is a qualified barrister, was born in the village of Kenfig Hill in south Wales.
She became head girl of Cynffig Comprehensive School and has a very impressive sporting background.
She represented Wales Schools at tennis, hockey and athletics, and was a member of the Great Britain Youth Team to the Munich Olympics.
But her main sporting achievements came on the squash courts where she represented Wales over 100 times.
However, her love of sport does not extend to golf, which she claims not to understand.
"It involves spending five hours on a golf course," she told a Westminster hall debate last year, "hitting perhaps 100 balls, while on a squash court it is 100 balls in five minutes.
"I am sorry, but I do not get it. That is my personal opinion."
At the same debate she outlined how sport had helped her as a child.
"I was very shy when I was a child and was bullied, so my mother sent me to judo classes to strengthen me up. I got a black belt first dan when I was 13 and a fourth dan in 1974," she said.
She joked: "I may come across as being rather feeble but I do have a dark side, so be very scared."
Political opponents might want to take note.
South Wales Police said officers were called to the marina at about 16:45 GMT, along with the National Police Air Service helicopter and paramedics.
They later arrested the man and the force said there was no risk to the public.
Neighbourhood officers remained in the area on Monday evening to provide reassurance.
Gatland, whose contract with Wales runs until 2019, guided the 2013 Lions to a 2-1 series win over Australia.
"If he does get it then I think it will be good for him," said Welsh Rugby Union chief executive Martyn Phillips.
He also announced that the Wales A team, which last played in 2002, will be restarted in 2017.
Phillips said Gatland has been Wales boss "for quite a while".
He added: "I think it would be good for him to go away for a year, get a different perspective and have a degree of reflection and reinvention.
"I think we can turn it into a positive."
Wales are trailing New Zealand 2-0 in their current series under Gatland with the remaining Test to take place on Saturday, 25 June.
Wales, beaten 36-22 in Wellington, have adopted a more expansive approach as they try to evolve their game.
Wales have now lost 28 consecutive matches against the All Blacks, with their last win coming in 1953.
Former All Blacks scrum-half Justin Marshall has praised their style in the two defeats by the All Blacks as a "revelation".
But Gatland faced criticism over Wales' approach during the 2016 Six Nations.
Phillips added: "It is slightly ironic at the moment that when you read the press they are questioning whether Warren is the right guy for Wales, yet on the other side of the ledger some are suggesting he is a shoo-in for the Lions job.
"What I've learned over the last few weeks is that in New Zealand they hold Warren in massive regard.
"Warren has to get it [the Lions role] on merit.
"He has got to get it because he believes he can do it and so do the people who select him. It isn't just an automatic selection."
Phillips also confirmed Wales are set to play international A team fixtures next season for the first time since 2002.
The likes of Shane Williams and Tom Shanklin featured in a team coached by Mike Ruddock when the A side last played.
Wales withdrew from the 2003 A team Six Nations due to what were understood to be primarily cost reasons, and have not been seen since.
"We will reconstitute the Wales A team for next season," he said.
"We believe getting these fixtures up and running can help both ourselves and the [Welsh] regions by exposing the next group of players to a different, higher level of competition."
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First up, a creative wordsmith from Ghana. Rapper M.anifest uses his lyrics to challenge and delight.
He cut his musical teeth in Minnesota US, where he was a student but is now back in Ghana, which he finds "ridiculously" inspiring.
He raps in Twi, English and Pidjin about the country's monumental traffic jams, power cuts and the gap between rich and poor.
For this one-off performance for BBC Africa Beats, M.anifest does a medley of his hits Debi Debi and Someway Bi. He is backed by Kwame Yeboah, one of Ghana's most respected musicians.
With two studio albums to his credit, M.Anifest has already recorded with legends such as Damon Albarn (Gorillaz), Flea (Red Hot Chili Peppers), Afrobeat co-founder Tony Allen, Erykah Badu, and more.
Born Kwame Amet Tsikata, M.anifest belongs to an influential Ghanaian family. He is the grandson of JH Nketia, one of Africa's foremost ethnomusicologists.
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The house was left hanging from the edge of a 75ft cliff after it was damaged during the bad weather.
It is the second storm to cause severe damage in recent weeks.
Roddy Hickson, 72, and his wife Maureen, 68, had lived in the house for 20 years.
Speaking to the Wexford People newspaper, Mr Hickson said: "It's hard to believe that it has come to this. Twenty-eight inches of rain fell in the 31 days of January.
"The waves in the storm on January 25 and 26 threw stones up on our deck, but Imogen was the straw that broke the camel's back, and it took the whole bank away."
"It could go in half an hour's time or in 24 hours. It's a sorry situation.
"We're homeless at the moment, and we're staying with my son in his apartment in Dublin," said Mr Hickson.
It is understood that when the house was built, there was around a quarter of an acre of land between it and the coastline.
In recent years much of the coastline in the area has crumbled due to the impact of winter storms.
As a result several properties have already been lost.
The couple are pleading with members of the public to stay away from the site due to the potential danger.
Environment ministers from Britain's overseas territories say the government has cut funds and been distracted by Brexit.
They say there is huge confusion among government departments about responsibility for the territories.
The government calls the criticism unfair and points to its creation of large marine protection areas.
The UK holds jurisdiction over 19 British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies - parts of the British Empire that have not been granted independence or have voted to remain British territories.
Their lands hold an extraordinary wealth of rare species: 94% of the UK's endemic species - found nowhere else in the world - are in outposts of the former empire.
Among the endangered creatures are a giant frog called the Montserrat mountain chicken; the Spiky yellow woodlouse, existing only land the size of a tennis court on St Helena; and the Grand Cayman blue iguana.
Representatives of 14 of the territories - ranging from Bermuda to Pitcairn and Gibraltar - joined the meeting of the UK Overseas Territories Conservation Forum on the Channel island of Alderney.
The islands are highly vulnerable to climate change, but ministers complained that the government had almost halved Foreign Office spending on the climate.
They also said cuts had eroded the capacity of the experts in the Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC), who used to offer conservation advice.
The delegates in Alderney said other decisions on funding were going against them and that civil servants who had previously provided support are distracted by Brexit.
Confusion reigns over responsibility for supporting the islands, the ministers said.
The Foreign Office has the policy lead but it delegates biodiversity issues to the environment department, Defra.
The lead for the Crown Dependencies of the Isle of Man, Jersey and Guernsey (which includes Alderney) is with yet another department: the Ministry of Justice.
Claude Hogan from Montserrat said: "There is confusion in policy. We don't know the best person to approach and we end up going round in circles between different ministries.
"To protect the island and adapt to climate change we need to put in sea defences - but we only get enough money to go from one consultancy to the next."
The territories had previously received support for environment-focused programmes from the aid department DFID. But they said that ministers have now switched interest towards traditional job creation - even though the islanders said their economic future depends on a healthy environment.
Brexit is a major concern, as many of the territories have received substantial funding from the EU.
The minister from from Pitcairn, Michelle Christian, said: "We can apply for EU funding for environmental issues such as soil erosion, waste management and water, so we are concerned about the future."
Gibraltar's minister John Cortes, a professional ecologist, said he was nervous at the possibility of Spanish encroachment on protected marine zones after the UK has left the EU.
A Foreign Office spokeswoman said the government was already working to improve cross-departmental policies on the territories.
She pointed to the internationally-acclaimed programme of marine protection around some key territories. The zone around Pitcain, for instance, will protect an area of ocean three and a half times the size of Britain.
The spokeswoman added: "Climate change and energy work is a network-wide priority. The Foreign Office works closely in partnership with departments across Whitehall on the international climate change agenda."
The government's delegate had been forced to withdraw from the meeting in Alderney because of the election.
The meeting's organisers said the government had declined to foot the bill for the meeting, which was funded by Alderney in conjunction with voluntary groups.
They applauded the government's marine programme, but said many of the most critical environmental issues were on land.
Their best hope is that when Brexit is settled, the UK will devote more of its time and energy to them, rather than less.
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Phil Gormley has taken over from Sir Stephen House, who stood down as chief constable at the end of November after three years in the job.
Mr Gormley was previously the deputy director of the National Crime Agency.
He has also served as the chief constable of Norfolk Police.
And he was responsible for the merger of Special Branch and the Anti-Terrorist Branch to form the Counter-Terrorism Command while working as a commander with the Metropolitan Police.
Mr Gormley, who will receive a salary of about £212,000 a year, described his new job as the pinnacle of his policing career.
The new chief constable said: "It's an honour to have been selected to lead Police Scotland.
"I'm acutely aware of the significant responsibility and expectation that comes with role."
"This is one of the most demanding jobs in British policing and I feel immensely proud to have been chosen to lead the men and women of Police Scotland through the next stage of its journey."
He added: "There is no doubt we are in a challenging financial environment - despite the savings already made, it is my responsibility working with colleagues to deliver the best service possible with the available resources.
"This will require difficult decisions but I am determined that we will develop a service the public trust and have confidence in and which our officers and staff are proud to provide."
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Mr Gormley takes over in the wake of criticism of the force's policies on issues including stop-and-search and armed officers, as well as its handling of the M9 crash near Stirling in July that left two people dead after officers took three days to respond.
Police Scotland officers are also being investigated over Sheku Bayoh's death in custody in Kirkcaldy last May.
The Scottish Police Federation, which represents the vast majority of the force's officers, has warned Mr Gormley that he will be operating in a financial climate that has never been more difficult.
And it has said he will be facing a workforce that has recently reported "unprecedented high levels of dissatisfaction with the job".
Concerns have also been expressed about Mr Gormley, who faced competition for the top job from Police Scotland deputy chief constables Iain Livingstone and Neil Richardson, having spent his entire career in England.
But the Scottish Police Authority said it was confident it had appointed the best person for the job of "building on the progress that policing in Scotland has made, and to address the issues and challenges that the service faces".
And Justice Secretary Michael Matheson has said that Mr Gormley brings with him a "wealth of experience in policing communities across the UK, including an extensive background in counter-terrorism"
Scottish Liberal Democrat justice spokeswoman Alison McInnes said Mr Gormley must begin work immediately to address the challenges facing the force.
She said: "I have sought an early meeting with him to discuss how he plans to ensure officers and staff get the support they need to do their jobs well and enjoy them but the SPA and Scottish government must also ensure they provide the resources required.
"The public's faith in Police Scotland must be restored and steps taken right away to get the force back on track."
The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) will not allow the University Hospital of Wales (UHW) in Cardiff to operate the helicopter at night because of where the helipad is.
It comes as more landing sites have been identified to be used round-the-clock in Wales from April.
UHW said it was working with the CAA to upgrade the helipad.
Currently, only three hospital sites support 24-hour landings, Glan Clwyd Hospital, Bodelwyddan, and Bangor's Ysbyty Gwynedd as well as Morriston Hospital in Swansea.
A total of £180,000 is being spent to make more available for night landings.
In all, 27 further areas around Wales are being surveyed to act as rendezvous points for road vehicles.
The night-time landing sites will rely on rural volunteers or hospital response teams to deploy temporary landing lights and windsocks when alerted to the arrival of an aircraft.
From April, Wales Air Ambulance crews will be joined by consultant doctors who will give immediate treatment for trauma injuries, strokes and heart attacks.
Deputy Health Minister Vaughan Gething said the Emergency Medical Retrieval and Transfer Service Cymru (EMRTS Cymru) will benefit the critically ill.
Regarding UHW, a CAA spokesman said: "On reviewing the location of the helipad we were not satisfied that night operations could be carried out safely due to a number of obstructions in the area."
He replaces Honour Janza, who led the side at the Nations Cup finals in Equatorial Guinea this year.
The move comes just a day after Janza lead Chipolopolo to a 1-0 win over Ethiopia in an international friendly.
Lwandamina is the current coach of club side Zesco United, who lie second in the Zambian Super League.
Janza has been given a new role in charge of the Football Association of Zambia's (Faz) development programmes.
The football association is continuing its search for a permanent replacement for Janza and said in a statement: "Updates on the announcement of the new head trainer will be given over the coming weeks."
"FAZ wishes to thank Honour Janza for the work undertaken during his time as coach of the Chipolopolo.
"Janza remains a vital cog in the development initiatives the association continues to pursue in augmenting the development programmes that are taking our football forward and believe that his return to the Technical Department will reenergize the programmes that require his expertise and other stakeholders."
In March Janza told BBC sport that he felt "betrayed" by Faz who announced it wanted to employ a foreign coach, however the association refuted his concerns.
Sarah Cooke was principal of Foxhole Academy in Cornwall, where Peter Cooke worked as a handyman.
He was arrested after being caught by neighbours watching porn and masturbating in his garden.
Mrs Cooke resigned at the time of his arrest and said a "misapprehension" was to blame for any oversight.
As well as failing to tell her bosses about the police investigation, it is also alleged she failed to carry out proper background checks on both her and her husband.
The National College for Teaching and Leadership (NCTL) professional misconduct panel heard that she did not inform her superiors of possible safeguarding issues.
If proper checks were carried out, they would have flagged a caution Mr Cooke received in 2012 for stealing a bag of women's clothes from a leisure centre and later trying them on.
It was alleged there were "very serious failings" over "a significant period of time" by the head.
Concerns came to light when the school was taken over by The Learning Academy Trust (TLAT) and record-keeping scrutinised.
Mrs Cooke is facing six allegations of wrongdoing including allowing her husband to continue working at the school.
The panel was told that Mr Cooke was seen by neighbours, a teenage boy and the boy's mother, watching pornography on a tablet and masturbating in the garden.
He was given a three-month suspended sentence for outraging public decency.
Mrs Cooke told an earlier internal investigation she was "too ashamed" to tell anyone.
Opening the case, Tom Day said: "It's not clear if she knew the precise details, but one may think that in itself would raise safeguarding concerns."
Claire Ridehalgh, TLAT's chief operating officer, said Mrs Cooke "struggled with some procedural aspects of her role", describing her office as "very messy".
Mrs Cooke was not present for the hearing and faces a teaching ban if the allegations are proven.
The EU Commission sounded the alarm after the US House of Representatives voted in favour of the measures, despite opposition from Donald Trump.
The bill is likely to complicate the US president's hopes of improving relations with Russia.
It aims to punish Russia for alleged interference in the 2016 US election.
In a statement, the Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said: "The EU is fully committed to the Russia sanctions regime."
But he warned of "unintended unilateral effects that impact the EU's energy security interests".
Several European nations, including Germany, are angry because the new law could penalise companies working on pipelines from Russia, for example by limiting their access to US banks.
The legislation, which also includes sanctions against Iran and North Korea over ballistic missile tests, still needs to be passed through the US Senate before it can be sent on to the president to be signed.
It is unclear whether the president will veto it.
What concerns the White House is a measure that limits the president's traditional right to waive the sanctions, instead forcing him to consult Congress first, says the BBC's state department correspondent Barbara Plett-Usher.
The broad bipartisan support the legislation attracted in the House shows just how wary lawmakers are about Mr Trump's pro-Moscow approach, she adds.
Russia's relationship with the president has dogged his first six months in office, amid allegations Moscow interfered to help Mr Trump get elected.
The legislation, which passed by 419 to three, was described by House Speaker Paul Ryan as a sanctions package that "tightens the screws on our most dangerous adversaries in order to keep Americans safe".
The sanctions on Russia were drawn up in part to further punish its annexation of Crimea from Ukraine in 2014. If passed, they would:
The US already has a range of sanctions in place against Russian individuals and companies over Crimea. In December, following claims of election hacking, then-President Barack Obama expelled 35 diplomats and closed two Russian compounds in the US.
The EU says it is raising its concerns via diplomatic channels. But the Commission president says that if these are not taken into account sufficiently, "we stand ready to act appropriately within a matter of days".
"America first cannot mean that Europe's interests come last," Mr Juncker added. It is unclear what sort of action he is proposing.
A spokesman for the Germany foreign ministry also criticised the bill on Wednesday, saying US politicians were conducting industrial policy under the guise of sanctions, according to Reuters.
This version of the legislation still needs to be approved by the US Senate, but it is not yet clear when it will consider the bill.
If it passes through the Senate mostly intact, the bill would provide a headache for President Trump, who has signalled a more conciliatory approach towards Moscow.
If the two chambers pass similar but slightly different bills, a committee will draw up a compromise version for approval.
Once both House and Senate have approved a bill, it goes to the president to be signed into law.
The president could veto the bill, but in doing so would fuel suspicion that he is too supportive of the Kremlin, correspondents say.
The bill has widespread support from both major parties in both Houses - making a veto a potentially unpopular political move.
Additionally, a presidential veto can be ignored if two thirds of both the House and Senate vote to override the president.
White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders said President Trump is "going to study that legislation and see what the final product looks like."
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov regretted the US move.
"The news is very sad, in terms of US-Russia relations, and the perspective for their development. And also for international law, and international trade relations - according to what information we have on this bill.
"Our attitude will be formed after careful analysis, and the president will make his decision."
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov reacted more robustly, describing the vote as "a very serious step towards destroying the possibilities for normalising relations with Russia".
"What has happened goes beyond the realms of common sense," he said.
Russia had hoped that Donald Trump's election would produce a reset in relations, and that the economic sanctions imposed over its actions in Ukraine might even be lifted, reports the BBC's Sarah Rainsford in Moscow.
But Russian politicians argue that President Trump has been blocked in that - by a wave of "Russophobia" sweeping the US, our correspondent says.
The Kremlin continues to insist it did not interfere in the US elections.
The weapon was not detected during security screening and Noell Grant only realised she was carrying it as she changed planes in Taipei.
She informed the local authorities and she has been barred from leaving Taiwan until the matter is resolved.
US federal officials have admitted security procedures were not properly followed at LAX.
The authorities have "determined standard procedures were not followed and a police officer did in fact pass through the (airport) checkpoint with a firearm," said Nico Melendez of the US Transportation Security Administration.
"We'll hold those responsible appropriately accountable."
Officer Grant, 42, of the Santa Monica Police Department (SMPD) was carrying a personal firearm, not a service weapon, when she took the flight to Taiwan last week.
She was changing planes at Taoyuan international airport in Taipei, intending to travel on to Thailand for a family holiday, when she discovered the gun and six bullets in her hand luggage.
She is not under arrest in Taiwan, but she has been told to remain in the country.
It is unclear whether Officer Grant will face disciplinary charges on her return to the US, SMPD Lieutenant Saul Rodriguez told the AFP news agency.
Hamid Mir, a popular and sometimes controversial anchor for the country's leading news channel Geo TV, was shot and wounded on Saturday in Karachi.
Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) dismissed the accusation as baseless and misleading.
The defence department has urged the media regulator to suspend Geo TV.
Hamid Mir's statement was read out late on Thursday by his brother, Amir Mir, who previously went on Geo TV and directly accused the ISI of ordering the attack.
Although the news channel later appeared to distance itself from the accusations, this latest statement was given primetime prominence and will intensify the stand-off between the news channel and the military, the BBC's Kim Ghattas in Islamabad reports.
"I had been facing threats from both state and non-state actors, but some developments in the recent past convinced me to inform my colleagues about the elements who could most likely try to kill me," Hamid Mir's statement reads.
He goes on to describe an occasion where intelligence officials apparently visited his home to say his name was on a hit list.
"I told them [colleagues] that in the current situation I felt the most immediate threat from the ISI."
The statement claims the ISI was angry because of his coverage of the issue of Balochistan and his criticism of the spy agency.
"State agencies often use the name of non-state actors to threaten journalists so as to prevent them from speaking or writing the truth," the statement said.
The ISI angrily denounced the accusations when they were originally put forward by Mr Mir's brother, and the defence ministry says Geo brought the agency into disrepute.
Pakistan's media regulator is considering its request that Geo TV be suspended.
The defence department complaint accuses Geo of conducting "a vicious campaign, libellous and scandalous in nature... against a state institution tasked to work for the defence, sovereignty and integrity of Pakistan".
Geo was also criticised by rival TV channels and ex-military analysts for its coverage in the immediate aftermath of the attack.
Geo has not responded formally to the complaint, saying it only reported the Mir family's version of events and that rival channels have "wrongly attributed the allegations against ISI to Geo".
While the shooting was a violent reminder of the dangers Pakistani journalists face on a daily basis, the aftermath also highlighted problems with the standards of the country's media, correspondents say.
Hamid Mir, the first journalist to interview Osama bin Laden after 9/11, is one of Pakistan's best-known presenters and survived an attack by the Taliban in 2012.
In this latest incident he was hit six times in the abdomen and legs after his car was fired on by men on motorbikes as he was leaving Karachi airport.
It remains unclear who fired the shots and no group has said it carried out the attack.
Pakistan is one of the word's most dangerous countries for journalists.
The 42-year-old had turned down the opportunity to stay on at the club, after guiding the Dees to Premiership safety in his five-game interim spell.
Former Dundee player McCann had indicated he would revert to his previous role as a television pundit.
"I don't see it as a gamble, I see it as a wonderful opportunity," he told BBC Scotland of his decision.
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"I was asked the same question when I took the job for five games as rookie. I didn't see it as a gamble then for myself, I came in and I did the job.
"This is different now and I love hard work, it's going to be hard work and I'm prepared to meet it head-on."
McCann was appointed interim manager at Dens Park in April, winning two, drawing one, and losing two of his five post-split fixtures at the helm.
After ruling himself out of the running to take charge on a permanent basis, the club turned its attention to St Mirren manager Jack Ross, but McCann says he maintained dialogue with Dundee.
"I was fully aware of the media coverage of who was getting spoken about," he said. "I don't think Jack Ross was any surprise to me because he did a fantastic job to get St Mirren out of real trouble and he's very highly-regarded.
"But I'm pretty sure there would have been a rake of names and high-quality names looking for this job, because it's an attractive one.
"But I didn't get involved. I didn't speak to the chairman about the other candidates; I knew there would be strong possibilities there for the club to go down but they always made me feel that I was number one target and I was their choice - that sort of remained constant.
"So when I thought long and hard about it and had another conversation about taking this forward, I was met with an absolute vote of yes."
The former Dundee, Hearts and Rangers winger succeeded Paul Hartley at Dens Park, with the club languishing in second-bottom position in the Premiership after a run of seven straight defeats.
McCann, who has yet to decide who to appoint as his assistant, insists there is a vital summer of preparation and recruitment required to avoid similar troubles next season.
"I'm quite pleased with what I have at my disposal," he said. "Recruitment will be crucial.
"It's up to me to make lots of phone calls and the players I go for and target, I need to make them believe this is the place to play their football.
"I want to mould a side that is competitive and capable of winning games."
Almost 80 tech start-up companies have received £60m from Finance Wales in the past 10 years.
But Cardiff Start, a network with 2,500 members, said support was "often not fit for purpose".
The Welsh Government said it offered a range of "tailored initiatives".
A report by Tech Nation earlier this year said Wales had the fastest growing digital economy outside London.
Finance Wales, the Welsh Government's venture capital body, has awarded £20m entry investments to 78 companies, with a further £40m given as follow-on investment.
Individual funding can range from £1,000 to £5m, via avenues including its Technology Seed Fund and Wales Business Fund.
But Neil Cocker, Cardiff Start co-founder, has called for a greater awareness of how the digital industry operates.
He said tech start-ups usually operate by different economic models than more traditional businesses, and the usual approaches "simply aren't relevant or helpful".
"Most of our start-ups never fulfil their potential because of the lack of relevant funding and advice," he said.
"We sometimes even hear how the start-up founder feels they're actually further behind than if they'd spent the time without the support.
"It's important to note that this is not the fault of Wales or of Welsh Government - we don't have the right pool of experience on which to draw.
"But it does point to the fact that Welsh Government should listen more closely to those who are at the coalface, and help them gain access to the people who can really help them."
App developer Stephen Milburn, who helps head Cardiff Start, said tech start-ups were struggling to make their first million once they get off the ground.
He said the Welsh Government needed to take a long-term view when backing companies, because "the value and return ratio is different" compared to "bricks and mortar" businesses.
Both believe Wales could promote itself better to venture capitalists if it "brands" its success stories.
Mr Cocker added: "Scotland are very good at promoting their successes, and everyone in tech knows that Skyscanner and Rockstar Games, for example, are from Scotland. But outside of Wales it is little known that GoCompare was a Welsh start-up."
Steve Smith, Finance Wales' director for technology venture investments, said it had "a dedicated technology investment team who work with technology ventures at a range of growth stages".
"Our portfolio has a number of examples of companies that have progressed from a seed-funded start-up to multi-million pound investment round involving a syndicate of venture capitalists," he said.
He added that the range of funding and infrastructure "has helped tech starts in Wales flourish but also attracted companies and founders to relocate here from across the border".
Economy Secretary Ken Skates said the tech sector in Wales was growing 32% faster than the economy as a whole, and was worth more than £8.5bn to the Welsh economy, with about 3,500 businesses employing more than 40,000 people.
Mr Skates said the Welsh Government was "proactively supporting innovative businesses through tailored initiatives", such as its Digital Development Fund, and has "actively supported emerging workspaces" including Welsh ICE, TechHub Swansea and Tramshed Tech.
"We recognise that tech companies operate differently and can have different requirements for government support," he said.
"We remain committed to a programme of support that is focused on driving further growth in the sector and ensuring Welsh tech businesses are given every opportunity to thrive."
Low, 24, has five Scotland caps, but has only played three games for Glasgow since joining them in the summer.
The former England Under-20 international spent six years with London Irish before moving to the Scotstoun Stadium.
"He's an international quality lock who has plenty of Premiership experience," said Sarries boss Mark McCall.
"With a few injuries and the expectancy that we will lose a few second-row forwards during the Six Nations, we are very happy to be able to bring Kieran into the group."
The fishermen claimed treated discharge from a water treatment works had degraded the quality of Llyn Padarn at Llanberis.
They said the annual catch of Arctic charr there had dropped and the regulator had not protected them.
But Mr Justice Hickinbottom said there was no evidence of this.
He said since 2011, to overcome the problem of a lack of spawning grounds, the lake had been restocked with young fish.
"There is no evidence of a decline in the charr population in Llyn Padarn since 2007 and there is evidence the population of adult charr are now at a level higher than 2005 and increasing, which is at least suggestive that the water is not hostile to charr," the judge added.
The judicial review proceedings in Caernarfon had been brought by the Seiont, Gwyrfai, and Llyfni Anglers Society, represented by a body called Fish Legal - an umbrella organisation for fishing groups.
Lawyers challenged Natural Resources Wales's claim that no environmental damage, except an algal bloom six years ago, was caused from raw sewage and treated effluent discharged by Welsh Water.
Speaking after the case, Welsh Water said it had invested £3.6m at the works since 2010 to meet tighter standards set by NRW which helped make it Wales' first designated freshwater bathing lake.
Sian Williams, head of operations for NRW, added: "We have always tried hard to work in partnership with the angling club to address their concerns and will continue to do so."
Huw Hughes, secretary of the Seiont Gwyrfai and Llyfni Angling Society, said they were disappointed by the decision.
Devon and Cornwall Police received calls from Nigel McGuire's girlfriend that she was concerned about him.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) found that an inspector and a call handler had "cases to answer".
An inquest found that Mr McGuire's death was an accident, the IPCC said.
Mr McGuire's girlfriend first called police at 00:50 BST on 14 May 2013 and officers visited at 01:10 and spoke to him through his closed front door, after he refused to open it.
Officers then visited him at 09:00, 10:53 and 15:11 and on each occasion knocked on Mr McGuire's front door but they did not get a response. They also spoke to a neighbour, rang Mr McGuire and left messages on his mobile.
The IPCC said at 21:15 his girlfriend called police and told them he had said "he could not go on like this", which led to officers forcing entry into the property in Plymouth at 23:20 where Mr McGuire was found unconscious and later died in hospital.
Tom Milsom, IPCC associate commissioner, said: "The force held misconduct meetings for an inspector and member of control room staff and we recommended awareness should be raised within Devon and Cornwall Police about methadone poisoning and levels of dosages that give cause for concern."
Following misconduct meetings held by Devon & Cornwall Police a police inspector has received management advice and a police staff radio operator a written warning.
The force said that since his death, "significant changes" in the way it managed incidents involving vulnerable people had been introduced.
"We would like to offer our deepest sympathies to the friends and family of Nigel McGuire who have handled themselves with dignity throughout this difficult process."
At least 100 people were injured and an unknown number are trapped in rubble at the base of the 54-storey tower. The search for survivors continues.
The cause of the blast is under investigation, Pemex says.
Last September, 30 people died in an explosion at a Pemex gas plant in northern Mexico.
Thursday's explosion in the lower floors of the building happened as shifts were changing in the afternoon, making the area particularly crowded.
Television pictures showed debris from the blast spread out on to the street in front of the building, and Red Cross ambulances on the scene attending to the injured.
Hundreds of rescuers helped by dogs are searching the building for around 30 people thought to be trapped inside.
Police have cordoned off the streets around the building, which is located in a busy commercial area of Mexico City.
Pemex says its operations will continue to run normally - and commercial and financial obligations will continue to be met - despite the blast.
The company's chief executive, Emilio Lozoya Austin, cut short a business trip to Asia and was on his way back to Mexico, a Pemex statement said.
Relatives of employees have gathered outside the building in search of information about their loved ones, local media report. Some are said to have tried to reach employees on their mobile phones but have had no reply.
"The place shook, we lost power and suddenly there was debris everywhere. Colleagues were helping us out of the building," eyewitness Cristian Obele said.
"We were talking and all of sudden we heard an explosion with white smoke and glass falling from the windows," another witness said.
"People started running from the building covered in dust. A lot of pieces were flying."
By Will GrantBBC News, Mexico City
The Pemex building in the north of Mexico City is surrounded by large numbers of federal police and paramedics. Sniffer dogs are being used to look for people trapped under the rubble.
Mexico City is used to earthquakes, and the emergency services seem well prepared for this type of disaster.
The skyscraper withstood the blast too, with most of the damage confined to the ground and first floors. But night has set in now in the Mexican capital, further complicating the search.
Some family members of missing workers are gathered outside the Pemex building for news of their loved ones, while others have travelled directly to the hospitals.
The authorities and paramedic teams are releasing information at regular intervals but the exact cause of the blast may still take some time to be confirmed. This is now by far the worst explosion in Mexico City for almost 30 years.
Images of the blast posted on Twitter revealed large clouds of smoke billowing from the building. TV footage showed people being transported from the scene by helicopters.
President Enrique Pena Nieto and Mexico City Mayor Miguel Angel Mancera headed to the scene of the blast.
Mr Pena said Pemex rescue and security teams were working alongside city authorities to help the injured.
"I am deeply sorry for the deaths of our fellow workers at Pemex. My condolences to their relatives," Mr Pena said on Twitter.
"At the moment, the priority is to help the injured and protect the physical safety of those who work there."
The president said he has ordered an investigation into the causes of the blast.
Earlier on Thursday, Pemex had reported problems with the electricity in the building in a message on Twitter.
It later confirmed that an explosion had taken place "in the B2 building of the administrative centre".
Plaster had fallen from the ceiling of the basement and the situation was "delicate", a spokesman for local emergency services was quoted by the Reuters news agency as saying.
Pemex has experienced a number of fatal accidents in recent years.
Last September's deadly blast at a gas plant near the northern town of Reynosa is thought to have been caused by a build-up of gas.
Eastwood stopped an Aleksandar Mitrovic spot-kick in Oxford's impressive 3-0 fourth round win with the game at 1-0.
"He (the analyst) told me after the game that Mitrovic had gone the other way with his two previous penalties," Eastwood told BBC Radio Oxford.
"If he'd told me that before, I'd have definitely dived the wrong way."
Former Blackburn goalkeeper Eastwood put in a man of the match performance as League One club Oxford outfought their Championship opponents.
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He denied striker Mitrovic with two smart one-on-one saves in the first half before diving low to his right to thwart the Serbia international from the spot.
"Sometimes it's just about trusting your instincts with a penalty," Eastwood added, after Oxford progressed to the last 16 for the first time since 1994.
But manager Michael Appleton, who has signed Eastwood three times in his career, chose to take some of the credit for the penalty save himself.
"I keep telling him in training to stand still and just wait for the player to actually kick it and place it," he said.
"I'm a believer that if you go once it's been hit and it's not within a couple of inches of the post, you can get there."
A vote of the executive committee, meeting in the Ethiopian capital, awarded Cameroon the 2019 finals and Ivory Coast will stage the 2021 edition.
In an unscheduled announcement Caf also decided to hand Guinea the right to host the 2023 finals.
Algeria and Zambia lost out in the bidding process.
The Democratic Republic of Congo had withdrawn from the race two months ago.
Cameroon, who will stage the tournament in 2019 previously staged the Nations Cup in 1972. Cameroon's bid was centred around four venues in Bafoussam, Douala, Garoua and Yaounde.
Ivory Coast, awarded the 2021 edition, are also former hosts, having staged the Cup of Nations in 1984. The Ivorians plan to use five cities - Abidjan, Bouake, Korhogo, San Pedro and the capital Yamoussoukro.
The 2023 hosts were not expected to be named at the executive committee meeting.
A Caf spokesperson later told the BBC that, on the basis of Guinea's presentation "and commitment", the committee "decided to exercise its power to make an immediate decision."
Guinea have never hosted the competition which was first staged 57 years ago in the Sudanese capital Khartoum. Guinea's bid promised to use Conakry, Kankan, Labe and Nzerekore as venues. Ironically the country is currently banned from hosting any international football by Caf because of the Ebola virus outbreak.
The two nations who miss out are Zambia and Algeria.
Zambia's bid-package for the tournament in five years' time included matches played against a backdrop of the spectacular Victoria Falls.
They were awarded the 1988 tournament only to be replaced by Morocco because they lacked the required funds.
The Algerian bid had seemed among the strongest, but their cause would not have been helped by the death of Cameroonian striker Albert Ebosse after a match in the north African state.
Ebosse died last month having being struck by a piece of slate allegedly thrown by a supporter of the club he played for, former African champions JS Kabylie.
Each country made a 30-minute, eve-of-vote presentation and the executive committee also had a report on each candidate to help them decide.
A five-man inspection team led by senior executive committee member Amadou Diakite from Mali spent several days in each of the five countries this year.
Among the facilities under the Caf microscope were stadiums, training grounds, hotels, hospitals and media centres, plus road, rail and air links.
The Nations Cup has been spread around the continent recently with southern, central, western and northern countries among the previous five hosts.
Ethiopia were the last east African hosts in 1976 with cash-strapped Kenya withdrawing as 1996 hosts and South Africa taking over.
Kenya, Algeria, Ethiopia, Ghana, Mali and Zimbabwe are reportedly interested in replacing strife-torn Libya as the 2017 hosts ahead of a September 30 deadline for bids.
The 2017 Cup of Nations hosts will be named next year.
It follows an effort to get people not covered by existing commercial networks access to internet speeds greater than 24mbps (megabits per second).
The UK-wide scheme has passed three million homes and businesses at a rate of 40,000 per week.
Wales Office Minister Alun Cairns said: "The UK government will continue to do all it can to support the rollout."
Lynette White was stabbed more than 50 times in 1988 in the Cardiff docklands flat where she worked.
The quashed convictions later led to the £30m corruption case in 2011.
The Home Office said it would make an announcement shortly.
Lynette, 20, was murdered on St Valentine's Day 1988 at the flat in Butetown, where she took clients.
Tony Paris, Yusef Abdullahi and Stephen Miller - who became known as the Cardiff Three - were wrongly jailed for life in 1990 for the murder and freed in 1992 after their convictions were quashed.
In 2003 new DNA technology led South Wales Police to Ms White's real killer - Jeffrey Gafoor. He confessed to stabbing her in a row over £30.
Twelve former South Wales Police officers were charged with perverting the course of justice - but the trial of eight of them collapsed in 2011.
Matthew Gold, who acts for Stephen Miller, said the investigation would examine how the process of ensuring the defence had all the relevant evidence failed.
The system - known as disclosure - is supposed to mean both sides in a case share all their relevant documents.
"This investigation is not a reopening of the case against the (police) officers," insisted Mr Gold.
"It will address the systems employed by the prosecution to make sure disclosure worked, which in this case it did not, and also the role of individual disclosure officers."
Mr Gold said he had been informed that the investigation will start on 2 March, led by Richard Horwell QC.
Edinburgh Castle drew most visitors, with 1,568,508 people passing through.
The National Museum of Scotland in the capital was the top free attraction, with 1,567,310 visitors.
The others were Glasgow's Riverside Museum and Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, the Scottish National Gallery and St Giles' Cathedral in Edinburgh, and Loch Lomond Shores in Balloch.
The study by Glasgow Caledonian University's Moffat Centre found visits to the top 10 attractions increased by 5% in 2015, despite a strong year in 2014 when Scotland hosted events such as the Commonwealth Games and the Ryder Cup.
The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, the Famous Blacksmiths Shop in Gretna Green, the Helix park in Falkirk and the Falkirk Wheel were also in the top 10 free attractions. They all welcomed more than 600,000 people.
Top paid-for sites included Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh Zoo, Edinburgh Bus Tours, Stirling Castle, Glasgow Science Centre and Urquhart Castle in Drumnadrochit.
The Royal Yacht Britannia and the Scotch Whisky Experience, both in Edinburgh, the Scottish Seabird Centre in North Berwick and Culzean Castle and Country Park in Ayrshire completed the top 10 paid-for list.
Prof John Lennon, director of the Moffat Centre, said: "Scotland is clearly punching above its weight in visitor attraction performance.
"It is a testament to the range and appeal of Scotland's paid and unpaid offer that we continue to attract international and domestic tourists as well as local visitors to our visitor attractions."
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The Magpies had a five-point lead at the top of the Championship in November, but are now second and have lost four of their last eight matches.
Benitez told BBC Newcastle: "I don't think we need to rectify anything, we need to try and do the same things.
"We will encourage the players to play with the same confidence, intensity, ability and same spirit."
Newcastle have lost two of their last three games to Sheffield Wednesday and Blackburn Rovers, with victory over 10-man Nottingham Forest sandwiched in between.
And Benitez says the club are hoping to make use of the transfer window in the coming weeks.
"We know the areas we want to improve and we will try to find something if possible," added Benitez.
"January is not an easy market, but we are working to see if we can find something which is better."
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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.
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Long a staple in the UK where there are now 70 stores, the designs have been growing in popularity around the world.
There are more than 130 stores outside of the UK, in diverse locations from Spain to China and Thailand.
Last month the brand announced the first stores in India will open for business this Autumn.
And next on the list is Latin America. The firm has hired Michael Engelhaupt from Under Armour International, the American sports clothing and accessories company, to drive the expansion forward.
Mr Engelhaupt was head of franchise international and has previously worked for sports brand Adidas.
The company says strong online orders sparked the move into Latin America.
"Over time we expect to expand across the region but initially we will be focused on Mexico and Chile because of the inward interest in Cath Kidston coming from those two markets," says chief executive Kenny Wilson.
"Michael will be talking to potential franchise partners and, as we have done in other markets, we are looking to do a combination of standalone stores and concessions.
"We did research as we do before deciding to go into any new market and this said that there was a market in Latin America and interest for fun, cheerful, British products like Cath Kidston. We are very confident in the consumer appeal in Latin America for our products," he adds.
Cath Kidston has seen notable overseas growth. Its 2015 full year results showed overall group sales increased by 2.4% to £118.5m, but international retail sales surged by 20.2% hitting £55.3m.
The company is expanding rapidly. Four new stores opened in the UK last year, one in China and 40 franchise stores, including its first Middle East stores.
Franchising has proven a successful tool, particularly so in Japan where double digit sales growth over several years led the company to decide in July 2015 to purchase the Japanese Cath Kidston franchise business of 27 shops back from TSI Holdings subsidiary Sanei International.
The agreement brought the stores under the control of the wholly owned subsidiary, Cath Kidston Japan.
"Japan is our biggest international market and a key part of our strategy to globalise the brand," said Mr Wilson at the time.
The brand's continued success comes in spite of the departure of founder Cath Kidston in November 2014, who retains an 11% stake.
Ms Kidston has credited her country childhood - she grew up in Hampshire - as the inspiration for her English heritage-inspired brand.
She has however admitted that the floral and polka dot patterns are not to everyone's taste, telling Radio 4's Desert Island Discs in 2011: "People either love it and want a little bit of it very much, or want to stab us."
Katrina Rattu, an analyst at Verdict Retail expects the company to continue to flourish.
"Its product offering translates well into diverse markets owing to its strong visual brand identity. Their expansion is based in emerging markets with a growing middle class with a higher disposable income. They are increasingly looking to buy into aspirational brands such as Cath Kidston with strong British values."
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Maxim Senakh was sentenced in Minnesota for running the Ebury botnet that was used to steal login names and passwords from computers running Linux.
He was arrested in Finland in 2015 and extradited to the US to face computer fraud and abuse charges.
Senakh is believed to have infected thousands of computers that were used in a variety of scams.
"As society becomes more reliant on computers, cybercriminals like Senakh pose a serious threat," said acting US attorney Gregory Brooker in a statement.
The US Department of Justice indictment against him says the computers he and his accomplices hijacked were used to "generate and redirect" net traffic to help with click fraud schemes. These use bogus clicks on web ads to generate cash.
The computers taken over by Senakh were also used to generate and distribute junk email or spam. Running the spam and click fraud scams netted Senakh and others millions of dollars, said the DoJ.
Senakh pleaded guilty at a hearing in March to being part of the gang that ran the Ebury botnet. The court case was heard in Minnesota because some of the computers hijacked to form the botnet were located in the state.
Senakh will be deported from the US after he has served his sentence.
Russian authorities condemned Senakh's arrest and extradition when he was first detained in mid-2016, saying it was part of a "systematic witch-hunt" against its citizens.
As oil prices have collapsed, it's become clear that Norway has caught what used to be called the Dutch disease - an overreliance on one industry, in this case the oil and gas sector.
With its upmarket waterfront restaurants and the Barcode office blocks, the Sorenga dockside development serves as a poignant reminder of how prosperous Norway had become while the going was still good.
"Where once there was a container port, there is now housing," says Vibecke Lyse Augdal, managing director of property rentals company Utleiemegleren, as she takes in the view from a luxury flat at this natural extension to the east of Oslo's Fjord City development.
"We're just a few yards from the central station and the opera quarter, and soon we'll have the Munch museum and the Oslo public library here too."
As the Norwegian economy bounced back following the 2008 financial crisis, the Norwegian people enjoyed enviable prosperity.
Hence, at a time when much of the rest of the world was undergoing a prolonged period of painful economic austerity, Norway had money to burn on prestigious waterfront developments such as Sorenga.
Buoyed by its all-important oil and gas sector, Norway seemed invincible during the boom years, as Brent crude oil prices surged from less than $40 a barrel in late 2008 to a peak of more than $120 in early 2011.
In the years that followed, Brent continued to trade between $100 and $120 a barrel, and Norway was repeatedly crowned as the world's most prosperous nation by the Prosperity Index.
Then, as oil prices started to fall in 2013, it became apparent that beyond the glitz, the Norwegian economy had become incredibly unbalanced.
"The oil and gas industry became too strong in our economy, especially during the last four or five years, reflects Prime Minister Erna Solberg in an interview with the BBC News website.
"Most of the growth came from that sector, and our strong currency left some of our traditional industries behind."
In the last couple of years, the price of oil has tumbled to around $30. During this period, the Norwegian energy giant Statoil, along with others in the industry, has axed thousands of jobs and scaled back contracts with suppliers.
In 2015 Statoil's earnings plunged, and it recorded a net loss of 37bn kroner ($4.3bn; £2.98bn).
The pain has spread. Economic growth has slowed dramatically, and this "has led to an increase in the rate of unemployment, which went above 4% of the labour force in early 2015", according to a recent OECD report.
Investment levels throughout the economy have fallen too, by about a third since oil prices collapsed.
"This will be a long-term situation", laments Mrs Solberg. "We will not go back to the high investment level that we had three to four years ago."
Some regions, especially Stavanger where Statoil is based, have been hit harder than others, such as Oslo.
But even here, there is a growing realisation that the prosperity enjoyed in recent years may have been temporary.
Three years ago, the Norwegian krone peaked at a 13-year high against key currencies, as the strong oil-fuelled economy provided a safe port for investors fleeing an international economic storm.
It made many Norwegians feel very wealthy indeed. Both holidays abroad and imported consumer goods seemed cheap, especially for the many dual-income households in this egalitarian nation, where salaries rose at a rate of 3-4% per year to reach an average of $33,492 in 2014, well above the OECD average of $25,492.
Both consumer spending and lending exploded during the boom years. House prices rose by about a third during the last six years.
Household debts have reached more than 200% of annual disposable income, making the Norwegians one of the most indebted people in Europe.
Much of this was fuelled by favourable tax rules for mortgages and historically low interest rates. But with most mortgages being floating rate, that could have a "significant macroeconomic" impact once interest rates start rising, the OECD has warned.
The recent reversal in the Norwegian people's fortunes has already resulted in consumer sentiment weakening. House prices have all but stalled.
As yet there is little evidence of this in Oslo. House prices are holding up, as mortgage payments remain affordable thanks to historically low interest rates.
And on the High Street, most people are still spending - even those who have lost their jobs remain solvent thanks to generous benefits, and spending by the wealthy remains strong.
"Demand remains strong, so we haven't seen an impact yet," says one of the partners in an upmarket clothing and accessories shop. "It's worse on the purchasing side, as everything's become much more expensive because of the weak krone."
Ordinary people are also responding to a fall in the mighty krone to levels not seen in four decades, by taking holidays at home rather than going abroad.
Nevertheless, it is clear that Norway can no longer rely on oil to fuel growth in its economy.
"None of us can be sure where the oil price will go," Mrs Solberg says.
"The Norwegian economy has to diversify."
At last month's Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise conference in Oslo, participants were left in no doubt about the seriousness of the situation.
The confederation's director general, Kristin Skogen Lund, broke with tradition and invited the leader of the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions, Gerd Kristiansen, to join her on stage.
"We have the highest unemployment levels since 1995, and many of those out of work are young," observed Mrs Skogen Lund.
"We agree that we must face the challenges together," Mr Kristiansen said.
The government and the central bank are also doing their bit to prevent a hard landing for the Norwegian economy.
Norges Bank reduced its key interest rate three times last year to just 0.75%, with further cuts on the horizon, and the government raided the country's seven trillion kroner ($820bn; £560bn) oil fund to pump cash into the economy.
"With growing unemployment, we need to use stimulus from the oil fund," Norway's prime minister tells the BBC, justifying the decision to fund investment and tax cuts by taking more money from the oil fund than it will put in from oil revenues, for the first time since the sovereign wealth fund's birth in 1998.
With business and labour on side, and Norges Bank committed to low interest rates, the government is orchestrating a transformation of the economy.
"Through the oil and gas sector, we have built a large services sector that can be used to support other sectors in the future," Mrs Solberg says,
She predicts growth in the aluminium industry, the healthcare sector and, not least, in fish farming and fisheries, at a time when a 4.5kg salmon, once packaged and processed, is worth more than a barrel of oil.
"In the long-term, Norway will have an economy that is more diversified, and that is greener," she says.
Nearly 500,000 illegal cigarettes were also confiscated during Operation Fetch.
The goods were found by tobacco detection dogs working with trading standards officers from across Wales.
Health Minister Mark Drakeford said the clampdown on illegal trading would help safeguard public health.
The Welsh Government said smoking was the biggest single case of early death in Wales, with almost 6,000 deaths annually, and the sale of illegal tobacco undermined work to reduce smoking rates.
It added it also compromised current tobacco control measures such as age-of-sale legislation, labelling and the ban on having tobacco on display in shops.
Mr Drakeford said: "I am very concerned about illegal tobacco because its affordability and availability threatens the health of children, making it so much easier for them to access tobacco. It also eliminates the price incentive for smokers to quit the habit.
"This is not a Robin Hood crime. It is criminality which deprives the public of vital revenue which is used to fund essential public and health services, including tackling the damaging impacts of tobacco itself but its effects extend far beyond that."
Matthew Cridland, chairman of the Wales heads of trading standards, said figures showed 15% of tobacco used in Wales was illegal - the equivalent of one million cigarettes being smoked a day.
"We want to work with all tobacco control partners to address not only supply but also demand for illegal tobacco and trading standards will continue to vigorously pursue all those who distribute and supply this product," he added.
The tribute, to be led by writer and broadcaster Charlie Brooker, will include a short film highlighting some of the 75-year-old's best-known work.
James received a Bafta Special Award earlier this year.
In 2010 he was diagnosed with terminal leukaemia. Amanda Berry, Bafta chief executive, called him an "incredible talent".
James, she added, was "a great influence on many working in television today" and "a warm, witty and knowledgeable presenter whose programmes [have] left a vivid impression on so many viewers, myself included."
Born in Sydney, Australia, James was educated at Sydney University and Cambridge, where he was president of the Footlights dramatics club.
He began his career as a journalist with The Observer in 1972 and went on present countless television series and specials.
He wrote his first autobiography in 1979 and followed it with more essays, books and, more recently, poetry.
Last year the terminally ill author admitted he he had "started saying goodbye" through his work.
He wrote of having "lungs of dust" in the poem Sentenced to Life.
"Inevitably, you start saying goodbye," he told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.
In 2014 he was awarded the President's Medal of the British Academy.
The British Academy Television Awards will be hosted by Graham Norton at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in London.
The event will also see producer and writer Jeff Pope receive a special award and Channel 4 News journalist Jon Snow receive a Bafta Fellowship.
The ceremony will be broadcast on BBC One and BBC One HD from 20:00 BST.
A survey by Deloitte found that 27% of 119 finance directors whom the accountancy firm questioned in the fourth quarter were more optimistic, helped by better GDP growth.
That compares to 16% in the third quarter.
However, two-thirds of them are still worried about the impact of Brexit.
"Ahead of the referendum Brexit was seen by chief financial officers [CFOs] as the most significant risk facing their business," said the report by Deloitte.
"In the wake of the vote, in late June, optimism dropped to the lowest level since the global financial crisis. CFOs battened down the hatches, pulling back on investment and spending. Since then the UK has proved more resilient than expected and talk of the UK falling into recession has abated".
Despite the rebound in business confidence, most finance bosses expect more economic and financial uncertainty following Brexit.
Nearly half of those surveyed plan to cut spending and take defensive measures to protect their balance sheets and build up cash over the next year.
About 48% also expect hiring and mergers and acquisition activity to slow down.
South Wales Police are investigating how a silver Ford Ka collided with a tree on Neath Road, Tonna, at about 03:30 GMT on Tuesday.
A 20-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of causing serious injury by dangerous driving.
A girl, 15, is in a serious but stable condition and a man, 21, has non life-threatening injuries.
A 20-year-old man and 17-year-old girl, were discharged from hospital on Tuesday.
Police want to hear from anyone who witnessed the collision or saw the car in the area before the crash.
He said US investigations should not operate on the basis of "innuendo" or "incomplete information".
The FBI is now investigating new emails that may be linked to its probe into Mrs Clinton's private email server.
Mr Comey has faced a fierce backlash for announcing the move just 11 days before the presidential election.
Mr Obama's remarks are his first public comments since Mr Comey's announcement on Friday that the FBI had discovered a new batch of emails that may or may not be relevant to an earlier, closed investigation into Democratic presidential candidate Mrs Clinton's handling of classified information.
"I've made a very deliberate effort to make sure that I don't look like I'm meddling," Mr Obama said in an interview with website NowThisNew.
But he added: "I do think that there is a norm that when there are investigations we don't operate on innuendo, we don't operate on incomplete information, we don't operate on leaks. We operate based on concrete decisions that are made.
"When this was investigated thoroughly the last time, the conclusion of the FBI, the conclusion of the justice department, the conclusion of repeated congressional investigations was that she had made some mistakes but that there wasn't anything there that was prosecutable."
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Later on Wednesday, at a rally in North Carolina, President Obama urged Democrats of all ethnic backgrounds to get out and vote for Mrs Clinton.
He said her Republican opponent Donald Trump was a threat to hard-earned civil rights, the country and the world.
"The fate of the Republic rests on your shoulders," President Obama told the rally.
"The fate of the world is teetering and you, North Carolina, are going to have to make sure that we push it in the right direction.
"I am not on the ballot, but I tell you what - fairness is on the ballot; decency is on the ballot; justice is on the ballot; progress is on the ballot; our democracy is on the ballot."
It emerged in March 2015 that Mrs Clinton had been breaking federal rules by operating a private email server while she was secretary of state from 2009-13.
Her lawyers combed through the server and provided the state department with 30,000 work-related emails, but her campaign deleted another 33,000 messages, saying they were personal in nature.
Mr Comey concluded in July that Mrs Clinton had been "extremely careless" in handling classified information, but there were no grounds for any charges.
The latest emails were found in a separate investigation into allegations that former congressman Anthony Weiner sent illicit text messages to a 15-year-old girl in North Carolina. Mr Weiner is married to one of Mrs Clinton's closest aides, Huma Abedin.
The FBI has reportedly obtained a warrant to search the cache of emails belonging to Ms Abedin, which are believed to have been found on her estranged husband's laptop.
There are reportedly 650,000 emails to search through on the laptop, but it is unclear who sent or received the emails or what they were about.
Mr Comey and Attorney General Loretta Lynch have said they are working quickly to sift through the newly discovered emails.
Democrats have angrily demanded that the embattled Mr Comey rapidly make public what the agency knows about the new email trove.
On Sunday, the Democratic leader in the US Senate Harry Reid accused Mr Comey of violating an act which bars officials from influencing an election by revealing the bureau was investigating emails possibly linked to Mrs Clinton.
The visitors had the best chance of the first half as Ajay Leitch-Smith's drilled shot cannoned off the post.
Sam Foley should have given Vale the lead but he ballooned his shot over the bar from close range.
With the game seemingly heading for a draw, Maddison danced his way past two Vale defenders before unleashing a shot into the net to seal the win.
Coventry remain unbeaten at home in League One this season.
Sky Blues manager Tony Mowbray told BBC Coventry & Warwickshire:
"For the group it was a very important win. I think they knew how important it was, but they started the game like we'd all had too much turkey yesterday.
"It wasn't just me - there was a discussion at half-time to get us going, and the second half was a lot better.
"The points are important. The days when you don't play so well but get the points are always huge. On the second-half display, we deserved to take the three points."
The union that represents some of the 483 hospitality workers in the store had complained they were not getting their fair share of the service charge.
The United Voices of the World (UVW) union complained that Harrods was keeping 75% of the cash left by diners.
That left staff in Harrods restaurants getting just 25% of each tip.
Harrods did not confirm that was the case, but said it would be improving the current distribution system, known as a tronc.
However the UVW union, which represents around a thousand low-paid migrant workers in the UK, said the store's promise of improvement was too slow.
"The staff want transparency over the distribution of the service charge," said the UVW's general secretary, Petros Elia.
"They do not know how much Harrods are retaining for themselves."
He said the union was considering a ballot for industrial action, if there was no immediate improvement.
"It's on the table as a possibility," he told the BBC.
Harrods said the employees would be given details of the new system, as soon as a review was complete.
There is currently no law requiring restaurants to hand over all the tips to their staff.
However the Business Secretary, Sajid Javid, has said that gratuities should go to the people they were intended for. In May 2016 the government highlighted a range of options to improve the tipping system, including the idea of legislation.
Industry guidelines suggest restaurants can keep a proportion of tips, to cover their costs. If they retain any more than that, customers should be clearly informed, according to the British Hospitality Association's code of practice.
The Russian, who started the day six shots off the lead, found the water six times on the par-five first hole at the Diamond Country Club in Atzenbrugg.
Englishman Chris Gane also managed 17 on one hole at Gleneagles in 2003.
Philippe Porquier heads the European list with 20 at the 1978 French Open.
However, the Frenchman will have to doff his hat in the direction of American Ray Ainsley and the "Silver Scot" Tommy Armour, who both took 23 shots on a single hole on the American tour circuit.
Armour, who won three majors, managed the unwanted feat at the 1927 Shawnee Open, while Ainsley suffered his nightmare at the 1938 US Open.
Pavlov completed the front nine in 53, 17-over, after adding three bogeys and a double bogey to his card.
Two birdies helped restrict the damage on the back nine to 37 and an eventual completed round of 90, 18-over-par.
He was not alone in struggling - Austrian Benjamin Weilguni shot 89 after taking nine on the first.
Ukraine plans to join an EU free trade zone from that date.
Mr Putin cited "extraordinary circumstances affecting the interests and economic security" of Russia.
Tensions between the countries have been high since Russia annexed Ukraine's Crimean peninsula last year.
Kiev and the West have also accused Russia of aiding pro-Moscow separatists in the east of the country.
The decree will annul a Russian deal with Ukraine dating back to 2011, according to the Russian Interfax news agency.
Russia says the Ukraine-EU deal could lead to European imports coming across its own borders.
Ukraine expects some economic damage as a result of the decree, said President Petro Poroshenko.
"Ukraine is aware of these restrictions and the expected damage to the Ukrainian economy. But we are ready to pay this price for our freedom and our European choice." he said.
Meanwhile, the Ukrainian government has said it will ban trade with Crimea in 30 days' time.
But Russian economy minister Alexey Ulyukaev told the BBC that Russia was still open to negotiation with both Ukraine and the European Union.
"Negotiations will take place, of course," Mr Ulyukaev said, adding that Russia hadn't "closed the door" on a deal if there is "good will" among the participants.
He said Russia had proposed "a three-way system of information exchange" in Ukraine, allowing the origin of products to be tracked.
That proposal was still on the table, he said, but after 1 January there would be "a different economic reality".
Former Cardiff councillor Mohammed Sarul Islam believes changing the name would act as a memorial.
But Debra Barber said being known as Cardiff Airport meant airline customers could instantly identify its location.
She said changing the name would ultimately be up to the Welsh Government, as owners of the airport.
Mr Islam had proposed the name change in a petition, which gathered 16 signatures, to the assembly.
Advising against the idea in a letter to the assembly's petitions committee, Ms Barber said an important part of the airport's business is "marketing Wales and our capital city, Cardiff... to airline customers".
"Being known as Cardiff Airport enables us to get the Cardiff and Wales message out into the market clearly and our customers are able to instantly identify the location of the airport and the connection to the capital city and the country as a whole," she wrote.
"We would therefore not support the petition and would recommend that the name Cardiff Airport is retained."
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The bear at Yellowstone National Park strolled right up to their car and jumped on to the front, before walking round it.
The family recorded the bear for a few minutes before it got bored and wandered off.
Boats appeared to fly metres above the water of San Francisco harbour, thanks to hydrofoils which raised hulls out of the water.
Clever computer graphics showed those unfamiliar with racing exactly what was going on.
And in a dramatic final Oracle Team USA overhauled an 8-1 deficit, helped by British Olympian Sir Ben Ainslie.
After that success, Ainslie declared his intention to win the competition with a British team, and has just launched his bid to enter the next America's Cup.
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Despite the excitement surrounding the 2013 competition though, the organisers generated little money from TV coverage.
Now Sir Russell Coutts, chief executive of Oracle Team USA, is determined to change that.
He has crafted the set of rules, known as the protocol, which will govern the 35th America's Cup that will conclude with the finals in 2017.
He is determined the competition will be a commercial as well as visual success.
"Clearly all the broadcasters last time saw the potential of the America's Cup. We currently have a lot more commercial interest this time, in comparison to last time," he says.
While last year's final was seen as a breakthrough for the event - with racing brought closer to the shore ushering in a new era of TV production, including on-screen graphics to help simplify the sport - the competition has been overhauled again, to make it more attractive to broadcasters and sponsors.
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Timing is one important area.
The 2013 final was held in September when US sports fans and advertisers were focused on the beginning of the NFL (American football) season.
Coutts describes that timing as "crazy" and, after talks with broadcasters, decided that June would be a good time to stage the final.
He says the whole event will probably end around the 4 July holiday weekend in the US.
Qualifying races have also been shortened and reorganised.
"In the past we've run a lot of races when they just haven't made commercial sense and so you've got all that cost and you're not really getting a return," he says.
The opening round, which starts next year, will feature a number of teams, to be whittled down to four. These four will then go on to another series of races to decide which one gets to challenge the existing champions, Oracle Team USA.
The format has also been designed to make the racing more affordable for the teams. The boats are smaller, so need fewer crew members, and have been simplified to reduce design and production costs.
Broadcasters and sponsors, of course, want excitement.
To deliver that Coutts, who is from New Zealand, is keen to raise the level of the teams entering the next series.
"That was one of the things that didn't go right last time, we didn't have enough strong teams in the competition," he says.
Making the overall cost of entering less expensive is one way of helping teams. But there is also a stiff entry fee this time - under the new rules entrants will have to pay $3m (£1.8m).
The idea is to attract teams that have their finances in place and can afford to race through the entire competition.
"We are not going to have dozens of teams entering. But I think if we get six or more strong teams in the competition - you know, really competitive teams - I think that's going to be really good for the event," Coutts says.
Coutts thinks his team will be very competitive and hopes to attract more entrants of that kind of calibre.
There is still a lot to be decided, not least where the final will be held.
San Francisco, San Diego, Chicago and Bermuda have been shortlisted for the finals in 2017.
As well as local enthusiasm for the event, commercial factors will also play an important role in that decision.
Coutts is considering the potential sponsorship and other commercial advantages that local companies can offer.
The time zone is also a consideration.
Being further east, Chicago and particularly Bermuda may be able to offer more attractive racing times for European TV viewers and sponsors.
"All of the cities that are in contention now, I believe they are very, very motivated to try and get this final event," Coutts says.
It is too early to say what the rights to broadcast the America's Cup could be worth, but Coutts thinks it will be the most money the competition has ever made from TV.
But like golf and tennis, sailing is always going to be seen as a sport for the better off, according to Peter Worth, who has spent a successful career in sports management, at one time managing Bjorn Borg.
"Sailing is an efficient way to reach the top end of the consumer market," he says.
"If you look at the brands on the boats, it's Prada, Emirates, Nespresso - expensive brands.
"Sailing is still a niche sport. But there are an awful lot of wealthy people who want to play in that niche."
Grealish, 20, who represented the Republic at youth level, has chosen to play for the country of his birth.
"It was a difficult decision for him - he's been nurtured by the FAI at youth levels," Kilbane told BBC Radio 5 live.
"I'm disappointed because he would have been a great addition to the squad."
Birmingham-born Grealish turned down a place in the Republic squad in May.
Ex-midfielder Kilbane, who won 110 caps for the Republic between 1997 and 2011, added: "He decided himself that he wants to play for England and I respect him for it.
"He would probably have been the Ireland team now. Unfortunately it's not to be from Ireland's point of view.
"Hopefully for him he'll go on and have a successful career with England."
Born in Preston, Kilbane said he rejected the chance to play for England at youth level.
"I would rather have had one cap for Ireland than 100 for England," he said.
"I grew up wanting to play for Ireland. I knew from an early age - I'm very different from Jack in that respect."
Grealish, who made his first Villa appearance in May 2014, impressed last season and helped them reach their first FA Cup final for 15 years.
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Kyle Lafferty's sixth-minute goal settled the Northern Irish as Conor Washington and in-form Wigan striker Will Grigg added to the lead.
"It was a perfect night for us," said the Northern Ireland boss, who picked out Paddy McNair for particular praise.
"The substitutions we made didn't affect the shape of the team."
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O'Neill appears to have plumped for Grigg over Liam Boyce as one of his attacking options for the French trip and the Wigan man emphasised his current confidence as he slammed in Northern Ireland's third goal four minutes from time.
"Will Grigg has been very patient. He has been in a lot of squads up to now and sat on a lot of benches," added the Northern Ireland boss.
"He's had a great season with Wigan and he's going into the Championship next year.
"But there were a number of great performances. I thought Paddy McNair was outstanding throughout. What we got tonight was fantastic."
O'Neill opted to employ a 3-5-2 formation in Friday's game and was delighted with the results.
"We've trying to get flexibility within this team. We also asked Jonny Evans to go left-back in the last 20 minutes and we asked Stuart Dallas to play slightly out of position.
"They just do a great job for us."
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O'Neill will officially announce his 23-man squad on Saturday with Boyce, Daniel Lafferty, Billy McKay, Ben Reeves and Michael Smith to be the players who have missed out.
None of those five were involved in Friday's game and O'Neill told BBC Sport NI that he had broken the news to the players not required for the tournament earlier this week.
"The five lads that were with us made a very big contribution and they will be disappointed to miss out.
"Unfortunately you have to whittle it down to 23 but all of those players have an international career ahead of them and come September, they will certainly be on the radar."
Veteran defender Aaron Hughes came on in the second half for his 99th cap in the closing stages and could make his 100th appearance in the final warm-up game in Slovakia next Saturday.
"He doesn't want caps just given to him but Aaron is still a big asset to me and will have a big role to play in France."
Army officials said civilians there should avoid areas where "terrorists" were operating, state media reported.
It comes after jets pounded rebel positions in the city on Wednesday night as a week-old truce collapsed, reportedly killing at least 13 people.
It is unclear whether the new offensive will involve ground troops.
Meanwhile, talks between the US and Russia on reviving the collapsed ceasefire have broken up without progress in New York.
Russia supports the Syrian government, while the US backs the opposition.
US Secretary of State John Kerry said Washington could not be the only one trying to hold open the door to peace. The US wants Russia to press the Syrian government to ground its warplanes.
Mr Kerry added that he would hold further consultations with the Russian team on Friday.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that would amount to a "unilateral pause". Some had attempted to present the ceasefire as if only the Syrian government should be taking steps, he said, but the opposition also needed to stop fighting.
The UN envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura, described the meeting as "long, painful and disappointing".
This feels like a very serious breakdown, with little obvious room left for dialogue until the major powers find new space for compromise, the BBC's diplomatic correspondent, James Robbins, reports from New York.
The week in New York is heading towards disastrous diplomatic failure, he adds.
Announcing the new offensive, Syrian state media quoted army officials as saying there were exit points for anyone, including rebels, who wanted to flee eastern Aleppo.
Women and children are believed to be among those killed in the latest bombing. Some reports put the death toll as high as 45.
An AFP news agency journalist reports that his entire street in the southern Bustan al-Qasr district was left burning after warplanes dropped incendiary bombs.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), a UK-based group which documents casualties in the conflict, said 14 air strikes had hit Bustan al-Qasr and the neighbouring Kallasa district, starting "massive fires", as rebels and troops clashed.
SOHR director Rami Abdul Rahman described them as "the most intense strikes in months" on the two areas, with three women and three children among the dead.
The pro-rebel Aleppo Media Centre said the fires had been caused by "incendiary phosphorus bombs". Video footage posted by it and another pro-opposition activist group, Thiqa, showed intense blazes lighting up the night sky.
Aleppo, once Syria's commercial and industrial hub, has been divided roughly in two since 2012, with the government controlling the west and rebels the east.
Cristiano Ronaldo struck early for Real - making him the all-time leading scorer in Europe's top five leagues - but missed a second-half penalty.
Dani Parejo equalised on 82 minutes but Marcelo's late curling effort secured the win.
Real stay second in the table behind Barcelona, who beat Espanyol 3-0 later on Saturday.
However, Real will claim the title if they win each of their remaining four league matches as they have a game in hand on Barca.
Zinedine Zidane made nine changes to the Real side that beat Deportivo La Coruna 6-2 on Wednesday, with Ronaldo and Luke Modric among the returnees.
Ronaldo headed Dani Carvajal's fine cross beyond Diego Alves to record his 20th goal of the La Liga season.
It was also the Portuguese's 367th league goal, surpassing England, Tottenham and Chelsea striker Jimmy Greaves, who scored 366 goals between 1957 and 1971.
The home side increased the pressure after the break, forcing Valencia to concede a penalty after Parejo brought down Modric, but Alves got down quickly to save Ronaldo's low strike.
Parejo's free-kick looked to have ended Valencia's four-match losing streak but Brazilian full-back Marcelo kept his composure to curl the ball beyond Alves from 18 yards out.
Real next face city rivals Atletico on Tuesday in the Champions League semi-finals, while 12th-placed Valencia host bottom-of-the-table Osasuna on Sunday 7 May.
Real Madrid boss Zinedine Zidane: "Valencia kept playing their game and we couldn't find the second goal to kill the game off. We're going to have to dig in until the end.
"If you don't finish the game off, you're going to struggle. We had chances to close the game out earlier, so that's something we can still improve on.
"It's true that we had half-an-hour when we slipped into our comfort zone, but that changed after the Valencia goal."
Match ends, Real Madrid 2, Valencia 1.
Second Half ends, Real Madrid 2, Valencia 1.
Álvaro Morata (Real Madrid) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Ezequiel Garay (Valencia).
Substitution, Real Madrid. Lucas Vázquez replaces Luka Modric.
Corner, Valencia. Conceded by Daniel Carvajal.
Offside, Real Madrid. Álvaro Morata tries a through ball, but Marco Asensio is caught offside.
Substitution, Valencia. Zakaria Bakkali replaces Fabián Orellana.
Attempt blocked. Casemiro (Real Madrid) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Toni Kroos.
Goal! Real Madrid 2, Valencia 1. Marcelo (Real Madrid) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Álvaro Morata.
Substitution, Valencia. José Gayá replaces Toni Lato.
Attempt blocked. Luka Modric (Real Madrid) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Goal! Real Madrid 1, Valencia 1. Daniel Parejo (Valencia) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the top left corner.
Luka Modric (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card.
Foul by Casemiro (Real Madrid).
Fabián Orellana (Valencia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Toni Kroos (Real Madrid).
Daniel Parejo (Valencia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) because of an injury.
Delay in match Toni Lato (Valencia) because of an injury.
Attempt missed. Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) with an attempt from very close range is just a bit too high. Assisted by Marco Asensio with a cross.
Álvaro Morata (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Daniel Carvajal (Real Madrid) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Santi Mina (Valencia).
Foul by Casemiro (Real Madrid).
Santi Mina (Valencia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Offside, Real Madrid. Marcelo tries a through ball, but Marco Asensio is caught offside.
Substitution, Real Madrid. Álvaro Morata replaces Karim Benzema.
Attempt missed. Rodrigo Moreno (Valencia) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Ezequiel Garay.
Substitution, Valencia. Rodrigo Moreno replaces Nani.
Attempt missed. Marcelo (Real Madrid) right footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right.
Attempt blocked. Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Marco Asensio.
Substitution, Real Madrid. Marco Asensio replaces James Rodríguez.
Foul by Marcelo (Real Madrid).
Martín Montoya (Valencia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt blocked. James Rodríguez (Real Madrid) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Eliaquim Mangala (Valencia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Luka Modric (Real Madrid) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Eliaquim Mangala (Valencia).
A fight reportedly broke out in Twickenham Road, Kingstanding, at about 13:00 BST on Saturday. A 23-year-old man suffered fatal stab injuries.
The teenager, who cannot be named for legal reasons, appeared at Birmingham Youth Court on Monday.
He has been remanded and is due to appear before Birmingham Crown Court on 12 July.
Police said two men, aged 20 and 24, who were arrested in connection with the investigation, had been bailed.
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Roma centre-back Rudiger ruptured the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee on Tuesday.
Tah, 20, made his international debut in March's friendly defeat to England - his only cap to date.
Centre-backs Jerome Boateng, Mats Hummels and Shkodran Mustafi are also in the squad.
Germany's first game is against Ukraine on Sunday at 20:00 BST.
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Fire crews were called after smoke was seen coming out of an inspection cover on Kingsway, in Holborn, at 12:30 BST.
The fire service said it was waiting for the power to be turned off before it could put out the blaze.
Crews are working to prevent the fire spreading to buildings in the area.
Onlookers have reported struggling to breathe and "chaos" in and around Holborn.
Shows at the Lyceum, Duchess and Aldwych theatres have been cancelled, London Theatre Direct said.
The Freemason's Hall tweeted it "regrets" a Letters Live event starring Benedict Cumberbatch has had to be cancelled and Love Theatre tweeted that The Woman In Black and Gypsy had also been called off.
A father and his young son who had to leave the Royal Drury Lane theatre midway through a matinee performance of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory said: "There was a big blackout and we were sat in the dark for half an hour and they decided to call it a day, so we've missed out on seeing Willy Wonka now - it's chaos."
The theatre confirmed tonight's performance had been cancelled.
A restaurant owner in the area said he would not be able to open for the evening which would cost him about £10,000 in lost business.
Earlier, judges, lawyers and other staff at The Royal Courts of Justice in The Strand, as well as buildings along Rose Street and Garrick Street and the market building in Covent Garden were evacuated.
LFB assistant commissioner Peter Cowup said: "Crews are currently working to prevent the spread of the fire to surrounding buildings. As this is likely to be an electrical fire, we have to ensure the power is off before we apply water to extinguish it."
Matt Rudling, from UK Power Networks, said because of the intensity of the fire, emergency plans had kicked in which meant the pavement would have to be dug up.
"A number of customers in this area are without electricity at the moment and we're going to work continuously to restore it," he said.
BBC London 94.9's Anna O'Neill spoke to Gary Squires from London Fire Brigade at the scene of the fire.
He said the fire started in a large service duct, now "heavily smoke-logged", which carries electrical and gas cables and water pipes beneath the street.
"We have some very high-powered cables down there which is causing a hazard to our crews," he added.
Mr Squires said: "We can see flames coming out of the pavement, which looks quite dramatic, but that is the gas pipe - it has now ruptured and that has now ignited and the gas is burning off and that, if anything, makes it safer for us as the gas is being burnt off."
He said lots of people had "self evacuated" from nearby buildings and it was only the ones on Kingsway that had been evacuated by the authorities.
Eyewitness Nicola Foxfield, 29, said she could "smell burning in the air" and saw thick, brown smoke coming off the road.
"It's chaos and fire engines are coming from every direction."
Another eyewitness said: "I was close enough to see thick, black smoke puffing out of the drain grills and I struggled to breathe."
The fire has caused 10 bus routes to be diverted, according to Transport for London (TfL), and Holborn station is closed. TfL said Tube tickets would be accepted on local buses in zone one.
Kingsway is closed between Holborn and Aldwych, the Strand Underpass and Waterloo Bridge northbound, causing serious delays.
The emergence of the U-Boat as a German weapon forced the Royal Navy to move its grand fleet from its northern home at Scapa Flow in Scotland.
They went to one of the most peaceful spots in the British Isles - Lough Swilly.
At that time, it was pre-partition Ireland.
Forty fighting ships including battleships, cruisers and destroyers sailed into the lough.
They were guarded on either side of its mouth by specially built forts with long-range guns, including Fort Dunree on the Inishowen peninsula.
The fleet commander, Admiral Jellicoe, saw the base as one that was safe from U-Boat attack.
But, in the years to come, the German attack would take its toll in the cold waters off Donegal, sinking HMS Audacious and the SS Laurentic.
Eventually, Jellicoe knew he would have to return to the North Sea to face the Kaiser's fleet - an appointment met on 31 May 1916 off Denmark, in what became known as the Battle of Jutland.
Although it was far from Ireland's shores, 358 Irishmen serving as volunteer sailors died in that battle as the two fleets traded shells for dominance of the seas.
Later on Tuesday, their sacrifice, the role of Ireland and the 10,000 Irishmen who served in the Royal Navy in WW1 will be marked as part of the Battle of Jutland commemorations.
The commemorations will take place in a special cross-border event in Belfast onboard a ship that took part in the battle.
HMS Caroline, launched in 1914, is the venue for a gathering of sailors from the present day Royal Navy and the Republic of Ireland's Naval Service, relatives of Irishmen who served at sea in the war, as well as representatives of the UK and Irish governments.
The 200 invited guests will hear tribute speeches as well as readings from letters sent from the sailors to their families back in Ireland.
Among them will be Marie McCarthy, whose grandfather, Daniel Fitzgerald from Cork, was a stoker on HMS Tiger.
He recalled hearing horrific sounds and sights during the sinking of the Queen Mary at Jutland.
It sank with the entire crew of more than 1,100 on board, lost to the deep.
Also remembered will be those killed on HMS Hawke, which was primarily crewed by Irishman, and that was sunk by a U-Boat with the loss of 524 men.
Among them was leading stoker Joyce Power, who left young twins and a pregnant wife in Ballymena.
His daughter, Margaret Hawke Power, was named after the ship on which he was killed.
One of the few survivors recalled: "The crew for the most part were Irishmen, the reason being that at the outbreak of war the Hawke, which was one of the oldest ships of the British Navy, was stationed at Queenstown.
"There were only around 24 active servicemen on board, the remainder being fleet reservists."
Another relative who'll be at the commemoration event to mark a family sacrifice is Mark Doherty from Belfast, whose great uncle died at Jutland.
Patrick Joseph Doherty was from a rural area near Coleraine, County Londonderry.
He was the ninth of 11 children and volunteered for the navy in 1915, dying just 18 months later on HMS Lion.
Mark said his great uncle's role below decks was unbelievably tough.
"He was a stoker, it was an extremely dirty environment and removed from what was on deck and going on outside. It was a very gruelling experience.
"This ship carried 3,500 tons of coal and that all had to be shifted.
"On that day, the fleet he was part of approached the Germans at speed. His role was to shovel coal as fast as possible to help the speed and they then engaged in battle," said Mark.
"Patrick's ship was one of the first to encounter the Germans and the engagement was ferocious.
"HMS Queen Mary was directly in front of the Lion and it was hit , blew up and sank within view of Lion.
"Patrick's ship was targeted then and there is a picture of the Queen Mary going down whilst great plumes of water can be seen around HMS Lion caused by the German shells.
"It received a number of direct hits and was only saved from sinking when a young seaman deliberately flooded an area which was on fire killing himself and several others as a way of saving the ship.
"I can only speculate that during that exchange it was one of those shells that killed my great uncle," said Mark, who has spent time researching the battle since hearing of his family involvement.
In all, 99 men died on HMS Lion and 51 others were injured, but the vessel stayed afloat to fight again.
Like the others, Patrick Joseph Doherty was buried at sea, but his name is marked on a number of memorials including the war memorial in Coleraine.
As the Navy marks its role in the Great War on land and at sea, the long empty major British naval installations at Lough Swilly in County Donegal and County Cork in the south-west of Ireland stand as silent reminders to those who left the island under the Royal Naval Ensign never to return, having lost their lives in that often forgotten battleground of the first world war - the sea.
There will be a live stream of the ceremony on the BBC News NI website from 12:20 BST on Tuesday.
Eight males were arrested during operations on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Three of the individuals from Liverpool and two from Conwy county appeared in court on Thursday in Aberystwyth charged with conspiracy to supply heroin and cocaine.
Two other men from Llandudno Junction and one from Colwyn Bay were remanded in custody in Llanelli on Friday.
They also face charges of conspiracy to supply both Class A and B drugs.
They will appear at Swansea Crown Court on 10 July.
"This Dyfed Powys Police operation is part of an ongoing investigation, and we will provide further updates when appropriate," said a spokesperson for the force.
As far as the Conservative government is concerned, the Royal Navy's four Vanguard class ballistic missile-carrying submarines will be replaced by an improved system that will enter service between 2028 and 2035.
No parliamentary decision has yet been taken but the government is pressing ahead, for example, by announcing last month about £500m of investment at the submarine base at Faslane on the Clyde.
But other political forces do not share this view. The Scottish National Party has an important voice - Faslane, after all, is in Scotland.
It cannot derail any decision to modernise but it does not like it.
Now the recently elected Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn adds a new factor to the mix.
A confirmed unilateralist with a general scepticism towards the use of military force - he was chairman of the Stop the War Coalition - he insists that there are no circumstances in which he would press the "nuclear button".
His unilateralism is not shared by many in the Parliamentary Labour Party, but certainly touches a vein among many grass-roots Labour activists.
So what does this all mean for the debate surrounding Trident and its future?
Well as far as the Conservative government is concerned the debate is pretty much over.
Chancellor George Osborne, in announcing the new contracts at Faslane, repudiated the views of those who want to see the Trident missile-carrying submarines scrapped.
"In an uncertain world, are we really content to throw away Britain's ultimate insurance policy?" he asked.
He then set out the essential justification for maintaining the programme, saying: "The new unilateralists of British politics are a threat to our future national security. In a world that's getting more dangerous it would be disastrous for Britain to throw away the ultimate insurance policy that keeps us free and safe."
Some also suggest that Britain's seat at the top table of international politics, its seat on the UN Security Council for example, is also because of us being one of the few nuclear-armed nations.
This may have been true during the early years of the UN - it is no accident that the permanent five members of the Security Council are all nuclear-armed - but it is hard to see how the fate of Trident might alter this.
Another factor that is often brought into the debate is Britain's close security relationship with the US.
Might this be weakened if Britain gave up its nuclear weapons? Would Britain be seen in Washington as a less serious security player?
The counter-argument put by those who oppose any renewal is to argue that nuclear weapons are not relevant to most of the threats facing Britain; that we should set an example by honouring our disarmament pledges under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and that the cost means that more useful conventional forces are strapped for cash.
An independent cross-party inquiry into nuclear defence policy published its report in July 2014.
It accepted that most new and emerging security threats did not lend themselves to being dealt with by having nuclear arms.
It nonetheless picked out three scenarios where the possession of nuclear weapons might be relevant:
The whole debate over the fate of Britain's nuclear programme involves complex strategic, moral and political aspects.
Mr Corbyn may be a long way from even convincing his parliamentary colleagues of the merits of his position.
But his beliefs mean that the future of nuclear weapons is likely to figure prominently in the foreign policy debate surrounding the next general election.
Ollie Carroll, five, suffers from the rare Batten disease and cannot stand by himself but managed to get to his feet to fling his arms around the prince.
Ollie's mother, Lucy, said both her son and the prince were "thrilled" to meet.
Ollie was among the children recognised at the WellChild Awards, which honour young children and their carers.
Several hundred youngsters, parents, carers and celebrity supporters attended the event, at London's Dorchester hotel.
The prince is patron of WellChild, which provides specialist care and support for chronically ill children.
Ollie, from Poynton, Cheshire, had received the inspirational child award for children aged between four and six.
His mother said she was not sure whether he knew who he was hugging or not, but said he had been instinctively drawn to Prince Harry.
"He was thrilled - they both were", Lucy said, adding that Prince Harry had been "very privileged".
She said Ollie could not stand up by himself but had "used his strength to stand up and hug him".
The prince told another child that his brother, the Duke of Cambridge, was "embarrassing all the time".
Jessica Davis, 10, received the young hero award for caring for her mother, Paula, who suffers from multiple sclerosis, and her autistic brother, also called William.
She gave the prince a drawing of himself and told him her brother was "really embarrassing".
She said: "He then said that Prince William was embarrassing all the time."
Prince Harry was also presented with a monkey made by eight-year-old Samuel Merrick, who has lung disease.
Meanwhile, three-year-old Oscar, whose mother Jill Evans was one of the winners of the special recognition award, asked Prince Harry whether he had "any giraffes in his garden".
The prince said he had been left "in awe at the strength of human character, particularly amongst those so young".
"Watching these children and young people face challenges with such determination, positivity and of course good humour, never fails to take my breath away," he added.
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Around 7,000 fans turned up at Etihad Stadium to hear the 45-year-old speak for the first time as City manager
"That is why I am here. I proved myself in Barcelona and after I proved myself in Germany I wanted to prove myself in England," he said.
"I cannot do that alone. I need the players, the staff. We need our fans. Without that, it is impossible."
The Spaniard joins City after three years at Bayern Munich where he won a hat-trick of Bundesliga titles but failed to reach a Champions League final.
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However, the former Spain international midfielder did win that tournament twice during his four years as Barcelona boss.
He believes that a strong team spirit will be integral to City's success.
"I like the players who don't just think for themselves but think about Manchester City," said Guardiola.
"We are all the people who are working here. The reason we are here is thinking 'what can we do to make this club a better club'.
"I don't want the guys to think about what the club can do for them. We are here to make Manchester City a better club in the next three, four, five years."
He added: "One of the reasons I decided to come to Manchester City is I know from (sporting director) Txiki Begiristain how good they are working with the young players - 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, they grow and grow and imagine they can join us in the first team."
Midfielder Ilkay Gundogan is certain City can become a great team under the "best manager in the world" in Guardiola.
Gundogan, 25, was Guardiola's first signing as manager, arriving from Borussia Dortmund for £20m.
"No doubt everyone will improve his own talent. It will be a really nice time for us," Gundogan told BBC Sport.
"I have no doubt Pep will form a great team, a competitive team. He was the biggest influence in me coming here.
"The team has a lot of talent, and he's the best manager in the world. It's a really exciting time and we are looking forward to it."
City have won the Premier League twice - in 2012 and 2014 - and last season reached the Champions League semi-finals and won the League Cup, but finished 15 points behind surprise champions Leicester.
Gundogan dislocated his kneecap at the start of May, ruling him out of Germany's Euro 2016 campaign, and he could miss the first month of the season.
"Of course it's not ideal but I have to accept it," added the former Nuremberg player. "Right now the target is end of August or start of September, but it is always difficult to say a special date.
"We have to see the development, but at the moment everything looks really good."
City face Sunderland at home on the first day of the new Premier League season on 13 August.
BBC Sport's Simon Stone at Etihad Stadium
"There are questions for Guardiola as he takes his first tentative steps in England, specifically whether his famed tiki-taka style of passing football can overcome the physical nature of the Premier League.
"But in front of 7,000 enthusiastic fans, this was not a day to ask them.
"And, evidently, he has a way with words. He said: 'I need to know my players. I have to hug them, kick their bottoms (or words to that effect).' The fans lapped it up.
"He even responded to a question yelled from below him about the prospect of signing Lionel Messi - not much apparently.
"It was all good fun, the kind of event City are good at doing. The real work starts on Monday of course, when the training begins.
"Guardiola has the reputation. He has the personality. But in the ultimate results business, he also has to win."
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John Kerr, the head of Enfield Grammar, an academy school, says the budget plans of major political parties will not be enough to cover rising costs.
Mr Kerr said difficult decisions would have to be made as a result.
He said his school was considering cuts to some subjects but warned this "would narrow the curriculum".
"The only way we can make this order of savings is to get rid of people's jobs, or to increase class sizes, which is very difficult to do because rooms are a finite size, and you can't squeeze more students in to a classroom that we've got at the moment, quite frankly."
Mr Kerr told BBC Radio 4's World at One programme the school had already considered cuts to what he termed "the minor subjects like music, art" - but he warned "that would really narrow the curriculum severely for our students".
He has urged parents to challenge general election candidates about what he called "deep and damaging" cuts.
His letter says that within three years many secondary schools will face having to make significant savings of up to £1m in some cases.
In the letter Mr Kerr said this has been caused by increased pupil numbers as well as rises in teachers' pay and schools having to make increased employer contributions to staff pensions.
This election issue includes funding for schools, university tuition fees and early years education.
Policy guide: Where the parties stand
Speaking on World at One, Conservative education minister Nick Gibb said he acknowledged there would be "budgetary pressures on schools" and that he believed they would have to become more efficient.
"They're sharing back office services, they're procuring better and we provided advice to schools about how to get better value from the procurement they're making.
"There will have to be decisions made about how to deploy staff - but schools should not be reducing the curriculum.
"Art and music and D&T (design and technology) are terribly important, core academic subjects in our schools," said Mr Gibb.
The shadow education secretary, Labour's Tristram Hunt, told the programme: "It is schools which are having to pick up the costs of the bedroom tax, the attacks of local authority spending, the attacks on social care.
"So you might think that school budgets are being protected, but what they're having to do is have all this investment, jump through all this hurdles before the child can begin learning because of the unequal, unfair way that the Tories and the Lib Dems have approached cuts to public spending."
The president of the Liberal Democrats, Baroness Brinton said her party would protect schools' budgets.
"As Liberal Democrats, we absolutely understand the pressures that schools are facing.
"And that's why we want to provide inflation increases and extra funding for the large number of increased pupils coming in, which will help amongst other things to mitigate against the increase in pension contributions that schools will be facing in 18 months' time."
The 21 women and one man were found "in a pool of fuel and water" at the bottom of the boat, off the coast of Libya.
They had been on the dinghy "for hours", the aid group said.
More than 200 survivors who were on the dinghy have been transferred to a boat operated by MSF. It is unclear where they were travelling from.
The survivors were among more than 2,000 migrants rescued from the water in different operations on Wednesday and taken to Sicily. Vessels from the Spanish and Italian navies and other humanitarian organisations were involved.
Thousands of migrants have died or gone missing in the Mediterranean this year, according to figures from the International Organization for Migration.
MSF works together with another group, SOS Mediterranee, to patrol the Mediterranean in three rescue vessels - the Dignity 1, the Bourbon Argos and the Aquarius.
A note on terminology: The BBC uses the term migrant to refer to all people on the move who have yet to complete the legal process of claiming asylum. This group includes people fleeing war-torn countries such as Syria, who are likely to be granted refugee status, as well as people who are seeking jobs and better lives, who governments are likely to rule are economic migrants.
The man was diagnosed with the rare tropical disease after flying into Glasgow on Tuesday. He was returning from Kabul in Afghanistan.
He was transferred on Friday to the Royal Free Hospital in London on a special RAF isolation aircraft.
A spokesman for the hospital confirmed on Saturday morning that the man had died.
The Royal Free Hospital houses the national specialist centre for the management of patients with hazardous infections.
It is the first case of CCVHF to have been confirmed in the UK.
The patient had originally been admitted to the specialist Brownlee unit in Glasgow's Gartnavel General Hospital less than three hours after returning to the city on Emirates flight EK027 from Dubai.
He had driven home from Glasgow Airport using his own vehicle before seeking medical help.
Two passengers sitting close to him on the flight from Dubai are being monitored as a precaution.
But a further two passengers who were also contacted by health authorities do not require any follow-up, Greater Glasgow and Clyde health board has said.
Public health consultant, Dr Syed Ahmed, who is coordinating the investigations into this case, said: "The risk of person to person transmission of Crimean Congo Viral Haemorrhagic Fever is very low as it can only be transmitted by direct contact with infected blood and body fluids.
"It is not a virus which is transmitted through the air.
"The monitoring of these two passengers is purely precautionary and is in line the national guidance for the management of cases such as this."
The health authority has said the risk to all other passengers was "extremely low" but advised anyone with concerns to contact NHS 24.
CCVHF is a zoonosis - a disease found in animals that can infect humans.
Outbreaks are usually linked to contact with blood or body fluids from infected animals or people.
Onset is sudden, with initial symptoms including high fever, joint pain, stomach pain, and vomiting.
Red eyes, a flushed face and red spots in the throat are also common.
As the illness progresses, patients can develop large areas of severe bruising, severe nosebleeds, and uncontrolled bleeding.
In 2006 Holler installed five giant slides at the Tate Modern Turbine Hall, which were a big hit with the public.
This time two slides will be attached to the outside of the Hayward.
Holler said he hoped they would be a device for "experiencing an emotional state that is a unique condition somewhere between delight and madness".
The aim of the major exhibition, entitled Decision, is to constantly make visitors reflect on the choices and decisions they make.
The slides will be the final decision to make on how to exit the exhibition.
Visitors will even have to decide how to enter the first part of the exhibition with two separate entrances.
One exhibit, Pill Clock, is a ceiling-mounted timepiece that will drop over one million pills onto the gallery floor during the course of the exhibition.
The installation includes a drinking fountain for those visitors who decide to take one of the pills.
The major exhibition will show different media representing Holler's artistic output from the past 20 years.
It will also include newly-made pieces that have been specially commissioned, "designed to profoundly re-orientate our awareness of time and space".
They include Flying Mushrooms, an upside-down mobile with "giant psychedelic mushrooms", and Moving Beds, a pair of robotic beds that will restlessly roam the galleries like "insomniac twins".
Flying Machines (2008/2015) will be installed on one of the Hayward's outdoor terraces, opposite Waterloo Bridge, and will give visitors the sensation of soaring above city traffic.
The Belgian artist, who lives in works in Sweden, has an advanced degree in science and often draws on scientific experiments and research in his works.
Ralph Rugoff, director of the Hayward Gallery, called Holler "one of the world's most thought-provoking and profoundly playful artists, with a sharp and mischievous intelligence bent on turning our 'normal' view of things upside-down".
Decision, he continued, "will ask visitors to make choices, but also, more importantly, to embrace a kind of double vision that takes in competing points of view, and embodies what Holler calls a state of 'active uncertainty' - a frame of mind conducive to entertaining new possibilities."
The exhibition will run from 10 June until 6 September.
Some 350 jobs will be lost in London and Stevenage, and another 300 in Dublin, as the company seeks savings of £50m (€62m).
Paddy Power and online exchange Betfair merged in February, and currently have a combined workforce of 7,200 people.
As well as shops in Ireland and the UK, it has digital operations in those nations plus Italy, Australia and US.
A head office will be created in each of Ireland and the UK. Staff at Betfair's office in Ringsend, Dublin, will transfer to the Paddy Power base in Clonskeagh.
Meanwhile Paddy Power's workforce in London will move out of its current Euston office to Betfair's headquarters in Hammersmith by the end of August.
Betfair's office in Stevenage will close and some roles currently there will be moved to other locations, including Malta and Dublin. This is envisaged as taking place in stages over the next nine to 12 months.
It is understood that some of those affected may be able to transfer to other roles with the enlarged company.
Areas which could be affected are those where staffing overlaps now exist following the merger, such as in legal, finance, technology and human resources.
None of Paddy Power's betting shops will be affected by the moves.
Shares in Paddy Power Betfair were down by 1.79%, or 175p, at 9585 pence, in late morning trade in London.
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The women were killed as people rushed onto a jetty as they returned from the two-day harvest festival in Gangasagar, West Bengal, a state minister said.
Another 10 people were injured, and rescue workers were searching the water for others who may have fallen in.
The disaster came less than a day after a boat overturned hundreds of miles upstream, leaving at least 24 dead.
That accident happened on Saturday evening as people were ferrying back after watching kite-flying celebrations to mark the festival near Patna, Bihar state's capital.
Twelve people managed to swim to shore, and eight were hospitalised after being rescued, Bihar state's disaster management minister Chandrashekhar told Reuters news agency.
The boat was only meant to be carrying 30 people.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed his grief for the victims of both incidents on Twitter, promising the families of the deceased 200,000 rupees ($2,935/£2,440) each.
It is estimated some 1.5 million people had gathered in Gangasagar, where the Ganges river flows into the sea, for the Hindu harvest festival of Makar Sankranti.
The court acquitted Amanda Knox and her ex-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito of the murder in March.
It said there was an "absolute lack of biological traces" of either defendant in the room where Ms Kercher was killed or on her body.
Ms Kercher, 21, was stabbed to death in a Perugia flat she shared with Ms Knox.
The Court of Cassation, which exonerated the pair, published its reasoning on Monday, as it is required to do under Italian law.
It issued a damning assessment of the quality of the prosecution case, saying its high profile nature had an effect on investigators.
"The international spotlight on the case in fact resulted in the investigation undergoing a sudden acceleration,'' the court said.
Several mistakes in the investigation were outlined by the court in its reasoning, including the fact that investigators burned Ms Knox's and Ms Kercher's computers, which could have yielded new information.
Kercher murder: Timeline
The court also wrote that the Florence appeals court which convicted the pair last year ignored expert testimony that "clearly demonstrated possible contamination'' of evidence and misinterpreted findings about the knife allegedly used to slit Kercher's throat, in what prosecutors had described as a sexual assault, AP reports.
"The kitchen knife, found in Sollecito's house and the supposed crime weapon, was kept in an ordinary cardboard box,'' the judges noted, adding that no traces of blood were found on it.
The judges said that one of Ms Kercher's bra clasps, which prosecutors argued carried a trace of Mr Sollecito's DNA, was left on the floor of the murder scene for 46 days, and then "was passed from hand to hand of the workers, who, furthermore, were wearing dirty latex gloves".
Another man, Rudy Hermann Guede, born in Ivory Coast, was convicted of murder in a separate trial and is serving a 16-year sentence.
The court's ruling against Guede stated that he did not act alone, but the acquittals of Ms Knox and Mr Sollecito mean that no-one now stands convicted of acting with Guede to kill Ms Kercher.
Sydney Caraher was signed by Frame agency after coming first in a contest at a Merseyside shopping centre.
Her mother said Sydney often compared herself to a boy after losing all her hair at the age of four, but the win had been a "huge confidence boost".
Frame founder Laura Seymour added the five-year-old, from Upton, Wirral, was "beautiful, with or without hair".
Alopecia is a hair-loss condition, which affects nearly 2% of the UK population.
Doctors believe Sydney's first bout of alopecia, at the age of two, was triggered by stress following a hospital visit to remove a piece of a pen she got stuck up her nose.
Although her hair grew back, she lost her eyebrows and eyelashes when she was three after her parents tried to part her from her dummy.
Her hair started to fall out in clumps at the age of four, following an operation to improve her hearing by inserting grommets.
"Brushing it was like something out of a film - it was coming out in handfuls and, when she woke up in the morning, it would be all over her pillow," Mrs Caraher said.
"She went through a stage of saying she was a boy now. She was so young and just didn't understand so we went along with it.
"However, when Frozen came out she quickly changed her mind and wanted to be a princess again."
The family also had to deal with people staring at Sydney and wrongly assuming she had cancer.
"Sydney winning this should help make people aware of the condition, and that there is support out there if they need it," Mrs Caraher said.
The ex-Manchester United trainee, 23, played in every game last season as he made 49 appearances in total.
"He is a player on the up, and after a tough few seasons I think we helped him find his confidence and his game," said player-manager Kevin Nicholson.
The club have also announced midfielders Aman Verma and Dan Sparkes have left after turning down new deals.
Three-year-old Hari Hi Way was being treated by vets at the zoo after falling ill with a viral infection.
Despite their efforts, the bull calf elephant died late on Tuesday afternoon. A post-mortem examination will take place, the zoo confirmed.
Zoo staff said they were "devastated" by the news which comes shortly after the death of female calf Bala Hi Way, who had suffered the same illness.
The condition, called endotheliotropic herpes virus or EEHV, affects both wild and captive elephants.
Mike Jordan, a director at the zoo, said: "Hari was a much loved member of the herd and was well known for his playful, sometimes mischievous antics. He'll be hugely missed.
"Our veterinary and keeping teams caught the virus at the earliest possible stage and did all they could to help him try and fight it. These events are desperately, desperately sad for everyone involved."
He added that EEHV typically affects young elephants around weaning age but currently there is no vaccine available.
"In many elephants it can lie dormant and undetectable and never develops into the disease but others are susceptible to it - currently no-one knows why some elephants get it and others don't."
February's Winter Olympics take place in Russia, where a law banning 'gay propaganda' was passed this year.
I think we can say that sports and politics are inextricably combined
"The IOC needs to stand up better for their athletes," said Navratilova.
Meanwhile, the IOC has warned Olympians against making political gestures in Sochi but plans to set up protest zones for them to "express their views".
Russia has received criticism for its human rights record and for a law it passed in June, which allows for heavy fines to be imposed on those providing information about homosexuality to people under 18.
The Russian government has since provided written assurances that the law will not affect Games participants and spectators.
But Navratilova, who announced she was gay in 1981, remains unhappy.
"I think we can say that sports and politics are inextricably combined - they go hand in hand - and that's where my disappointment was with the IOC," said the 57-year-old American
"It said sports and politics don't mix, which is completely contrary to everything that's been happening.
"So that's where my disappointment is, more than with anybody else, with the IOC for really putting their head in the sand and not wanting to make any waves."
Navratilova, who won 18 Grand Slams during her tennis career, also criticised football's world governing body Fifa for awarding the 2022 World Cup to Qatar, where homosexual activity is punishable by a jail term.
The IOC plans to warn athletes against taking part in demonstrations or making any political gestures at the Sochi Games.
According to the Olympic Charter, it can expel athletes who violate Rule 50, which states "no kind of demonstration or political, religious or racial propaganda is permitted in any Olympic sites, venues or other areas".
However, the IOC has said the rule would be "interpreted and applied sensibly and proportionately" once athletes and National Olympic Committees had received proper briefings.
New IOC president Thomas Bach has welcomed the idea of 'protest zones' in Sochi, arguing they would allow people to "express their views and freely demonstrate their opinions".
No arrests were made as good-natured partying went on in the city until the sun rose on Tuesday morning.
Aaron Ramsey, Neil Taylor and Gareth Bale each found the net to take Wales through to the final 16.
The supporters' group is meeting Uefa officials to discuss ticketing issues for the next game in Paris in Saturday.
Wales are still waiting to learn which opponent they will face in the Parc des Princes stadium in the French capital.
Paul Corkery from the Football Supporters' Federation Cymru told BBC Wales that, at present, fans needed to have a voucher with their name on it to exchange for tickets in Paris and warned them not to buy vouchers off touts or other fans as they would not be able to exchange them.
He said: "The portal will reopen for tickets that are being returned, which is a difficult process in itself, especially over a few days.
"The problem we have is you'll get England fans now offering their vouchers to the Welsh fans, and unless the England fans can physically get to Paris and exchange their vouchers for tickets and then sell those tickets, that's fine, but a voucher is worthless until you exchange it for tickets.
"We are looking into it with Uefa. We're having a meeting with them today."
He asked fans looking for tickets to "sit tight" for a few days.
For those in Wales looking to go out to Paris on Saturday, Cardiff Airport said it was still working on plans for what they expected to be a busy weekend.
Cowbridge-based Strachan's Sports Travel said they were chartering a flight from Cardiff to Paris's Charles De Gaulle airport on Saturday and had sold 110 seats so far.
A spokesman told BBC Wales the size of the aircraft chosen would depend on the number of seats sold, with a planned departure time of 11:00 BST and return at 23:30 local time.
"We have more than one option for aircraft," he said.
"We're getting calls every two minutes."
Gullivers Sports Travel, the Football Association of Wales' official travel partner, are also offering bus travel only from Cardiff, Swansea and Wrexham.
Following the game, goal-scorer Bale said the performance was "the best I've ever been involved in since I've been here".
Social media lit up following their emphatic victory, with players, pundits and fans alike sharing their joy online.
Former Wales internationals Robbie Savage and John Hartson, both pundits at the Euros, posted a video of themselves in a taxi singing what has become the unofficial anthem of the tournament, "Don't Take Me Home".
Haider al-Abadi, a deputy speaker of parliament, has been asked by Iraq's president to form a government.
Mr Maliki's earlier refusal to resign after eight years in power had been blamed for deepening the crisis. The UN and US have welcomed his resignation.
The government has been unable to stop Islamist fighters from seizing vast areas in northern Iraq.
The offensive by the self-styled Islamic State (IS), a Sunni Muslim jihadist group formerly known as Isis, has triggered a security and humanitarian crisis, driving an estimated 1.2 million Iraqis from their homes.
Appearing on state TV flanked by Mr Abadi and other politicians from the Shia Muslim majority, Mr Maliki spoke of the grave "terrorist" threat from IS before announcing his own exit.
"I announce before you today, to ease the movement of the political process and the formation of the new government, the withdrawal of my candidacy in favour of brother Doctor Haider al-Abadi," he said.
His eight years in office, Mr Maliki said, had been spent combating a mounting wave of terrorism and subversion. He insisted that he had stuck to the law and avoided violence even when he had come under personal attack but now, he said, he did not want to be the cause of the shedding of a single drop of blood.
There had been fears that Mr Maliki might use the power base he built up through his control of the armed forces to stay in power.
But, with his own party and the Shia clerical establishment, not to mention influential outside powers such as Iran and America and the entire international community backing Mr Abadi, the writing was clearly on the wall for Mr Maliki's hopes of clinging to power.
He had earlier insisted that he should have the right to form the government, as leader of the biggest bloc in parliament.
The resignation brought an end to eight years of often divisive rule, when Mr Maliki's government was accused of favouring the Shia majority.
Critics say Mr Maliki's sectarian policies had precipitated the current crisis.
Mr Abadi is one of Iraq's most senior politicians, having held several high-profile posts since returning from exile in 2003.
He is regarded by some as a moderate within Mr Maliki's Dawa party, and has shown more of a willingness to compromise than his predecessor.
US National Security Adviser Susan Rice praised Mr Maliki's decision to step down, describing it as a "major step" towards uniting Iraq.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Mr Maliki's withdrawal "will allow the crucial process to form a new government to proceed swiftly".
"An inclusive, broad-based government ready to immediately tackle... pressing issues" was needed, he added.
Earlier, US President Barack Obama offered his support to the prime minister-designate.
"He [Mr Abadi] still has a challenging task in putting a government together, but we are modestly hopeful that the... situation is moving in the right direction," Mr Obama said.
Mr Obama also paid tribute to US forces for an operation in the north of Iraq that he said has helped tens of thousands of people displaced by IS.
Many of them, mostly from the Christian and Yazidi religious minorities, were besieged on Mount Sinjar after being forced to flee their homes.
Mr Obama said US forces had helped break the siege and the situation had greatly improved.
Thousands of Yazidis have reached camps inside Iraq's Kurdish region, most with no possessions but the clothes on their backs, AFP news agency reports from Dohuk.
Conditions in the camps are spartan, with one man, Khodr Hussein, saying: "We went from hunger in Sinjar to hunger in this camp."
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The two members of the Indian political dynasty were granted bail after a few minutes, and the next court date in the case has been set for 20 February.
The mother and son deny misusing party funds to buy a firm that published the now-closed National Herald newspaper.
The case was brought by a member of the governing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Subramanian Swamy says the Gandhis took over the company to try to acquire more than $300m (£200m) in property assets.
Sonia Gandhi, President of the Indian National Congress, welcomed the decision to grant her and her son bail and said she had no doubt that truth would prevail.
"The current government is deliberately targeting its opposition," Mrs Gandhi said after the hearing. "And it is using government agencies to do that."
The BBC's Sanjoy Majumder in Delhi says hundreds of armed security personnel took up position outside the courtroom as the Gandhis made their appearance, accompanied by party members in a show of strength.
Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was among the Congress members present to support the pair.
Sonia Gandhi, born in Italy, is the widow of murdered former Indian PM Rajiv Gandhi. His mother Indira - assassinated while in office - and grandfather Jawaharlal Nehru had also served as prime minister.
Rahul Gandhi, who is the party vice-president, accused the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi of making false allegations against him and his mother and said they would not be defeated.
The National Herald ceased publication in 2008. The party had previously said it wanted to revive the paper, which established in 1938 by Jawaharlal Nehru.
But Mr Swamy has alleged that the leaders used party funds illegally to acquire the newspaper's properties.
The case has also disrupted the current session of parliament, with Congress MPs accusing the BJP of a "political vendetta".
The BJP has rejected the allegations.
"How is parliament involved if some people have been summoned by a court? You [Gandhis] want to silence the judiciary. You want to intimidate the judiciary. You are telling the judiciary, how dare you summon us," Parliamentary Affairs Minister Venkaiah Naidu said.
The Delhi high court had rejected the Gandhis' plea to be exempted from making Saturday's personal appearance in the district court at Patiala House.
Congress lost the general election last year, winning only 44 of the 543 seats after governing India for 10 years.
The BJP won a landslide victory.
While his critics said that at 89, he was too old to seek re-election in 2013, he countered that he might seek two more terms, taking him to the verge of his century.
Before the 2008 elections, he said: "If you lose an election and are rejected by the people, it is time to leave politics."
But after coming second to Morgan Tsvangirai, Mr Mugabe displayed more characteristic defiance, swearing that "only God" could remove him from office.
And just to be sure, violence was unleashed to preserve his grip on power.
In order to protect his supporters, Mr Tsvangirai pulled out of the second round and although Mr Mugabe was forced to share power with his long-time rival, he remains president of the country he has governed since 1980.
The key to understanding Mr Mugabe is the 1970s guerrilla war where he made his name.
At the time, he was seen as a revolutionary hero, fighting white minority rule for the freedom of his people - this is why many African leaders remain reluctant to criticise him.
Since Zimbabwe's independence, most of the world has moved on - but his outlook remains the same.
The heroic socialist forces of Zanu-PF are still fighting the twin evils of capitalism and colonialism.
Any critics are dismissed as "traitors and sell-outs" - a throwback to the guerrilla war, when such labels could be a death sentence.
He blamed Zimbabwe's economic problems on a plot by Western countries, led by the UK, to oust him because of his seizure of white-owned farms.
His critics firmly blame him, saying he has shown no understanding of how a modern economy works.
He has always concentrated on the question of how to share the national cake, rather than how to make it grow bigger.
Mr Mugabe once famously said that a country could never go bankrupt - with the world's fastest-shrinking economy and annual inflation of 231m% in July 2008, he was determined to test his theory to the limit.
Professor Tony Hawkins of the University of Zimbabwe once observed that with Zimbabwe's leader: "Whenever economics gets in the way of politics, politics wins every time."
In 2000, faced with a strong opposition for the first time, he wrecked what was one of Africa's most diversified economies in a bid to retain political control.
He seized the white-owned farms which were the economy's backbone and scared off donors but in purely political terms, Mr Mugabe has outsmarted his enemies - he is still in power.
At any cost
After he suffered his first electoral defeat, in a 2000 referendum, Mr Mugabe unleashed his personal militia - the self-styled war veterans - who used violence and murder as an electoral strategy.
Eight years later, a similar pattern was followed after Mr Mugabe lost the first round of a presidential election.
When needed, all the levers of state - the security forces, civil service, state-owned media - which are mostly controlled by Zanu-PF members, are used in the service of the ruling party.
The man who fought for one-man, one-vote introduced a requirement that potential voters prove their residence with utility bills, which the young, unemployed opposition core electorate were unlikely to have.
One of the undoubted achievements of the former teacher's 33 years in power was the expansion of education. Zimbabwe recently had the highest literacy rate in Africa at 90% of the population.
The now deceased political scientist Masipula Sithole once said that by expanding education, the president was "digging his own grave".
The young beneficiaries were able to analyse Zimbabwe's problems for themselves and most blamed government corruption and mismanagement for the lack of jobs and rising prices.
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Mr Mugabe may well believe it would be easier to rule a country of subservient subsistence farmers than a well-educated, industrialised workforce.
He claims to be fighting on behalf of the rural poor but much of the land he confiscated has ended up in the hands of his cronies.
Archbishop Desmond Tutu says that Zimbabwe's long-time president has become a cartoon figure of the archetypal African dictator.
During the 2002 presidential campaign, he started wearing brightly coloured shirts emblazoned with his face - a style copied from many of Africa's notorious rulers.
For the preceding 20 years, this conservative man was only seen in public with either a stiff suit and tie or safari suit.
Many Zimbabweans, and others, are asking why he does not just put his feet up and enjoy his remaining years with his young family.
His second wife, Grace, 40 years his junior, says that he wakes up at 04:00 for his daily exercises.
Mr Mugabe was 73 when she gave birth to their third child, Chatunga.
He professes to be a staunch Catholic, and worshippers at Harare's Catholic Cathedral are occasionally swamped by security guards as he turns up for Sunday Mass.
However, Mr Mugabe's beliefs did not prevent him from having two children by Grace, then his secretary, while his popular Ghanaian first wife, Sally, was dying from cancer.
'King'
Although predictions of Mr Mugabe's demise have always proved premature, the increasing strain of recent years has obviously taken its toll and his once-impeccable presentation now looks a little worn.
In 2011, a US diplomatic cable released by Wikileaks suggested that he was suffering from prostate cancer.
But if nothing else, Mr Mugabe is an extremely proud man.
He will only step down when his "revolution" is complete.
He says this means the redistribution of white-owned land but he also wants to hand-pick his successor, who must of course come from within the ranks of his Zanu-PF party.
This would also ensure a peaceful old age, with no investigation into his time in office.
There have occasionally been widespread predictions that either Zanu-PF or Zimbabwe's neighbours would finally stand up to Mr Mugabe but in the event, both groups remain loyal to him.
One of Mr Mugabe's closest associates, Didymus Mutasa, once told the BBC that in Zimbabwean culture, kings are only replaced when they die "and Mugabe is our king".
Saturday's 3-1 home defeat by Bournemouth left McClaren's side above only Aston Villa in the Premier League.
It was a third successive loss for the Magpies, and Hall told BBC Radio 5 live's Sportsweek: "You need change.
"Steve is not getting them to play and it's probably time he goes. You've got to find someone to harness the team."
Former England coach McClaren, 54, was appointed as John Carver's successor in June last year but has presided over only six league victories this season.
The defeat by Bournemouth was Newcastle's eighth loss in the past 11 matches, and their tally of 24 points is their lowest at this stage of a Premier League season.
McClaren described Saturday's performance as "going down material" and admitted his side are in a "four-team league" at the bottom with Sunderland, Norwich and Aston Villa.
Legendary former Newcastle striker Alan Shearer said on Match of the Day the club is in "a mess from top to bottom".
Hall, 82, sold his stake in the club to Mike Ashley in 2007.
He said: "I'm like every fan - utterly depressed. If I was Mike Ashley, I would be tearing my hair out.
"Something is not right there. Mike Ashley has put money in and they are not gelling.
"It's got to come down to management. I would have someone in mind to bring in. At this moment we are prime candidates for relegation."
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Former Everton and Manchester United boss David Moyes, who was sacked by Real Sociedad in November, has been linked with the job.
"I'm out of touch with the managers but you need someone who can motivate the players and change the tactics," said Hall.
"Moyes is a nice fella. Whether he has got the strength of character, I don't know. But I say again to the fans - you've got to get behind them, it's no good booing, that won't help.
"We should not be in this position and we should be asking why."
Gary Snape was working for North Essex Partnership Trust when he committed a string of patient care failings.
A Nursing and Midwifery Council conduct panel heard Mr Snape had also asked "inappropriately" a patient to tie material around her body.
The panel suspended Mr Snape from working as a nurse for six months.
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The panel heard how in 2009, Mr Snape had used drama therapy techniques with a patient, who at the time was of school age, without being suitably qualified.
He also told her he wanted to wear her school uniform at their next appointment. However, the panel's report on the case did not indicate why Mr Snape made this request of the girl.
The panel said Mr Snape had shown "developing insight" and an "open and honest approach" to the proceedings and had tried "to remedy his practice".
However, the panel also found Mr Snape, who is not currently working as a nurse, had "behaved in such a way that could have foreseeably resulted in harm to the patients in his care".
The former Force India driver, 29, will continue to race for Mercedes in the German Touring Car Championship.
Di Resta's role as back-up driver for Valtteri Bottas and Felipe Massa gives the Scot the chance to revive an F1 career many considered to be over.
He claimed 121 points in 58 races for Force India from 2011 to 2013.
"We are delighted to welcome someone with Paul's experience to the team," said Claire Williams, deputy team principal.
Testing their DNA should identify the most effective drugs and finds out if other family members are at risk.
Fewer than a third of patients are currently tested, but the team at the Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) in London made it easier for women and increased uptake to 100%.
Experts said the findings were an important step.
The focus of testing is a set of genetic mutations which run in families called BRCA - they cause 15% of the 7,100 ovarian cancers detected in the UK each year.
Knowing if the patient is in the 15% helps improve treatment as some chemotherapy drugs are more effective against tumours caused by BRCA mutations.
And cancer drugs such as PARP inhibitors work only in women with BRCA mutations.
A tumour that is positive for BRCA is also an early warning to other family members that they may be at risk of developing ovarian, breast or prostate cancers.
Testing currently involves getting an appointment with a separate genetics team after being diagnosed by a cancer doctor. The average wait is 12-15 weeks, the researchers say, and only a minority of women go for it.
The ICR team used advances in genetics testing - which is getting faster and cheaper - to offer screening with the original cancer doctor.
Prof Nazneen Rahman, who led the trial, told the BBC News website: "It cuts off all that time on a waiting list and extra consultation. The feedback from patients has been overwhelmingly positive."
The results of the trial, published in the journal Scientific Reports, showed all patients had screening and got their results in a quarter of the time. It also estimated the National Health Service would save £2.6m a year if it changed the way testing was offered.
Prof Rahman added: "There would be 283 fewer cancers and 77 fewer deaths a year - it really does save lives and money.
"It's very unusual to get a win-win all round that allows us to help more people but doesn't cost more."
It is likely the approach would also work for other cancers, such as those in the breast.
Prof Paul Workman, the chief executive of ICR, said: "Twenty years ago the BRCA2 gene was identified at the ICR. This study is an excellent example of how science such as this can be turned into something very practical that can improve the patient care and save lives. We hope the new model for genetic testing will be rolled out across the NHS."
Alexandra Holden, from the charity Target Ovarian Cancer, commented: "Any improved access to genetic testing for all women with ovarian cancer is an important step.
"It is essential that all women with ovarian cancer get genetic counselling, as we know from the women with ovarian cancer we support that there can be numerous, complex implications of a test, for all the family."
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Bryn Celli Ddu is famous for being aligned to the midsummer sunrise - when a beam of sunlight illuminates the chamber on the longest day of the year.
But a new study has discovered the original monument is bigger than previously thought.
Researchers described the find as "very exciting" as it was "something we never suspected before".
It follows archaeological excavation carried out by Cadw and researchers from Manchester Metropolitan University and the University of Central Lancashire.
The series of cairns - a mound of rough stones built as a memorial or landmark - have been discovered along a ridge behind Bryn Celli Ddu.
Dr Ben Edwards, senior lecturer in archaeology and heritage from Manchester Metropolitan University, said: "The geophysical survey, combined with innovative digital modelling, has raised the possibility of a cairn cemetery surrounding the original monument, something we never suspected before.
"Rather than Bryn Celli Ddu standing on its own, we're suddenly filling the landscape with rock art, ritual pots and burial chambers."
Dr Ffion Reynolds, from Cadw, said: "Since we started the project we have discovered that Bryn Celli Ddu was never in isolation, there was activity happening all around."
"We knew this would be a good project but it's turning out to be very exciting."
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Victory for the Lions at Eden Park would seal a first series win over New Zealand in 46 years.
And Gatland says his side are just "scratching the surface" in terms of its potential.
"We have got another level in us, and it's incredibly exciting," he said.
"We think this team has got better and better and will get better on Saturday.
"I think you should all be excited about what should be one hell of a Test match."
While Gatland says the players cannot become "emotionally too involved", he says they will be aware of what is stake as the Lions look to match the achievements of the greats of 1971.
"They have an opportunity to leave bit of a legacy don't they? 11 tours of New Zealand and the Lions have only won here once," Gatland added.
"It's a chance to do something special. You have those moments in your life and you don't want those moments to pass you by.
"It's a pressure that you relish. It's why you do all those hours of preparation, because you want those big moments in sport.
"I have no doubt that tomorrow and Saturday the players will start thinking about that."
Gatland has named the same 23 for Saturday's Test, and says he was not tempted to make any changes from the squad that won in Wellington, once all the players were declared available for selection.
But while the All Blacks assistant coach Wayne Smith says his side "do a lot of work" on the opposition before a game, the Lions have taken a different approach this week.
"We haven't even spoken about them," Gatland said.
"It feels a little bit ironic, a bit strange, almost like a role reversal.
"When you play against the All Blacks, you try to stop all their threats and you pick a team to do that, but we have just concentrated on ourselves and our game, and going out and doing what we've been doing and what's been successful for us.
"There hasn't been too much chat about individuals in their team. We didn't speak today about the All Blacks team that was selected."
Gatland says Saturday's third Test against the All Blacks is not "career-defining" for him as a coach, and has hinted he may retire following the Rugby World Cup in 2019.
He is contracted to coach Wales until the end of the tournament in Japan, and has been linked with the All Blacks job following that.
"I'm pretty happy with what I've achieved in my career," he continued.
"In 2019, I'll probably finish up after the World Cup and go to the beach and maybe retire. The future will take care of itself.
"But it's definitely not career-defining - I can promise you that."
All Blacks coach Steve Hansen has dismissed claims there is extra pressure on his side going into Saturday's decider at Eden Park, where New Zealand have not lost since 1994.
"It's not the first time we've lost, every week there is pressure. We are expected to win every Test match, and when we win we are expected to win well. But we are only playing a rugby game," he said.
"Real pressure is giving someone CPR and trying to save their life and when that doesn't work telling their children or father or mother. That's real pressure.
"We could win, lose or draw, but we will be a better team for it. Is there any more pressure this week than last week? No, because we need to win to win the series."
The All Blacks have not lost successive matches since 2011, before Hansen took charge. And while a series victory for the Lions would be historic for Gatland's team, Hansen says it is not the defining moment for his All Blacks.
"Is the Lions series hugely significant?" he said. "Of course it is. Will it define this team? No, because there is a heck of a lot more of this story to be written. But what it will do, win, lose or draw, is it will make this team stronger."
They symbolised "outdated and one-sided" history education, an aide said.
The conservative government of Park Geun-hye said the books were needed to correct left-wing bias. The move caused anger and most schools refused them.
Moon Jae-in, a liberal and former human rights lawyer, was elected on Tuesday. Ms Park is in prison awaiting trial on corruption charges.
Scrapping the textbooks was one of Mr Moon's campaign pledges.
The controversial books were ordered in late 2015 and unveiled in January 2017.
Hwang Woo-yea, the education minister under Ms Park, said that they were intended to teach "the proud history of South Korea, which has achieved both democratisation and industrialisation in the shortest time in the world history".
Other administration officials said they were needed because existing textbooks were insufficiently critical of North Korea.
But critics of the project accused Ms Park's administration of trying to sanitise the rule of her father, dictator Park Chung-hee.
The government initially said that schools could only use the government-authored textbook, but rolled back on this plan in late 2016.
A spokesman for Mr Moon said the new president believed "history education must no longer be used for political purposes".
History - and how it is taught - is a sensitive issue across East Asia. Rival versions of events fuel territorial disputes, bilateral mistrust and diplomatic rifts.
More than 3,000 objects are now being installed into four galleries of decorative art, fashion and design and six of science and technology.
The new galleries represent the next phase of the £80m masterplan to transform the museum.
They will be completed in the 150th anniversary year of the Victorian building, which first opened in 1866.
Display space will increase by more than 40%, with 75% of the objects on display not having been seen for at least a generation.
The £14.1m project is supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund, the Wellcome Trust and the Scottish government, with £7m of the costs being raised from trusts, foundations and individual donors.
Alongside the announcement of the opening date, National Museums Scotland launched the last phase of its fundraising appeal for the new galleries.
Edinburgh author, Alexander McCall Smith, who is a patron and long-term supporter of National Museums Scotland, said: "I love to write about Edinburgh.
"It is one of the great cities in the world - rich in history, architecture and culture.
"And the National Museum of Scotland, situated in the heart of Edinburgh, is a place which connects Scotland to the world and the world to Scotland through stories captured in thousands of remarkable objects.
"It's a place which has inspired me and, with the help and generosity of the public, can inspire many more people in years to come."
Gordon Rintoul, director of National Museums Scotland said: "We are now in the final phase of work as we progress towards opening our new galleries on 8 July.
"From Dunlop's first pneumatic tyre to cutting edge scientific discoveries from CERN, the fashion of Vivienne Westwood and Alexander McQueen, Dolly the Sheep and Picasso ceramics - we have something to appeal to everyone."
Peter Walker, a former policeman who wrote under the pen name Nicholas Rhea, lived at Ampleforth in North Yorkshire.
His daughter, Tricia, said her father's cancer had returned two weeks ago and he died at home on Friday.
His Constable series of books inspired the Yorkshire Television production, set in the 1960s, which ran between 1992 and 2010.
The programme followed the life of a young police officer transferred from London to the North York Moors.
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Ms Walker said on her Facebook page that her father had died surrounded by his family in the home he had lived in for 50 years.
She wrote he was a "Yorkshireman to the end".
His funeral will take place at Our Lady's & St Benedict's Church, Ampleforth on Friday.
Jason Levien and Steve Kaplan, experienced in running US sports teams, lead a consortium which has bought a controlling stake of 60% in the club.
They must pass the league's test for prospective owners to make it official.
"Both see the takeover of Swansea City as an exciting opportunity for long-term growth in the club in every area," the club said in a statement.
BBC Wales Sport revealed in April which of Swansea's directors would be selling all - or part - of their shares.
With the club now valued at about £100m, shares are believed to have increased tenfold in worth since the current board took charge in 2002.
Levien is the managing general partner of Major League Soccer side DC United, while Kaplan is principal of Oaktree Capital investment fund and vice-chairman of NBA franchise Memphis Grizzlies.
They are understood to be keen to buy Swansea's home ground, Liberty Stadium, which is owned by the local council, with a view to increasing its capacity.
Levien and Kaplan had initially been negotiating a deal which would have seen them acquire more than 75% of Swansea's shares, effectively giving the American consortium complete control, including the power to issue more shares.
However, the modified acquisition of 60% will see the trust retain its 21.1% stake and ensure continuity at board level with the retention of Jenkins and Dineen.
Swansea will be based in Washington DC, home of Levien's DC United, for their pre-season tour to the USA in July.
*Martin Morgan resigned from his post as a director of OTH Ltd on 4 April 2016
**Brian Katzen and Jeffrey Crevoiserat own one more share than the Swansea City Supporters' Trust, giving them less than 0.1% more of a share.
The 26-year-old took 25 wickets and scored more than 300 runs to help the Red Rose club lift the trophy in 2015.
In August, Faulkner became only the sixth Australian to take a hat-trick in a one-day international when he achieved the feat against Sri Lanka.
"He's a world-class cricketer, a true competitor. It'll be great to have him back," head coach Ashley Giles said.
Faulkner, from Tasmania, has played one Test, 59 one-day internationals and 21 Twenty20 matches for Australia.
"Finals Day at Edgbaston was one of the best days of my career so hopefully we can replicate the success of 2015 next year," Faulkner said.
"I was blown away by the support I received from the Lancashire fans."
The SDLP previously said its pledges can be paid for from £220m in what is known as the 'Barnett consequential money' Northern Ireland is to receive from the chancellor's latest budget.
The party's Foyle candidate Gerard Diver told BBC Radio Ulster's Nolan programme that this money would be going to the assembly every year.
However, budget documents made it clear the extra £223m is over a four-year period.
"My understanding is that in the last budget there was something like £233m to Northern Ireland as the Barnett consequential and as I understand it that the minute that has not been allocated or identified for any specific or particular purpose," Mr Diver said.
"Why would it not be put to address many of the very difficult issues that we're hoping to grapple with in Northern Ireland."
Mr Diver was then asked by the host of the programme Stephen Nolan: "Is that £223m a year or what's that?"
Mr Diver replied: "That's the additional money that's been allocated in the budget under the Barnett consequential to take account of the population in Northern Ireland as it currently stands."
He was asked again over what period of time the money was - "per year, per two years, per four years, what is it?"
Mr Diver replied: "I would presume that that's an annual amount."
The SDLP has insisted its pledges are fully funded based on the additional Barnett consequential.
The party said Mr Diver clarified during the interview that the £223m is for four years and not one year.
The men's four, men's and women's pair and lightweight men's double sculls who triumphed in Serbia will return in Racice, Czech Republic, from 26-28 May.
A total of 50 rowers make up the squad.
"We're excited to be moving on to challenge the best crews in Europe," said British Rowing performance director Sir David Tanner.
"We have a good record in recent European Rowing Championships and I'm confident that the athletes selected will continue this tradition."
Karen Bennett and Holly Norton won the women's pair while Jacob Dawson and Matthew Rossiter triumphed in the men's pair at the first World Cup of the season in Belgrade last weekend.
Peter Chambers and Will Fletcher won the men's double sculls, while Callum McBrierty, Matthew Tarrant, Mohamed Sbihi and William Satch were victorious in the men's four.
In total Britain secured 11 medals, including three silvers and four bronzes.
Women's eight: Caragh McMurtry, Rebecca Chin, Annie Withers, Sara Parfett, Rebecca Shorten, Jo Wratten, Fiona Gammond, Katherine Douglas, Erin Wysocki-Jones (cox)
Women's pair: Karen Bennett, Holly Norton
Women's quadruple scull: Mathilda Hodgkins-Byrne, Beth Bryan, Holly Nixon, Jessica Leyden
Women's double scull: Georgia Francis, Emily Carmichael
Womne's single scull: Victoria Thornley
Women's reserves: Alice Baatz, Rebecca Girling, Anastasia Chitty
Women's lightweight double scull: Charlotte Booth, Katherine Copeland
Men's eight: Lance Tredell, Thomas Jeffery, Sam Arnot, Cameron Buchan, Tom Ransley, Adam Neill, James Rudkin, Tom Ford, Henry Fieldman (cox)
Men's four: Callum McBrierty, Matthew Tarrant, Mohamed Sbihi, Will Satch
Men's pair: Jacob Dawson, Matt Rossiter
Men's quadruple scull: Jack Beaumont, John Collins, Peter Lambert, Jonny Walton
Men's double scull: Tom Barras, Frazier Christie
Men's reserve: Tim Clarke
Men's lightweight double scull: Peter Chambers, Will Fletcher,
Men's lightweight pair: Joel Cassells, Sam Scrimgeour
And certainly Hume sparkled brilliantly during that quite remarkable 18th century flowering of Caledonian intellectual genius.
However, the great man was not always appreciated by conventional society. His sceptical attitude towards religion, for example, counted against him when it came to obtaining salaried employment in academia.
He noted drily that, despite his prodigious written output, he had "no enemies, except indeed all the Whigs, all the Tories, and all the Christians."
Hume also observed: "Nothing is more surprising than the easiness with which the many are governed by the few."
Now, I am certain that our Holyrood tribunes are to the fore in commending Hume's intellect and wit. I am sure that they recognise his huge role in global thought.
But right now they are about to confront the concept of the exercise of power as they seek, once more, to "govern the many".
These and other vague recollections occurred to me as I noted the forthcoming programme of the David Hume Institute, the splendid Edinburgh organisation which commemorates the great man by fostering contemporary political, philosophical and economic debate.
Their agenda for the early months of 2016 includes, in order, the following speakers: Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale, Scottish Greens co-convener Patrick Harvie, Scottish Tory leader Ruth Davidson, Scottish Lib Dem leader Willie Rennie and, finally, the recently confirmed SNP leader and First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.
Their topic? "My vision of Scotland for the next five years."
Right now, of course, they are firmly focused upon the next five months, leading up to the Scottish Parliamentary elections in May.
But their chances of relative victory in those polls will depend substantially on public reaction to the "vision thing", due to be set out in their Hume lectures and elsewhere. After exhaustive (and exhausting) conflict through the referendum and the UK elections, the parties are now seeking to replenish their strategic tanks.
It is intriguing - but not surprising - to note the extent to which comments from the opposition parties at Holyrood are predicated on the prospect, almost the presumption, of continuing SNP success.
Consider Kezia Dugdale, first up in the Hume programme. Right now, her Labour comrades are understandably expending energy in getting themselves as high up their party's Holyrood regional lists as possible.
Ms Dugdale decided to reopen the lists, removing the special status accorded to sitting MSPs. In addition to those, there are one or two eager ex MPs who rather fancy an early return to elected politics.
But why on the list and not a first-past-the-post seat? Why seek regional election and not a constituency? Because, of course, Labour stands to win relatively few Holyrood constituencies if current opinion poll indications are borne out. And of course, they won just one seat at last May's general election.
It is an indication of the party's present difficulties that there is such an almighty scramble to obtain nomination via the regional lists - especially when one recalls that, in the very earliest days of devolution, some Labour figures tended somewhat to denigrate the status of list MSPs.
However, Labour has to play the hand currently on the table and Kezia Dugdale is determined to do so with vigour and panache.
Self-evidently, Labour's pitch has to be founded on the existing pre-eminence of the SNP. They have to gain a hearing from the people of Scotland before attempting to subvert and then supplant their chief rivals.
In that regard, does it help having Jeremy Corbyn as leader of the UK Labour Party? Some insiders say yes: that it places Labour, definitively, to the left of the SNP in pitching for traditional, proletarian support.
Others say no: that voters see him as a less than credible contender for high office. Either way, Ms Dugdale is adamant. This is her shout. This is her election. She will drive Scottish Labour's offer.
Their strategy is, of course, multi-layered but prompted by circumstance. Firstly, they seek to attack the SNP on their record in office. Hence the challenges on health waiting times, on school attainment and the rest.
Secondly, they seek to posit egalitarian Labour options: such as an eventual increase in upper rate tax (when the powers come through) to fund an effort to counter the gap in educational outcomes between affluent and more deprived families.
Thirdly - and less attention has been paid to this - Ms Dugdale stresses that Labour would seek to govern consensually and in a fashion which supports the economy. In a speech, she said Labour's manifesto would be "the most pro-business" in the party's history.
Next up in the David Hume Institute calendar is Patrick Harvie of the Greens. Mr Harvie is an intrinsically optimistic individual and that attribute seems to extend to the party's prospects in May.
The Greens worked with the SNP in the referendum in a fairly companionable fashion. Sometimes more, when they shared the common objective of independence. Sometimes less, when the Greens thought the SNP were too heavy-handed in directing strategy. (The SNP dissent.)
But, for this election, the Greens are adamant that they can provide the "constructive yet challenging opposition" to the SNP which they say is missing at the moment.
Naturally, their policy priorities mainly arise from their environmental driver: opposition to fracking, support for energy efficiency and the like. But, beyond that, they will emphasise social need.
Sprint forward with me now to Ruth Davidson's lecture. Will the long-anticipated Conservative revival in Scotland happen in May? Sometime? Ever?
The steep Tory decline can be attributed to a range of factors. But perhaps chief among them was their stance on self-government - or rather the underlying sense of Scottish identity which drove that issue.
As I have noted previously, parties of the right customarily play the patriotic card. The Scottish Tories picked the wrong patriotism for their electoral prospects. Just as the Scots were reaching out to clutch the Saltire, the Tories were eagerly waving the Union Flag. They were increasingly seen as out of sync with Scottish sentiment.
For years now, indeed for decades, they have sought to quell that mismatch. They have emphasised, again and again, their credentials as a Scottish party, with Scottish interests at heart. This election will be no different.
And, as with other parties, the pitch is predicated upon countering the SNP. Ms Davidson says her party will provide "a genuine Scottish alternative" to what she characterises as the "one party state" of SNP governance.
To do this, she offers a "One Nation" approach. (The phrase traces its origins back to Benjamin Disraeli. David Cameron is said to be a fan of the 19th century Prime Minister and novelist; it seems Ms Davidson is too.)
Ms Davidson's version of One Nation is "not bowing to the big state on the one hand or genuflecting to the free market on the other." In short, the centre ground.
But she adds another element. Given the chance, she says she would govern in a "moderate, energetic" fashion - while categorically ruling out another referendum on independence. In short, a pitch to No voters and even perhaps wavering Yes voters who don't fancy an early rerun.
Now, Ruth Davidson is upbeat and buoyant at all points. She could give even Patrick Harvie a class in optimism.
But does she seriously expect to be First Minister? Thought you'd say that. Still, she will make her pitch with vigour and take her chances with the votes which ensue.
In which regard, there is occasional talk in Tory circles that they might overhaul Labour in voting share. Labour, of course, dismiss that - and even SNP strategists think it unlikely.
To Willie Rennie next, of the Scottish Liberal Democrats.
You thought Patrick Harvie was cheerful? You thought Ruth Davidson was chipper? Mr Rennie outdoes them both.
I suppose, given the recent plight of his party, the options are either to smile broadly and continuously - or to slink off to the cupboard for a quiet cry.
Still, Mr Rennie is frequently effective in parliament; most notably over police service reform and related issues such as stop and search. By pursuing precise issues, firmly and vigorously, he has gained a reputation for challenging ministers, First and otherwise.
Will the public listen? Mr Rennie says he will offer a "positive, uplifting" campaign which will "seek to put the divisions of the referendum behind us".
In particular, he will revert to a classic theme for his party and its predecessors; that of liberty. He will argue against "targets, controls and top down diktats" in the public sector which, he says, are "suffocating the talents" of staff.
But, as with others, it is largely targeted at the SNP or rather SNP voters. In essence, he will argue that Yes voters should put that period behind them and listen to the Lib Dem offer on issues such as GP provision, mental health and policing.
Finally, in March, the David Hume Institute will play host to the First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon. She remains decidedly popular, as does her government, despite the inevitable depredations of administration.
It was once thought inconceivable that any party could win an overall majority at Holyrood in a voting system designed to prevent such an occurrence. Now opinion polls suggest the prospect that the SNP might repeat that feat.
The SNP strategy - as promulgated by Alex Salmond - has been to govern moderately and consensually within the limits of devolution while simultaneously inviting the voters to infer how much better things could be with independence.
This has persisted under Ms Sturgeon. She stresses that it will be her government's record - and forward programme - which are placed before the voters in May. Not, immediately, independence.
With regard to the prospect of another referendum, she will pursue the strategy she set out at the party's conference in Aberdeen. She said then that to propose another plebiscite "without strong evidence that a significant number of those who voted No have changed their minds would be wrong and we won't do it."
She added, however, that if such evidence were to emerge, "then we have no right to rule out a referendum and we won't do that either."
In essence, it will be - for the manifesto and, she hopes, for the election - a decision deferred and driven by the popular will. Naturally, Ms Sturgeon's opponents will seek to place the topic more directly before the people in May, challenging the SNP over their stand.
As ever, the economy will be predominant. And, on that, there are significant changes pending. John Swinney opted for a steady budget for 2016/17 - with no use of the additional power available from April to raise income tax.
But that power only allows changes across all rates - with no differentiation between standard and upper.
The new Scotland Bill will give Holyrood control of all rates and bands. That should be enacted in the New Year, provided the accompanying fiscal framework can be agreed which seems eminently likely, given that it is in the interests of both the UK and Scottish governments to strike a bargain.
In Scotland, then, we would face a debate driven by fiscal change.
A new income tax system. Reform of the council tax: the hints from inside the Scottish Government are that such reform may be substantial, allied to the assignation of a proportion of income tax to local government. Reform of business rates.
All that plus new controls over elements of welfare, also in the Scotland Bill. The SNP, like the other parties, will set out their forward thinking with regard to those extra powers. New powers, new debate.
It will be lively. It will be argumentative. But I am certain it will also be civilised. For, as David Hume noted, "truth springs from argument amongst friends."
In a report, the IEA said it expects prices to start recovering in 2017.
But it forecasts that will be followed by a sharp jump in price as supply shrinks following under-investment by struggling producers.
Brent crude touched a 13-year low of $28.88 a barrel in January.
It has since recovered somewhat, but is still far below a high of $115 in June 2014.
On Monday the price was up around 4.9% at $34.62.
Fatih Birol, executive director of the IEA, said: "It is easy for consumers to be lulled into complacency by ample stocks and low prices today, but they should heed the writing on the wall: the historic investment cuts we are seeing raise the odds of unpleasant oil-security surprises in the not-too-distant-future."
The policy advisor expects global oil supply will grow by 4.1 million barrels of oil per day between 2015 and 2021, down from an increase of 11 million barrels of oil per day between 2009 and 2015.
It also expects investment in oil exploration and production to fall by 17% in 2016 following a 24% decline last year.
The IEA said: "Only in 2017 will we finally see oil supply and demand aligned but the enormous stocks being accumulated will act as a dampener on the pace of recovery in oil prices when the market, having balanced, then starts to draw down those stocks."
Global markets have been awash with oil following the boom in shale energy production in the US. That has spurred the Opec oil producing nations, led by Saudi Arabia, to leave oil output unchanged to drive the price of crude down and put pressure on its American competitors.
An economic slowdown in China has also adversely impacted demand for oil.
Silicone Engineering Kawasaki rider Harrison edged out runner-up, Manxman Dan Kneen, by 0.131 seconds, with Michael Dunlop third on his Suzuki.
Dunlop set a new absolute lap record with an average speed of 115.707mph.
Harrison took a hat-trick of wins over the course of the meeting, with Dunlop also securing a treble of victories.
Harrison, Dunlop and BMW pilot Kneen each enjoyed spells at the front as they traded positions regularly throughout the feature event.
"I've been trying to win that race for five years and I'm over the moon," said Bradford man Harrison after his 'big race' success.
"Everyone is pushing really hard so it's a hard race to win. The lead swapped and changed a few times but I just kept braking as late as I could and kept the head down.
"I had some bad luck issues with the bike over the last few days and missed two races but this makes it all worthwhile," added the Yorkshire rider.
Earlier in the day, Dunlop, 28, surpassed the previous best lap benchmark with a speed of 115.267 in winning a keenly fought Senior race.
The Ballymoney man enjoyed an advantage of less than a second over Kneen at the chequered flag, with Jamie Coward completing the podium, some 25 seconds behind Dunlop.
Dunlop also narrowly saw off Kneen in Tuesday's opening 1000cc race and continued his fine form by winning Wednesday's seven-lap Senior race.
Harrison won the 600cc opener on Wednesday and then got the better of runner-up Dunlop and third-place finisher Cowton in the second event for that class on Thursday, Dunlop having the consolation of a new lap record at 111.335.
Ivan Lintin took a slender triumph over Cowton in Thursday's Supertwins outing to complete a double in that class, Rob Hodson occupying the final rostrum position.
Ballymoney's Darryl Tweed made it two wins from two by ending 5.6 seconds in front of Seamus Elliott in the 400cc/125cc, with Paul Gartland third.
In the Sidecar Championship race, John Holden and Lee Cain were declared the winners over Wayne Lockey and Mark Sayers, after brothers Ben and Tom Birchall and Tim Reeves and Mark Wilkes crashed at Cross Four Ways while battling for the lead.
The Birchalls set a new lap record for the class at 101.545mph.
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Jo Healey reports.
Both players finished on nine under par after 72 holes, setting up a sudden-death play-off on the 18th.
Garcia, 37, holed a birdie putt for victory after his European Ryder Cup team-mate could only manage a bogey.
Charl Schwartzel was three shots back, with England's Paul Casey and Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy in the top 10.
Jordan Spieth, one of the pre-tournament favourites, and fellow American Rickie Fowler both capitulated on the final day to finish tied 11th on one-under.
Garcia finally won one of golf's four majors - the Masters, the Open Championship, the US Open and the US PGA - after 22 previous top-10 finishes.
He became the third Spaniard to win the Masters - after Seve Ballesteros and Jose Maria Olazabal - on what would have been the 60th birthday of Ballesteros, who died in 2011.
"To join Seve and Jose - my two idols - is something amazing," said Garcia.
Shot one: Rose teed off first, pushing his drive right into the trees, only for his ball to bounce back towards play and reappear in the pine needles.
Garcia thumped his drive almost 300 yards down the fairway.
Shot two: Rose could only punch his way out of trouble onto the fairway, while Garcia to land his approach on the green.
Shot three: The Englishman responded by landing his ball about 10 foot to the right of the hole - on a similar line to his putt in regulation play about 15 minutes earlier.
After Rose pushed it left, Garcia had two shots for victory - making no mistake with his first attempt and his ball rounded the lip before dropping in.
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North Wales Police said officers were trying to intervene as the man, in his 30s, attempted suicide in Ruabon Road, Johnstown, at about 10:20 GMT.
Supt Alex Goss said the man died in hospital despite efforts to save him. The officer's injuries were superficial.
The incident has been referred to the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC).
The watchdog said its investigators had been told the man in his 30s sustained self-inflicted knife injuries.
IPCC commissioner Jan Williams said: "Our thoughts are with the family of the man who died following this tragic incident.
"We are in the initial stages of carrying out an investigation into the circumstances and the police interaction with the man.
"We have met with his relatives to explain our role and we will keep them updated throughout our inquiries."
The striker, 28, last played for Chelsea in the FA Cup final in May, and was sent a text in June by boss Antonio Conte telling him he would not be part of the squad for next season.
Costa says the club are now demanding he return to train with the reserves.
"Why won't they let me go if they don't want me?" he told the Daily Mail.
"I have to do what I have to do. I have to think of myself. I've been a good boy here and tried to do the right thing. My desire is to go to Atletico."
Costa joined Chelsea from Atletico Madrid in 2014 and has won two Premier League titles and the League Cup with the London club.
In January, he was left out of the Chelsea side for an away match at Leicester after he was involved in a dispute with a fitness coach.
It followed reports of an offer from China that would have been worth £30m a year in salary.
"In January, things happened with the coach," said Costa. "I was on the brink of renewing my contract and they put the brakes on it. I suspect the manager was behind it. He asked for that to happen.
"His ideas are very fixed and clear. I have seen the sort of person he is. He has his own opinion and that will not change.
"I respect him as a great coach. He has done a good job and I can see that, but as a person, no. He is not a coach who is very close with his players. He is very distant. He doesn't possess charisma."
In June, Costa said Conte sent him a text telling him he would not be part of the squad for next season.
"I have not deleted the message," he added. "If people accuse me of lying, I can show them. It was clear, saying that he didn't count on me and wishing me the best for the future. Full stop."
The Spain striker was given extra time off by Chelsea last month, but now claims he is being fined for his absence and is considering legal action or seeing out the remaining year of his contract unpaid in his native Brazil.
"You know that the manager doesn't want me," added Costa.
"I am waiting for Chelsea to set me free. I didn't want to leave. I was happy. When the manager does not want you, you have to go."
The local authority, which has already described itself as being "besieged" by property developers, has set a target of building 27,000 new homes by 2030.
But the inspector said the figure needed to be closer to 40,000. Cheadle MP Mark Hunter said the council's plans showed their "ineptitude".
Council leader Michael Jones said he was "concerned" about the findings.
The Conservative leader said: "The starting point for the plan was based in 2009, [when] policies and guidelines were all different.
"What we haven't done is listen and [hear] advice when they have changed and that's something I'm very concerned about and we will look into why that is.
"We are going to recheck our analysis, our methodology, our ideas, and see how we do from there to make sure our numbers are in line so we can get it right."
Liberal Democrat MP Mr Hunter spoke out in the Commons last week about the plans by the council to build about 2,000 new homes at Handforth, near Wilmslow.
He said the report, written by independent local government inspector Stephen Pratt, was critical in other areas.
"I think it shows in large measure the ineptitude of Cheshire East Council and the way they have gone about this.
"The report says there are 'significant flaws in both the process and evidence related to the release of land from the green belt'.
"I think that's a very critical verdict the inspector has come to and I think it's round one to the objectors."
The incident involving a Jaguar, BMW and Citroen happened on the B921 between Kinglassie and Cardenden at about 14:30.
The BMW driver - a man aged 42 - is being treated for serious injuries at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary.
The 62-year-old woman driver of the Citroen and her young female passenger were also seriously hurt.
They were taken to Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy.
Four others received minor injuries - the 75-year-old man driving the Jaguar, two passengers in the BMW and a second passenger in the Citroen.
Insp Brenda Sinclair said: "I would ask anyone who was on the road at the time and witnessed the collision to contact us immediately."
Everton striker Rooney, 31, announced his international retirement this week, despite national boss Gareth Southgate asking him to be in his latest squad.
Southgate has since said the door remains open for the country's all-time leading goalscorer to return.
"Stranger things have happened in football," McClaren told Sportsweek.
"I think we should watch this space regarding his England future.
"If he gets his form back at Everton, scoring regularly, then selection might come again. It would not surprise me if he gets the call before the next World Cup and decides to come back.
"In this game you have ups and downs, but now he has a new start at Everton and as far as I'm concerned he still has a lot to contribute for England."
Rooney has scored 53 goals in 119 appearances for England.
He returned to hometown club Everton this summer following 13 years at Manchester United, who he joined from the Toffees for £27m in August 2004, scoring a club record 253 goals in 559 matches.
He has made a positive start to life back on Merseyside, scoring twice in two Premier League games - the second, at Manchester City, his 200th top-flight goal.
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Rooney made his England debut in February 2003, in a 3-1 defeat by Australia at Upton Park, and his last international appearance was as captain in last November's 3-0 victory over Scotland at Wembley.
He was overlooked by Southgate for matches against Scotland and France in June but offered a recall for next month's World Cup qualifiers against Malta and Slovakia.
"In 10 years we'll look back on Wayne Rooney for England as we do with Jimmy Greaves and Bobby Charlton - as a legend," added McClaren, who managed England from 2006 to 2007. "We'll see that what he's achieved has been remarkable."
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The mosquito-borne virus, centred in north-east Brazil, has been declared a global public health emergency as it spreads through South America.
It is being linked with thousands of babies being born with underdeveloped brains.
Leishman said he was concerned about the risks of transmitting the virus to his wife, who has a poor immune system.
The world number 35 said he "almost lost" his wife, Audrey, to toxic shock syndrome last year and that she was still recovering.
"It was a difficult yet easy decision not to participate," said Leishman, 32, who would have represented Australia in Rio this summer.
"We understand that family must always come first and we respect Marc's decision not to play in Rio," the Australian team chef de mission Kitty Chiller said.
Golf is returning to the Games after a 112-year absence, with the world's biggest names such as Jordan Spieth, Rory McIlroy and Jason Day.
Tournament entrants will be finalised on July 11 based on world rankings.
Leishman's compatriot and former Masters champion Adam Scott will not play, saying he wanted to focus on the PGA Tour.
South Africans Louis Oosthuizen and Charl Schwartzel will also be absent, as will Fijian triple major-winner Vijay Singh.
Arla Foods have been granted planning permission by Aylesbury Vale District Council for a £150m complex on 70 acres (24 hectares) on land at Aston Clinton.
The site could process about 10% of the milk needed in England.
Arla Foods said 700 new jobs would be created but local residents fear existing roads would not be able to cope with the extra traffic.
The dairy could be in operation by the end of next year.
Baxter, 18, has not featured for Chelsea's first team, but made 17 appearances on loan at fellow National League club Solihull Moors last season.
Ward, 21, joined Brighton from Chelmsford City in 2015 but failed to make a first-team appearance.
He had a spell on loan at Lincoln City during the second half of last season.
Two women and three men were arrested on suspicion of managing a brothel following the raids on Monday.
About 40 West Midlands Police officers took part in the raids in Bordesley Green, Hay Mills, Acocks Green, Sheldon, Alum Rock and Moseley.
Police also seized mobile phones, cash and items relating to prostitution.
The force said it was questioning two men and two women from Romania and a man from Germany.
The five rescued women were all offered counselling, help and support which they declined, it said.
A spokesperson for West Midlands Police said: "The problem is that these people don't see themselves as victims, they see the traffickers as people who are trying to help them, and they often don't want to talk to us.
"If they don't disclose any offences to us we can't do anymore except signpost them to other agencies to get help, which we did in this case."
Three of the buildings raided in the operation were found to be vacant, but evidence at the scene suggested they had also been used as brothels, police said.
Det Supt Tim Bacon said: "It's hard to believe that modern day slavery is happening in the West Midlands, but sadly it's on the increase and we're determined to put a stop to it.
"Tonight's action, first and foremost, is about protecting people who more often than not don't even realise that they are victims.
"But we're also sending out a strong message to the traffickers that they're not going to get away with using our area as a place to commit this appalling abuse."
West Midlands Police said the raids were carried out following intelligence gathered from local people.
Det Insp Darren Haynes, who co-orientated the operation, said: "We built up a really good picture of what was going on thanks to information that was coming in from concerned residents and other agencies.
"It's often an unseen, unreported crime, which is why information from the community, no matter how small, can be crucial."
Mrs Tindall's husband, rugby player Mike Tindall, was present at the birth of their first child at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital.
The Queen, the Duke of Edinburgh and the families of both parents were all delighted at the news, Buckingham Palace said.
The baby, as yet unnamed, becomes 16th in line for the throne.
Mrs Tindall later left the hospital and returned home.
Her husband expressed his joy on Twitter: "Thanks so much for all your kind messages. Definitely the best day of my life today, so happy! The girls are both doing great!"
In another tweet, he praised hospital staff, writing: "Big thanks to all involved at Gloucester Royal, they were fantastic!"
Mr and Mrs Tindall were married at Canongate Kirk in Edinburgh in July 2011.
The new arrival is the third grandchild of the Princess Royal and her first husband, Mark Phillips - and the Queen and Prince Philip's fourth great-grandchild.
The birth follows that of Prince George in July last year to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.
In a statement, the Queen's press secretary said: "The Queen, The Duke of Edinburgh, The Princess Royal, Captain Mark Phillips and Mike's parents, Mr Phillip and Mrs Linda Tindall, have been informed and are delighted with the news.
"The baby's name will be confirmed in due course."
Prime Minister David Cameron said: "It's wonderful news and I'm absolutely delighted for the couple. I know them a little and I know they'll be absolutely devoted and delighted parents, so happy news all round."
BBC Royal correspondent Peter Hunt said the couple had chosen an NHS hospital, the Gloucestershire Royal, for the birth.
Mrs Tindall, 32, does not hold a royal title and is not referred to as Her Royal Highness. Her daughter will be known as Miss Tindall.
The new parents met during England's Rugby World Cup-winning campaign in Australia in 2003.
Mr Tindall, 34, a former England rugby star, is now a player-coach at Gloucester.
His wife has achieved sporting success in her own right - where she still competes under the name Zara Phillips - winning individual gold in three-day eventing at the World Equestrian Games in Germany in 2006.
The title helped her become BBC Sports Personality of the Year later that year, following in the footsteps of her mother, Princess Anne, who won the award in 1971.
As a member of the Great Britain eventing team she won a silver medal at the London 2012 Olympics.
She is planning to take part in the next Olympic Games, which will be held in Rio in 2016.
Findings have also been announced in relation to a Newsnight report that led to Lord McAlpine being wrongly implicated in child abuse allegations.
Key points:
Report by former Sky News executive Nick Pollard into the dropped Newsnight investigation on allegations of sexual abuse by Jimmy Savile.
"The decision to drop the original investigation was flawed and the way it was taken was wrong but I believe it was done in good faith. It was not done to protect the Savile tribute programmes or for any improper reason."
"When the full force of the affair broke in October 2012, the BBC's management system proved completely incapable of dealing with it. This report shows that the level of chaos and confusion was even greater than was apparent at the time... beyond the combined efforts of the senior management, legal department, corporate communications team."
"Efforts were hampered in part by an apparent adherence to rigid management chains and a reluctance to bypass them."
"It led to one of the worst management crises in the BBC's history and contributed to further chaos that led to the resignation of the director general a few weeks later."
"I have seen no evidence that anyone involved in the making of the tribute programmes knew of any allegations against or rumours about Savile. Were there nonetheless opportunities to discover these and to evaluate whether or not the programmes should have been commissioned, produced, or ultimately broadcast? In my view there were."
The report found an email was sent by an executive to future director general George Entwistle - when he was head of BBC Vision - and to Danny Cohen, the controller of BBC1, alerting them to the potential of a "darker side" to Jimmy Savile but neither read the message
"Mr Entwistle said that he did not read the email... and he does not believe it was sent in an effort to warn him... I do not regard that email as a 'smoking gun' but it indicates to me that there was knowledge, not just rumour, within BBC Vision about the unsavoury side of Savile's character at the time the Christmas tribute programmes were planned. If either email had been read it was at least possible that further questions would have followed."
"The BBC needs to look again at its practices for handing material to the police. The Newsnight Savile investigation produced an extremely unusual issue - a story that was not deemed convincing enough for broadcast yet included material that the police should have been given. It is unlikely such a situation will occur often but the wider issue about how and when material should be handed to the police needs to be considered."
"[Peter] Rippon's decision to drop the Savile story was seriously flawed: he made a bad mistake in not examining the evidence properly."
"The preparation of the blog can only be described as chaotic. The impression given is of no particular individual being in control of and responsible for that process who was charged with ensuring that the document produced was precise and accurate."
"Within an hour of the blog being published, Jeremy Paxman, a senior presenter on Newsnight, emailed Mr Rippon to say that the blog 'doesn't answer all of the accusations laid against us...
"The email exchange continued with Mr Paxman suggesting that the decision not to run the Savile investigation 'must have been a corporate decision (whatever your blog says)', to which Mr Rippon replied: 'It wasn't corporate honestly. I guess I may be guilty of self-censorship. In the end I just felt what we had … Forty year old contestable claims about a dead guy was not a NN story and not worth the fuss'".
"The BBC's news and editorial management needs to be reviewed. That is a key job for the acting and designate directors general. It is certainly not the case that everything in BBC News management needs repair."
"Several witnesses... told us they believed the Savile affair - and in particular the BBC's poor handling of it after the investigation was halted - would not have happened (or at least would not have been so damaging) if the role of deputy director general... had still been in existence."
"BBC News depends on delegated editorial authority and in an organisation of such size that is inevitable and appropriate. However, there needs to be an effective way of dealing with problems when they arise. It is clear to me that in the Savile case that did not happen. This problem needs to be recognised and addressed."
"The BBC needs to decide what their blogs are for, particularly editor's blogs. Are they a true journalistic outlet, in which case they must meet BBC editorial standards and the press office should not be involved with them."
Report features the findings of the BBC Trust's Editorial Standards Committee into a Newsnight programme on 2 November 2012 which led to Lord McAlpine being wrongly identified online as an abuser. Also includes the conclusions of Ken MacQuarrie, director of BBC Scotland, who carried out an investigation into the programme, and a response from the executive board that manages the BBC.
"The combination of the Newsnight Report and the online speculation had led to Lord McAlpine being incorrectly identified as... [an] abuser."
"Failures by members of the Newsnight team resulted largely from a failure to adhere to the editorial guidelines."
"As a result of the inaccuracy, the audience had been misled."
"The BBC appears to have made inadequate attempts to seek validation for the story beyond what the reporter delivered."
"Newsnight, aware the freelance reporter had interviewed the same interviewee for two previous BBC broadcasts, did not ask for fresh checks to be carried out."
"The Executive cannot explain why a photograph of Lord McAlpine was not shown to the key interviewee prior to transmission. The freelance reporter [Angus Stickler] accepts that this was a terrible mistake."
"Newsnight was aware of online reports that stated the political figure at the centre of the row strongly denied the allegations. Despite this, no action was taken to contact Lord McAlpine.... Some individuals recollect this decision as being informed by legal advice, however, the lawyer does not recall this issue being discussed with him and in any event would have regarded it as a matter that should be addressed."
"Colleagues in BBC Wales had been alerted to the possibility of a significant story about their patch, the doubts about the credibility of his evidence could have been flushed out before any broadcast."
"Programme-makers were aware of suggestions online that Newsnight would 'bottle it again', and that concern about possible 'reputational damage' in that event 'played too large a part' in the decision to proceed with the broadcast."
"The BBC report combined with social media made jigsaw identification possible. This is what led to the naming of Lord McAlpine... However, we should note that case law here is only emerging alongside the social media revolution, that the participants believed that by not naming the political figure on the BBC they were within the area of acceptable risk, and that they took this view in the light of conscientiously-given legal advice."
"This failure occurred in the wake of the decision by Newsnight not to run an investigation into Jimmy Savile... That decision had led to considerable changes in the accountability structure both within Newsnight and beyond. Those changes - as well as changes of personnel within the programme - appear to have contributed to a situation whereby there was a lack of clarity concerning who had overall editorial responsibility."
"The Trustees noted that in normal circumstances they would direct the BBC to make an on-air apology. However, an apology has already been made on air and in court."
"This has been a grave breach which had been costly to all concerned. The Trustees wish to put on record an apology to Lord McAlpine and to the public for this serious failure of BBC journalism."
Newcastle's second relegation from the Premier League in eight years was confirmed on Wednesday.
Shearer told BBC Radio 5 live: "A guy of great stature, a world-renowned coach with his CV managing in the Championship? I can't see it happening.
"I'd love to be wrong. It would be brilliant if he was to stay."
Benitez succeeded the sacked Steve McClaren with Newcastle 19th in the table but could not save the club, winning two of nine league games.
The former Liverpool, Chelsea and Real Madrid manager is believed to have a break clause in the three-year contract he signed in early March, which means the 55-year-old's future with the club is uncertain.
"I know it's a huge football club and I know he's been very impressed with how the fans have taken to him, but I'd be amazed if he stayed," added Shearer, scorer of 206 goals for Newcastle over 10 seasons.
"I'm sure he'll have loads and loads of offers, not only from the Premier League but from around the world."
Last season, Newcastle needed a last-day victory against West Ham United at St James' Park to avoid relegation.
Shearer, who as a short-term manager could not prevent the club from being relegated seven years ago, said relegation had been "coming for a while".
"When you've been flirting with relegation for so long the inevitable will happen," added the former England captain.
"When you don't address problems that have been glaringly obvious for years then, ultimately, you get what you deserve."
In response to managing director Lee Charnley's promise of a full inquest, Shearer said: "That's one thing Newcastle have been good at this season, putting statements out.
"Maybe they should have looked at what went wrong a bit earlier. It might be a bit late to look at it now."
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The Lions pack conceded a couple of crucial penalties towards the end of the 23-22 defeat in Dunedin.
Gatland says Australian Angus Gardner refereed the game differently to how France's Mathieu Raynal handled the Lions' win over the Crusaders.
"Maybe we can get all the Frenchmen in charge of the games," Gatland joked.
"We've gone from single figures [penalties conceded] on Saturday to double figures.
"That really hurt us. We have to make sure we are better in those moments because that's the difference between sometimes winning and losing games."
The Lions led 22-13 in the second half before conceding 10 unanswered points to lose for the second time on tour.
The tourists were exposed in the final quarter at the set-piece, with Marty Banks kicking the match-winning penalty after the Highlanders made a mess of a Lions scrum six minutes from time.
"We've all got to learn from the interpretations of the referee at scrum time," Gatland said.
"I looked at those two penalties against Dan Cole, and I think the first one is a penalty to us.
"There is no doubt they got some ascendancy in the second scrum penalty, and they have got on top of us.
"We need to adapt to that and make sure we work really hard over the next couple of weeks to rectify an issue - if there is - at scrum time."
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The Lions next face the Maori All Blacks in Rotorua on Saturday, with Gatland likely to pick a similar team to the one that impressively beat the Crusaders.
But, while the midweek side have lost both their games, fly-half Dan Biggar insists there will be no splits in the camp.
"We're all in this together," Biggar said.
"If we win on the Saturday, it's a 41-man effort. If we lose on the Wednesday, or whatever, it's a team effort as well.
"That's been the mindset from day one, and it's certainly not going to change now. We have to stick together and try and build momentum with an incredibly tough game on Saturday."
Centre Robbie Henshaw, meanwhile, says he is "extremely frustrated" to have been involved in two defeats in a Lions shirt.
"To be in the red shirt is a privilege," the Irishman said.
"We want to win and we want to do ourselves proud and do the jersey proud."
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Malheeha Mir was sacked after a hearing that took place before Chief Constable Francis Habgood earlier.
A spokesman said she also failed to disclose an association she had with known criminals.
She had already been given a final written warning for accessing police systems for no policing purpose.
Thames Valley Police said she had "breached the standards of professional behaviour relating to discreditable conduct and honesty and integrity".
The men, aged 23, 24, 46 and 50, were held on Thursday at addresses in Glasgow, Renfrewshire and Edinburgh.
They were arrested for alleged assaults and disorder and are expected to appear from custody at Glasgow Sheriff Court.
This brings the total number of arrests following the match to 38. Hibs won the game 3-2.
Immediately after the final whistle, thousands of Hibs fans invaded the pitch to celebrate their team's first Scottish Cup win since 1902.
Some Rangers players were allegedly assaulted and clashes broke out after some Rangers fans entered the pitch.
Det Supt Kenny Graham, who is leading the investigation, said: "This investigation is extensive and involves a significant number of people.
"My officers remain committed to identifying and arresting those involved in the violence and disorder that occurred on 21 May.
"As our investigation progresses, there will be further arrests and continued police action to track down those responsible."
The detective added: "I would ask if anyone has any information or knowledge about people involved or for anyone with information, including footage or images, to contact us."
The hall at Saint Macartans GAA club on the Gargadis Road in Trillick was vandalised sometime between midnight on Friday night and 11:00 GMT on Saturday.
Police have appealed for anyone who noticed any suspicious activity in the area to contact them.
Porter converted Szmodics' cross from close-range before the winger was in on the action himself, arrowing home a 20-yard volley late on.
The first chance of a cagey first half fell to Aaron Pierre but the Wycombe centre-half was unable to steer Danny Rowe's cross into the far corner, despite heading unchallenged from 12 yards out.
Jamal Blackman was the only goalkeeper called into any real action before the break as he saved low to his left after Brennan Dickenson had wriggled into the area from the Colchester left flank.
But the deadlock was broken with just over an hour gone as Porter bundled home Szmodics' cross from inside the six-yard box for his first of the season.
And the Colchester number 10 sealed the points in style, volleying home from outside the area as the visitors registered their third league win in five games.
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Match ends, Wycombe Wanderers 0, Colchester United 2.
Second Half ends, Wycombe Wanderers 0, Colchester United 2.
Attempt saved. Dayle Southwell (Wycombe Wanderers) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner.
Foul by Adebayo Akinfenwa (Wycombe Wanderers).
Luke Prosser (Colchester United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Lewis Kinsella (Colchester United) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top left corner.
Corner, Colchester United. Conceded by Marcus Bean.
Sido Jombati (Wycombe Wanderers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Sido Jombati (Wycombe Wanderers).
Denny Johnstone (Colchester United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Corner, Wycombe Wanderers. Conceded by Luke Prosser.
Substitution, Colchester United. Craig Slater replaces Tom Lapslie.
Anthony Stewart (Wycombe Wanderers) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Denny Johnstone (Colchester United).
Foul by Marcus Bean (Wycombe Wanderers).
Tom Lapslie (Colchester United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Colchester United. Alex Wynter replaces Sammie Szmodics.
Substitution, Colchester United. Denny Johnstone replaces Chris Porter.
Matt Bloomfield (Wycombe Wanderers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Matt Bloomfield (Wycombe Wanderers).
Brennan Dickenson (Colchester United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Goal! Wycombe Wanderers 0, Colchester United 2. Sammie Szmodics (Colchester United) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Chris Porter.
Substitution, Wycombe Wanderers. Matt Bloomfield replaces Dan Rowe.
Substitution, Wycombe Wanderers. Nick Freeman replaces Garry Thompson.
Anthony Stewart (Wycombe Wanderers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Luke Prosser (Colchester United).
Corner, Colchester United. Conceded by Jamal Blackman.
Attempt saved. Brennan Dickenson (Colchester United) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Anthony Stewart (Wycombe Wanderers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Chris Porter (Colchester United).
Adebayo Akinfenwa (Wycombe Wanderers) is shown the yellow card.
Foul by Adebayo Akinfenwa (Wycombe Wanderers).
Tom Eastman (Colchester United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Adebayo Akinfenwa (Wycombe Wanderers) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high.
Foul by Dan Rowe (Wycombe Wanderers).
Kurtis Guthrie (Colchester United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Substitution, Wycombe Wanderers. Paul Hayes replaces Sam Wood.
Attempt blocked. Marcus Bean (Wycombe Wanderers) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Corner, Wycombe Wanderers. Conceded by Luke Prosser.
Attempt blocked. Sido Jombati (Wycombe Wanderers) header from the left side of the box is blocked.
Anders Kompass told officials that the UN was failing to properly investigate allegations that French troops abused children as young as eight.
A UN investigation in May 2015 cleared him of sharing confidential documents.
But Mr Kompass says senior officials have still not been held to account.
His resignation takes effect in August.
Mr Kompass is the director of field operations at the UN human rights office in Geneva.
French authorities say they are investigating the abuse allegations and will punish anyone found responsible.
In an interview with the humanitarian news agency IRIN, Mr Kompass said he was departing because of "the complete impunity for those who have been found to have, in various degrees, abused their authority, together with the unwillingness of the hierarchy to express any regrets for the way they acted towards me".
"This makes it impossible for me to keep working there," he said.
In July 2014, Mr Kompass leaked a confidential UN report on the alleged sexual abuse of children by peacekeepers in the Central African Republic to prosecutors in France - the former colonial power - claiming the UN was taking too long to act.
French authorities are now investigating 14 soldiers in connection with the report's findings.
A study by independent experts in December revealed "gross institutional failure" by the UN in the way it responded to abuse allegations.
It said that children as young as nine were encouraged to have sex in exchange for food or money in conflict-ridden CAR.
A UN tribunal last year ruled that Mr Kompass's suspension was unlawful and he should be allowed to return to work.
The Swede has worked for the UN for more than 30 years.
Hillel Neuer, executive director of the monitoring group UN Watch, told AFP news agency that many now see Mr Kompass as "a hero for trying to protect abused children, in contrast to other UN officials".
France intervened in its former colony in December 2013, nine months after a rebel alliance, Seleka, had captured the capital and ousted President Francois Bozize.
The country descended into ethnic and sectarian violence, with thousands of people fleeing their homes and the UN warning that there was a high risk of genocide.
Anna Jura's body was discovered in Penrhiwceiber, near Mountain Ash, on Thursday. Police said her death was being treated as suspicious.
A 72-year-old man who had been helping officers with their inquiries has been released.
The investigation into the circumstances surrounding Ms Jura's death is ongoing.
It follows a National Audit Office (NAO) report, which revealed that the rollout will cost at least £92m less than BT had originally said.
The government said that the spare cash would be ploughed back into offering fast broadband to more remote areas.
BT said that the claim - made by MPs on the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) - was "bizarre".
PAC told the BBC it questioned why BT had told the committee it would cost so much more.
"Although it's reassuring that the cost to the public purse could end up being £92m (25%) less than what BT had originally forecast in its bid, I worry that this does not stack up with what BT told my committee in 2013 - that it factors in a contingency of between 5% and 8%, which might not get spent, a much smaller proportion than 25%," Margaret Hodge, chair of the PAC, told the BBC.
"It is very concerning that it looks like BT could have abused its dominant position in the market by vastly overestimating forecast costs in the first place when it put in its original bid, and we also have broader concerns about whether the deal represents value for money."
In response BT said that its initial cost estimates were "based on our initial view of how much it would cost to deploy fibre in rural areas".
"We have come in under budget in several areas which is good news for the taxpayer as we only charge for the costs we incur, not those we first forecast. The savings can now be reinvested to take fibre to additional areas."
"The suggestion we inflated those costs is bizarre as by doing so we would have hindered our chances of winning the work."
"The NAO report this week confirmed our costs were 20% below those others would have charged in a sample area, so we are clearly delivering excellent value for money."
The distribution of broadband is overseen by Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK), part of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS).
The report found "significantly lower" costs than listed in BT's financial model for the first phase of the scheme.
"As at September 2014, BT's total reported capital spend on phase 1 of the programme was £142 million (38%) under the estimated price, including work in progress not yet invoiced," the NAO said.
Taking into account possible further costs, BT would still have spent "approximately £92m less", the report concludes.
This sum will be ploughed back into rural rollouts, the DCMS said.
"The savings realised so far, along with with projected future savings, will be reinvested in extending the current rollout plans."
Several reports have found that rural businesses, schools and homes are at a significant disadvantage because of poor broadband.
Bringing faster services to remote areas has proved to be highly controversial.
Questions have been raised about the time it has taken the government to start the rollout and whether the plans are ambitious enough.
Last year the Public Accounts Committee accused the government of mismanaging the project, and said BT released "wildly inaccurate" estimates of costs.
Mrs Hodge said at the time: "The taxpayer has been ripped off, with £1.2bn going to the shareholders of BT."
BT's status as the only operator providing rural broadband could actually be one of the reasons for costs being cut, said Andrew Ferguson, editor of the ThinkBroadband news site.
"It is interesting that a chunk of the savings are down to the fact that only one supplier won all the contracts, increasing the economies of scale, at the expense of competition," he said.
Mike Kiely, a former adviser to BDUK, has long argued that BT's estimates of the cost of distributing broadband to rural areas were far too high.
He felt vindicated by the findings, saying: "Thirty-eight per cent excess costs have been confirmed in the cost models used to calculate the milestone payments. Those monies - and there will be more - need to be used to extend the fibre rollout further."
He and others argue that BT should think about offering even faster broadband - by taking so-called "fibre-to-the-premise" technology, which offers significantly higher speeds than BT's preferred technology of "fibre-to-the-cabinet".
BT hopes to deliver speeds of up to 500Mbps (megabits per second) to homes via an innovative technology known as G.fast.
"We believe G.fast is the key to unlocking ultrafast speeds and we are prepared to upgrade large parts of our network should the pilots prove successful," chief executive Gavin Patterson said.
The firm expects to offer initial speeds of a few hundred megabits per second to millions of homes and businesses by 2020.
Payne, 28, finished second in a qualification event in Portugal on Saturday to secure her place.
She won silver in the inaugural Olympic 10km event in Beijing in 2008 and fourth in London four years later.
Jack Burnell, who was fifth at the 2015 World Championships, will make make his Olympic debut in the men's event.
The 21-year-old midfielder goes straight into the squad for Saturday's trip to Accrington Stanley.
The former Cheltenham Town and Oldham Athletic loanee has made 38 appearances for City, but has only featured once for the first team this season.
Argyle manager John Sheridan had been looking to strengthen his midfield following the injury to Alex Bray.
Pilgrims coach Sean McCarthy said Reid had made a big impression since arriving at Home Park on Thursday.
"He trained for the first time this morning with his team-mates and he was outstanding," McCarthy told BBC Sport.
"Bobby's a bit different - he's an attacking midfielder who's got two good feet, a good engine and he can play."
"Of course he'd like to get in the first team at Bristol City but you're better off playing first-team games at Plymouth Argyle than playing in the Bristol City reserves."
"The gaffer (Steve Cotterill) told me on Saturday that Plymouth were interested and asked if I'd like to come down," Reid told BBC Sport.
"I spoke to who said it was a nice club with good fans, so it was a no-brainer.
"I'm more of a creative type of player. I try to get goals and assists - my main aim is to help Plymouth win every week."
The Home Office is looking at a funding request for the families ahead of inquests into the 21 deaths.
At a meeting with Home Secretary Amber Rudd on Monday, the families learned no immediate decision was to be made but that they would be told in September.
Campaigner Julie Hambleton said she was "disappointed and frustrated".
Ms Hambleton, whose sister Maxine died in the 1974 atrocity, said although Ms Rudd listened to what relatives had to say, she still felt "in limbo".
The relatives want their lawyers, who have so far worked for free, to be paid out of public funds, the same as police and other agencies who will be in involved in the inquests.
In June, Birmingham's senior coroner ruled there was evidence that still needed to be heard and gave the go-ahead for fresh inquests.
A pre-inquests review is due to be held next month, with a full hearing expected next year.
Ahead of Monday's meeting, two local Labour MPs - Jess Phillips, for Yardley, and Steve McCabe, for Selly Oak - urged the government to agree funding for relatives.
The striker, 31, ended a three-year stay at Old Trafford to join the Turkish side for an undisclosed fee.
He said: "It's part of football, it's part of life. It was a situation where I could see it coming, if I'm really honest."
Van Persie added that he "got used to the idea" of leaving United.
He said: "I had a good moment with the players the day before I came to Istanbul so that was special. Then you see that everyone really appreciated my time there, that was important for me."
The Netherlands international, who praised the "very classy" way in which his transfer was handled by Manchester United chief executive officer Ed Woodward, was unveiled in front of about 10,000 Fenerbahce supporters inside the club's stadium.
He told them: "I promise you one thing - I will do everything in my power to help Fenerbahce win as many trophies to make you happy. Let's do it together.
"I am humbled to see so many great fans come to greet me. I can only imagine what kind of party it would be if we won the league. I hope I can share that with you."
After signing from Arsenal for £24m in 2012, Van Persie hit 58 goals in 105 appearances for United, scoring 26 as they won the Premier League title in 2012-13.
He said he is convinced he can continue to play at the top level for "many years".
Ex-United team-mate Nani joined Fenerbahce, runners-up in the Super Lig last season, for £4.25m earlier this month.
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Dave Sykes will brave temperatures as low as -40C (-40F) as he crosses the Arctic Ocean on his month-long trip.
In 2011, he became the first paraplegic to fly a microlight from England to Australia in a 16,000-mile trip that took him more than three months.
Mr Sykes, from Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, said: "I've been called bonkers, mad and crazy."
Family and friends gathered earlier as he took to the skies from Rufforth Airfield, near York.
Speaking before his journey, Mr Sykes said he was feeling "extremely nervous".
"It's actually overwhelming, disappearing into Europe and leaving everyone behind because I'm actually on my own. I've got no ground support or air support, only me."
A member of York Flying Club, the pilot, who is raising money for Martin House Children's Hospice, said he would wear a special heated flying jacket and gloves to avoid frostbite and an adapted helmet to keep out the intense cold.
His journey is expected to cover five countries and will take about four weeks with stop-offs for re-fuelling.
His mother Maureen Sykes said: "I'm worried to death. I won't rest until I see him now; I'll be a bag of nerves all the time.
"I think sometimes he's foolish but nothing will stop him."
In November 1993, a motorbike accident left Mr Sykes with a broken back, clavicle and thigh bone, together with broken ribs and punctured lungs.
Doctors had said he would remain in hospital for at least two years, but he was discharged in May 1994.
Mr Sykes took up microlighting in 2000 and gained his pilot's licence in 2001.
One of the largest camps is in a semi-arid field outside the north-eastern town of Dalori, with row-upon-row of white tents stretching for more than a kilometre.
BBC Africa's Jimeh Saleh met some of the 18,000 residents there and heard how they have survived attacks by the Islamist militant group and how they are now coping.
One of the most noticeable figures in Dalori camp, Mr Mutti limps around using wooden crutches.
The 55-year-old former businessman fled Bama with thousands of others after the militants ransacked the town in 2014.
His left leg was hit by a bullet, leaving his foot dangling.
"I was in bed when they came at dawn; I was nursing the gunshot wound they inflicted on me in an earlier attack," he said.
The insurgents killed his 24-year-old son and also kidnapped his two daughters.
He now lives in Dalori with his two wives, 10 other children and three grandchildren.
The horror he and his neighbours have experienced are concealed by their cheerful children.
Under-18s make up the majority of the camp residents - scampering about, often unaware of the past tragedies and the challenges ahead.
"Tomorrow you shall come again, come again, come again," they chant.
But malnutrition, malaria and other infections are widespread.
"This is by far the worst thing I have seen in my life," said 60-year-old Noah Bwala, the camp clinician.
One of the cooks at the camp kitchen is Mrs Modu, who still does not know the fate of her husband and eight children.
Some of her offspring were taken by militants from her home in the town of Bama and others were kidnapped in school.
"I cry each time I remember them," she says.
She was given the cooking job on compassionate grounds after the camp officials took pity on her because she is without her family.
Among the camp elders is Mrs Ammuna, who says she is 100 years old.
The widow and former milk seller is still pained by the loss of her two houses to Boko Haram in Bama.
The keys to the houses were seized at gun point by the Islamist fighters, she said.
But she is hopeful that now that the army has recaptured most territory previously under Boko Haram control, the soldiers will be able to take her back home when it is safe to return.
Despite the gloom of Dalori, some residents still find time to fall in love.
Thirty-five-year-old Modu Bulama came to the camp after his wife and two children were killed by Boko Haram.
Whilst helping with the distribution of relief material to camp residents, he met a woman who had lost her husband in the conflict.
After exchanging their experiences, he asked her to marry him.
But being in the camp has not stopped tradition, and he had to raise $50 (£34) for the bride price of the woman, who did not want to give her name.
On patrol with soldiers hunting Boko Haram
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The publisher says the software undermines online multiplayer battles and could cause players to lose interest in the title.
It has filed papers with a California court calling for the unidentified programmers to be made to compensate it for copyright infringement.
One industry watcher described the move as "aggressive".
"The only reason that cheats like this exist is because there is demand for them," said Ed Barton, a video games analyst at the consultancy Ovum.
"But the competitive scene for Starcraft is very important, especially in Korea, and Blizzard needs to preserve the fantasy of the core experience."
News of the legal action was first reported by the Torrentfreak news site, which noted that the ValiantChaos MapHack cheats at the centre of the case remained available online if gamers paid a "donation" of $62.50 (£37).
The creators have promoted the hack on Blizzard's own forums as well as other sites.
The science fiction real-time strategy game Starcraft II was released on 27 July 2010, and has subsequently been followed up with expansion packs,
Blizzard's last annual report noted that the Heart of the Swarm add-on was 2013's best-selling PC game at US stores, and the company is still working on a final extension called Legacy of the Void.
Its court filing talks of wanting "to protect the sanctity of the Starcraft II gaming experience" and notes that its terms and conditions explicitly prohibit the use of "hacks, mods or any other unauthorised third-party software" designed to allow a player to boost their ranking and access new weapons and abilities.
"The competitive aspect of Starcraft II's multiplayer environment is one of the driving forces behind sales of the game," it states.
"In fact, the Starcraft game are played as a competitive sport around the world, with professional or semi-professional players competing for national and international titles.
"Additionally, the ability to play the game against skilled human opponents keeps the player experience fresh and interesting, thus ensuring that players return to the game frequently."
The firm adds that it wishes the court to shut down the hacks and make their creators hand over the profits they had made.
The case has echoes of Nintendo's court battles against the Games Genie - a cartridge that allowed players to enter codes to cheat at Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) titles in the early 1990s.
Nintendo also alleged copyright infringement but lost the case after the judge ruled that consumers had the right to "experiment with the product" after paying a fair price for a game. Nintendo's rival Sega later gave its backing to the product and helped fund its marketing campaign.
However, Blizzard has been more successful in this area following 1998's introduction of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, which criminalised software designed to bypass digital locks.
In 2010 the firm won a copyright infringement case against MDY Industries, which had sold a software "bot" that automatically played the early levels of World of Warcraft for players.
"The law in this area is relatively new as these forms of online games are only a decade old," Jas Purewal, editor of the Gamer Law news site told the BBC.
"Nonetheless, there have been a number of victories in this area and overall the odds are stacked against hackers and against cheaters once a games company is determined to take legal action."
The withdrawal has led petrol prices to more than double since Monday, prompting anger countrywide.
"We have the total backing of all Nigerian workers on this strike and mass protest," the Nigeria Labour Congress's Chris Uyot told the BBC.
Nigeria is Africa's biggest oil producer, but imports refined petrol.
Both the NLC and the Trades Union Congress (TUC) have agreed to the strike.
NLC spokesman Mr Uyot told the BBC's Focus on Africa programme there was no room for dialogue with the government, which has said it will spend the money saved by removing the subsidy on improving the country's erratic electricity supply, as well as on health and education.
Prices have increased from 65 naira ($0.40; £0.26) per litre to at least 140 naira in filling stations and from 100 naira to at least 200 on the black market, where many Nigerians buy their fuel.
"After exhaustive deliberations and consultations with all sections of the populace, the NLC, TUC and their pro-people allies demand that the presidency immediately reverses fuel prices to 65 naira," a statement signed by the heads of the two unions said.
If the government failed to do so," all offices, oil production centres, air and sea ports, fuel stations, markets, banks, amongst others will be shut down" from Monday 9 January, it said.
"We advise Nigerians to stockpile basic needs especially food and water," the statement added.
There has been a furious reaction this week to the fuel price increase - one protester was killed on Tuesday in Ilorin, Kwara state, and thousands of Nigerians have demonstrated in cities across the country.
Nigeria's Central Bank Governor Lamido Sanusi told the BBC the subsidy - which he said cost the government about $8bn (£5.1bn) last year - was "unsustainable".
"Subsides should be for production and not consumption," he told Focus on Africa.
In December, the government released a list of the people who benefit most from the subsidy, which include some of Nigeria's richest people - the owners of fuel-importing firms.
Years of mismanagement and corruption mean Nigeria does not have the capacity to refine oil into petrol and other fuels.
Several previous governments have tried to remove the subsidy but have backed down in the face of widespread public protests and reduced it instead.
The IMF has long urged Nigeria's government to remove the subsidy.
City leaders want to spend £700,000 on developing blueprints to confirm how much they will have to invest to plug a funding gap and begin tendering.
Councillors will meet on Thursday to discuss a report on the project.
The cost of the new centre has been estimated at £41.1m. The council has a £5.98m funding shortfall.
The new site will feature a 500-capacity outdoor athletics track, synthetic sports pitches, a gymnastics hall, studios, changing facilities, a cafe and meeting rooms.
Andrew Burns, Edinburgh city council leader, said: "This report sets out quite clearly the funding required to turn one of our flagship facilities, which everyone agrees is at the end of its useful life, into a sports venue fit for the 21st century.
"While it is a significant investment for the council, creating a detailed design would give us greater clarity about how much money we need to invest.
"Not only would we see a new Meadowbank but more homes would be built to meet the city's housing needs."
Richard Lewis, Edinburgh city council's culture and sport convener, said: "Transforming Meadowbank into a brand new sports complex would provide a modern, fully accessible high quality sports centre for sports clubs and local communities.
"The new venue will bring health and wellbeing benefits across the city by supporting even more people to become and stay active."
Mary Knowlton, 73, was participating in a role-playing exercise when an officer mistakenly shot her with a live round, the Punta Gorda Police Department said.
She was rushed to a nearby hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
The police department did not release the name of the officer involved, but said he had been placed on administrative leave.
Mrs Knowlton, a librarian, was one of 35 students participating in a two-hour community training class hosted by the police academy in Punta Gorda, Florida on Tuesday. Â
She was taking part in a "shoot/don't shoot" exercise, in which participants decide whether or not to use simulated lethal force when she was hit with live ammunition.
"I am devastated for everyone involved in this unimaginable event,'' Police Chief Tom Lewis said at a news conference.
`"If you pray, please pray for Mary's family, and for the officers who were involved. Everyone involved in this accident is in a state of overwhelming shock and grief.'"
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is investigation the incident, Mr Lewis said.
The Queen was presented with an official Games pass as a patron of the event and head of the Commonwealth.
The couple also met Games organisers and saw competitors at the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome.
The visit came as tourism bosses said the Games should act as a "springboard" for Scotland's tourism industry.
VisitScotland estimate that up to 1.5 million visitors are due to descend on the city later this month.
The tourism agency has been working with local businesses on projects aimed at boosting the economy, improving services and driving up standards.
It said the Games were an opportunity to reinforce Scotland's reputation for hosting major events.
Last summer VisitScotland announced plans for a £2.5m marketing drive to promote the Games at home and abroad and encourage more visitors to Scotland.
Now with events just weeks away the focus is on the experience those visitors will be offered.
A survey by Glasgow 2014 - of 10,000 spectators - suggested about a fifth of people coming to the Commonwealth Games have never been to Glasgow before.
VisitScotland wants to build on that and ensure spectators leave the city with a desire to return.
Chief executive Malcolm Roughead said: "2014 presents a unique opportunity for Scottish tourism - not only as a chance to promote our country to a global audience, but also to leave a legacy for the industry, developing skills that will pave the way for a Scotland that is more accessible, more sustainable and even more welcoming.
"It is important that visitors coming to Scotland this year, leave impressed not just by our scenery, wildlife and landmarks but by our people and our facilities.
"This helps raise our standing on the international stage and makes Scotland a place of interest for visitors and for other businesses."
Glasgow Welcomes is a scheme involving more than 10,000 staff from hotels, restaurants, bars, shops, transport providers and tourist attractions in the city.
They have been given extra customer service training, up-to-date information about the best places to visit and what's on around the city, as well as facts and figures about Games venues and events.
Glasgow restaurateur, James Rusk said he found the Glasgow Welcomes online module a useful addition to his in-house training.
He said: "It has provided our staff with a unique blend of customer service guidance and destination knowledge that will further enable our staff to deliver an exceptional level of service, with specialist Commonwealth Games knowledge."
Businesses have been offered tips on how to attract more custom and boost profits by becoming more environmentally friendly.
VisitScotland's Greener Glasgow scheme aims to appeal to the 84% of visitors to the UK who say sustainability is important when they are choosing a holiday destination.
There has also been a focus on making the city more accessible to visitors regardless of their physical, sensory and learning disabilities or age.
Firms have been encouraged to produce "access statements" ahead of the Games which detail in words and pictures how visitors can get around their hotel, restaurant, shop or attraction.
Mr Roughead added: "Improving skills and standards helps attract more visitors, which in turn creates more jobs and boosts the economy. For every £50,000 spent by visitors, one new job is created.
"Tourism is one of the country's most important industries and worth £11bn to the Scottish economy, but there is the potential for further growth.
"We must use major events such as the Commonwealth Games as a significant springboard for our future."
Despite that, Victorian explorer Joseph Thomson is almost unknown in his native Scotland.
Thomson was born in Penpont, Dumfriesshire, in 1858, the son of a stonemason and quarry owner. He developed a love for botany and geology and studied at the University of Edinburgh.
But he also had the explorer's bug, leading several expeditions to Africa in the 1870s and 1880s, including one for the Royal Geographical Society to identify a trade route through the territory of the feared Maasai warriors.
"He could have been in mortal danger," said John Hastings-Thomson, the explorer's great grand-nephew, who believes he might easily have been mistaken for a white slaver and killed.
I am making history as the first ever Maasai elder to visit his birthplace...It really means a lot to me as it is something that has been in my mind since I was a child.
Instead, however, Thomson managed to befriend the Maasai and earn their trust, respect and protection. Warriors escorted him along the way, keeping him safe from the dangers of wild animals and other hostile tribes.
Thomson had a motto: "He who goes gently goes safely; he who goes safely goes far."
"I think this encapsulates his way of doing things and ensured his survival," said Mr Hastings-Thomson. "He didn't go blundering in, all-guns-blazing. He was willing to be patient and negotiate his way through."
That is certainly how Thomson is remembered in Maasai-land, now part of modern Kenya.
"One of the things that stands out about Joseph Thomson is his humbleness," said Ezekiel Katato, a village elder in one of the Maasai communities Thomson visited.
"He went through the land and avoided at all cost confrontation with anyone along the way.
"He was also very brave because he was going through a land unknown to him and to the world. He really didn't know what would happen to him the next day, or the next minute."
Mr Katato relates how Thomson endeared himself to Maasai women with gifts of beads, and intrigued the warriors with his dentures!
"They thought he was a magician because he had these teeth that he could remove at will and put back to his mouth," he said. "It's a story that has been passed on from generation to generation!"
Mr Katato learned about, and was inspired by, Thomson as a schoolboy. So much so that he has now travelled to Scotland to trace the explorer's footsteps.
Striding through the sleepy village of Penpont, the tall imposing black man in bright purple robes does look quite incongruous. But no more so than a young white Scotsman would have looked in Africa 130 years ago.
"Today I am making history as the first ever Maasai elder to visit his birthplace here in Penpont," declared Mr Katato with pride. "It really means a lot to me as it is something that has been in my mind since I was a child."
The main reason for his visit is to join family members and supporters to launch the Joseph Thomson Maasai Trust in Penpont on Saturday.
It is being established to promote Thomson's life and legacy in Scotland and further afield and also a Thomson trail that Mr Kakato has developed along 65 miles of the 1,500-mile route the explorer followed.
Mr Hastings-Thomson has already tackled it twice and said it was "an amazing experience".
The aim now is to interest people, especially young people, from Scotland and elsewhere to travel to Kenya to take part in the next walk in June 2017.
"I think it is very important to get young people from all over the world to join the young people of Maasai-land to walk in the footsteps of Joseph Thomson, to bring different cultures together and to use their talents and energies to work for peace and make beautiful memories," said Mr Katato.
"I particularly wanted to organise this walk because of the respect I have for him (Thomson) and to promote his legacy because he is a man worth remembering in our community."
He shares Mr Hastings-Thomson's sadness that Joseph Thomson is today largely forgotten in Scotland.
There is a monument to him in Thornhill where he went to school and he is buried in the town's churchyard. Thomson died in 1895 at the young age of 37.
His life was short, but his legacy long-lasting - at least in Africa.
Crewe started brightly but Blackpool struck after eight minutes when Brad Potts crossed for Nathan Delfouneso, who headed past Ben Garratt from six yards.
But Garratt was on hand two minutes later to prevent the hosts doubling the lead as he denied Kyle Vassell from close range.
The Seasiders were two to the good after 27 minutes, as the ball broke to centre-back Tom Aldred 12 yards out, and he thumped it into the bottom corner.
The Alex continued to threaten and should have scored after 44 minutes, when Chris Dagnall failed to turn home Callum Cooke's cross from a yard out.
David Artell's side did halve the deficit after 62 minutes. A fast counter-attack cut Blackpool open and Dagnall bundled home the rebound after Sam Slocombe saved from George Cooper.
And Crewe snatched their equaliser with two minutes remaining as Jordan Bowery nodded down for Turton to volley past Slocombe from 12 yards.
Match report supplied by the Press Association
Match ends, Blackpool 2, Crewe Alexandra 2.
Second Half ends, Blackpool 2, Crewe Alexandra 2.
Jamille Matt (Blackpool) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by George Ray (Crewe Alexandra).
Foul by Nathan Delfouneso (Blackpool).
Callum Ainley (Crewe Alexandra) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Callum Cooke (Crewe Alexandra) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.
Corner, Crewe Alexandra. Conceded by Sam Slocombe.
Corner, Crewe Alexandra. Conceded by Sam Slocombe.
Attempt saved. Alex Kiwomya (Crewe Alexandra) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Substitution, Crewe Alexandra. Alex Kiwomya replaces Chris Dagnall.
Goal! Blackpool 2, Crewe Alexandra 2. Oliver Turton (Crewe Alexandra) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jordan Bowery.
Jamille Matt (Blackpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by George Ray (Crewe Alexandra).
Attempt saved. Jamille Matt (Blackpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Substitution, Blackpool. Bright Samuel replaces Colin Daniel.
Corner, Crewe Alexandra. Conceded by Jamille Matt.
Corner, Crewe Alexandra. Conceded by Eddie Nolan.
Will Aimson (Blackpool) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by James Jones (Crewe Alexandra).
Attempt missed. George Cooper (Crewe Alexandra) left footed shot from outside the box is too high.
Attempt missed. Chris Dagnall (Crewe Alexandra) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left.
Hand ball by Colin Daniel (Blackpool).
Substitution, Crewe Alexandra. Callum Ainley replaces Ryan Wintle.
Substitution, Crewe Alexandra. Zoumana Bakayogo replaces Jon Guthrie.
Foul by Eddie Nolan (Blackpool).
Ryan Wintle (Crewe Alexandra) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Blackpool. Conceded by Ben Nugent.
Corner, Blackpool. Conceded by Ryan Wintle.
Attempt blocked. Brad Potts (Blackpool) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt saved. George Ray (Crewe Alexandra) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Corner, Crewe Alexandra. Conceded by Eddie Nolan.
Corner, Crewe Alexandra. Conceded by Nathan Delfouneso.
Attempt saved. Nathan Delfouneso (Blackpool) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Substitution, Blackpool. Jamille Matt replaces Kyle Vassell because of an injury.
Corner, Blackpool. Conceded by George Ray.
Goal! Blackpool 2, Crewe Alexandra 1. Chris Dagnall (Crewe Alexandra) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner.
Attempt saved. George Cooper (Crewe Alexandra) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Attempt blocked. Chris Dagnall (Crewe Alexandra) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Corner, Crewe Alexandra. Conceded by Colin Daniel.
Nick Timothy told the Daily Telegraph that Downing Street was also guilty of a breakdown in communication with both the public and Whitehall departments.
The party clearly underestimated Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, he added.
Mr Timothy resigned as the prime minister's joint chief of staff after the Tories lost their majority.
He said: "If the party retreats into a comfort zone that we don't find very challenging, I worry that we will not only fail to address the challenges the country faces but we will also increase the chances of a hard-left government in five years' time."
Mr Timothy was joint chief of staff alongside Fiona Hill, and co-wrote the Conservatives' manifesto going into the general election.
He rejected reports that Mrs May had intended to sack Chancellor Philip Hammond if she increased her Commons majority.
Mrs May is still prepared to walk away from Brexit talks without a deal, he added, but her hopes of reversing the ban on new grammar schools are over.
Mr Timothy said plans for ministers to play a bigger part in the election campaign were overruled by party strategists.
He conceded it "probably is true that there should have been more on the economy during the campaign".
"Overall the lesson of the election for the party and for the government cannot be: 'Oh well, we tried that and we didn't win the election we were hoping for so let's not try it any more'," he said.
"If the party retreats to a much more orthodox Conservative proposition then I worry that won't be sufficient to tackle the big problems that the country has and in five years' time we do risk the election of a dangerous left-wing alternative."
Mr Timothy was interviewed by the Telegraph ahead of starting to write a weekly column for the paper.
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Russell Findlay, 44, was giving evidence at the trial of William Burns, 56, and Alexander Porter, 48, who deny targeting him in December 2015.
Mr Findlay said his face became hot after a man who claimed to be a postman splashed liquid on him.
He also described grappling with the man before his daughter ran for help.
As well as working for the Sun newspaper, Mr Findlay is the author of books about Glasgow crime gangs.
On the first day of the trial at the High Court in Glasgow, he said that he answered the doorbell at his west end home at about 08:30 on 23 December 2015.
He said a man in a red jacket, claiming to be from the Royal Mail, said he needed a signature for a package.
The journalist said that as he turned to write his signature on a form he felt a liquid splash onto the right side of his face.
This was followed by a bottle flying past and then the man, whom he identified in court as William Burns, trying to barge his way into the house.
Mr Findlay said he believed the liquid was "a toxic corrosive substance" and described fighting with the man.
Mr Findlay told the court that his attacker managed to get two or three feet into his home, but he bundled him outside and they grappled on the area outside.
The journalist said that while the incident was going on, his 10-year-old daughter came to the door.
He added: "She was clearly very scared and I shouted at her to go and get help from the neighbours and get them to call the police."
While his daughter ran to neighbour's Mr Findlay managed to hold on to his attacker.
He said: "At one point I said' Why did they send a fat clown like you as a hitman. Is this alI I'm worth."
Mr Findlay was asked if his attacker said anything and he replied: "He said very little. But towards the end I asked him who had sent him and he said 'Wee Jamie sends his regards."
The court was told that a knife was found in the doorway of his home and a set of broken false teeth were found on the driveway.
Mr Findlay was asked who the teeth belonged to and replied: "They are my assailant's false teeth."
Defence advocate Thomas Ross told Mr Findlay: "Mr Burns does not dispute he was the person at your door, but he will tell the jury there was no liquid, no delivery card, no knife."
Mr Findlay replied: "He was wearing a Royal Mail uniform , had a delivery card and threw acid, good luck with that."
The journalist denied a suggestion that he had phoned Mr Burns the night before and the accused had said he would meet him at his home the next day.
It was claimed the call had been to do with the death of a man by the River Gryffe at Bridge of Weir, but Mr Findlay said he knew nothing about that.
The court heard that as a result of the incident, Mr Findlay suffered burns to the right side of his face and had blurry vision in his right eye for a number of weeks afterwards.
Mr Findlay's daughter also gave evidence by police interview and told of seeing her father wrestling with a man whom she believed was delivering a parcel.
She said: "It caused the biggest fright of my life. All I could think about was my dad. I was crying and I couldn't stop."
Mr Burns and Mr Porter, from Paisley, are alleged to have shot Ross Sherlock in a murder attempt near St Helen's Primary in Bishopbriggs last September.
Both men are also accused of assaulting Mr Findlay to the danger of his life.
They deny the charges.
The trial before Judge Sean Murphy QC continues.
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Brazil-born Moritz, 29, played under Freedman at Palace, helping them win promotion to the Premier League in 2012-13, and he also followed the now Reds boss to Bolton Wanderers.
He is currently playing for Buriram United in the Thai Premier League.
"It's still with the governing bodies to see if he can sign," Freedman told told BBC Radio Nottingham.
"We are desperately trying to do it. It's a position that we need."
Moritz joined Palace in August 2012, scoring five goals in a 32 appearances, but just 13 of those were starts.
He joined Bolton the following season, finding the net seven times in eight starts and a total of 27 appearances.
Freedman added: "As we speak it's with Fifa and the Football Association to see if we can have the go-ahead. We want it to be done quicker.
"He is a left-footed, very gifted player. He's in good shape. He is a goalscoring, attack-minded midfield number 10 that I think we could do with."
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Lamont, who will be 34 next month, is keen to extend his stay at the Pro12 champions, with his current deal due to expire at the end of the season.
When asked about his future, Lamont said: "I've asked for another year.
"I've got to earn and deserve another year, so I'll do whatever I need to do; if not then it will be boots up, but I'm sure there can be another year."
Lamont is second only to Chris Paterson in the list of most-capped Scotland players, having represented his country in 101 Tests.
Despite a professional career spanning 15 years, he feels he still has more to give.
"I've put in some good speed times and I'm fastest in the squad at the moment, believe it or not," Lamont commented.
"Physically I feel great, I still love rugby and want to keep going. On my side of things give me another four years, but it's the powers that be who will decide.
"I love the club, they are a great bunch of guys and I suppose hanging around with the young boys keeps me on my toes."
Warriors head to Wales to face Scarlets on Saturday in their next European Champions Cup match.
When the teams met at Scotstoun last weekend Glasgow enjoyed a comfortable 43-6 victory, with powerful wing Taqele Naiyaravoro stealing the show with a hat-trick of tries.
Lamont is certain the Welsh side will want to keep a special eye on the Fiji-born Australia winger this time around.
"They can watch all they want - but they've got to try and stop him," said Lamont.
"He's an absolute wrecking ball. It's nice to see him come into form and he's settled in well.
"He's only 23 and if he wants any help from me I'll do anything I can. But there's not much coaching needing done on that side of things going forward."
Glasgow sit third in Pool 3 with five points from their two games so far, having previously lost to Northampton Saints.
And following their success in winning the Pro12 last season they are eager to make their mark on the European scene.
"It's about another performance," added Lamont. "We need to get another bonus point ideally to help us qualify for the first time - that's the big one for us.
"Having won the league last year we want to go one step further this time by doubling up in the league and getting a European title as well."
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The Swede, 26, joined Sauber in 2015 but has not scored a point in this season's drivers' championship.
"It is great news," Ericsson said. "I have developed a lot as a driver during my time at Sauber. We have had ups and downs, but we always stick together and work as hard as we can."
Sauber said they will announce their second driver for 2017 in due course.
The singer called the response to the Leave a Trace video "ludicrous".
Mayberry told Channel 4 news she did not think "the 'just ignore it and it will blow away' argument" was working.
She condemned "cavemen" who threaten sexual violence when they do not like what a woman is doing or saying.
"I am a 27-year-old woman wearing a minidress with wet-look hair. If you don't like it, that's fine, but there is a difference between criticism and hatred," said Mayberry.
She said she was speaking out because, while she is targeted for being in the public eye, so many other women and girls are also subjected to similar behaviour.
"This happens to women all the time anyway, and I hate the idea that young girls who follow our band deal with stuff like that.
"I don't want them to feel isolated, I don't want them to feel like it is just happening to them, because it happens everywhere."
Earlier this month the singer tweeted a link to a stream of sexist abuse directed towards her appearance, writing: "Dear anyone who thinks misogyny isn't real. It is and this is what it looks like."
Mayberry, 27, said those sort of comments were "sadly predictable" and that there needed to be "a shift in the cultural approach to women".
"If you don't like what a woman is wearing, you don't like her opinion, you don't like what it is she represents, then you fall back on the basic caveman arguments of threatening with physical and sexual violence because it is your trump card.
"Because that's the way you get somebody to shut up. And I just think that is a very sad state of affairs."
Revealing the level of "hateful" abuse she receives she said someone recently contacted her on Twitter to suggest if she could not deal with the attention she should "stick a gun in your mouth before the record even comes out. I have one and I'll give to you."
She added: "Personally, that's horrifying, if somebody put that through your door, you could legitimately go to the police with that."
Mayberry conceded she could be "painting a target on my back" by speaking out, because people think they will get a response, but said "ignoring it doesn't make a difference".
"To me it is not necessarily you responding that trolls want, they want to scare, they want to intimidate and they want to silence people."
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Customers were given the option to pay the remainder of the actual price, but this was often nearly double the original advertised fee.
Jet2 apologised to customers affected and said all had received full refunds.
Sarah Crosby, a BBC employee from Bramley in Leeds, originally paid £1,800 for her holiday and was then asked for an extra £1,400.
She said: "It was meant to be a big celebration for my 50th birthday, I've booked time off work for it and now I don't feel like I want to get anywhere else, I had my heart set on that.
"I just think, it's your mistake, you've advertised the holiday at that price, you should honour it for people who pay the money."
Several people told BBC Radio Leeds they had received a booking confirmation and had even reserved their seats on a plane, only for the holiday to be cancelled.
Steve Hanson, from Crossgates in Leeds, booked the trip to celebrate his 30th wedding anniversary and was left feeling "very disappointed".
"My wife has been in tears, you spend thousands of pounds and they don't care, you're just a number," he said.
Where do customers stand on the mix-up?
Frank Brehany, from independent website Holiday Travel Watch
This sort of scenario has occurred quite a few times with different offers over many years.
In the first instance, if a company makes a genuine mistake on their website or their brochures, particularly in relation to pricing, they can withdraw the price and offer.
But the simple fact of the matter is that there has been an essential change to the terms of the contract.
Regulation 13 of the Package Travel Regulations says you have to be given an upgrade where it's available, a downgrade where it's available with the price difference paid to you or indeed compensation along with a full refund.
A Jet2 spokesperson said: "For a very short period of time, some holidays to the Hard Rock Hotel in Tenerife were incorrectly placed on our website that were not actually available.
"We contacted customers and cancelled these holidays immediately, and we apologise to customers for the error, as well as any disappointment and inconvenience that this may have caused."
The 20-year-old, who is the grandson of Leeds and Wales legend John, joined the Tykes from Huddersfield in September.
Philippines international Woodland, 21, has made two appearances for Oldham this season.
Both players could feature for the Minstermen, who are winless in their last 13 league games, at Bromley on Saturday.
The 26-year-old came on as a sub in Sunday's Ulster final victory over Scotstown, having missed most of the campaign due to travelling abroad.
Clarke has committed to playing in the All-Ireland club semi-final against Castlebar in February.
However, when asked if he had decided on playing for Armagh in 2016, Clarke said: "Not at the minute, no".
Clarke played in the club's first round county championship win over Granemore in May and was subsequently involved in Armagh's short-lived championship campaign.
The star forward spent the summer in New York but returned home several weeks ago, coming on for the last few minutes of the Ulster semi-final win over Kilcoo.
He had a more meaningful role in Sunday's extra-time victory, setting up the match-winning goal for Kyle Carragher.
"I am committed to Cross until the end of the year for definite, to the end of the All-Ireland campaign. I will take it from there," he said.
Armagh manager Kieran McGeeney would love to have a player of Clarke's class on board next year, but the player cast doubts over his availability next year.
"It has been a tough year and from my own point of view, I have to think of my own future as well away from football.
"It is difficult to balance football and work at the moment.
"There is a lot to think about, but ultimately it is difficult to leave the football behind. It pulls at the old heart strings at times.
"At the minute, I am playing it by ear and I don't want to make any rash decisions."
Clarke has missed chunks of his club and county's seasons in recent years while spending time living in the United States and Spain.
"I suppose being away over the summer I knew I was going to miss part of the county championship and I was thinking of the bigger picture as well, down the line," he explained.
"I always planned to come back with Cross.
"To be back in another All-Ireland semi-final is great for us.
"We will enjoy it for a week or two, but there is a lot of work to be done to prepare for the All-Ireland series."
Signaller Tyler Pearson of York-based 2nd Signal Regiment, entered the River Ouse near The Lowther pub in the early hours of 3 April.
North Yorkshire Police believe he was trying to swim to the far bank at Queen's Staith during a night out with friends.
The 18-year-old is the third young person to have died in the city's rivers this year.
Signaller Pearson's body was found on Thursday near Skeldergate Bridge, about 1,500ft (480m) downstream from where he was last seen.
His death follows that of Ben Clarkson, 22, who was found in the River Foss on 21 March, three weeks after he was last seen outside a York nightclub.
Mr Clarkson disappeared on the same day the body of 20-year-old Megan Roberts was found in the River Ouse.
Miss Roberts, a York St John University student from Wetherby, went missing in January after a night out drinking with friends in the city.
North Yorkshire's police and crime commissioner Julia Mulligan said: "My heart goes out to Tyler's family.
"The recent spate of fatalities highlights the importance of staying safe near York's rivers, particularly when alcohol has been consumed.
"Work is currently under way with groups across York and families of recent river victims to make some short films to highlight the dangers of the river.
"In the longer term we will devise a sustained and powerful campaign to help prevent more lives being needlessly cut short."
Mr Berezovsky himself played a role in Mr Putin's rise in the late 1990s, but went into opposition and then self-imposed exile in the UK as the new president consolidated his power.
He remained a wanted man in Russia until his death, and was for a long time dedicated to the anti-Putin cause.
In recent years, his wealth is thought to have considerably diminished and recent court cases have left him struggling to pay legal fees and other debts.
In 2012 a court battle in London with fellow "oligarch" Roman Abramovich, his former associate with whom he fell out as Mr Putin came to power, ended in defeat, with his allegations that he was intimidated by Mr Abramovich into selling shares in Russian oil giant Sibneft for a "fraction of their true worth" entirely rejected by the judge.
Sources told the BBC that he had been depressed after losing the case, and moved suddenly out of his offices in central London.
And earlier this year, his ex-partner Yelena Gorbunova alleged in the High Court that he owed her millions of pounds from the sale of a £25m property in Surrey.
On 18 March The Times newspaper reported that Mr Berezovsky had been forced to try to sell a painting by Andy Warhol of the former Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin.
The role of political plotter, and financier of Russian opposition parties, was the latest in a series of reincarnations that Mr Berezovsky went through in his 67 years.
His first career was as a mathematician, his second as a car salesman, his third as a political kingmaker, nicknamed Rasputin, under Russia's first president Boris Yeltsin.
Mr Berezovsky made his fortune importing Mercedes cars into Russia in the 1990s, and setting himself up as a middleman distributing cars made by Russia's Avtovaz.
While Avtovaz struggled to survive, Mr Berezovsky nevertheless made millions.
By the mid-1990s, he was one of Russia's leading oligarchs, a word used for those who made their fortunes during the wholesale privatisation of state assets.
As well as taking ownership of the Sibneft oil company, he became the main shareholder in the country's main television channel, ORT, which he turned into a propaganda vehicle for Boris Yeltsin in the run-up to the 1996 presidential election.
He has survived numerous assassination attempts, including a bomb that decapitated his chauffeur.
He took Forbes magazine to court for describing him as the "godfather of the Kremlin" and linking him to the murder of a popular television journalist.
Forbes settled out of court, accepting that the allegations were false.
Mr Berezovsky was at the height of his power in the later Yeltsin years, when he was deputy secretary of Russia's security council, a friend of Boris Yeltsin's daughter Tatyana, and a member of the Yeltsin inner circle, or "family".
Although he helped Mr Putin enter the family, and funded the party that formed Mr Putin's parliamentary base, the new president moved to regain control of the ORT television station, and to curb the political ambitions of Russia's oligarchs.
Mr Berezovsky left Russia for self-imposed exile in the UK at the end of 2000.
An early attempt to promote opposition to Mr Putin, by funding the Liberal Russia party, ended in disaster when its two most prominent members were assassinated.
"I understood [then] that this way of open opposition doesn't work, at least for me. And that's the reason why I decided to choose the other way," he later said.
Without naming Mr Berezovsky, the Kremlin accused its foreign-based opponents of organising the 2006 assassinations of former KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko and the campaigning journalist Anna Politkovskaya, in order to discredit Mr Putin.
Mr Berezovsky denied the allegation, and accused Mr Putin of himself being behind Litvinenko's death.
Mr Berezovsky bought the ex-spy - himself in exile in London - a house in Muswell Hill and helped him to publicise claims that Mr Putin organised the bombings of apartment blocks in Russia, in 1999, which paved the way for Russia's second military intervention in Chechnya.
He said Mr Putin was prepared to kill anyone that he defined as an enemy of Russia, and that he himself was a target.
That is why the mansion he bought for £10m from disc jockey Chris Evans was equipped with bullet-proof windows, laser monitors, spy cameras and reinforced steel doors.
As he walks along the corridor in HMP Swansea Steve* looks like any other prisoner.
But one thing marks him apart. While other prisoners have regulation blue t-shirts his is dark green.
Across the back it says one word in clear white letters: Listener.
He is one of a handful of prisoners with special dispensation to wear these t-shirts as he volunteers in a unique role in the prison.
Swansea prison has a team of in-house Samaritans on-call 24 hours a day in case someone at the prison needs to talk.
Last year there were 119 self-inflicted deaths in prisons in England and Wales - 29 more than the previous year and the highest number since records began in 1978.
There was also a record high of 37,784 self-harm incidents, according to figures from the Ministry of Justice.
The Listener scheme started 25 years ago in Swansea prison after two prisoners took their own lives in a year. One was a 15-year-old on remand, charged with stealing a handbag.
Up until this point Samaritans would 'wing walk' at certain times for people to approach if they wanted to talk.
But after the teen's suicide, Swansea Samaritans increased their visits and installed a phone line directly to the organisation from the prison, called the 'red phone'.
They then started training a group of prisoners to act as Samaritans within the jail. The group called themselves the Swansea Listeners - and a new scheme was born.
There are now teams of Listeners in almost every prison in the UK, with an increasing number in the Republic of Ireland.
In 2015, there were 89,752 face-to-face meetings between Listeners and prisoners.
These could vary from those involving prisoners who are having problems maintaining relationships with people on the outside, to those with suicidal thoughts.
It is entirely confidential with Listeners given the same intensive training as Samaritans. But with one important difference - rather than lending an ear over the phone, they do it face-to-face.
The idea is prisoners are always able to speak to someone if they are feeling depressed or lonely, as long as there are enough guards on duty to facilitate the meeting.
John Phillips, branch director of Swansea Samaritans, said: "A prisoner can ask a prison guard to call out a Listener and, if the guard thinks that prisoner genuinely needs a visit, that guard will find out which Listener is on duty and arrange for that Listener to be brought to the prisoner who has requested it to have a private talk.
"It might be the Listener is on a different wing of the prison. Then the guard will arrange for them to be brought to the prisoner requesting the visit."
Prisoners apply to become a Listener or are recommended by prison staff. The Samaritans say there are no benefits or incentives and they need to be willing to be on call day and night.
By the end of 2015 there were 1,803 prisoners volunteering as Listeners across the UK.
Jacob Hill, 24, from Leeds, released from prison last April, was one of them.
He said the sense of helping others was the most important thing:
"I wanted to support others and you feel like you are making a difference and in that place it is hard, you don't get to make a difference in prison, and volunteering with the Listeners gives you that chance," he says.
Hill, an entrepreneur who who had founded a business while at university, was jailed for dealing Class A and Class B drugs at a music festival after falling into £17k debt.
He volunteered as a Listener in HMP Wealstun in Wetherby, Leeds, when he was moved there in September 2015.
"There was always a need for the Listeners," he says. "It gives people a life-line. Many might not have the phone credit to speak to their families, or know how to talk to them about it.
"They can come to us about anything, some might be missing their family, others regretted the actions that led to them spending time inside."
Since his release Hill has started up Offploy which aims to link ex-offenders with jobs.
He said: "It was the Listener scheme that gave me a real feeling of purpose, many would say the same."
There can be frustrations, the Samaritans point out, when a prison officer is not available to facilitate a meeting with a Listener.
But as an inquiry into deaths in custody in the last year is under way, the government says that, among other measures to reduce self harm in prisons, it is providing support to the Listener scheme and extra funding to the Samaritans.
Ideoba chief executive Andrew Auerbach claims he was told by an adviser that Welsh ministers pulled funding because the firm was run by ex-Plaid Cymru MP Adam Price.
The Welsh government said the suggestion was "frankly ridiculous".
Mr Auerbach said ministers had agreed a loan of £150,000 to tide the firm over.
He claimed "political motives" intervened over the bridging loan.
He said he had been told by the adviser to Economy Minister Edwina Hart - the property developer David Goldstone - that Ideoba would not get the money because Mr Price was standing as a Plaid Cymru candidate in the assembly election in 2016.
The Welsh Conservatives have now called for an independent inquiry into his role.
Ideoba specialised in financial services with the aim of creating website search engines, giving investment organisations access to advice from 300 million experts across the world.
Significant private investment has been put into the company by Mr Auerbach and Mr Price, who met at Harvard University in the United States.
There has also been public money invested by the Welsh government but it has not been willing to release the details of how much is involved.
A Welsh government spokesman said the claim that they didn't give the company support because of Mr Price's political affiliations was "demonstrably false".
He added: "We have worked very closely with Andrew Auerbach and Adam Price and provided R&D funding to help them establish their company in Wales.
"We also offered them additional financial support in early March to cover costs while they sought further investment. Our relationship with the company was welcomed by Andrew Auerbach in February this year,
"To now suggest we withheld funding due to the political affiliation of Adam Price, who also chairs our Innovation Advisory Council, is frankly ridiculous."
The firm employed up to 10 well paid, highly-skilled workers at Pencoed near Bridgend with the aim of eventually employing 100.
It emerged last month that it had gone out of business after operating for a little over a year.
Mr Auerbach says he was told by Mr Goldstone that the company would not receive the money.
The political position of the former Plaid Cymru MP Mr Price was said to be the reason.
Mr Price had been selected to fight Carmarthen East and Dinefwr seat at the next assembly election in 2016 before Ideoba was set-up.
There is speculation that the company may have taken his focus away from standing however this turned out not to be the case.
The Welsh government did eventually offer a loan but it is believed the terms that were less favourable than the initial £150,000.
Mr Auerbach said that the withdrawal of this bridging loan meant the company could not continue trading while it waited for the cash injection from the investor.
"As a high-tech entrepreneur from the US, it's hard to foresee the effect that UK politics would have on our start up, Ideoba," he said.
"We were 100% focused on getting Ideoba - which is a sound concept - up and running in Wales.
"Who could predict that politics and those who are trying to harm or discredit Adam for political reasons would affect us? This sort of thinking was not really on our radar."
"I am disappointed to be dragged into this mess, purely based on political motives to hurt Adam. As hi-tech entrepreneurs, we are accustomed to dealing with business risk, but not this sort of political nonsense."
"It's a sad day for Wales, a sad day for entrepreneurship in the UK."
The Welsh Conservatives have written to the permanent secretary to request he looks into the role and accountability of ministerial advisers.
They have also written to the Auditor General to raise concerns and call for an inquiry.
A spokesman said it raised serious questions and there was "no question that there must be an independent inquiry into this affair."
The party also wants to know why its request for an urgent question in the Senedd has been rejected by the presiding officer.
At the launch in January 2014, Mr Price had praised the support from the Welsh government and called it "Team Wales at its best".
The firm's research and development centre opened in south Wales for what would be a global company with most of its initial market in London and New York.
The Welsh government spokesman added that Mr Goldstone provided advice on property-related matters to officials on a consultancy basis.
His terms and conditions only allowed for advice to officials on these areas and on any other subject area, Mr Goldstone "would be providing his own personal views which would not be considered as professional advice".
The spokesman added: "Any suggestion that an email he sent to the company in February led to the possibility of a loan to Ideoba 'evaporating' is simply untrue.
"In fact the Welsh government offered the company a loan in March this year which the company did not take up."
Surrey Heath Museum will reopen in February for its 2015 events and exhibition programme.
Curator Gillian Barnes-Riding said staff had audited the collection but now wanted all the stores to be catalogued electronically.
A team of 20 or so volunteers will be helping staff to complete the work at the museum in Camberley.
Ms Barnes-Riding said the electronic catalogue would enable staff to find items more easily.
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The Reds are fourth in the Premier League and host Middlesbrough on Sunday (15:00 BST) knowing victory will earn Champions League football next term.
They last played in the competition in 2014-15 after finishing second.
"The world is not full of players who will make us better immediately but clearly there are a few out there," said German Klopp.
"We have spoken to them.
"We have a really good side when our first 11, 12, 13, 14 players are fit."
The Anfield club have reportedly had a £64.6m bid rejected for Monaco striker Kylian Mbappe and been linked with moves for Roma winger Mohamed Salah, Southampton defender Virgil van Dijk and Fulham left-back Ryan Sessegnon.
Liverpool were top of the table in November and in contention for the title at the turn of the year, but injuries to key players - such as Sadio Mane, Philippe Coutinho and Adam Lallana - at various stages derailed their challenge.
They suffered a shock defeat by Wolves in the fourth round of the FA Cup in January and were knocked out of the EFL Cup at the semi-final stage by Southampton.
But Klopp, in his first full season in charge after replacing the sacked Brendan Rodgers in October 2015, said a return to Europe's elite club competition by finishing in the top four will be a "successful" campaign.
A third-place finish would earn direct qualification for the group stage, while finishing fourth will mean they would have to contest a two-legged play-off match.
Klopp added: "The Champions League, for different reasons, is a wonderful competition.
"You can earn a lot of money there - that is money we did not have last year. That is very interesting and is one part of it, but we are already in a good position.
"We are a club without financial problems and we have money to spend, but it makes sense to think before we spend and that is what we are doing."
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The 25-year-old will complete a career grand slam if he adds the Masters, which starts on Thursday, to his Open, US Open and PGA Championship titles.
However, the Northern Irishman said: "I would be dishonest if I said my love of golf now is as big as it was back then.
"I don't love golf as much as when it was just pure joy to get on to the course to play."
He continued in the Daily Telegraph: "When I was a kid, if I spent a day away from the game, I couldn't wait to get back. Now I can't wait for a week off.
"There's just not the 'I can't wait to get out of the house as quick as I can to get to the course' feeling.
"This is not a job. Let's face it, I've never done a day's work in my life. But it's an intense environment I play in and it's just nice to get away from it for a while."
McIlroy won his first major, the 2011 US Open, aged 22, and has since won the US PGA in 2012 and 2014, and last year's Open at Royal Liverpool.
But he insists he will never live up to the profile of 14-time major winner Tiger Woods, who returns to the Masters this year after a voluntary leave of absence.
"People tell me I am the new face of golf, but that is a hard one for me to fathom because, growing up, I never even thought about being that," added McIlroy.
"Tiger Woods is the face of the game to the wider public and I don't think I'll ever be that, just because of who I am, who he is, what he represents and the people he brought to the sport.
"I'm never going to do that - it's not something that's going to be possible."
A programme on Northern Ireland's Major Champions will be shown on BBC2 Northern Ireland on Wednesday, 8 April at 19:00 BST.
You can listen to coverage of the Masters on BBC Radio 5 live and 5 live sports extra; watch live coverage of the final two rounds on BBC One, BBC Two and BBC Red Button and highlights of rounds on Friday. Follow live updates on BBC Sport Online from 9-12 April.
John MacIssac, a gillie on the River Lochy in Lochaber, caught the fish weighing between 38-41lb and about 47in long on the River Spean in September.
He was heading home when he decided to try his luck on the Spean in Lochaber.
His catch, which he returned to the river, has won him the annual FishPal Malloch Trophy for catching one the largest salmon caught on a fly in 2016.
The competition's committee picked Mr MacIssac's salmon from a shortlist of five entries, including three from women anglers, each of whom entered a salmon of more than 30lb.
Mr MacIsaac's entry fulfilled all the relevant criteria including best evidence, to win the 44-year-old prize run by the Tay Foundation.
He said: "I was on the point of going home at the end of the day when I decided to try a cast on the Spean as I had not fished there this year.
"My first cast splashed into the tail of the Long pool. The heavy fly I was using brought the fish to the surface where he hit the fly, turned and rolled. Now attached, the fish took a couple of runs during which I had the chance to see its belly - I then knew at once that it was very big fish.
"However, it was only when it came closer to me that I realised I was going to need some help. Fortunately the fish then dived and stayed deep, hardly moving, until assistance came."
Mr MacIssac referenced the famous Jaws movie quote "you're gonna need a bigger boat" when his friend arrived at the river bank.
He said: "When Joe, my fellow gillie, arrived 25 minutes later with his net, I told him immediately 'we're going to need a bigger net'.
"The salmon's length and depth dwarfed the net. It was a very deep fish, with an adipose fin the size of an apple. I was not even able to get my hand around the tail."
The competition also has five joint junior trophy winners for salmon caught and safely released. They are:
Taxiways linked to the main runway at RAF Mildenhall are being extended in a project that should be completed in April 2013.
The project will mean heavy aircraft will not have to reverse, or back-taxi, when using the runway.
The USAF said it would reduce noise and allow swifter aircraft movements.
Maj Glenn Cameron, of the USAF, said: "With this infrastructure update it allows us to get the aircraft on and off the runway a little bit faster and not put more wear and tear on both the aircraft and the runway.
"It'll be all contained within the base perimeter and, if anything, it'll reduce noise by virtue of reduced amount of thrust required to turn these big aircraft around when they have to do a back-taxi."
The aircraft include the KC-135 Stratotanker aerial refuelling plane and the C-5 Galaxy and C-17 Globemaster cargo planes, which are the largest aircraft used by the USAF.
The USAF said it was a sign of its continued commitment to RAF Mildenhall.
"It's one of those opportunities to find a good partner and build with them and I'd say we're here for quite a while," said Maj Cameron.
The 34-year-old, sacked by England in February 2014, hit his maiden triple century against Leicestershire.
Pietersen met Andrew Strauss, England's new director of cricket, on Monday and was told he would not play for his country again.
He said earlier he was "desperate" to return to the international game.
BBC cricket correspondent Jonathan Agnew broke the story on Monday evening and said that "form and ability" were not the issue and that the England set-up felt selecting Pietersen would be "a backward step".
He added: "While no cricketer is actually barred from playing for England, it seems that Pietersen was told that his situation hadn't changed and his selection for England remains the longest of long shots.
"Coming on the day that he followed Colin Graves' words to the letter and scored 326 not out, one can only imagine Pietersen's disappointment - and that of his supporters.
"Whatever Strauss reveals on Tuesday, there can be no further ambiguity."
Earlier, and speaking before the meeting with Strauss, South African-born batsman Pietersen had said: "What more can I do? All I can do is score runs. I'm incredibly proud of how I played under pressure.
"People were saying on social media that this would be a career-defining innings for me and they were asking me if I was ready for it. I knew there was a lot of pressure on me and I was feeling it."
Strauss, a former England captain, will hold his first news conference in his new role at 12:00 BST on Tuesday.
On Saturday, he succeeded Paul Downton, who was instrumental in Pietersen's sacking.
In July 2014, Strauss apologised for making an offensive remark about his former team-mate during a live television broadcast.
Pietersen last played for England in the final Test of a 5-0 Ashes series defeat in Australia in January 2014.
He was sacked a month later and released an autobiography in October criticising several players, saying there was a "bullying culture" in the squad.
But after the 2015 World Cup - where England lost four of their six matches - incoming England and Wales Cricket Board chairman Colin Graves said Pietersen could be recalled if he impressed in the county game.
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Pietersen reduced his Indian Premier League commitments for 2015 and re-signed for Surrey.
Monday's innings, which came off 373 balls and included 34 fours and 14 sixes, took Surrey to 528-9 after two days, in reply to Leicestershire's 292 all out.
"It is probably the best innings I've ever played," said Pietersen. "I have a burning desire to play for England again - I'm desperate to do so.
"I've said for a while that I'm batting better than ever and this is proof of that.
"It was an incredibly special moment, a special feeling. I've always wondered if I would get anywhere near 300, but if I bat well on Tuesday, maybe I could get near 400."
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The Briton, 26, won seven matches before losing to Swiss great Roger Federer in the second round last year.
The world number 374 could not repeat the feat 12 months later, going down 6-4 6-1 7-6 (7-4) to Marchenko.
Derby's Jay Clarke, 18, earlier lost 2-6 6-7 (9-11) 6-4 6-4 6-1 to Austrian Sebastian Ofner.
Katy Dunne, the last British woman left in qualifying, lost 7-5 3-6 6-2 to Belgian second seed Alison van Uytvanck in round two.
Willis had used all his grass-court ability to see off fellow Briton Liam Broady on Wednesday, but struggled physically when back in action less than 24 hours later.
"I would have needed not a miracle, but him to not be how he was or to be hurt himself," said Willis.
"I still went out and fought and did everything I could, but on his service games I didn't really have a sniff."
Marchenko, 29, was the first to require treatment for a neck issue after seven games, but he recovered sufficiently to break serve and clinch the first set.
It was Willis who then began to suffer, calling for the trainer before playing on with his knee strapped.
Marchenko, ranked 117th after a high of 49th in the world last year, raced through the second set and saved a break point early in the third.
Urged on by a packed crowd on the new televised show court at the Bank of England Sports Centre, Willis forced a tie-break but could not keep pace with the stronger Marchenko.
Willis and Clarke must content themselves with a wildcard into the doubles at the All England Club.
Clarke, ranked 360th in the world, suffered an agonising defeat from two sets up in his first five-set match.
"Physically I didn't feel too bad, it was more mentally," he said. "I wasn't close to cramping but fatigue was starting to set in."
Rihanna's single Umbrella, which reached number one in the US and UK charts in 2007, is reported to include a loop from Apple's Garageband music creation software, which is freely included in Apple's operating systems.
The software contains synthesised instruments, beats and loops which can be mixed and sampled freely.
Artists like Courtney Love, Nine Inch Nails and Erasure are also said to have embraced it, offering up their own music to be remixed on it by fans.
But traditional studio recording and mixing equipment is far from being on the scrapheap, say industry experts.
"There's a classic microphone called a Neumann U47 that was made in the 50s, people still ask for it because they want the sound they got back then," said mastering and remastering expert Peter Mew, who has worked at Abbey Road since 1965.
"They like that vocal sound, it's almost distorted, there's a gritty punchy sound to it that's caused by the microphone. They're very expensive as they aren't made any more - but we bought a lot of them back in the day."
Tim Vine-Lott, technical director at Air Studios, founded by The Beatles' original producer Sir George Martin, confessed that engineers still have a very big soft spot for old fashioned audio tape.
"We have an Ampex ATR 102, a two-track tape machine, that people still prefer to mix to. Most engineers will stay completely digital until they want to mix and then throw out to tape," he said.
The ATR 102 was discontinued in 1982 but is still treasured by sound engineers around the world. Air Studios, whose clients include George Michael, Radiohead and the Black Eyed Peas, has four of the vintage machines, which would not look out of place on the set of an Austin Powers movie.
"We spend a lot of time scouring the world for spares," admitted Mr Vine-Lott.
"Getting tape is awkward. You can buy a hard drive for £100 - you could record 96 tracks on that. Or you can spend £250 on a 10.5in (26.7cm) diameter tape - you get about 15 minutes."
It's not just the preferred option of the studio engineers.
"Clients like the sound of tape on some things," said Mr Vine-Lott. "Sometimes we bounce off it just to get the tape sound."
Musician John Maxwell-Hobbs, musician and former producer/director at The Kitchen studios in New York, believes the appeal of older equipment is that it is so much more tactile than a touch screen or a computer keyboard.
"To be able to grab hold of handles or knobs on a mixing desk you don't even have to look at them, you know where they are," he said.
"Rewinding a tape, you can physically see how much tape there is left... we are tactiley orientated."
Electronic drum kits still sell because of their physical appeal, he added.
"Every music shop has them, it's because it feels good to be bashing at something," he said.
Electronic engineer Richard Barrie once found himself restoring an original mixing desk from Virgin Manor Studios in Oxford, which composer Mike Oldfield used to his make his seminal album Tubular Bells on in 1973.
"Mike wanted to recreate the guitar sound," said Mr Barrie, who eventually found the desk in a barn, covered by straw and with the motherboard hacksawed in half.
While the move from analogue to digital recording has revolutionised music accessibility, Peter Mew from Abbey Road studios thinks it has come at a price.
"People are prepared to accept what we would consider lower quality - they don't seem to care as much that an MP3 is typically only 10% of the original sound," he said.
"It worries me that people accept that's how it should be - it isn't. The quality is not as good as it was in the 1990s. In some ways a cassette was better than an MP3 - it contained more data."
Artist Neil Young agrees and last week, in partnership with record label Atlantic Records, he launched a new high-resolution music-streaming service called Pono, which he claims will "save the sound of music" and offer an alternative to the compression of MP3.
"MP3s suck," Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist Flea told Rolling Stones magazine. "It's just a shadow of the music."
"They weren't considered to be valuable," he said of the old kit. "They would just be dumped, or bits would be sold off."
He managed to restore it enough to help out Mike Oldfield, but says it was too expensive to fix in its entirety.
"Every year I get it out and have a look at it and think, 'I should really do something about that'," he said.
Restorations can take years as sound enthusiasts painstakingly try to track down long since discontinued parts - some more basic than others.
Even resistors and capacitors are increasingly difficult to get hold of as modern kit is surface mounted.
But is it worth it?
"It's like buying a vintage car," said Mr Barrie.
"Modern cars are great but when a vintage car is working well, it's such a lot of fun."
The Stagecoach bus was returning to depot when it collided with the bridge in Joshua Lane, Middleton, Greater Manchester, at about 19:00 BST on Tuesday.
No passengers on board and the driver was uninjured.
Greater Manchester Police tweeted a picture with the caption: "Big recover bill and 1 less bus on the roads".
The force later tweeted: "Luckily no one was on the top deck and no one hurt."
Stagecoach confirmed the bus was out of service and the company was assisting police with inquiries.
It is also carrying out its own investigation.
In September, 17 people were injured when a First Bus double-decker hit a railway bridge in nearby Rochdale.
The London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC) previously forecast a profit of £1.2m.
Labour leader at the London Assembly, Len Duvall, called it a "pointless monument at vast taxpayer expense".
The LLDC defended the project, saying it was "one of the standout successes of the 2012 Games".
The tower, which was mostly funded by the ArcelorMittal steel company and received £3m in public money, opened in 2012 as an observation tower.
It closed after the Olympics while it was adapted for long-term use, and reopened in April last year.
Mr Duvall associated the attraction's fortunes with the mayor: "It's clear that this is yet another Boris Johnson vanity project of towering proportions.
"Instead of paying back some of the £3m of taxpayer investment the Orbit is actually losing £10,000 a week, an awful record even by Boris' standards."
The BBC has contacted the mayor's office for comment.
A spokeswoman for LLDC said: "The ArcelorMittal Orbit was one of the standout successes of the 2012 Games and has seen almost 200,000 visitors since reopening in 2014, which is a tremendous achievement."
The LLDC has revised its estimate of visitor numbers down from its original forecast of 350,000 a year to 150,000, but said it was "constantly looking at ways to enhance the experience to attract more people".
Plans to add a giant slide down the length of the tower were approved this summer and its construction is expected to finish in 2016.
The decision by the Bank's Monetary Policy Committee comes five years after the record low level was first introduced.
It is the first rate decision since the bank amended its "forward guidance" policy that linked borrowing rates to unemployment figures.
Rates are unlikely to rise before the spring of 2015, analysts believe.
The Bank also kept its £375bn quantitative easing (QE) programme unchanged.
The half-decade of ultra-low interest rates has seen returns on savings hammered, while mortgage borrowers have reaped the benefits of lower repayments.
The committee's interest rate decision was the first to be influenced by what has been dubbed "fuzzy guidance", in which the Bank links borrowing rates to the speed at which the economy uses up spare capacity, as measured by 18 indicators.
Howard Archer, chief economist at IHS Global Insight, said: "The Bank of England clearly wants to nurture recovery and not to risk choking it off by raising interest rates too early or too fast."
The Bank is likely to raise the interest rate to about 1% over the course of 2015, then to 2% by the end of 2016, Mr Archer said.
However, the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) said the Bank should resist any pressure to act sooner.
"The continued clamour for early rate rises is unwelcome and undermines the benefits of forward guidance to business, consumers and the markets," said David Kern, the BCC's chief economist.
"Even though we are getting closer to pre-recession GDP levels, this does not mean that the economy is back to normal."
The Somme was one of the bloodiest battles of World War One with more than one million casualties over 141 days.
Tickets have been released for the free 1 July concert at Heaton Park - which was used as a training ground for Somme-bound army recruits.
Manchester will also host a remembrance service, parade and heritage event.
Culture Secretary John Whittingdale said: "The Battle of the Somme resulted in one million casualties on the Western Front and touched the lives of millions of families at home.
"We must never forget what happened at the Somme. I hope that people across the country take part in the range of events in Manchester to honour the memories of those who gave so much."
Manchester's commemorations include:
Manchester City Council's deputy leader Sue Murphy said:"Northern England was the heartland of the Pals' battalions throughout the First World War and was also at the centre of the huge industrial effort for the Somme.
"It is therefore fitting that the focal point of remembrance and opportunities for people to learn about and reflect further on the enormity of the events at the Somme should be in our city."
Sheffield Hallam student Caroline Everest, from Walkley, had been at the Corporation nightclub on Milton Street.
Her body was found in the Porter Brook on 24 November, two days after she was reported missing by her family.
The coroner, Christopher P Dorries, said "alcohol and hypothermia played a part" in her death, but said "it's clear there was nobody else there".
South Yorkshire Police initially treated her death as murder, but later concluded that nobody else had been involved.
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The inquest was told Ms Everest had drunk five "pints of purple", each of which contained shots of vodka, at the Corporation nightclub.
Mr Dorries said if true Ms Everest she would have drunk 30 shots of vodka at the club.
The club manager told the inquest the drink only contained three shots of the spirit.
The inquest also heard from 31-year-old Yousef Tarfasi who was arrested on suspicion of rape in November but subsequently released with no further action.
He confirmed for the first time that he was the person seen in CCTV footage with Ms Everest.
He said he had lied to police about being in the CCTV because he was afraid he would be charged with her murder.
"I was going back home and I ran across her and she was drunk and she was crying," he said.
He added that he held her hand and they walked together to where she told him she lived, at one point getting a taxi which he paid for.
Mr Dorries said the final bit of CCTV footage had shown Ms Everest sitting alone on a wall across the river from where she was found.
Recording a verdict of accidental death, he said: "Whilst the exact circumstances of how she came to be in the water are uncertain it was clearly accidental and without third-party involvement.
"It is apparent that alcohol and hypothermia played a part in the circumstances. It's clear that there was nobody else there."
Ms Everest, known as Carrie, was a pupil at Walkley Primary and King Edward VII schools before studying biomedical science at Sheffield Hallam University.
That is what a senior and respected medical scientist, a man who would be seen as a world authority on such matters, said to me.
So why wasn't the cure found?
The relevant research didn't happen because Ebola was seen for a long time to be a disease only of the poor, especially in Africa - and therefore the giant pharmaceutical manufacturers couldn't see how to make big money out of an Ebola medicine.
Today of course it is clear that Ebola is a global threat - and hence there is a mad rush to find a treatment.
What the preventable tragedy of Ebola shows is that in a globalised world the interests of rich and poor are frequently the same - although it is hard for businesses to recognise this mutuality of interest when driven to make short-term profits.
This solidarity between those with least and those (us) with most is also lost when governments are under pressure from voters to use tax revenues only in ways that demonstrably benefit a domestic population.
Perhaps the most important point is that when decisions about who gets what or how investment funds are allocated are left to markets, the outcome may seem to benefit only the rich but the consequence may end up hurting rich and poor alike.
Which is a powerful argument for why the widening gap between the rich and poor, in wealth and income, is bad for everyone - even the super wealthy, unless that is they never want to leave their fortified, hermetically sealed, lavishly appointed bunkers.
The point is that the operation of markets in the circumstances of modern globalisation both leads to extreme concentrations of wealth and increasingly irrational outcomes when it comes to the dispersion of funds to combat threats or promote public goods.
It is one of the reasons why the likes of the IMF and senior politicians of left and right are no longer blithely regarding the widening gap between rich and poor as a perhaps irksome but nonetheless necessary spin-off of the greater imperative of promoting growth.
Partly it is just the jaw-dropping pace and scale of how a century of narrowing inequalities has gone into dramatic reverse.
To be clear, Oxfam's claim today that by 2016 the richest 1% could own as much or the same as the bottom 99% is not wildly implausible.
Credit Suisse's Global Wealth Report for 2014 showed that the 0.7% of the world's people with assets more than $1m controlled 44% of all the world's wealth.
And recent influential research by Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman, of the University of California, Berkeley and the LSE respectively, shows that America's top 0.1% - or 160,000 families who are worth $73m each on average - hold more than a fifth of all US wealth, the same proportion as the bottom 90% of America's people.
There are all sorts of reasons why such increases in inequality are troubling, and not just for those at the bottom of the income and wealth pyramid.
One is that aspirational people on lower incomes have massive incentives to take on too-great debts to support their living standards - which exacerbates the propensity of the economy to swing from boom to financial-crisis bust.
Another is that the poor in aggregate spend more than the rich (there are only so many motor cars and yachts a billionaire can own, so much of the super-rich's wealth sits idle. as it were), and therefore growth tends to be faster when income is more evenly distributed.
So President Obama's State of the Union address, which is expected to contain a proposal to tax the assets of the wealthy, perhaps should be seen as a belated attempt to promote economic and social stability that would benefit even the wealthy - who will nonetheless attempt to stymie him in Congress.
As it happens I am in the process of finishing a two-part Radio 4 documentary about all of this, due for broadcast in a few weeks.
And what is striking is the growing realisation - even by the extreme privileged, who are about to fly in their private jets to Davos to save the world from itself, at the annual gathering of the World Economic Forum - that it is no longer enough simply to argue that equality of opportunity is all that matters.
Or rather, there can be little equality of opportunity in a world where there is the kind of inequality of outcome we haven't seen since the early decades of the last century.
Alison Jane Farr-Davies, 42, was found dead at a home in Neath Road, Hafod, Swansea, on Tuesday afternoon.
A 37-year-old man who was arrested on suspicion of murder remains in custody.
In a statement, Ms Farr-Davies's family said: "Ali was always helping others and would go out of her way to help people who were less fortunate than her."
Ms Farr-Davies would have turned 43 on Friday - she shared her birthday with her mother.
"This tragedy has robbed them both from celebrating it this year as well as all of us as a family," the statement added.
"As a family we are totally devastated at the loss of our beautiful daughter, sister, aunt and niece.
"Ali was a very gentle, caring and loving person who doted on her two young nieces. She used to love them visiting her and spending time on the beach together."
Merson, aged 24, outlasted his final opponents in a marathon session that finished just before dawn after nearly 12 hours in Las Vegas, Nevada.
"I feel pretty good - got all the tears out so now I feel relaxed," the man from Maryland said after the game.
The no-limit Texas hold 'em series started in July with a field of nearly 7,000 players.
Jesse Sylvia finished in second place, netting $5.3m.
"That was nuts, man," the 26-year-old professional player from Las Vegas was quoted as saying by the Associated Press after the marathon match.
Before the final showdown, Merson and Sylvia eliminated Jake Balsiger, denying the the 21-year-old man from Arizona the chance of becoming the youngest World Series of Poker champion.
Balsiger's consolation, however, was a $3.8m cheque for the third place.
Saturday Night Live comediennes Leslie Jones and Kate McKinnon will join them in the film, Feig announced on Twitter.
Feig, who also worked with McCarthy on 2013's The Heat, went on to confirm it would be released on 22 July 2016.
Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis and Ernie Hudson played the ghost-hunting quartet in the 1984 original.
Directed by Ivan Reitman, the film made almost $300m (£198m) at the global box office. A sequel, Ghostbusters II, followed five years later.
Plans for a follow-up have been mooted ever since, but appeared to have been scuppered by Murray's reluctance to sign up for it.
Harold Ramis's death last year appeared to make it an even unlikelier prospect, with Reitman ruling himself out as director last March.
Feig's involvement gave new impetus to the project, as the Bridesmaids director revealed to Entertainment Weekly last year: "Ghostbusters is such a great thing and everybody knows it," he told the magazine.
"It's a shame to just let this thing sit there. My favourite thing to do is work with funny women. I was like, what if it was an all female cast? That would be really fun."
Jones, who recently appeared with Chris Rock in his film Top Five, began her Saturday Night Live career as a writer before joining its on-screen line-up last year.
McKinnon has been an SNL regular since 2012 and received an Emmy nomination last year for her work on the series.
Identified under German privacy laws as Shaas al-M, he claimed asylum in August 2015 and is now 20 years old.
Federal prosecutors say before that he fought with the Islamist militants for two years in his home country.
He is being tried by a special security court in Berlin, but reports suggest he refused to testify.
He has been in custody since his arrest on 22 March.
Shaas al-M's trial comes two weeks after Anis Amri ploughed a truck into a Christmas market in Berlin, killing 12 people. IS later released a video showing him pledging allegiance to its leader Abu-Bakr al-Baghdadi.
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Dressed in a blue pullover and a black cap, he hid his face behind a folder as he took his seat in the courtroom, reported AFP news agency.
Officers armed with machine guns were stationed outside the court.
Shaas al-M faces charges of being a member of a foreign terrorist organisation, which carries up to 10 years in jail, and violating laws governing military weapons.
In a previous statement (in German), the court detailed allegations of Shaas al-M's involvement in IS operations in Syria, including participating in the siege of the airport at Deir al-Zour, handling a Kalashnikov gun and helping supply fighters with food.
Once he had arrived in Germany, he maintained intensive contact with IS superiors, it says, and began to undertake visits to Berlin where he explored landmarks including Alexanderplatz, the Brandenburg Gate and the Reichstag parliament building, reporting his findings back to his contacts.
He is also accused of arranging for at least one person to travel to Syria to fight, and offering his services to assist would-be attackers travelling to Germany.
The court has scheduled some 25 hearings to run until April.
If implemented at local level, this could change the lives of 13 million Chinese, who will now be allowed access to crucial services like education and health that they were previously excluded from.
Being "unregistered" in China means not having a household registration document, known locally as a hukou. In more than 60% of cases, those without a hukou were victims of the one-child policy (others are those born out of wedlock or who are homeless). China has announced it will soon move from a one- to a two-child policy. But for the last 37 years, parents in many areas who gave birth to more than one child were required to pay local family planning officials a hefty fine (called a "social maintenance fee"). Most would pay because if they did not, their child would not get a hukou.
The hukou system is a controversial system of household registration required by law in China. It was set up in the late 1950s to control the movement of people between cities and the countryside. It requires all Chinese people to be classed as either urban or rural. Critics have compared it to a caste system, intended to control internal movement and aimed initially at stopping farmers moving to cities.
Gaining a hukou brings with it not only access to schooling and medical treatment but other social benefits too. Anyone wanting to open a bank account, take out medical insurance or get married needs one. You also need a hukou to buy train and plane tickets.
In some ways it's not. According to the Chinese constitution and other laws, all citizens, regardless of family planning policies, have a right to a hukou. But in practice things have worked very differently. The plan announced envisages big change in real terms. This is more of a central government initiative, or directive, to get local governments and especially local family planning units to take note.
There are many theories.
The Ministry of Security says that they are concerned about the effect on social stability. The idea being that millions of undocumented people, often forced into using unofficial or illegal means to get by, is not something any police chief wants to see.
Amnesty International's China expert William Nee says the Chinese government "always uses social stability as a reason for change".
"It could also be down to the amount of criticism the government has been getting - both domestically and abroad - for a situation which has been a blot on China's record for years."
Unicef China has been campaigning for change in this area for years, particularly as children are amongst those most affected and so "most vulnerable" if they are not registered.
Their chief of communications, Shantha Bloemen, thinks the announcement's timing might also "be linked to this year's five-year plan, to eradicate poverty completely by 2020".
The central government has made previous announcements about hukou reform which have not always been put into place.
But Unicef's Shantha Bloemen said this announcement seemed particularly "significant."
Professor Duan Chengrong of Renmin University, one of the country's leading demographers and advocates of hukou reform, also believes that in this instance the local officials will listen to their superiors.
Well, yes. It is for these 13 million people, many of whom are now middle aged and have lived most of their lives as "unofficial" people. However, there is the additional question of which hukou will they be given. They will want a hukou corresponding to the area where they are living - eg Beijing. But if they are not and are instead given a remote, rural hukou, they will join hundreds of millions of migrant workers and migrant children who have full access to services, but only in their home towns and not in the cities where they reside and earn their living.
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The woman, now in her 20s, was abused for three years from the age of 13.
She told the BBC that police officers knew "everything" but failed to act.
She said she lost faith in the force to such an extent that she chose not to report the fact many years later that she had been raped.
"It was awful, the police made me feel like I wasn't a victim.
"It felt like I wasn't a priority to them, so I stopped going to them after a while."
On one occasion she said officers had found her in bed with one of her abusers but did nothing but take her home.
"They knew everything that was going off," she said. "They weren't blind to any of it. They knew what was going on.
"[They] knew these men and knew what they were doing [but] they didn't even bother to question them and why we were in their homes."
Another victim is 35-year-old Rachel, not her real name, who was just 11 years old when she was abused in Rotherham.
She claims that on one occasion police officers looked on as she and another girl were attacked.
"We were getting beaten up and the police were watching," she said. "They were in the car behind but didn't stop him.
"He beat the girl that badly she went to hospital. The police said, 'We know what's happening, we were watching him, collecting evidence', but said they they didn't want to blow their operation.
"We said, 'What's more important, your operation or us?', and they said their operation was."
She went on to say she believed her abuser "had a hold over the police" after saying she saw him pass a brown envelope to an officer in a car park at Rotherham's Clifton park.
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The first woman, who wishes to remain anonymous, said that on one occasion she went to a police station to give a statement with her mother.
"They did the whole interview, took my clothes and we heard nothing from them," she said.
"They didn't phone to say, 'sorry we couldn't find the guy', or 'sorry, there's not enough evidence', they just didn't bother to contact us at all."
Calling for officers to face criminal charges, she said: "They don't take it seriously. They [treat] other crimes like drugs a lot more importantly than a young child getting sexually exploited.
"They shouldn't be in that line of work if they have no care for these people - the whole point of their job is to care, and they didn't care, and that is the problem.
"I think the police should be prosecuted or should lose their jobs because they didn't do their jobs. It's not right that they knew what was going on and they stood by and let it happen.
"The abuse stays with you for the rest of your life; it becomes a part of you and your personality.
"It really does scar that person, and then, not getting justice, you lose faith in everyone, you lose faith in the police."
The BBC asked South Yorkshire Police for its response to the women's comments and the force said tackling child sexual exploitation was an "absolute priority".
A spokesman said it was also cooperating with the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) where allegations had been made against officers involved in the issue of child sexual exploitation.
The Liberal Democrat won a by-election in Richmond Park on Thursday to oust former London mayoral candidate Zac Goldsmith.
He stepped down from the Conservative Party in October in protest over a third runway at Heathrow and ran as an independent candidate.
But Mrs Olney overturned his 23,000 majority to win by more than 1,800 votes.
On Monday, the 39-year-old took her seat after being led into the chamber by leader of the Liberal Democrats Tim Farron.
She now becomes the Lib Dems' ninth MP.
She then got the chance to get a welcome and a few tips from Speaker John Bercow.
Earlier on Monday, other MPs and party members met Mrs Olney on College Green in front of the Houses of Parliament to welcome her.
Thousands of supporters sang the Catalan anthem and chanted "Down with Spanish justice" outside the court as he faced charges of disobeying a court ban on the November 2014 vote.
Hundreds of regional mayors joined the protest at the Catalonia Supreme Court.
About 80% of people backed Catalan independence from Spain in the non-binding vote.
However turnout in Spain's north-eastern region was not high, with only 2.2 million people voting out of an electorate of more than five million.
Spain's central government in Madrid has pledged to challenge any unilateral moves towards independence in court, arguing such actions are against the constitution. National polls in Spain are to be held on 20 December.
The Catalan leader's supporters complain the judicial case against him and two colleagues is politically motivated. As well as civil disobedience, he faces charges of misusing public funds for the vote.
He told the court he was completely responsible for the vote but said: "I don't understand why I'm here giving explanations."
Last month, pro-independence parties in Catalonia won a majority in regional elections but fell short of securing 50% of the vote.
The 28-year-old man is in Hull Royal Infirmary after a violent incident at a house in Hainton Avenue, Grimsby on Friday, said Humberside Police.
The two local men, aged 32 and 24, are currently being questioned in police custody.
A cordon was erected on Hainton Avenue while a forensic examination was carried out.
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They studied the diaries of medical officers on his Antarctic expeditions at Cambridge's Scott Polar Research Institute, which refer to a heart murmur, breathlessness and breakdowns.
Cardiologist Dr Jan Till and retired doctor Ian Calder said the symptoms were "consistent" with the defect.
Shackleton died from a heart attack, aged 47, in South Georgia in 1922.
Writing in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, Dr Till, a consultant cardiologist at the Royal Brompton Hospital in London, and Mr Calder, a retired anaesthetist, said they believed he suffered from a congenital heart defect.
In 1903, during his first Antarctic expedition in the Discovery, Shackleton suffered breathlessness and weakness, according to the diary of team member Dr Edward Wilson.
His second expedition on the Nimrod was also marred by illness.
On 20 January 1908, medical officer Dr Eric Marshall wrote: "Heard S was very unwell after pulling on a rope. Will not hold myself responsible until he allows me to examine him. Something wrong?"
On another occasion he wrote: "Shacks collapsed after dinner tonight".
Shackleton was still "very unwell" the following day and had an irregular pulse.
He also mentioned a heart murmur.
In 1914, Shackleton made his third Antarctic trip on Endurance,
Dr James McIlroy, medical officer on the third and fourth expeditions, said Shackleton refused to allow him to listen to his heart when he became unwell.
He said Shackleton's wife had insisted he see a heart specialist before the Nimrod expedition and although he went, he refused to let the doctor listen to his heart.
From these and other diary entries the researchers concluded Shackleton's various symptoms were "consistent with an ostium secundum atrial septal defect" - commonly known as a hole in the heart.
On 5 January 1922, Shackleton died from a heart attack.
Henry Ranson Lloyd, 17, died of natural causes on 21 January 2014. Police said his Conwy home was litter-strewn.
Calls to make it easier for councils to monitor the quality of home schooling and pupils' welfare were made at the inquest in Ruthin, Denbighshire.
Coroner John Gittins said it was "staggering" people were home educated without councils "having any teeth".
Henry died at his home after complaining he could not breathe properly.
Emergency services were called but he could not be saved.
Pathologist Dr Andrew Dalton said the 6ft 2in teenager was "markedly obese" and had a blood clot.
Conwy council's head of education Richard Ellis Owen told the inquest several attempts were made to engage with the family, but there was no response.
"If parents wish not to engage with us there's hardly anything we can do," he said.
But Henry's mother Jennie Ranson told the inquest she did not feel she had let him down, saying "he knew he was loved".
Mr Owen said it was possible children could slip through the net and asked the coroner to write to the Welsh government "expressing the difficulties we have in terms of monitoring the quality of education and welfare of people".
"If we haven't any legal backing to that we are in a difficult position," he added.
Mr Gittins recorded a conclusion of death due to natural causes and said the involvement of social services, environmental health and other agencies was "limited."
He said: "I take on board what I was told by Richard Ellis Owen which concerns the question of home education.
"It seems staggering to me that people can be in a home situation without the local authority having real teeth with regard to checking up on progress and keeping an eye on them generally."
Its net profit was 8.28bn yen ($67m; £43m) in the three months to June as sales in the quarter rose over 20%.
That compares to a net loss of 9.9bn yen in the same period a year ago.
The company's earnings were boosted by the double digit rise in sales on new game releases such as Splatoon for its Wii U console and a weaker yen.
Shooting game Splatoon, where players aim at squid-type creatures, has sold 1.6 million copies after it was released in May.
The game maker also saw strong sales of its "amiibo" figurines which are sold as accessories to its popular games.
"For amiibo, we will continue to expand the product lineup," the company said in a statement on Wednesday.
Analysts were expecting a loss of 6.3bn yen for the quarter, according to a poll by Reuters.
The video game pioneer behind popular games like Super Mario Bros has been in the headlines recently after it suffered the loss of its chief executive Satoru Iwata from cancer earlier this month.
One of Mr Iwata's last moves as the head of the company was to lead it towards making games for smartphones after years of resisting investors' calls to do so.
In March, Nintendo announced that it was forming a partnership with Japanese developer DeNA to create new games for the mobile devices.
The company confirmed that its first smartphone games would be release by the end of the year.
It also said that it was still on track to post a net profit of 35bn yen on sales of 570bn yen in the year to March 2016.
The hitlists warned scores of teenagers in the town of Puerto Asis, in southern Colombia, to leave town or be killed.
Two of the youths named were shot on 15 August, while a third was killed five days later.
Police have sent an investigative team, including internet experts, to find out who is behind the threats.
A local official said a criminal gang had recently expanded its operations to the area and was intimidating locals.
Diego Ferney Jaramillo, 16, and Eibart Alejandro Ruiz Munoz, 17, were shot dead as they were driving along a road on the outskirts of Puerto Asis in Putumayo province on their motorcycle on 15 August.
Colombian ombudsman Volmar Perez Ortiz said that at around the same time, anonymous threats appeared on Facebook, listing 69 local youths and telling them to leave Puerto Asis within three days or be killed.
The names of the two dead teenagers had been on the list. The ombudsman's office said the authorities at first thought they were dealing with a hoax.
But the killing of a third listed teenager, Norbey Alexander Vargas, on 20 August prompted officials to take the threats seriously.
Since then, a second threat has appeared, on leaflets left on cars and addressed to the families of the youths.
"Please, as relatives, ask them to leave town in less than three days, or we'll see ourselves forced to carry out more acts like that of 15 August," it read.
Another list was published on Facebook on Monday, this time naming 31 local girls.
Putumayo province official Andres Gerardo Verdugo said the threats had provoked panic among the town's families, some of whom had fled.
Police officials have not yet commented on who may be behind the threats or why the youths had been targeted.
But the ombudsman's office said a notorious gang, the Rastrojos, had recently stepped up its criminal operations in the area.
Amanda Young is accused of giving 14 times the amount of an anti-psychotic drug prescribed to Joshua Gafney at his home in Yeovil in February 2012.
Bristol Crown Court heard a second character witness say Ms Young was "dedicated to her profession".
The 40-year-old, of Yeovil, denies manslaughter by gross negligence.
Her defence also told jurors at least two other nurses had given Mr Gafney similar doses in the days leading up his death.
But the prosecution said Ms Young was responsible for the fatal dose.
In his closing statement, Mr John Price, prosecuting, said: "Is this rough justice? Is this fair because all these nurses got confused by the labelling on the bottles?"
He then answered his own question, saying: "No, this wasn't rough justice because the overdoses given by the other nurses hadn't caused Joshua Gafney's death."
He added Ms Young was "grossly negligent" and this was manslaughter.
Elizabeth Marsh QC, defending, said Ms Young's actions were "a mistake by a compassionate and focussed nurse" but that mistake had caused his death.
She went on to say "there was not a day that had gone by since, that Amanda Young had not dwelled on the mistake she had made".
She added: "Maybe it's not as simple as the prosecution are suggesting. Maybe administering this medication wasn't simple."
The jury also heard it was "unusual" for that particular drug to be administered in a liquid form and none of the nurses was familiar with it.
The judge is expected to sum up on Tuesday and send the jury out to consider their verdict.
The New Zealand wicket-keeper hit 106 off 65 balls, including 14 fours and three sixes, as the visitors chased down their target of 161 in 17 overs.
World Cup-winning England captain Heather Knight ably assisted at the other end, finishing 48 not out.
Lauren Winfield's 58 had helped the hosts post a respectable 160-7 at York.
The 27-year-old shared a 67-run second-wicket partnership with New Zealand all-rounder Sophie Devine (41) before the latter was bowled by Anya Shrubsole.
Two late boundaries from South African Sune Luus looked to have led the Diamonds to a challenging total.
However, Priest - who had managed just three runs in her first two Super League innings - scored a majestic and at times brutal hundred, ending the match with back-to-back boundaries.
On a rain-affected day at the Ageas Bowl, Surrey Stars maintained their unbeaten start to the competition after edging to a four-run victory over holders Southern Vipers on the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method.
Hayley Matthews removed Surrey's England opener Tammy Beaumont for a duck, but South African pair Lizelle Lee (40) and Marizanne Kapp (42) took the visitors to 127-8 on a slow wicket.
The Vipers' reply was hampered by a regular loss of wickets, as Stars captain Nat Sciver trapped Arran Brindle lbw, ran out Georgia Adams and bowled Charlotte Edwards for a duck, all in the space of 10 balls.
New Zealand captain Suzie Bates, who scored the first Super League century in her previous innings, continued her fine form as she hit an unbeaten half-century.
However, with the match finely poised and Vipers 100-7 - needing 28 off 22 balls - the rain began to fall in Southampton, which ultimately inflicted a first defeat of the competition on the home side.
Australian all-rounder Ellyse Perry starred with bat and ball as Loughborough Lightning thumped Lancashire Thunder by 50 runs.
Perry hit her first notable innings in the tournament, with her unbeaten 78 off 57 balls including 10 fours and a huge maximum, as Lightning scraped to a par total of 140-7 in Liverpool.
Thunder's response began badly as Perry bowled Emma Lamb (2) and trapped England wicket-keeper Sarah Taylor (4) lbw to reduce the hosts to 14-2.
Beth Langston (3-14) struck twice in an over - trapping both Natasha Miles and Sophie Ecclestone in front - as Thunder were bowled out for just 90.
A further 82 people are recovering from injuries, 20 of them severely hurt, after two commuter trains collided on a single-track stretch of railway.
Work to remove the wreckage from the site continues, but is proceeding slowly because of the location.
A third data recorder on board the trains has yet to be found.
Unanswered questions
In focus: Bavaria's railways
Authorities are trying to work out why two trains were on the stretch of track at the same time, despite safety mechanisms.
The trains crashed head-on while both were travelling at about 100km/h (60mph) east of Bad Aibling, a spa town about 60km south-east of Munich.
All 11 victims of the crash were men aged between 24 and 59.
Two large cranes have been brought to the site to remove the wreckage. The crash happened on a bend in a wooded area, above a canal, and vehicle access is difficult.
In case signals fail, German railways are fitted with a final safety guard to prevent crashes.
Cab signalling known as PZB (Punktfoermige Zugbeeinflussung - or "intermittent train control") will set off an alarm in the driver's compartment when the train approaches a red light. If the driver does not respond by pressing a button, the train will brake automatically.
Who operates the signals?
There are six races on all five days, with the main attraction being the Gold Cup on Thursday.
The historic meeting, now in its 306th year, attracts 300,000 spectators over five days, with the Queen the guest of honour.
The Queen has had 23 Royal Ascot winners as an owner and has not missed a day of the meeting since her coronation in 1953.
There will be commentary of the first four races each day live on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra, plus text updates from BBC Berkshire.
(All times BST, distances in miles and furlongs):
Tuesday, 20 June
14:30: Queen Anne Stakes (Group 1) 1m
15:05: Coventry Stakes (Group 2) 6f
15:40: King's Stand Stakes (Group 1) 5f
16:20: St James's Palace Stakes (Group 1) old mile
17:00: Ascot Stakes (handicap) 2 1/2m
17:35: Windsor Castle Stakes 5f
Wednesday, 21 June
14:30: Jersey Stakes (Group 3) 7f
15:05: Queen Mary Stakes (Group 2) 5f
15:40: Duke of Cambridge Stakes (Group 2) 1m
16:20: Prince of Wales's Stakes 1 1/4 m
17:00: Royal Hunt Cup (Heritage Handicap) 1m
17:35: Sandringham Stakes 1m
Thursday, 22 June
14:30: Norfolk Stakes (Group 2) 5f
15:05: Hampton Court Stakes (Group 3) 1 1/4m
15:40: Ribblesdale Stakes (Group 2) 1½m
16:20: Gold Cup (Group 1) 2 1/2m
17:00: Britannia Stakes (Heritage Handicap) 1m
17:35: King George V Stakes 1½m
Friday, 23 June
14:30: Albany Stakes (Group 3) 6f
15:05: King Edward VII Stakes (Group 2) 1½m
15:40: Commonwealth Cup (Group 1) 6f
16:20: Coronation Stakes (Group 1) 1m
17:00: Queen's Vase (Group 2) 2m
17:35: Duke of Edinburgh Stakes 1½m
Saturday, 24 June
14:30: Chesham Stakes 7f
15:05: Wolferton Rated Stakes 1 1/4m
15:40: Hardwicke Stakes (Group 2) 1½m
16:20: Diamond Jubilee Stakes (Group 1) 6f
17:00: Wokingham Stakes 6f
17:35: Queen Alexandra Stakes 2m, 6f
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The 18-year-old won in a quick time of 47.58 seconds ahead of Belgium's Pieter Timmers (47.80) and American defending champion Nathan Adrian (47.85).
British teenager Duncan Scott finished a superb fifth, equalling the British record of 48.01 he set in the heats.
Australia's Cameron McEvoy, the pre-race favourite, came seventh.
Scott, who is from Glasgow, was the seventh fastest qualifier for Wednesday's final and produced an impressive display in a strong field.
"I am delighted with that," the 19-year-old told BBC Sport.
"I was happy to make the semi-final and to be in that final was incredible. Hopefully things can move on next year.
"Everyone in the GB team is swimming with confidence at the moment. We have the best breaststroker ever in Adam Peaty and the whole team wants to keep winning."
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Karen Bardsley's save from Camille Abily put England on top in the shoot-out but Claire Rafferty and Faye White both missed to send the French through.
France had dominated for long periods of normal time but Jill Scott fired England ahead against the run of play.
Hope Powell's side were three minutes away from a place in the last four when Elise Bussaglia forced extra-time.
Instead England slipped to an agonising defeat and it is France who will progress to face either the United States or Brazil in their semi-final on Wednesday.
The manner of the defeat was all too familiar for the English, and was hard on them after they had showed superb resilience to push Bruno Bini's team all the way
Alistair Magowan on England's exit
A disappointed Powell told the BBC: "It was a gallant effort and there were some really tired legs out there today. Our games have been tough and we were dead on our feet at the end.
"I am very proud of my players. They did their very best to take it to the wire. Unfortunately when it came down to penalties, you just had to applaud France."
Both sides looked tired in extra-time, and Kelly Smith was virtually a passenger because of injury, but both wasted chances to win it, with Ellen White firing wide when through on goal and Eugenie Le Sommer off target with a back-post header.
That meant penalties, and again England were initially on top when Bardsley sprang to her right to deny Abily from France's first effort.
Smith, Karen Carney and Casey Stoney all scored to leave England 3-2 up, but Claire Rafferty dragged her effort wide and France were able to begin their celebrations when Faye White slammed her spot-kick against the bar.
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France had created most of the chances during the 90 minutes, although England had started the brighter, with Smith rounding France keeper Celine Deville after just 15 seconds, only to see her shot blocked by Laura Georges.
Bruno Bini's side soon settled, though, and began passing the ball fluidly, with Abily particularly influential down the right wing.
The French also started to pepper Bardsley's goal with shots from distance, with their best effort a Gaetane Thiney snap-shot from the edge of the area that forced a diving save from the England keeper.
England, with Ellen White looking isolated up front, were struggling to make an impact with their more direct approach and they had more defending to do before half-time.
Louisa Necib went close after a corner was half-cleared, while Sandrine Soubeyrand fired wide and Abily saw another effort clear the bar.
England improved after the break but were still on the back-foot and France went close with further efforts from Marie-Laure Delie and Thiney.
Powell responded by pushing Scott further forward and she soon went close to finding the net with a flicked header from Rachel Unitt's whipped cross.
A mix-up in the France defence allowed Scott another sight of goal after 58 minutes and this time she made no mistake, advancing to the edge of the area before expertly lifting the ball over Deville.
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France came back strongly and forced some intense late pressure that saw substitute Elodi Thomis force a superb late save from Bardsley and Ellen White clear Laura Lepailleur's header off the line.
But England's resistance was ended three minutes from time when the ball broke for Bussaglia on the edge of the area for her to curl the ball into the top corner and their subsequent shoot-out misery meant their hopes of a first appearance in the World Cup semi-finals were dashed.
Afterwards, Powell hailed what she called a "gallant effort" by her side and defended her decision to bring back Faye White and Fara Williams after they were rested in the 2-0 win over Japan on Tuesday.
She also explained that her decision to bring World Cup debutants Steph Houghton and Claire Rafferty off the bench for experienced duo Alex Scott and Rachel Unitt towards the end of the 90 minutes was for injury and tactical reasons.
"Alex said she had a injury and Rafferty was for pace," Powell said. "Rachel Unitt would have struggled against Thomis, and we knew that was going to happen, they always bring her on.
"Claire was very brave to step up and want to take a penalty, I have nothing but admiration for her."
France Ladies: Deville, Viguier, Georges, Lepailleur, Soubeyrand (Thomis 67), Bompastor, Abily, Necib (Bretigny 79), Bussaglia, Thiney, Delie, Bretigny (Le Sommer 106). Subs Not Used: Philippe,Renard,Boulleau,Meilleroux,Franco, Pizzala.
Goals: Bussaglia 87.
England Ladies: Bardsley,Alex Scott (Houghton 81),Stoney, Faye White, Unitt (Rafferty 81), Carney, Jill Scott, Williams, Yankey (Asante 84), Smith, Ellen White. Subs Not Used: Brown, Chamberlain, Clarke, Aluko, Bradley, Bassett, Susi.
Booked: Williams,Ellen White,Bardsley,Jill Scott.
Goals: Jill Scott 58.
Att: 25,000
Ref: Jenny Palmqvist (Sweden).
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The 56-year-old's contract was set to expire at the end of the 2018 World Cup in Russia.
He has been in charge of Die Mannschaft for a decade, having been Jurgen Klinsmann's assistant for the two years before that.
Low's Germany won the 2014 World Cup and he has reached at least the semi-finals in his five major tournaments.
They were beaten by hosts France at the last-four stage of Euro 2016.
Mr Zarif is in Vienna for talks with US Secretary of State John Kerry over Iran's nuclear deal.
The international nuclear watchdog, the IAEA, is expected to confirm that Iran has scaled back its atomic activities in line with the agreement.
Lifting sanctions would unfreeze billions of dollars of assets and allow Iranian oil to be sold internationally.
Iran nuclear deal: Key details
"Today is a good day for the Iranian people as sanctions will be lifted today," Iran's ISNA agency quoted Mr Zarif as saying.
He said the IAEA's report meant implementation of the nuclear deal would go ahead.
The State Department said all parties had "continued making steady progress" towards implementing the deal, adding it would ensure the "exclusively peaceful nature" of Iran's programme.
As part of the deal, Iran had to drastically reduce its number of centrifuges and dismantle a heavy-water reactor near the town of Arak, both of which could be used in creating nuclear weapons. Iran has always maintained its programme is peaceful.
The July 2015 agreement was seen by some as a foreign policy landmark - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani called the deal "historic".
But opponents remain, such as some US Republicans who say it does not do enough to ensure Iran cannot develop a bomb.
Many newspapers have hailed "good days ahead" for the economy, but the hardline press has lamented nuclear restrictions, with Vatan-e Emruz declaring closing the Arak reactor amounted to a "nuclear burial".
Moderate Iran and reformist Mardom Salari feared Saudi Arabia and US Republicans would try to sabotage the deal, the latter predicting that "powerful hands will try to boobytrap this path".
Meanwhile Conservative Hemayat said the nuclear deal would not "resolve the problem with the village chief" - referring to the US - and hardline Keyhan argued that the deal had not led to a let-up in US "anti-Iranian propaganda".
Source: BBC Monitoring
In July 2015, Iran agreed a landmark nuclear deal with six world powers to limit its sensitive nuclear activities for more than a decade in return for the lifting of crippling sanctions. The US is confident the agreement will prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. Iran says it has the right to nuclear energy - and stresses that its nuclear programme is for peaceful purposes only.
Iran will not see the UN, US and EU sanctions lifted until the global nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), certifies that it has fulfilled its commitments under the deal. The precise date of the so-called "implementation day" has not been determined. But Iran says it has met those commitments earlier than expected.
The sanctions have cost Iran more than more than $160bn (£102bn) in oil revenue since 2012 alone. Once they are lifted, the country will be able to resume selling oil on international markets and using the global financial system for trade. Iran has the fourth largest oil reserves in the world and the energy industry is braced for lower prices. Iran will also be able to access more than $100bn in assets frozen overseas.
Rovers took the lead early on when Kieffer Moore fired Sam Wedgbury's cross in from close range.
Danny Carr's penalty drew the visitors level after the break after midfielder Bruno Andrade had been fouled by David Pipe inside the box.
And Cameron Norman powered a shot past goalkeeper Steve Arnold in injury time to secure the win for Woking.
Rovers are second in the table, now nine points behind local rivals Cheltenham Town with two games to play, while Woking climbed to 14th place.
Forest Green boss Ady Pennock told BBC Radio Gloucestershire:
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"I'm extremely disappointed - we should have won the game by five or six.
"Especially in the first half, we should have been three or four-nil up - it's just being ruthless in front of goal.
"That's what let us down and then to concede two poor goals that just sums up the game, the game should have been dead and buried at half time in my opinion."
Woking boss Garry Hill told BBC Surrey:
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"We rode our luck a little bit and I was very pleased to be one-nil down at half-time and there is no doubt about that.
"We shown a lot of character and I think we tried to play football the right way in the first half. I felt we bossed it in the second half and we were certainly the better side.
"It's nice to see one of the young lads Cameron Norman get the goal and we've been waiting a long time not only as a management team but also as supporters.
"They come up and come down to be here and everywhere to support us and I am so pleased for them."
A new pitch has been laid at Berlin's Olympic Stadium to replace the damaged surface after the Irish band performed a concert there on 12 July.
And a spokesperson for the stadium has confirmed to BBC Sport that U2 have paid about 90,000 euros (£80,000) towards the total cost of 130,000 euros (£116,000).
Hertha host Liverpool on Saturday, 29 July in a friendly to mark both clubs' 125th anniversaries.
"The pitch will be in perfect condition for the game," Olympic Stadium spokesperson Christoph Meyer said.
"We've done this a lot of times, sometimes even one day before a match."
The 23-year-old Scot, who was seeded sixth, beat Germany's Fabienne Deprez 21-17 21-9 in the final.
It is a first major title for the Commonwealth Games and European silver medallist since October 2015.
Having recovered from knee surgery, Gilmour was playing in her first international event since last summer's Rio Olympics.
"It feels really great to be back on top of that podium," she said.
"This tournament went exactly to plan and I've managed to achieve some of the smaller goals that I set myself from the outset, too.
"Working with Tat Meng [Scotland's new head coach] is great so far. He's quite relaxed and calm behind the court. It will be interesting to see how we go forward in training from here."
The key entries on the Commons agenda are now those for consideration of Lords amendments to an impressive array of government bills which have been mangled by peers.
After a week which saw six government defeats in the Upper House, with the potential for plenty more, expect the fabled Parliamentary ping-pong, which sees bills bouncing back and forth between the Lords and Commons to dominate events.
Ministers will want to overturn Lords amendments to the Immigration Bill, the Trade Union Bill, the Housing and Planning Bill, the Enterprise Bill and the Energy Bill, or at least negotiate compromises. And the clock is now ticking.
As usual, the date for the prorogation of Parliament is left unspecified, but the State Opening, which signals the start of the 2016-17 session, is now inked into the Royal diary for 18 May - which means there's about a month left to get the outstanding legislation through its remaining stages of consideration and any disagreements between the two Houses reconciled.
That's not impossible, but the government could find itself having to make concessions to buy off opposition on issues where peers are disinclined to surrender to the will of the Commons, because if a bill is not passed when time runs out, it falls.
Imagine a Victorian-gothic High Noon, involving people in knee breeches, snatches of Norman French, parliamentarians sitting through the night, and increasingly tetchy negotiations in panelled offices, and you begin to get the picture. But with big issues to be resolved, it's a very high-stakes game. So aside from the outcome of actual votes in the Lords, watch how long the debates take - because the time factor becomes increasingly crucial at this time of year.
Here's my rundown of the week ahead.
The Commons opens (2.30pm) with Defence questions - and that is followed by Backbench Business Committee debates. First Labour's Siobhain McDonagh raises the introduction of the National Living Wage and related changes to employee contracts - she is worried that some employers are cutting overall remuneration packages to offset the cost of its introduction, leaving thousands of low-paid employees significantly worse off.
She has already highlighted the case of workers being forced to sign new contracts with cuts in Sunday and bank holiday pay, bonuses abolished, and London weighting hugely cut.
The second debate, on educational attainment in Yorkshire and the Humber is led by Labour's Jo Cox, Conservative Martin Vickers and the Lib Dem, Greg Mulholland. The motion calls for the government to address the underlying reasons for the under-performance in the region.
The adjournment debate, led by Labour MP Jim Fitzpatrick, is on the Metropolitan Police Special Enquiry Team investigation into electoral fraud in Tower Hamlets. Last year, the Election Court voided the election of Lutfur Rahman as Mayor of Tower Hamlets in 2014, and barred him from standing for public office for five years.
Mr Fitzpatrick is concerned that the police and the Crown Prosecution Service now say they will be taking no further action in this case. He says the people who challenged the election are owed their costs.
In Westminster Hall (4.30pm) MPs will debate E-petition 105660 on funding for research into brain tumours.
In the Lords (2.30pm), questions to ministers cover additional runway capacity at London's airports, the extent to which general road traffic laws are enforced on cyclists, and the effect of EU withdrawal on the UK tourism and hospitality industries.
Then, peers continue with the report stage of the Housing and Planning Bill - where the key issues are concerned with "pay to stay" and secure tenancies. Having taken some stinging defeats, Labour sources say the government now realises it needs to make concessions on the detail of the bill - so it is not yet clear whether they plan to force any of their amendments to a vote.
The Commons sits at 11.30am for Treasury questions, after which the Conservative Anne Main will present a ten minute rule bill to require farm produce to be labelled to show its country of origin and whether it meets animal welfare standards.
The day's main legislating is on the Bank of England and Financial Services Bill (report and third reading). The bill makes a series of detailed technical changes to the internal governance and oversight of the Bank, its senior managers' regulatory regime, pensions guidance and advice; and the rules on bank notes issued by banks in Scotland and Northern Ireland.
The adjournment debate, led by the Conservative Robert Jenrick, is on the treatment of UK citizens returning from fighting against so-called Islamic State, or Daesh/ISIL - he believes hundreds of UK citizens have volunteered to fight with Kurdish forces against IS, or Daesh, including some vulnerable people and many are ex-servicemen, and he is concerned that the government appears to have no policy on how it regards them. Should they be seen as allies or are they suspected terrorists? Mr Jenrick has a constituent, Aidan Aslin of Newark, who was arrested on his return and spent weeks waiting to see if he would be charged with any offence.
In Westminster Hall, the day's debates cover unaccompanied children (9.30am); children's homes (2.30pm) and regional variations in the rate of teenage pregnancy (4.30pm).
In the Lords, peers will be dealing with the latest round of Commons amendments to the Enterprise Bill - where ministers have now accepted Labour's amendment which asks the pubs code adjudicator to ensure PubCos do not "game" the code. They have now deleted the Lib Dem peer, Lord Teverson's Green Investment Bank amendment, but have implemented it in practice by creating a special share structure that maintains the bank's focus on environmental issues.
After that the House moves to day two of report stage consideration of the Trade Union Bill, where a series of issues are likely to be pushed to a vote.
There's an amendment on retaining the "check-off" system allowing payroll deduction of union subscriptions, on the powers of the Certification Officer for Trade Unions, and the implementation date for the facility time and check-off clauses of the bill.
The Commons meets at 11.30am for Northern Ireland questions, followed by Prime Minister's questions, at noon.
Next comes a Ten Minute Rule Bill on Forensic Linguistics (Standards) - from the SNP MP Roger Mullin. He wants to bring in a professional register to guarantee the standards of practitioners of a new discipline that can, for example, identify that an apparently innocuous conversation online is, in fact, aimed at sexual grooming of young people or terrorist recruitment.
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Evidence from forensic linguists is accepted in American and other foreign courts, but not in the UK - although it is used in law enforcement. A register would help the courts to accept evidence of properly-qualified specialists, Mr Mullen argues.
After that, it's ping-pong time - as MPs react to Lords amendments to the Energy Bill - the government has lost several votes in the Lords on onshore wind generating stations and the remit of the new Oil and Gas Authority.
Then there are two debates chosen by the Backbench Business Committee, on recognition of genocide by Daesh (IS) against Yazidis, Christians and other ethnic and religious minorities and on record copies of Acts - this is a move to overturn the decision to abandon the centuries-old practice of printing acts of parliament on vellum, scraped goat's skin.
Vellum is known to last for centuries, and the parliamentary archives included original documents personally signed by Tudor monarchs. There was a move to save money by switching to printing them on special archive paper, but the break with tradition has met strong opposition in the Commons - and the House authorities are not planning to resist it, after government ministers announced they would meet the cost of continuing to use vellum.
In Westminster Hall, there are debates led by backbench MPs on the effect of aircraft noise on local communities (9.30am); the future of the Cardiff coal exchange (11am); the UK dairy sector (2.30pm); government policy on the trade in small weapons (4pm) and Western Sahara and self-determination (4.30pm).
In the Lords. the day's main legislation is the continuation of the marathon report stage of the Housing and Planning Bill - where peers will focus on the sections dealing with client money protection and local plans.
They may also move onto other planning issues, if time allows. Dinner break business is on progress towards the introduction of the Horseracing Betting Right, the proposal to replace the existing horserace betting levy with a new charge administered directly by the racing industry.
The Commons meets at 9.30am for questions to the Culture, Media and Sport department, the House of Commons Commission (the Commons administrative arm) and questions to the Leader of the House, Chris Grayling. He then remains at the despatch box to deliver the weekly Business Statement on the future agenda of the Commons.
The day's main event will be a debate on "An humble Address to mark the occasion of her Majesty the Queen's 90th Birthday", with the PM and the Leader of the Opposition opening proceedings.
And the Lords begin their day (11am) with a parallel debate on their own Humble Address.
Then, after half an hour of questions to ministers, peers turn to the detail of the Northern Ireland (Stormont Agreement and Implementation Plan) Bill - where the main issues are tackling paramilitarism and balanced budgets.
There will also be a short debate on the report of the Lords Communications Committee on BBC Charter Review: Reith not revolution.
The Commons is not sitting.
The Lords (at 10am) continues its work on private members' bills, rubber-stamping a couple of uncontroversial measures - the Criminal Cases Review Commission (Information) Bill and the Road Traffic Act 1988 (Alcohol Limits) (Amendment) Bill before moving onto the (still not very controversial) House of Commons (Members' Fund) (No.2) Bill.
The main action will be on the committee stage debate on the day's final measure, the Council Tax Valuation Bands Bill, from the Conservative peer, Lord Marlesford who argues that it is "not acceptable in today's world that the most expensive property pays only three times the amount of the humblest and cheapest property", and proposes a series on new valuation bands:
The valuation would be based on sale price after April 2000 - and homes not sold since that date would keep their old council tax valuation.
This is, to put it mildly, a sensitive issue - the Coalition government promised a revaluation of properties for council tax but never actually started the process - and the current valuations date from the 1990s.
But any move to revalue would push up bills and possibly trigger furious protests.
Four workers died when the boiler house at the Didcot A plant partially collapsed on 23 February.
The Home Office and Ministry of Defence (MoD) has now approved the deployment of military aid to support the work, Thames Valley Police said.
The force said the MoD would provide equipment and personnel which it claimed would speed-up the recovery.
The MoD said it had provided a remote-controlled vehicle and trained military operators "to assist in clearing hazards and taking the remaining structure down safely".
Site-owner RWE Npower previously announced plans to bring down the rest of the "unstable" building by a controlled explosive demolition, but said a plan was still being worked on.
Meanwhile, work to recover the men's bodies has been halted because contractors have reached a 50m (164 ft) exclusion zone.
The length of time it is taking to recover the bodies of Christopher Huxtable, 34, from Swansea, Ken Cresswell, 57, and John Shaw, 61, both from Rotherham, has previously been criticised by some family members.
Labour MP for Rotherham Sarah Champion also branded it a "national scandal".
Thames Valley Police said: "Our absolute priority remains the recovery of the missing men so they can be returned to their families and to understand what caused this tragic incident."
The force added specialist officers were continuing to support the families and were "providing them with daily updates on the progress on this work".
The decommissioned Didcot A plant closed in 2013 and demolition work was taking place when it collapsed.
The cause is being investigated jointly by police and the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).
The body of Michael Collings, 53, from Brotton, Teesside, has already been recovered from the site.
The club claimed Suffolk Police "unlawfully" charged it £200,000 for policing between 2008 and 2013.
It said the force should not have charged it for keeping order on the streets around the ground.
But the High Court said Suffolk Police was entitled to recover the costs of policing the ground outside the club.
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Farrell headed a clutch of new faces promoted to the 32-man elite squad, while interim head coach Stuart Lancaster discarded a host of veterans.
Also included are Scarlets number eight Ben Morgan and Northampton trio Calum Clark, Phil Dowson and Lee Dickson.
Mike Tindall, Mark Cueto, Nick Easter, Shontayne Hape and Riki Flutey all failed to make the cut.
The retirement of several of the team's stalwarts and a string of injuries forced some changes, while others were always likely following a dismal World Cup campaign that ended in quarter-final defeat by France.
World Cup winners Jonny Wilkinson, former skipper Lewis Moody and hooker Steve Thompson all announced their retirements after returning from New Zealand.
If anyone had been in any doubt, the old England regime - damaged and discredited by what happened on and off the pitch in New Zealand last autumn - has gone for good. In new boys Owen Farrell, Brad Barritt, Lee Dickson and Calum Clark, interim coach Stuart Lancaster has picked what he hopes will form the basis of England's team at the next World Cup. This is a fresh look designed for a fresh start
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Among the short-term injured are fly-half Toby Flood, centre Manu Tuilagi and lock Courtney Lawes, while prop Andrew Sheridan, lock Louis Deacon and scrum-half Richard Wigglesworth are out for the tournament.
Farrell's midfield partner at Saracens, Brad Barritt, also made Lancaster's first squad, as did prop Joe Marler and centre Jordan Turner-Hall (both of Harlequins) and Wasps hooker Rob Webber.
Flankers Tom Wood and Chris Robshaw are widely considered to be vying for the captaincy but Lancaster said he would make that decision nearer the first match, against Scotland at Murrayfield on 4 February.
Four members of the Saxons squad will join the elite squad as temporary injury cover - second rows Dave Atwood of Bath and Geoff Parling of Leicester, Saracens full-back Alex Goode and Gloucester centre Henry Trinder, the last three all uncapped.
Lancaster said: "We've picked a side which is exciting, talented and committed to get us back to where we want to be - at the top of the game.
"I've spoken to those not selected and told them the door is not closed.
"But I want to use this Six Nations as an opportunity to develop the next players in those positions and develop a leadership group that is strong and wants to be the best.
"We think it's a tremendous opportunity to build a squad that has potential for now and for the future.
"We trust the players we have selected - a lot have been involved for a while and have been to the World Cup.
"They have been on the cusp of it for a while. Now they deserve their chance after proving themselves in big games for their clubs."
While Lancaster has yet to decide on his captain, he challenged senior players, including Northampton's Wood, Harlequins' Robshaw, Flood and his Leicester half-back partner Ben Youngs, to make their case.
He added: "The most important thing is to get the leadership group right. We need to develop a new group of leaders. From there, natural leaders will emerge."
Farrell began last season playing for Bedford Blues, as part of a dual registration with Saracens, but was given a chance back at his parent club following injuries at fly-half.
He has since emerged as a key figure for Premiership champions Saracens and will now join his coach and father Andy in the England set-up.
With Flood injured for the first two games, Farrell, 20, could form a midfield partnership with Saracens fly-half Charlie Hodgson, although Barritt has made the Sarries number 12 jersey his own this season.
Morgan is included after declaring his allegiance for his native country. The Bristol-born 22-year-old also had the option of playing for Wales after qualifying under the three-year residency rule.
With Danny Care suspended after his drink-driving charge and Wigglesworth among those on the injured list, scrum-half Dickson's inclusion was widely expected after some fine displays in the Aviva Premiership this season.
Dowson, 30, has been on the fringes of the England senior squad for several years now, while his Saints back-row partner Clark, 22, is perhaps the boldest selection.
While back-row James Haskell is unavailable as he enjoys a sabbatical in Japan, Lancaster included Stade Francais lock Tom Palmer as an exception to the Rugby Football Union's stated intention to only pick home-based players.
England's 32-man Elite Player Squad for the Six Nations Championship:
Forwards: Props: A Corbisiero (London Irish), D Cole (Leicester Tigers), J Marler (Harlequins), M Stevens (Saracens), D Wilson (Bath Rugby); Hookers: D Hartley (Northampton Saints), L Mears (Bath Rugby), R Webber (London Wasps); Locks: M Botha (Saracens), L Deacon (Leicester Tigers), C Lawes (Northampton Saints), T Palmer (Stade Francais). Back-rows: C Clark (Northampton Saints), T Croft (Leicester Tigers), P Dowson (Northampton Saints), B Morgan (Scarlets), C Robshaw (Harlequins), T Wood (Northampton Saints).
Backs:Full-backs: M Brown (Harlequins), B Foden (Northampton Saints), Wings: C Ashton (Northampton Saints), C Sharples (Gloucester Rugby), D Strettle (Saracens); Centres: B Barritt (Saracens), O Farrell (Saracens), M Tuilagi (Leicester Tigers), J Turner-Hall (Harlequins); Fly-halves: T Flood (Leicester Tigers), C Hodgson (Saracens); Scrum-halves: L Dickson (Northampton Saints), J Simpson (London Wasps), B Youngs (Leicester Tigers).
England Saxons 32-man squad for fixtures against the Ireland Wolfhounds and Scotland A:
Forwards: Props: P Doran Jones (Northampton Saints),M Mullan (Worcester Warriors), H Thomas (Sale Sharks), N Wood (Gloucester Rugby); Hookers: C Brooker (Harlequins), J Gray (Harlequins), D Paice (London Irish); Locks: *D Attwood (Bath Rugby), *G Parling (Leicester Tigers), M Garvey (London Irish), G Robson (Harlequins), Back-rows: J Gaskell (Sale Sharks), J Gibson (London Irish), T Johnson (Exeter Chiefs), J Launchbury (London Wasps), A Saull (Saracens), T Waldrom (Leicester Tigers).
Backs: Full-backs: N Abendanon (Bath Rugby), D Armitage (London Irish), *A Goode (Saracens); Wings: M Banahan (Bath Rugby), J Joseph (London Irish),U Monye (Harlequins); Centres: A Allen (Leicester Tigers), J May (Gloucester Rugby), *H Trinder (Gloucester Rugby), B Twelvetrees (Leicester Tigers); Fly-halves: F Burns (Gloucester Rugby), R Lamb (Northampton Saints); Scrum-halves: K Dickson (Harlequins), M Young (Leicester Tigers).
*denotes players who are providing temporary injury cover in the elite squad.
The Grand Tour presenter was admitted to hospital on Friday after falling ill while on a family holiday in Majorca.
The 57-year-old posted a message on social media saying: "To keep you up to date, I'll be out of action for quite some time apparently."
He said it was "really annoying" as he had never had a day off work.
Clarkson also thanked fans for "all the good wishes".
On Sunday, it was confirmed the former Top Gear host was being treated in a hospital on the Spanish island.
Clarkson shared a photograph of tubes in his arm and his hospital identity tags around his wrist, writing: "Not the sort of bangles I usually choose on holiday."
He had been due to return to filming his new Amazon Prime series next week.
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Clarkson is the second Grand Tour host to be admitted to hospital this year.
In June, Hammond, 47, was flown to hospital in Switzerland after crashing an electric super car in Switzerland.
The car, which was being filmed for the latest series of The Grand Tour, burst into flames after Hammond escaped the wreckage.
The presenter said he thought he was going to die during the incident, during which he became airborne and crashed after completing the Hemberg Hill Climb in Switzerland.
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Clarkson made light of the situation on social media, saying the show's third co-presenter, James May, was now the only "functioning member" of the Grand Tour team, adding: "God help us."
Clarkson was sacked from the BBC's Top Gear in 2015 after punching producer Oisin Tymon in an expletive-laden exchange.
Co-presenters Hammond and James May also left the show and followed Clarkson to Amazon Prime.
Clarkson apologised to Mr Tymon for the "unprovoked physical and verbal attack".
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If they beat Notts County at a sold out Rodney Parade on Saturday, they will avoid relegation from the Football League four years after re-emerging from the football wilderness of the non-leagues.
Not bad for a side 11 points adrift of safety in League Two before caretaker boss Mike Flynn took over in March.
They might not even need to win. If title-chasing Doncaster win at Hartlepool it does not matter what County do, but supporters can expect those fingernails nibbled close to the quick on a monumental afternoon for club football in Wales.
For those long-associated with Newport football this weekend has a familiar feel.
Forty years ago, in 1977, Newport were staring down the barrel of losing their Football League status before executing their original incredible escape.
For Flynn this time, back then read Colin Addison, who took over in the January as manager with County eight points from safety at the bottom of the League pyramid.
Then it took five wins on the bounce, culminating in a 1-0 win home victory over Workington, to save the club.
This time the stakes are even higher.
Back in 1977, Newport would have applied for re-election to the League. This time, for Flynn and his men, failure on Saturday and the National League yawns wide and very unwelcome.
Addison, now 76, recalls the dramatic end to that 1976-77 season and has some words of advice for the man looking to follow in his footsteps.
"When I took over in the January, we were rock bottom, we had it all to do. We looked doomed," Addison told BBC Wales Sport.
"But it was a massive effort from all at the club. We just kept going, the lads saw it through, it became known as 'the great escape' and right now I want to see Mike Flynn do the same.
"Since Mike has taken over he's done a superb job. There's going to be a big crowd and a great atmosphere and, hopefully, Newport will finish the job.
"There were plenty of words (before the Workington game), but the big one was motivation. That's the important one to any manager at any level.
"But the lads were superb, they responded to me, they responded to my words. I looked to them to be bold and brave. Be positive and make things happen and Mike will be doing all that now.
"I'm quietly confident they will do it. And I will be there."
Also amongst what looks likely to be a record crowd for a football game at Rodney Parade will be one of the men on the pitch in that massive Workington clash, former defender John Relish who also went on to manage Newport.
"I think it is actually the biggest game in the club's history, they've just got to get that result," said Relish.
"To be honest I am getting a bit nervous. Obviously I remember the game against Workington which we had to win.
"I thought County were down and out when they were 11 points adrift and that's why I say there are parallels.
"In 1977 Colin Addison came in and he was just like a breath of fresh air and Michael Flynn's done something similar this time around. That rings bells with me from all those years ago."
And Relish too has every faith in Flynn this weekend, after all, he has known the 36-year-old County caretaker boss a rather long time.
"I remember Michael when he was 14 when he came to the club's academy, which I was running then," he added.
"He stood out then. He was a chirpy, confident lad. He had real character and a bounce about him.
"You knew he was going to make a career as a footballer and even then it was not a stretch to think he would go on and be a coach and manager. He just wanted to know everything.
"I'm delighted, he's a first class lad and Newport through and through."
There have been plenty of kind words said and written about Flynn ahead of this epic encounter and, if The Great Escape II is achieved this weekend, one more will surely be added to him at his hometown club.
And that word is legend.
The UK prime minister, currently on a trade visit to the country, initially confused users as his account had not been verified by officials.
But the embassy in Beijing later confirmed its authenticity, stating: "Big boss has come to Weibo!"
One user asked if China's President Xi Jinping would also open an account.
Mr Cameron is visiting the country with more than 100 UK business leaders and is hoping to help smooth the way towards a free trade agreement between China and the European Union.
He launched his own microblog account on Sina Weibo, the Chinese equivalent of Twitter, which has more than 300 million users, last Friday, according to BBC Monitoring.
By 12:00 GMT on Monday his offerings, written in Mandarin, had gathered almost 159,000 followers.
However, soon after the account started, users doubted whether it was real until the British embassy re-tweeted the prime minister's opening message, along with the "big boss" moniker.
This appeared to excite many Chinese, who sent in their questions.
Some wondered why China's own political leaders had so far chosen to stay away from social media platforms, with one asking: "When will President Xi open a Weibo account?"
Several inquired about whether the visa application for entry to the UK could be simplified.
Many users asked Mr Cameron, who must return to London by Thursday for Chancellor George Osborne's Autumn Statement on the economy, to let them on the plane with him.
"I beg you to take me away. We don't have universal free medical care here," said Quanqiuremen.
Mr Cameron's visit has also brought back some bitter memories of British imperialism from the past two centuries.
"Mr prime minister, are you bringing opium with you?" asked "Yongmian", referring to the Opium Wars in the 19th Century.
"When will you compensate us for the Old Summer Palace?" asked Glorious Ming, in a rebuke to British and French forces for burning down the Chinese imperial garden in 1860.
The more contemporary clash between the two countries over China's human rights record, particularly in Tibet, has also featured prominently in the online discussions.
Cameron's meeting with the Dalai Lama a year ago, which angered Chinese leaders and led to a freeze in top-level contacts, was mentioned.
"Dalai's friend has come to China for our silver," said Wuyanliuju.
But some users accused Mr Cameron of not doing enough to promote human rights. One, West Sea Fisherman, urged him to "go back" if he did not mention the issue at high-level intergovernmental meetings.
"We do not welcome foreign leaders who care nothing about human rights in our country," he added.
Mr Cameron's UK Twitter account has more than 500,000 followers.
Conservation charity WWF says almost half of the world's 200 designated natural heritage sites are "plagued" by wildlife criminals.
These include the last refuges for critically endangered javan rhinos and wild tigers.
The authors say more co-ordination is needed to target the whole crime chain.
From the Great Barrier Reef to the Galapagos Islands and at many other locations across the globe, Unesco has designated around 200 natural World Heritage sites as being of outstanding international importance and deserving of the highest levels of protections.
WWF looked at the threats to species that are already protected under the Convention on the International Trades in Endangered Species (CITES).
The authors found that these threatened animals and plants are poached or illegally harvested in 45% of natural World Heritage sites.
Many of the parks in the study are home to critically endangered creatures - including Ujung National Park in Indonesia, which is the last stand for around 60 javan rhinos.
The Okavango Delta World Heritage site in Botswana is a key location for elephants in the north of the country, which make up almost a third of all remaining African elephants.
"You have got the world's most cherished species on the one hand, and on the other the world's most cherished sites, they are inextricably linked," said Dr Colman O'Criodain from WWF.
"Of course there's the economic value of these sites, but these are special places, they give you a lump in your throat when you see them and if we really want to cherish these we all have to step up."
Between 1970 and 2012 global wildlife populations declined by almost 60% on average.
According to the report, what's going on here is not just unsustainable practices in fishing and logging, but criminality.
The illegal trade in species is said to be worth around £15bn ($19bn) a year, with the unlicensed timber trade said to be responsible for up to 90% of deforestation in major tropical countries.
Over a two year period, the illegal rosewood trade in Madagascar has cost locals up to $200m in lost income.
Like many other locations, simply designating an important site as part of world heritage, isn't enough by itself to stall the criminals.
"In the case of Madagascar there is a lot of corruption and weakness of government on their side and there is complicity among highly placed people in what is going on but support from importing countries and the wider international communities will help a lot," said Dr O'Criodain.
The report points out that the illegal trade in species at natural heritage sites is having a significant impact on people's livelihoods as the disappearance of rare animals and plants can deter tourists. In Belize, for example, more than half of the entire population are supported by income generated through reef tourism and fisheries.
There is also a more direct and deadly human cost in terms of lives lost, with at least 595 park rangers killed protecting key sites between 2009 and 2016.
Current approaches to stemming illegal trade are just not working, the study concludes.
It suggests that rapidly increased co-operation between CITES and the World Heritage Convention could help turn the tide.
"This report provides a range of options to further enhance co-ordination between CITES and the World Heritage Convention, focused around World Heritage sites," said John Scanlon, Director General of the trade convention.
"It is essential that CITES is fully implemented and that these irreplaceable sites are fully protected. In doing so, we will benefit our heritage and our wildlife, provide security to people and places, and support national economies and the rural communities that depend on these sites for their livelihoods."
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The British Sugar plant on Boroughbridge Road closed in 2007 and the buildings were demolished.
The land's owners, Associated British Foods (ABF), said its development would include housing and public open spaces on the 104 acre (42 hectare) site.
David Mills, of ABF, said he wanted to hear the views of local people on the scheme.
York City Council is applying for government grants to make the housing energy and water efficient and to pay for green transport initiatives.
David Mills said the open space would be "equivalent to the size of Rowntree Park".
The plans are on public display in York over the next few days.
If planning permission is approved, work is expected to start within 12 months.
The embassy condemned the "deplorable behaviour" and said the staff member would be strongly disciplined.
Israel's ambassador was summoned by the Singapore government over the incident, local media report.
Singapore's foreign ministry said the "misuse" of its flag was considered a serious offence.
Images of the flag draped over a table at a party allegedly hosted by the diplomat were posted online on Monday by a user who said a police report had been filed.
He accused the foreign party host of having "no respect for our country and our flag".
In a press statement, the Israeli embassy said it "was appalled to learn of the deplorable behaviour displayed by one of its junior staff members and expresses its sincere apologies".
Almost 100 metres of paper were used to create the 3.7m long boat - which can carry one person at a time.
The boat was launched by school children on Southwark Park boating lake. Engineer Morwenna Wilson captained the maiden voyage.
She said: "I really want to show young people that this career can open doors to amazing opportunities and adventures."
The paper boat, designed by a group of engineers, was launched to promote The Big Bang Fair - a celebration of science and technology for young people which takes place at the NEC, Birmingham, from 11-14 March.
According to the figures, German exports climbed 1.2% to 1.2 trillion euros in 2016, while imports rose 0.6% to 954.6bn euros.
This left a surplus of 252.9bn euros, up from 244.3bn euros in 2015.
It comes days after Donald Trump's top trade advisor accused Germany of exploiting the euro to boost exports.
In an interview with the Financial Times last week, Peter Navarro alleged the euro was a German currency in disguise, and this gave Germany an unfair advantage over the US and other nations.
A low currency makes goods cheaper to sell abroad.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel rejected the claims, however, stressing it always been her country's policy that the European Central Bank should pursue an independent monetary policy.
The German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble has said that the euro was in fact too weak for Germany.
"The reality is the euro is priced at a level that is a weighted average of all euro zone countries and that will always mean that for some countries that is a too competitive rate leading to a trade surplus and that is certainly the case with Germany."
More generally, Germany says it has tried to boost its levels of domestic demand - and thus boost imports - to offset its large trade surpluses.
Measures include introducing a national minimum wage in 2015 and increasing state spending on infrastructure, pensions and digital infrastructure.
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It is the second Chinese firm after the HNA Group to invest in the Australian carrier, which hopes to benefit from growing numbers of China tourists.
More than one million mainlanders visited Australia last year and that is forecast to grow to 1.5m by 2020.
Shares of Virgin Australia, which plans to launch direct flights to China next year, rose by 5.4% on Friday.
Shares of Air New Zealand rose by more than 3% in Wellington trading following the news.
Nanshan will pay 33 Australian cents a share for the slice of the company, valuing it at about 230m Australian dollars (£118m; $170m).
Aside from Nanshan and HNA, Singapore Airlines and Etihad Airways are also major shareholders in Virgin Australia.
Last month, HNA bought 13% of Virgin Australia for $118m but plans to raise that stake to about 20% in the future.
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"The sale will allow Air New Zealand to focus on its own growth opportunities, while still continuing its long-standing alliance with Virgin Australia on the trans-Tasman network".
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Shaun Bridges was part of the federal task force that helped investigate and shut down the Silk Road - an underground marketplace for drugs.
The Silk Road's founder, Ross Ulbricht, was sentenced to life in prison in May for running the site.
Bridges is the second agent involved in the case caught stealing digital cash.
He pleaded guilty to counts of money laundering and obstruction of justice while stealing the virtual cash, during a court hearing on Monday in San Francisco. He will be sentenced in December.
Bridges was caught despite trying to conceal his theft via a series of complex financial manoeuvres that were aided by his position as a forensic investigator on the Silk Road case. The vast majority of the $214m of sales made via the site were completed using bitcoins.
The theft was carried out while the investigation into the Silk Road site was ongoing. To commit the crimes, Bridges used access he had to an administrator account on the Silk Road to reset passwords and move 20,000 bitcoins to a wallet he controlled.
"There is a bright line between enforcing the law and breaking it," said US assistant attorney general Leslie Caldwell in a statement. "Law enforcement officers who cross that line not only harm their immediate victim but also betray the public trust."
In early July, former US Drug Enforcement Agency agent Carl Force pleaded guilty to three charges in connection with more than $700,000 in bitcoins he had stolen from Silk Road users.
The Silk Road was shut down in October 2013 when raids by the FBI and other federal agents led to the arrest of its founder.
Helmsman Derek Pusey steered the boat into a narrow gully within rocks to rescue the two men, who were in danger of being swept out to sea.
Clive Williams swam out to reach the men in their 60s, gave them lifejackets and waited with them during a very difficult rescue.
Both men from Cardigan received honours from the Shipwrecked Mariners' Society.
They had been sent to rescue two men, stranded high up on a ledge in steep rocks at Tresaith in September 2013.
Mr Williams was frequently pushed under water by the breaking waves as he tried to reach them and was knocked from the rocks several times.
He stayed with the cold and distressed men until they were taken ashore to Aberporth.
At one stage during the rescue, a powerful wave broke over the reef pushing the lifeboat towards the cliffs with significant force.
Mr Pusey managed to regain control and rapidly return the second casualty to safety.
He received The Lady Swaythling Trophy, awarded annually for an outstanding feat of seamanship, while Mr Williams got an individual commendation.
The helmsman of a second lifeboat Leonard Walters, who steered as close to the cliffs as possible in rough seas, has already received a framed letter of thanks from the RNLI chairman.
The society's chief executive Commodore Malcolm Williams said: "This rescue required an exceptional act of courage and ability.
"Despite technological advances we still rely on the bravery of rescue crews and individuals to help those in danger around our coast. "
The incumbent leader already has the backing of the biggest union - Unite - and others including Aslef and the Communication Workers Union.
His challenger, Owen Smith, earlier won the backing of the GMB.
The leadership contest came about after Mr Corbyn lost a vote of no confidence by his MPs, and faced mass resignations from his top team.
Unison carried out a consultation with those members who had opted into the union's political fund linked to Labour, rather than a full ballot.
Its Labour Link Committee made the decision following the consultation and talks at a regional and national level.
Unison general secretary Dave Prentis said: "Jeremy Corbyn retains the backing of a majority of Unison's Labour-supporting members. That's why the committee supported his nomination again.
"However, a significant minority backed Owen Smith. Their views will always be respected in our union - that's our proud tradition."
Mr Corbyn said he was "proud to have the support of Unison members", hailing their "incredible work" in keeping essential services running.
He added: "We need a Labour Party that gives them a voice."
Of the 18,418 who responded, 58.1% backed Mr Corbyn, against 41.9% for Mr Smith.
Unite did not hold a members' ballot. The GMB balloted its members - 60% of those who took part backed the challenger, Mr Smith.
The GMB union represents workers on the UK's Trident nuclear weapons programme.
Other unions supporting Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn include the:
He has also got the backing of the Prison Officers Association, which is not affiliated to Labour, with its executive saying it will encourage members who may be in the party to vote for him.
General secretary Steve Gillan said: "Jeremy Corbyn has always supported this trade union over the years in the restoration of trade union rights".
Other backers for Mr Smith are shopworkers' union USDAW, the Community Union and Musicians' Union.
Lord Castlereagh, architect of the post-Napoleonic European order, was jeered in 1822 as he lay dead in his coffin, the crowd outside his Westminster Abbey funeral showing their anger at his domestic repression, not his diplomatic renown.
Geoffrey Howe was booed in Hong Kong in 1989 by local people fearful of Chinese rule.
Jack Straw was jostled and called a traitor when he visited Gibraltar in 2002 amid talks about joint sovereignty with Spain.
It is quite something, though, to be booed on your first full day as Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs.
Yet that was the fate that befell Mr Johnson as he attended a reception at the French embassy.
And there was worse. His French counterpart, Jean-Marc Ayrault, called him a liar.
And then within hours, he was expressing his shock and sadness at what he called the "appalling events in Nice and the terrible loss of life."
For a foreign secretary, this has been an extraordinary start to his term of office.
He has some baggage to shed, some newspaper columns to explain away, some rudeness to retract.
I particularly look forward to his apology for suggesting in a poem that the Turkish president had sexual relations with a goat.
His foreign forays as mayor of London produced gaffes and diplomatic incidents.
His time as Brussels correspondent for the Daily Telegraph so annoyed the Foreign Office they set up a special team to deal with his anti-EU articles.
One could not dream up a candidate for foreign secretary who on paper appeared so inappropriate.
The Economist has concluded it is like "putting a baboon at the wheel of a Rolls Royce".
Yet this is to misunderstand both Mr Johnson and his appointment.
His past columns in the Telegraph should not be considered the new holy writ of British foreign policy.
Some piece of whimsy he dreamt up on deadline is just that, a piece of commentary designed to entertain as much to inform.
I am sure there are hundreds of poor diplomats across Europe scouring the newspaper archives to glean Mr Johnson's views on the world. Yet this would be pointless.
For Mr Johnson qua journalist is nothing if not nimble on his feet. To paraphrase Groucho Marx, he has opinions and if you don't like them, he has others.
That is not to suggest, however, that Mr Johnson qua politician is without principle.
He has been appointed not because the prime minister wrote "F-Off" against his name and some civil servant misinterpreted her instruction (h/t Twitter), but because of his principles, above all for Brexit.
He - and Liam Fox at International Trade and David Davis at the Brexit department - have been put there to make it happen, to take responsibility for the compromises and concessions that that will involve, and then sell them to a sceptical electorate at home.
Theresa May has deliberately ensured that Brexiteers like Boris Johnson own the negotiations so there can be no cries of betrayal when the final deal is done.
Mr Johnson will not be at the heart of the detailed negotiations.
That will be the job of Mr Davis. But he will be at the heart of the operation to smooth furrowed brows in Brussels, to try to persuade continental chancellories that Britain is changing its relationship with the EU not turning its back on the world.
That is the message Mr Johnson brought when he addressed his new staff at King Charles Street, that Britain wants to remain "a great global player".
Mr Johnson's role will be to fly the flag.
He did this for London with great success during the Olympics at the beginning of the decade: his task will be to try to do the same for Brexit UK at the end of the decade.
He will hope to be a kind of super ambassador, doling out Ferrero Rocher and reassurance around the world.
The gamble that Theresa May has taken is that Mr Johnson's charm and bonhomie will overcome the mistrust and the gaffes.
Mr Johnson's job, though, is not just Brexit. That will not happen for years.
In the mean time, like any other foreign secretary, he will spend many days on the Eurostar heading to Brussels for routine foreign affairs councils.
He will attend his first on Monday. And suddenly a man not known for his focus on detail will find himself discussing the nitty gritty of Syria and Libya with the US Secretary of State John Kerry over breakfast.
With his EU colleagues, he will discuss relations with Cuba, the peace process in Colombia and the crisis in Venezuela. Oh, and China and migration within the EU will also be on the agenda.
And it is here that Mr Johnson's actual views will matter.
What does he really think about the EU's policy towards Russia? Should sanctions on Moscow be retained as strongly as now?
He has in the past been critical of the EU's policy towards Ukraine. What are his real views about Turkey and its fight against the Kurdistan Worker's Party or PKK, an organisation for which he has in the past showed some sympathy?
What are his views on the conflict in Yemen where British support for the Saudi-led offensive has not been without controversy?
How much support does he think Britain should give to President Rouhani in Iran amid weak economic growth and rising support for the fundamentalists?
He has in the past backed Tehran having a nuclear weapon. And where does he stand on Libya?
Does he place Britain's diplomatic eggs in the fledgling administration in Tripoli? Or does he flirt with other power centres in the east of the country?
Will he court China with as much enthusiasm as George Osborne?
Of course, British foreign policy in recent years has been formulated largely in Downing Street and the national security apparatus that David Cameron set up around him. And that is expected to continue under Mrs May.
But these are all issues where Boris Johnson's opinion matters because it will be he who is sitting at the top table with the likes of John Kerry and Sergei Lavrov, the Russian Foreign Minister.
It is here that the detail matters. It is here that the hard graft has to be done.
The last foreign secretary, Philip Hammond, lapped this stuff up and gained the respect of his counterparts. This is now the challenge for his successor.
Colourful grandstanding in the name of Britain has to be matched by serious and credible negotiation in the national interest.
When John Major was appointed foreign secretary in 1989, he grabbed all his briefing papers and headed off to a colleague's holiday home in Spain.
For several weeks he sat by the pool and read, and returned to London the most informed newly appointed minister FCO officials had seen for years.
Boris Johnson will not have that luxury of time in which to do his homework.
And unlike John Major, he will hope to stay in the job for more than three months.
States of emergency have been declared in Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Washington DC and a coastal county in North Carolina.
Sandy currently has maximum sustained winds of 75mph (120km/h) and is moving north at 11mph.
It is expected to make landfall along the eastern US coast late on Monday.
At 14:00 EDT (18:00 GMT), the eye of the storm was about 335 miles (539km) south-east of Charleston in South Carolina, according to the National Hurricane Center.
Tropical storm warnings are in effect in both South and North Carolina, as well as Pamlico and Albemarle Sounds.
Sandy is expected to move along the US eastern seaboard, bringing a rise of coastal flooding.
Gale-force winds are expected to arrive along parts of the mid-Atlantic coast by Sunday evening, reaching Long Island and southern New England by Monday.
The NHC said further strengthening was possible on Sunday, before Sandy touches down anywhere between Virginia and southern New England late on Monday or early Tuesday.
"We're expecting a large, large storm," said Louis Uccellini, director of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Center for Environmental Prediction.
The US Navy base in Norfolk, Virginia, has reportedly sent a whole fleet of ships out to sea to avoid possible damage caused as the storm hits land.
The threat of the storm has already led to people stocking up on supplies and political rallies ahead of the 6 November presidential election being cancelled.
Loretta Moneez, whose home in Delaware lies along the projected path of the storm, said Sandy was causing sleepless nights.
"You're just listening to the howling winds and the rain and it's always a great concern about trees coming down," she told the BBC.
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has urged the city's residents to be prepared.
"If we have to make a mistake we would rather make a mistake on being cautious," he said.
Officials are already considering closing down public transport before the storm hits.
There is concern that the bad weather could affect the presidential elections by causing power cuts or preventing people from getting to the polls.
Republican candidate Mitt Romney cancelled an event scheduled for Sunday in Virginia, a key election state, because of the weather, said one of his aides.
On Friday, the White House declined to speculate on whether President Barack Obama's campaign plans would be affected, saying the storm's path was still uncertain.
Meteorologists have warned Sandy could merge with a winter storm over the sea, creating what they have dubbed "Frankenstorm".
Up to 10in (25cm) of rain, 2ft of snow and extreme storm surges are forecast.
Earlier in the week, Sandy caused havoc as it ploughed across the Caribbean, killing 11 people in Cuba and at least 44 in Haiti.
Haitian authorities say the death toll could rise further as further assessments were made in the country, which is still struggling to recover from a devastating earthquake in 2010.
"This is a disaster of major proportions," Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe told the Associated Press news agency. "The whole south is under water."
Four fatalities were reported across the Dominican Republic, Jamaica and the Bahamas.
Melanie Dawes's comments come after a report said there was little evidence the scheme had made any "significant impact" on improving behaviour.
She told the Commons Accounts Committee it had had "valuable" improvements, but she did not want to "over-claim".
The programme was set up in 2012, with £448m going to help 120,000 families.
Former Prime Minister David Cameron said it would "turn around" the lives of the hardest-to-reach families in England, including those suffering or causing problems such as domestic violence, worklessness, truancy and crime.
The programme, which was extended for five years in 2015 with an extra £900m aimed at helping another 400,000 families, works on a payment-by-results system.
Under this, councils get up to £4,000 for each family they help by sending in a dedicated worker, the results being measured by criteria including improved school attendance, lower crime rates and higher employment levels.
A government-commissioned report, carried out by the the National Institute of Economic and Social Research and published on Monday, cast doubt on how much progress had been achieved in the period from 2012 to 2015.
But, during tense exchanges with the Public Accounts Committee - Parliament's government-spending watchdog, Ms Dawes said: "This is a good programme that achieved some really good results in the last parliament."
Several MPs questioned the previous mention of figures suggesting that £1.2bn had been saved by March 2015 through reduced crime and other costs. This statistic, it was added, was based on data supplied by only seven local authorities.
In response, Ms Dawes, permanent secretary at the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG), said: "We claim [the programme] is valuable, but we don't want to over-claim for it."
She added: "We are certainly not claiming any definitive cost savings from the programme."
Also questioned was Dame Louise Casey, who, at Mr Cameron's request, established the programme and ran it until 2014.
She expressed her disappointment at this week's report, saying: "It's been a rough few days." Dame Louise also said: "My frustration is that we haven't had a chance to set the record straight."
She told MPs that "no one disputes the fact that 116,000-plus families" of those targeted "now have less of those problems" because of the programme.
Dame Louise insisted it had to continue and that the payment-by-results system ensured it had "a real focus".
Describing the plight of the families dealt with, she talked of her early fact-finding visits, saying: "Most of the neighbours said, 'Are you going to bloody get rid of them?'"
She said: "I don't see a country where you put some people with absolutely nothing in a corner and no-one helps them at all."
Labour MP Chris Evans asked if "short-termism" was prevalent, in that success with individual families was decided - and payment made to councils - once certain criteria had been achieved,
Dame Louise, who is now running her own review into the plight of isolated communities in England for the DCLG, replied: "It would be unfair to say we were concentrating on short-termism rather than long-termism. In order to meet the criteria on education, a child had to be in school for a whole year."
The report into the workings of the Troubled Families Programme had been due for publication in 2014 but was delayed several times.
Dame Louise said part of the reason for this was that the contractor carrying out the research on behalf of the government had at one stage included data from three councils that was "inaccurate and flawed".
The process of publication had been "pretty challenging", she added.
Mr Swan, who advises distilleries around the world, is talking about Scotland's prized single malt whiskies.
Considered by most whisky aficionados to be the pinnacle of the industry, single malts are whiskies made from a single distillery using only malted barley.
They typically command a premium price over blended whiskies.
Mr Swan says selling a popular single malt can be "very profitable".
"An entry level single malt whisky [from an independent distillery] might cost £45, with a profit of £15 per bottle," he says.
"And once people are spending money on more expensive whisky, then you could be looking at 90% profit per bottle."
Meanwhile the industry is continuing to boom - exports alone of single malt whiskies in the first half of 2015 totalled £406m, a rise of 5%, according to the Scotch Whisky Association.
Yet while an apparently attractive financial proposition, creating a new malt whisky business from scratch is not for the faint-hearted, or the cash poor.
It requires millions of pounds in upfront investment, but can take years to see any result, as you have to wait at least three years, or more often eight or 10, before the whisky is ready for bottling and sale.
"There's no point in even thinking about it unless you come up with at least £5m," says Mr Swan. "And then you need money to keep you going until the whisky is ready."
He estimates £250,000 per year is needed to keep a small commercial mash operating, and it is likely to be eight years before a whisky business breaks even.
Despite this, the number of distilleries in Scotland, the world's largest producer of single malt whisky, is growing. There are currently 117, up from 100 a couple of years ago, and 30 of these are small independents.
Here three new independent whisky producers explain how they started out, and the challenges they face.
The time it takes to get your product to market can create challenges in securing the initial investment, as 38-year-old Kingsbarns Distillery founder Douglas Clement can testify.
He worked as a caddy in St Andrews for 20 years, and decided to start a whisky distillery after visiting golfers repeatedly expressed frustration at the lack of a nearby distillery. Mr Clement raised initial funds for Kingsbarns by approaching his golf clients then spent 18 months being rejected by venture capitalists.
"Most investors want a return in three to five years. The trouble with whisky is that they won't see much for about 10 years," explains Mr Clement.
The turning point came in 2012 when he secured a £670,000 grant from the Scottish Government. It was enough to convince one of the oldest families in Scotland, the Wemyss family which already own independent bottler Wemyss Malts, and gin brand Darnley's View, to invest £2.5 to £3m.
Mr Clement sold his interest in the venture to them, and he is now employed as visitor centre manager, though remains founding director, an arrangement he says he's "extremely happy" with.
"This project for me personally was never about profit. It was about taking my idea for a whisky distillery by the home of golf and the area I was born and raised, and turning it into a reality," he says.
It will be summer 2018 before the first release of Kingsbarns single malt. In the meantime, they are finding other ways to make money, such as the income from their visitor centre, shop and cafe.
For the Shetland Distillery Company, a visitor centre was not a viable option because of the remoteness of their base on the Unst, the most northern of the Shetland islands.
Instead the four founders have opted to distil gin, as a means of generating income while they wait for the whisky to mature, due to the lower start-up costs of around £110,000.
Stuart Nickerson, 59, has worked in the whisky industry for more than three decades. To establish the Shetland Distillery he has his wife Wilma have joined forces with fellow married couple Frank and Debbie Strang.
The firm has been funded with their own money, and grants from the Scottish Government's economic and community development agency. They began selling gin in November 2014, and so far they've produced around 10,000 bottles.
Later this year they will build the whisky distillery at a cost of £1.5m, for the equipment, and another £250,000 each year to build stock. For this, they are looking at debt financing and more grants.
Mr Nickerson says: "Shetland is the only area in Scotland that [currently] has no whisky distillery. It's very remote on Unst, to get here, it's a 12-hour journey.
"There are cost challenges associated with that. Whatever we make has to compete at the higher end of the market because of our higher costs."
Anthony Wills, the 59-year-old founder of Kilchoman Distillery on the Isle of Islay, knows all about weighing up the options when it comes to getting the business started.
He ran his own independent whisky bottling company for eight years, but decided to start producing it himself.
Total set-up costs for the first distillery to be built on Islay for 124 years were £6m from 30 private investors, as well as £500,000 of Mr Wills' own money.
He says that raising funds was the most difficult part, and, when he found it hard to raise more than £1m, he opted to build the distillery anyway.
"It was a bit risky but I thought it would be easier to raise the balance once people could see the operation," he says. "It worked, but we've had times when it's been pretty hairy."
Production began in December 2005, and the first malt came on the market in September 2009 with 8,000 bottles on limited release - they sold out within two weeks.
In whisky terms, the distillery had success very early, making a profit in its fifth year. The whisky remains in high demand - the cheapest bottle costing £45 and the most expensive £80 - and, in 2014, the firm's turnover was £3.6m.
It's an undoubted success, but Mr Wills says it has not been easy.
"If I'd looked at it rationally, I would never have done it. It's been a lot of hard work and grief but, for us, it's been worth it."
Getting a letter of thanks from Judge Dredd is though.
Sylvester Stallone has written to the City of London Police's Intellectual Property Crime Unit after a man was arrested in Halifax on suspicion of leaking the Expendables 3, which Sly co-wrote and starred in.
The man is accused of leaking a series of Hollywood films, either pre-release or whilst they were in the cinema.
In a press release, the police unit, which operates nationwide, say it's estimated the suspect had already cost the film industry "millions of pounds".
The arrest on Thursday was the result of an investigation launched in July 2014 by the US Department of Homeland Security Investigations unit, who got a tip off from an industry insider.
After the raid, Sly thanked the police in both Britain and the US, saying: "It is important to protect the rights of creatives around the world from theft."
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Chris Nickol decided to play Life on Mars during the regular lunchtime organ recital, after hearing of the singer's death on the morning news bulletins.
Mobile phone footage of the performance has been viewed more than 1.7 million times on Facebook alone.
Mr Nickol said it was a measure of Bowie's "song writing genius".
"I heard about the David Bowie story on the eight o'clock news - and it was the lead the story," he told BBC Radio Scotland's John Beattie programme.
"It was the lead story throughout the day - a big, big event - so I thought it would be appropriate to make a musical acknowledgement of this.
"I've known Life on Mars. I'm quite ancient, in my 50s, so I can remember hearing Life on Mars when I was a pop picker in the 1970s.
"I thought that would be a good song to do, it's very melodic, got some good harmonies, it would work well on the organ - and I thought it would be appropriate to play it as it was very much topical yesterday - and a great piece of music."
Mr Nickol said he watched Bowie performing the song on YouTube to check some of the chords and harmonies before leaving for work at the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum.
And he confessed to suffering a few nerves before playing one of Bowie's best known hits during the gallery's daily organ recital.
"I was quite nervous because it's a well known song and I didn't want to mess it up. It was nerve wracking but enjoyable too because it's a very, very good piece of music. It's a wonderful song," he said.
"There was quite a lot of strong applause and I was told afterwards by the Kelvingrove staff that people had reacted emotionally, which is very gratifying - a tribute to Bowie's wonderful song writing. It's a great, great song, one of many."
Artist Gordon Wilson, who filmed the tribute on his mobile phone, was in the gallery seeking inspiration after a frustrating morning in the studio when the organist started playing.
"It was one of those moments when the hairs on the back of the head just pricked up. So I just picked up my camera and I was in the right place at the right time," he said.
"It was the strangest thing. People literally started coming out of the little corridors and all the galleries. People just suddenly appeared.
"In the main concourse, people just stopped. You could still hear kids running around - but people were just in rapture.
"It was so amazing. I've never heard Bowie like that before. The man just played a blinder. I was welling up and I could see people beside me welling up - and it was just crazy."
Since posting the video on Facebook he has received private messages from across the world and 600 friend requests.
He added: "The general consensus is that the video brought a tear to people's eyes as it did for me. I'm really honoured to be part of the day.
"It was a horrible sad day that ended in a sort of joyful thing. I think it was a fitting tribute."
Organist Chris Niclol said he was surprised but delighted the clip had become a huge internet hit.
"I'm quite overwhelmed. It's very gratifying that the Kelvingrove organ, the wonderful sound of the Kelvingrove organ has been heard far and wide - and great that Bowie's fantastic song writing genius is also being heard far and wide.
"It really is a most wonderful, wonderful song."
He also described the challenges of adapting the song for the organ.
"There are some interesting harmonies that are not standard chords. They're interesting so I had to check them out. It does kind of unexpected things which is often the way with Bowie. It's a very inventive song, very creative, very imaginative."
The woman had asked for an abortion but her request was refused, despite a panel of medical experts assessing her as being at risk of suicide.
She went on hunger strike, but later agreed to a caesarean and gave birth to a child, who will be taken into care.
Under the law, abortion is permitted if the mother is at risk of suicide.
Very few details about the woman's case have been released, due to a court order protecting her identity and that of the child.
However, the woman is understood to be very vulnerable.
The baby was delivered prematurely, at about 25 weeks.
On Sunday, Irish Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald said: "I can't comment, as you can appreciate, on individual cases but obviously I would be concerned, and people reading the accounts will be concerned, for the woman and the baby involved.
"Clearly we passed legislation earlier in the year and we obviously will continue to monitor that legislation and see how it is being implemented," she told the Irish broadcaster RTÉ.
The Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act came into force on 1 January this year.
For the first time in Irish law, it set out when abortion is permitted.
Terminations are allowed when there is a threat to the life of the mother, including when she is at risk of suicide.
Women who tell health staff they are suicidal during an unwanted pregnancy are assessed by a panel of three medical experts.
If the experts agree the woman is at risk, doctors can intervene to terminate a pregnancy.
However, both pro-choice and anti-abortion groups have said the vulnerable woman's case has exposed serious problems with the new legislation.
The Pro Life Campaign spokesperson, Dr Ruth Cullen, said: "Reports that an unborn baby was recently delivered at 25 weeks, citing provisions in the new abortion Act, underlines the horror and deep-seated flaws of the government's legislation.
"To induce a pregnancy at such an early stage inevitably puts the baby at risk of serious harm, such as brain damage, blindness or even death."
Dr Cullen added: "The fact that the panel could just as easily have sanctioned an abortion in this case also brings home everything that is wrong about the new law."
Doctors for Choice, an alliance that describes itself as advocating "comprehensive reproductive health services in Ireland, including the provision of safe and legal abortion for women who choose it", also expressed concerns over the case.
They said it highlighted problems with the expert panel system, that assesses the mental health of suicidal pregnant women.
The organisation said the inclusion of an obstetrician to adjudicate on mental health matters, with no training, was a deep flaw in the system.
The new legislation was introduced following controversy over the death of Savita Halappanavar in 2012.
Mrs Halappanavar had asked for a termination after being told she was having a miscarriage, but staff at a Galway hospital refused.
Days later, the 31-year-old died from infection.
Lokko joined League Two club Stevenage from Maidstone for an undisclosed fee on 2 August.
The 21-year-old former Norwich, Colchester and Welling man played in 41 National League games last season, scoring four goals.
Dagenham start the new National League season at home to Barrow on Saturday.
Witnesses said a man wearing a gas mask opened fire after tossing a tear gas canister in the auditorium as movie-goers watched The Dark Knight Rises.
A 24-year-old former neuroscience student was arrested in a car park outside the theatre in Aurora city.
He was armed with a rifle, a shotgun and two pistols, said officials.
Police revised down the death toll from 14 earlier. They said 71 people, including the deceased, had been shot in the incident at the Century 16 multiplex cinema.
FBI sources named the gunman as Aurora resident James Holmes, a white American. They said no terrorism link had been established.
Police said he had been in the process of withdrawing from his PhD studies at the University of Colorado-Denver.
In a written statement, the Holmes family in San Diego said they were co-operating with police in San Diego and Aurora, and asked for the media to respect their privacy.
"Our hearts go out to those who were involved in this tragedy and to the families and friends of those involved."
US President Barack Obama cut short a campaign trip to Florida and returned to the White House to address the situation.
Acting on information from the suspect, the authorities said they had discovered that his home in the north of Aurora has been booby-trapped. Incendiary devices with chemical elements and trip wires are in the property, police said.
The apartment complex and five buildings nearby were evacuated as FBI agents and police used a fire engine ladder to reach the property, and put a camera on the end of pole to look inside.
Police chief Dan Oates said the massacre was "a horrific event". "The shooting apparently went on for some time," he added.
Cinemas in New York tightened security at Batman showings following the attack, and the French premiere of the film in Paris was cancelled.
Witnesses said the gunman opened fire during an action scene in the summer blockbuster, at about 00:30 local time (06:30 GMT).
There was chaos as movie-goers, some dressed in costume as heroes and villains, fled.
Ten people were killed at the cinema and two others died later in hospital of their wounds.
Many ambulances attended the scene.
Scores of people, some in a critical condition, were taken to four hospitals.
The casualties included a four-month-old baby, who was released from hospital after treatment, and a six-year-old child.
The Pentagon said members of the military were among the casualties.
One witness said the gunman had been "slowly making his way up the stairs and just firing - picking random people".
Another witness, Chayyiel Jackson, told the BBC: "During the first action scene in the movie, on the right side a dude came in all blacked out, with a black mask. At first we thought it was part of the movie event.
"He threw tear gas across the crowd and after that people started to panic. He pulled out a rifle and started shooting.
"I was wondering if this was real life or a dream."
At least one person in an adjacent auditorium was injured when a bullet went through the wall, police said.
Another eyewitness, identified only as Pam, told the BBC: "He fired a canister into the air. It shot it right into the air, then I started to hear the bang, bang, bang of a gun.
"I crawled my way through the row. Luckily the exit was close to where I was sitting so I got out pretty fast. I heard more shots as I left."
Batman Paris premiere cancelled
Another eyewitness, Salina Jordan, 19,
told the Denver Post
she had seen one girl shot in the cheek, and a girl who appeared to be about nine years old with a gunshot wound to the stomach.
New York Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly - who previously worked with Aurora police chief Dan Oates and spoke with him on Friday - said in a news conference said the suspect "had his hair painted red" and claimed to be The Joker, a villain in the last Batman film.
Aurora officials declined to comment on Mr Kelly's statement.
A witness in the next-door theatre told 9News he initially thought live special effects had been laid on by the cinema after hearing loud bangs and seeing smoke.
President Obama told a sombre crowd in Florida: "Such violence, such evil, is senseless. But, while we will never know fully what causes somebody to take the live of another, we do know what makes life worth living.
"The people we lost in Aurora loved and they were loved."
The video of the man, identified as Craig McAllister, shows him giving a statement with the barrel of a gun held against his head, said US-based monitor SITE Intelligence Group.
The 12-second clip was uploaded to a file-sharing site on Tuesday, it said.
Mr McAllister was taken hostage in rebel-held Sanaa in September.
Australia said in October it was aware one of its nationals had been kidnapped in the country.
It has previously said it does not pay ransom money.
In a video released in October, 56-year-old Mr McAllister said he had been working in Yemen as a football coach.
In the latest video, he made no mention of what his captors' demands were, but in October's clip he said they were seeking money.
A number of foreigners have been taken hostage in Yemen in the past 15 years. Almost all have been freed unharmed.
But in December 2014, US journalist Luke Somers and South African teacher Pierre Korkie died during a failed attempt by US commandos to rescue them from an al-Qaeda hideout in south-east Yemen.
The Lincolnshire Chalk Streams Partnership received the money from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) to help take its work into the community.
The group, which includes the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust and Environment Agency, launched in 2003.
Project officer, Ruth Craig, said events would be held to "educate" people about looking after the stream.
The stream, which runs through the Lincolnshire Wolds, is home to several threatened plant and animal species.
Ms Craig said the money would also go towards improvements work as well as running community events over the next three years.
Chalk streams are rare habitats with many under threat because of the growing demand for clear water and silt entering from fields and roads.
Head of HLF East Midlands, Vanessa Harber, said: "This project is a perfect way of raising awareness about their importance and involving an army of volunteers to help protect them for the future."
The European police force says more foreign fighters will try to come back to Europe, and "several dozen" capable of attacks could already be there.
Their tactics could include car bombs, kidnappings and extortion, it said.
But the report plays down the likelihood of attacks on critical infrastructure, such as nuclear sites.
It says that IS militants now prefer soft targets, and there is now a greater emphasis on "lone actors" such as the perpetrator of the lorry attack in Nice in July.
It warns that some Syrian refugees in Europe may be vulnerable to recruitment by extremists who infiltrate refugee camps.
Europe has been shaken by a series of attacks in recent years blamed on IS militants.
How France is wrestling with jihadist terror
Europol terror data found online
The report said the EU faced a range of threats and attacks from both organised networks and lone actors, either directed or inspired by IS and involving a range of weapons including bladed weapons and vehicles.
Home-made, commercial and military explosives in improvised devices such as those used in Syria and Iraq had not yet been used in Europe but this was "conceivable... at some stage", it added.
January 2015 - Massacre at the Paris office of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo and siege at a Jewish supermarket
November 2015 - Attacks on Bataclan concert hall and bars and restaurants in Paris. 130 killed
March 2016 - Suicide bombings in Brussels airport and metro leave 32 dead
14 July 2016 - More than 80 people killed after a lorry ploughed into a crowd in the southern French city of Nice during Bastille Day celebrations
18-24 July 2016 - Series of violent attacks in various locations in southern Germany leave 10 dead
26 July 2016 - Priest Fr Jacques Hamel killed in knife attack in French church
"The so-called Islamic State has proven to be very effective in inspiring people to commit terrorist acts and in setting attacks in motion themselves," the report said.
Europol Director Rob Wainwright told the BBC that improved collaboration between European intelligence agencies had reduced the chances of large-scale attacks.
But he cautioned against complacency regarding potential terrorists: "They're resorting to random attacks by lone actors," he said.
"The threat is diverse and challenging as we have to make sure our intelligence collection and exchange is up to the mark so we can identify who among them pose the greatest danger."
Other key points of the report:
The admissions service, Ucas, has released data five days after A-level results, showing more than 463,000 places have been confirmed.
This is a 3% increase on the same point last year - with a 4% increase among women and 2% increase among men.
So far this year, 57,000 more women than men have gained university places.
These updated figures show the level of university admissions, including almost 35,000 students allocated places through the clearing process, up 6% on the same point last year.
In addition to those who have accepted places, a further 63,000 are holding offers. There are another 144,000 applicants who have still to get a place.
The trend is heading towards a record number of students beginning full-time undergraduate courses this autumn.
The admissions figures also show the gender gap will be wider than ever.
Among UK 18-year-olds, 25.1% of men and 34% of women have taken university places.
Compared with this point four years ago, there are almost 6,000 more male students taking up places. But among female students, the number has risen by more than 13,000.
Within the current total of more than 463,000 accepted places, less than a quarter will be for 18-year-old UK men.
As well as 18-year-old women, the remainder of places will be filled by those going after gap years, mature students and international students.
Within the UK, Northern Ireland has the highest levels of 18-year-olds going to university - and women in Northern Ireland are the group most likely to get a place.
Among that age group, 36.9% of women in Northern Ireland have gained university places. This compares with 22% of 18-year-old men in Wales who have so far been accepted.
Mr Aikins - who has more than 18,000 jumps under his belt - fell dead centre into the 100x100ft net in Simi Valley, southern California.
During the two-minute fall aired live on Fox television, the 42-year-old reached the speed of 120mph (193km/h).
To loud cheers, he climbed out of the net and hugged his wife and young son.
"I'm almost levitating, it's incredible," he said after Saturday's jump.
"This thing just happened! I can't even get the words out of my mouth," he said, admitting that he was nervous beforehand.
He also admitted that he had nearly had to cancel the jump because he was ordered to wear a parachute for safety and this would have made his landing more dangerous because of the extra weight.
However, the organisers had lifted the ban just minutes before the jump.
"Aikins' leap represents the culmination of a 26-year career that will set a personal and world record for the highest jump without a parachute or wing suit," his spokesman Justin Aclin said.
Mr Aikins, who is a safety and training adviser for the US Parachute Association, said his friend came up with the idea two years ago.
Joe Ralls' second-half penalty put the hosts ahead, after Sean Morrison had been fouled by Ryan Shotton.
Birmingham salvaged a point in the 89th minute as Jutkiewicz bundled in a rebound after his header was saved.
They stay 17th in the Championship table but now only six points clear of the relegation zone.
Despite Jutkiewicz's late goal, Bristol City's win at Wigan means the Blues look increasingly like a team who could get dragged into the battle to avoid the drop.
This match was a tale of two managerial appointments - each with wildly contrasting results.
Birmingham had won only twice in 17 games in all competitions since sacking Gary Rowett in December, with Zola overseeing a slump from seventh place to 17th in the Championship table.
Meanwhile, following Neil Warnock's arrival in October, Cardiff had climbed from second from bottom to 13th.
The Bluebirds had won four of their last six home games in the league - keeping a clean sheet in each victory - and they looked likely to improve that record against a Birmingham side low on confidence.
The visitors barely threatened, with one of their few forays into the opposition box ending with a yellow card for Krystian Bielik for diving.
Cardiff had to be patient and, after a forgettable first half, they were awarded a penalty when Shotton wrestled Morrison to the ground.
Ralls was less than convincing from the spot, but Blues keeper Tomasz Kuszczak could only palm his low effort into the roof of the net.
The home side were in control for the vast majority of the match, but let their guard slip late on as keeper Alan McGregor saved Jutkiewicz's header, only for the ball to ricochet off the striker's shin and into the net.
Cardiff City manager Neil Warnock: "I can't fault the effort. We put a lot of energy in the second half, but once again we had the weakness of conceding late on.
"If I'm honest I expected a bit more from Birmingham with all the money they've spent, but they were quite content to play for the draw.
"It was a game we should have won."
Birmingham City boss Gianfranco Zola: "This was very encouraging because after such a poor performance there was a risk that the team could have had a bad reaction.
"But I didn't see that. I wanted to see the team fight and react to this bad moment, and I saw that. This is the thing which pleases me the most, and on personal terms it is very important as well.
"We need to be more consistent to get the momentum on our side because that is what has been lacking."
Match ends, Cardiff City 1, Birmingham City 1.
Second Half ends, Cardiff City 1, Birmingham City 1.
Craig Gardner (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card.
Substitution, Birmingham City. Josh Cogley replaces Krystian Bielik because of an injury.
Substitution, Cardiff City. Kadeem Harris replaces Junior Hoilett.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Krystian Bielik (Birmingham City) because of an injury.
Attempt blocked. Anthony Pilkington (Cardiff City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Junior Hoilett.
Corner, Cardiff City. Conceded by Nsue.
Goal! Cardiff City 1, Birmingham City 1. Lukas Jutkiewicz (Birmingham City) with an attempt from very close range to the centre of the goal.
Attempt saved. Lukas Jutkiewicz (Birmingham City) header from very close range is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Che Adams with a cross.
Joe Ralls (Cardiff City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Joe Ralls (Cardiff City).
Kerim Frei (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt blocked. Sean Morrison (Cardiff City) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Peter Whittingham with a cross.
Kenneth Zohore (Cardiff City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Nsue (Birmingham City).
Attempt missed. Lukas Jutkiewicz (Birmingham City) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Maikel Kieftenbeld with a cross.
Attempt missed. Maikel Kieftenbeld (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
Attempt saved. Craig Gardner (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Foul by Sol Bamba (Cardiff City).
Lukas Jutkiewicz (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Aron Gunnarsson.
Attempt blocked. Che Adams (Birmingham City) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
Offside, Cardiff City. Aron Gunnarsson tries a through ball, but Sol Bamba is caught offside.
Corner, Cardiff City. Conceded by Lukas Jutkiewicz.
Corner, Cardiff City. Conceded by Tomasz Kuszczak.
Attempt saved. Kenneth Zohore (Cardiff City) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Peter Whittingham.
Jazz Richards (Cardiff City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Che Adams (Birmingham City).
Foul by Joe Bennett (Cardiff City).
Craig Gardner (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt blocked. Aron Gunnarsson (Cardiff City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Joe Ralls.
Attempt blocked. Junior Hoilett (Cardiff City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Joe Ralls.
Substitution, Birmingham City. Kerim Frei replaces David Davis.
Foul by Lukas Jutkiewicz (Birmingham City).
Jazz Richards (Cardiff City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Che Adams (Birmingham City).
Aron Gunnarsson (Cardiff City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt saved. Kenneth Zohore (Cardiff City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Aron Gunnarsson.
Mr Osborne is meeting other finance ministers of the G20 group of major economies in Moscow.
The UK, Germany and France want to reform rules which let firms switch profits and costs between countries.
Labour's Ed Miliband said he "didn't see much evidence" Mr Osborne was actually tackling the problem.
Several well-known firms have been criticised over the amount of tax they pay on large UK revenues.
The BBC's Hugh Pym says the issue is "high on the list of priorities for policymakers at a time when companies like Amazon, Starbucks and Google have come under fire over the size of their tax payments".
The emergence of details regarding tax-avoidance strategies by multinational firms has sparked controversy, and calls for an overhaul of tax laws will be highlighted to finance ministers by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), in a report published this week.
By Hugh PymChief economics correspondent, BBC News
The tax policies of Amazon, Google and Starbucks have intensified the debate about corporate behaviour and pushed it high up the agenda for policymakers.
Everyone agrees there is a limit to what national governments can do to close loopholes in a world of globalised capital flows where big companies can easily move profits to low tax regimes.
Today's G20 developments mark a move towards an international crackdown.
George Osborne and his French and German counterparts will be powerful advocates for change at future meetings.
But it is only a start. And, as the chancellor has acknowledged, in a low growth climate governments need to take care not to deter multinationals who might invest in their economies.
The chancellor told BBC News: "We want a tax system that makes it competitive for businesses to set up in Britain and create jobs, but we also want a tax system where business pay their taxes and that's what we're setting up achieving here with other countries at this meeting in Moscow.
"International companies are an important source of jobs - we want them in Britain. We are making sure the taxes in Britain are low but we do expect those international companies to pay those taxes.
"The international tax laws for these companies have not really changed in decades, even though the international economy has changed a lot - people shop online, for example - and so the only way to deal with that is to work with other countries to make sure the international tax laws change and then international companies will pay their fair share of taxes."
But Labour leader Ed Miliband said: "George Osborne makes lots of promises on tackling tax avoidance, but I don't see much evidence of it.
"What he should be worrying about is the living standards of people in this country.
"Of course, he should be dealing with tax avoidance, but one of the things he's doing is cutting taxes for the richest people in society - £100,000 tax cut for the richest people in Britain - the wrong thing to do at a time when everyone else's living standards are squeezed."
The UK will chair a committee set up by the OECD looking at "transfer pricing" - how global firms calculate the payments passed between their subsidiaries in different countries - which can be used to shift profits from high-tax jurisdictions to lower-tax ones.
The committee is one of three looking at the tax issues which will help the OECD prepare a "plan of action" to be put forward to the G20 in July.
Germany will head a panel looking at the ways in which companies have reduced their tax base - their taxable income and assets - while France and the US will jointly consider the problem of identifying the correct tax jurisdiction for business activities, particularly e-commerce.
Mr Osborne said Britain had cut its corporation tax rate by more than any other country in the G20 over the past two years, which he said was "a message to the world that we are open for business that has seen companies return to Britain, and helping to create and secure thousands of jobs and millions in investment".
He said: "Our commitment to the most competitive corporate tax system goes hand in hand with our call for strong international standards to make sure that global companies, like anyone else, pay the taxes they owe.
"That's why Britain, with Germany and France, asked the OECD to scrutinise the international rules, and we will together welcome their report to the G20 this weekend. The report shows this is an international issue that requires international action."
The chancellor said global tax rules "have stood still for almost a century", adding that "Britain will lead the international effort to bring them into the 21st Century".
He wants to use Britain's presidency of the G8 in 2013 to push international progress on the reform of international tax rules, which were first developed by the League of Nations in the mid-1920s and remain essentially unchanged.
The firm said Chang Xiaobing had resigned in a filing to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on Wednesday.
Authorities had announced on Sunday that Mr Chang was being investigated for alleged disciplinary violations.
Several Chinese executives have been embroiled in a crackdown on corruption.
Mr Chang was the latest executive that was reported missing by local media before the country's anti-corruption watchdog - the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection - said he was under investigation.
Top Chinese executives investigated
Meanwhile in the filing, China Telecom said president and chief operating officer Yang Jie would take over as chairman and chief executive until a new appointment is made.
State-owned China Telecom is the country's third largest telecom service provider after China Unicom, where 58-year-old Mr Chang was the chairman before he joined China Telecom in August.
There were reports earlier this year that the government was considering merging the two telecom giants.
Many critics have also said that Beijing's anti-corruption drive has more to do with getting executives of leading firms to toe the Communist Party's line.
The company's shares closed down 0.3% on Thursday after news of the management shake-up.
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One rambler said the islands on the loch were reminiscent of Fjordland, another cited the wide-ranging view of central Scotland while another said it is a good place to blow the cobwebs away.
The sight has been ranked the 10th most scenic view in the UK.
Glen Coe's Three Sisters came in second, behind Snowdonia in Wales, while Loch Ness, as seen from Dores, was sixth in the top 10 sights.
The Frenchman, 22, penned a two-year contract with the option of a third year after the clubs agreed a deal worth £50,000 plus future incentives.
Fane made 20 appearances for Kidderminster last season as they were relegated from the National League.
The midfielder had been on trial at the Latics this summer and impressed in a friendly against Wigan Athletic.
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The oil firm said it would reduce investment to $30bn from a planned $33bn, after coming under pressure from shareholders to cut costs.
Shell also said profits in the three months to March had fallen to $800m from $4.8bn a year earlier.
Oil prices have fallen sharply over the past 18 months.
On average, in the first three months of 2016 oil prices stood at about $35 a barrel, down from a peak of $115 a barrel in June 2014.
Excluding one-off items, Shell's preferred measure of profit, earnings fell to $1.6bn from $3.8bn in the quarter.
The company also warned that low oil and gas prices, significant maintenance at production sites and "substantial redundancy and restructuring charges" would hit second-quarter earnings.
Profits from Shell's downstream business - which includes refining - fell to $2bn from $2.6bn a year earlier.
Meanwhile, losses at the upstream business, which includes exploration and production, widened to $1.4bn compared with $195m a year ago.
Shell chief executive Ben van Beurden said: "Downstream and integrated gas businesses are delivering strong results and underpinning our financial performance despite continued low oil and gas prices.
"We continue to reduce our spending levels, to capture cost opportunities and manage the financial framework in today's lower oil price environment.
Earlier this year Shell completed its $54bn takeover of BG Group.
Mr van Beurden said: "The combination with BG is off to a strong start, as a result of detailed forward planning before the completion of the transaction. This will likely result in accelerated delivery of the synergies from the acquisition, and at a lower cost than we originally set out."
The oil major maintained its dividend at $0.47 per share. But Laith Khalaf, senior analyst at Hargreaves Lansdown, said Shell would have to change this before too long.
"The dividend now accounts for $2 for each $1 that Shell earns, which is clearly unsustainable in the long term," he said.
"The company will be hoping it gets bailed out by a recovery in oil and gas prices before it looks down and realises the ground it was running on has disappeared."
Shares in Shell closed down by 2.5% at 1710.5p.
Members of the University and College Union (UCU) at both universities are taking part in the action.
The UCU say the UK-wide strike is in response to a 1.1% pay rise offered by the Universities and Colleges Employer Association (UCEA).
In response, the UCEA said that they had made a "fair and final offer" on pay.
From Wednesday, union members will also refuse to work overtime, set additional work, or undertake any voluntary duties like covering timetabled classes for absent colleagues.
The UCU are planning further strike action in June and July.
They also say that they are beginning preparations for a boycott of the setting and marking of students' work, to begin in the autumn, if an acceptable pay offer has not been made by then.
UCU Northern Ireland official Katharine Clarke said that university staff income had been reduced in real terms for a number of years.
"A 1.1% pay offer is particularly insulting when we know vice-chancellors have just had over 5%," she said.
"After six years of pay cuts and constant demands to do more for less, staff have said enough is enough."
Two-thirds of UCU members who voted backed strike action and three-quarters voted for action short of a strike.
In a statement, the UCEA said that they were "dismayed" by the strike and the potential disruption to students.
"This final pay offer represents a significant investment, showing the high value that employers place in their staff in the face of an exceptionally challenging year of turbulence and increasing costs from other sources," they said.
As most teaching and exams have concluded at both Queen's University and Ulster University for this academic year, the industrial action is not expected to cause major disruption.
Chua killed Tracey Arden, 44, and Derek Weaver, 83, at the hospital in Stockport by injecting insulin into saline bags and ampoules.
The father-of-two was convicted on Monday following a three-month trial.
Judge Mr Justice Openshaw described Chua as an "experienced nurse who used cunning" to poison patients.
He was found guilty of tampering with saline bags and ampoules while working on two acute wards at the hospital in Greater Manchester, in June and July 2011.
These were unwittingly used by other nurses, causing a series of insulin overdoses to mainly elderly victims.
Detectives described Chua as a narcissistic psychopath.
His victims' families were at Manchester Crown Court as Chua was told he would serve at least 35 years in prison before being considered for parole.
Speaking outside court after the verdict, Mr Weaver's sister, Lynda Bleasdale, said: "My sister had a heart attack the day before Derek died. Seeing all the stress of it was obviously a contributory factor to that."
She said Chua "obviously enjoyed watching people suffer".
Gary Arden, whose sister Tracey was murdered by Chua, said he felt "surprisingly nothing" for his sister's killer.
He added: "He's been sentenced and the important thing is he's not able to do this to anybody else."
Judge Openshaw said it was "strikingly sinister and truly wicked" that Chua did not personally administer the insulin to most of the patients, so it was left to chance which of them were poisoned.
He said Chua poisoned Jack Beeley, 72, to "shut up a patient who he found particularly troublesome".
Grant Misell, 41, was left brain damaged after being poisoned, as the insulin overdose starved his brain of oxygen.
Chua was found not guilty of the murder of 71-year-old Arnold Lancaster but convicted of poisoning him in an act the judge described as "indescribably wicked".
In all, Chua was convicted of two murders, 22 counts of attempted grievous bodily harm, one count of grievous bodily harm, seven attempts of administering poison and one count of administering poison.
He received 25 life sentences in total and showed no emotion as he was taken down to the cells. Judge Openshaw said he would be 84 years old before he was eligible for parole.
Among the evidence produced by the prosecution was a self-penned letter found at Chua's home, in Stockport, after his arrest in January 2012 for changing prescription charts so patients would get dangerously incorrect amounts of drugs.
In the letter, described as "the bitter nurse confession" by Chua, he said he was "an angel turned into an evil person" and "there's a devil in me". He also wrote of having things he would "take to the grave".
Det Supt Simon Barraclough, who led the investigation for Greater Manchester Police, said Chua failed to show "any form of remorse" throughout the investigation and trial.
Even when being sentenced "there was not a flicker of emotion on his face, apart from what appeared to be just a general contempt for all the proceedings", he added.
Investigations by police found inconsistencies in Chua's medical qualifications, which they raised with the Department of Health and the Home Office, as well as contacting the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).
Concerns were also raised by a BBC investigation which revealed that fake nursing degrees were being sold in the Philippines for £20.
Nazir Afzal, who was responsible for prosecuting Chua, said the Stepping Hill case raised the "extremely worrying" prospect that many untrained foreign workers could be working in UK hospitals.
However, the NMC said a review of nurses who trained outside the European economic area - including 11,500 Filipino records - found just four with fraudulent qualifications in the last 10 years.
Chief executive Jackie Smith, said: "We checked every single record - I think that was a proportionate response to this one-off but very tragic and very serious event."
She said not all the records of other overseas countries had been checked, adding: "We took advice on what would be a sample of a review across the register that would give us confidence.
"There is no such thing as a fool-proof system - we are not a fraud agency - but do we have a system in place that doesn't just rely on documentation."
In a statement, Stockport NHS Foundation Trust said: "Our thoughts have been with the victims and their families throughout this time.
"We know they have suffered great distress but hope this sentence helps provide some closure for them in terms of seeing that justice has been served."
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Manchester United drew 1-1 at the Olimp-2 Stadium in their Europa League last-16 first-leg tie last Thursday.
"It's hard for me to believe we are going to play on that field, if you can call it a field," Mourinho had said.
Rostov now have until 24 March to bring their pitch up to standard.
The pitch was dry and bobbly, and after the match Mourinho said the conditions made it "impossible to play a passing game".
The Russian Premier League told BBC Sport that Rostov will have their pitch inspected again on 24 March, with their next home game on 31 March against FC Krasnodar.
Uefa had deemed the pitch playable for the Europa League game, but the Russian Premier League say they have different regulations in place.
United and Rostov play the second leg at Old Trafford on Thursday.
Like Rostov, Rubin Kazan's Central Stadium has also been banned by the Russian Premier League.
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Police say they arrested a 47-year-old former employee suspected in the shootings at Western Forest Products sawmill in Nanaimo.
A Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) spokesman said it appeared the shooting began in the car park and continued into the mill's office.
One injured victim was airlifted to hospital in a critical condition.
Another injured victim was in a stable condition.
Western Forest's chief executive confirmed the alleged gunman was previously employed by the firm, located on Vancouver Island.
"We're a local [British Columbia] company and it's very tragic," said Don Demens.
RCMP spokesman Superintendent Mark Fisher told reporters officers responded to calls of a shooting at around 07:00 local time (14:00 GMT) on Wednesday.
They arrived at the mill within minutes and arrested the suspect "without incident", said Mr Fisher.
The police would not give additional details about the victims or suspect other than all five were male. Both deceased victims were pronounced dead at hospital.
"We are only five hours into this investigation," he said. "This type of extreme violence is very rare."
At the mill, crying family members had gathered outside the facility. One worker told the Associated Press news agency the mill's employees had been sent home for the day.
It has been presented by club sponsors and management consultants, Steuer Gregsson Limited, and will be heard in Manchester on 29 October.
The Reds have appealed throughout the season for fresh investment, following their move to the Salford City Stadium at the start of the year.
Salford have said the matter is "over a small amount of money".
On their Facebook page, they commented: "It is being dealt with. The club have brought people in to sort it out and it will be."
Salford have been forced to reject several claims throughout the past year that they have been
An outstanding five-figure tax bill, owed to Revenue & Customs, was paid in April.
Salford City Reds hoped to attract attendances of around 8,000 to home fixtures in 2012 - their final average gate was just under 5,500
Earlier in the month, they had with the Sharks playing their first competitive fixture there in August.
Before moving from their former home at the Willows to their new £26m stadium in Barton at the start of the season, the Reds had stated that they needed to average around 8,000 fans for every home match at the Salford City Stadium.
However they fell 2,500 short of that figure on average for their 12 home games in Super League, as well as the final match of the season, which was played at Leigh Sports Village because of a
In his final programme notes of the season, following the fixture mix-up, Reds chairman John Wilkinson said everyone at the club would begin a "relentless" pursuit of success.
"It is vitally important to the club and the city that it's only standard bearer has a solid base in Salford," he said in September.
"We cannot become nomads, as this has fatally wounded other once great rugby league clubs.
"It will not happen to Salford City Reds, not on my watch.
"It is fair to say that this whole season has been something of a trial for staff, players and board alike.
"My promise is that we will be better, we will work smarter and we will bring reward and satisfaction to you all [the fans]. That process begins now. Not tomorrow, not next week - right now - and it will be relentless.
"Actions will speak louder than words here, and is our intent that our actions will grow to become deafening over the next few months and years."
Euan Murray almost opened the scoring in spectacular fashion for the visitors after 11 minutes, but his overhead kick hit a post after beating Ben McNamara.
Southport continued to play well, but it was the hosts who got the breakthrough when Come found the back of the net through a crowd of bodies four minutes before the interval.
He added a second just before the hour mark, blasting past Craig King after being put through by Michael Cheek, and that was enough to condemn Southport to a fourth straight defeat.
Match report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Braintree Town 2, Southport 0.
Second Half ends, Braintree Town 2, Southport 0.
Substitution, Braintree Town. Lee Barnard replaces Michael Cheek.
Substitution, Braintree Town. Alex Henshall replaces Reece Hall-Johnson.
Substitution, Southport. Andrai Jones replaces Euan Murray.
Substitution, Southport. John Cofie replaces Ashley Grimes.
Goal! Braintree Town 2, Southport 0. Sam Corne (Braintree Town).
Second Half begins Braintree Town 1, Southport 0.
First Half ends, Braintree Town 1, Southport 0.
Goal! Braintree Town 1, Southport 0. Sam Corne (Braintree Town).
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
Authorities say this number is likely to rise further given that some states with water shortages have not yet submitted status reports.
The drought is taking place as a heat wave extends across much of India with temperatures crossing 40C for days now.
An 11-year-old girl died of heatstroke while collecting water from a village pump in the western Maharashtra state.
Yogita Desai had spent close to four hours in 42C temperatures gathering water from the pump on Sunday, local journalist Manoj Sapte told the BBC.
She began vomiting after returning home and was rushed to hospital, but died early on Monday.
Yogita's death certificate says she died of heatstroke and dehydration.
The pump was a mere 500m from her house, but a typical wait for water stretches into hours.
India is heavily dependant on monsoon rains, which have been poor for two years in a row.
The government said that nearly 256 districts across India, home to nearly a quarter of the population were impacted by the drought.
Schools have been shut in the eastern state of Orissa and more than 100 deaths due to heatstroke have been reported from across the country, including from the southern states of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh which saw more than 2,000 deaths last summer.
The western state of Maharashtra, one of the worst affected by the drought, shifted out 13 Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket matches due to be played in the state next month because of the amount of water needed to prepare pitches.
There is growing public concern over the lack of water in many parts of the state following two successive years of drought and crop failures.
The government has asked local municipalities to stop supplying water to swimming pools and, in an unprecedented move, a train carrying half a million litres of drinking water was sent to the area of Latur.
Another train carrying 2.5 million litres of water is scheduled to reach there on Wednesday.
States like Punjab and Haryana in northern India are squabbling over ownership of river waters.
In water-scarce Orissa, farmers have reportedly breached embankments to save their crops.
Water availability in India's 91 reservoirs is at its lowest in a decade, with stocks at a paltry 29% of their total storage capacity, according to the Central Water Commission.
Some 85% of the country's drinking water comes from aquifers, but their levels are falling, according to WaterAid.
Cyril Rowe was sentenced to four years for three counts of indecent assault at a London church in the late 70s.
His victim Michael Kelsick, 47, died of motor neurone disease in a hospice before hearing the guilty verdicts.
He was the first person to give evidence in a UK court using the Eyegaze technology.
Judge Peter Johnson said Mr Kelsick, who gave evidence through a taped interview and via videolink from a hospice in Streatham, was diagnosed with the disease in 2015.
"Despite the ravages of that incurable illness, he was, thanks to modern science, finally able to tell the court of what happened to him at your hands," he told 78-year-old Rowe, from Bournemouth.
"He wanted to see justice done, but tragically that was not the case as he died shortly before an officer arrived to deliver the news."
Mr Kelsick told Bournemouth Crown Court Rowe abused him 20 times between 1978 and 1982 at the vicarage and in the choir practice room of St Matthias' Church, Tower Hamlets, east London, and would pay him £1 afterwards.
The court heard Rowe was convicted in 1996 for the abuse of another choirboy.
"You have shown absolutely no remorse and very little insight into the harm you caused to a little boy," Judge Johnson told him.
He described how Mr Kelsick had been adopted at the age of four "in tragic circumstances" and removed from his sisters to live with a parishioner at the church.
Simon Shannon, prosecuting, said Mr Kelsick had lived a life of crime and drug abuse "attributable to what happened to him at the hands of Mr Rowe".
Rebecca Austin, defending, said: "This trial was fraught with emotion, anyone watching the attempts of Mr Kelsick to communicate was bound to be swayed."
The 19-year-old, working his way back from knee surgery in January, has scored six goals this season.
His form was rewarded with a Scotland Under-21 cap against Slovakia in November, while an offer from Doncaster was rejected in late August.
"He's a potentially outstanding talent," manager Jim Duffy told the Greenock club's website.
"There was obviously a lot of speculation surrounding the boy just before he got injured.
"He's only really had about 20 first-team starts, so he maybe thinks it's in his interests as well to get a bit more experience, and if he keeps developing and working hard he may get that move further down the line."
She spoke out after an army lieutenant was arrested on suspicion of plotting a racist attack.
The minister said his superior officers had looked the other way and the army had an attitude problem.
But critics said she had offended every honest soldier.
The alleged plot, revealed last week, involved a 28-year-old soldier who had used a fake identity to register as a Syrian refugee in December 2015.
Franco A spoke no Arabic and is thought to have been planning an attack disguised as a refugee. It emerged he had expressed far-right views in an academic paper for a military academy in 2014.
Tagesspiegel newspaper said he had a list of five possible targets for attacks, including former German President Joachim Gauck and Justice Minister Heiko Maas.
Another soldier was arrested after being found with explosives.
The defence ministry believes Franco A was part of a cell of up to five people, according to German media.
Soldier posing as refugee 'planned attack'
The ministry announced on Tuesday that Ms Von der Leyen had cancelled a planned trip to the United States so she could deal with the domestic issue.
Instead, she will travel on Wednesday to Illkirch, the French town south of Strasbourg where Franco A was stationed with the German army.
The federal prosecutor's office has taken over the investigation into the alleged plot.
"I should have dug deeper earlier," the minister told broadcaster ZDF.
Ms Von der Leyen has headed the defence department since 2013 and is seen as a leading figure in Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democratic Union.
Her initial criticism of the army's handling of the case was made on national TV on Sunday night and she followed it up with an open letter.
While the vast majority of soldiers behaved impeccably, she said the latest scandals were no longer isolated cases. She spoke of "a misunderstood esprit de corps" that had led superior officers to "look the other way".
The Social Democrats' defence spokesman, Rainer Arnold, called on Ms Von der Leyen to apologise for raising questions about the whole army.
How could you explain such generalisations to soldiers serving in foreign countries like Mali who were having to deal with the toughest assignments with limited equipment? he asked.
"Nobody can understand why the minister, after three and a half years in office, retreats to the stands, so to speak, and sweepingly condemns her own team," said André Wüstner of the armed forces union, the Bundeswehrverband.
IMDB, owned by Amazon, says the law violates its free speech rights.
Hollywood actors have long reported cases of ageism in the film industry.
In particular, actresses, among them Helen Mirren, have said they are often overlooked or typecast as they get older.
In 2014, Zoe Saldana, 38, who plays the female lead in the film Guardians of the Galaxy, told the Telegraph newspaper: "By the time you are 28, you're expired, you're playing mummy roles."
IMDB says the law, known as AB 1687, was unfairly tailored to apply only to it.
Its legal action says: "IMDB shares the worthy goal of preventing age discrimination, but AB 1687 is an unconstitutional law that does not advance, much less achieve that goal."
A representative of the California Attorney General's office said: "While age information on Hollywood's biggest stars is available from other online sources, this bill is aimed at protecting lesser-known actors competing for smaller roles."
A Seattle jury ruled in favour of IMDB in 2013, after actress Huong Hoang, who did not want her age listed, sued the company for age discrimination.
He was closely questioned for five hours by Judge Sergio Moro.
Lula has rejected allegations that he received a flat as a bribe in a corruption scandal linked to the state oil company, Petrobras.
He says the trial is politically motivated and he has denied any wrongdoing.
The hearing in a courthouse in the southern city of Curitiba was closed to the public but throughout the day thousands of his supporters gathered in a square nearby.
Supporters of the investigation in to the former president gathered elsewhere in Curitiba and in the capital, Brasilia.
If Lula is found guilty he faces a prison sentence. If cleared, he has said he will run again for the presidency.
This is the first of five charges against him.
Known throughout Brazil simply as Lula, he was Brazil's most popular president during his tenure from 2003 to 2010.
A former steel worker turned union leader, he came to office as the first left-wing leader in Brazil in nearly half a century.
Unable to stand for a third consecutive term, he was succeeded by close ally Dilma Rousseff, who was later impeached.
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Lula is facing five charges related to the Car Wash scandal, the nickname for Brazil's biggest ever corruption probe.
This first case, which is being tackled in court on Wednesday, accuses Lula of taking bribes from a construction company that allegedly renovated a beachfront apartment for him.
He is also accused of money laundering, influence peddling and obstruction of justice.
Lula is typically loved or hated in Brazil.
Wednesday will be the first time Lula and the powerful judge in charge of the Car Wash case, Sergio Moro, come face to face in court.
Lula says Judge Moro is politically-motivated and believes there is a witch-hunt against him.
Mr Moro is expected to hand down his verdict in 45 to 60 days.
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Magazine covers in Brazil this week depict the face-off in epic style: one shows former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and judge Sergio Moro confronting each other in a boxing ring, raising their gloves and boasting muscular torsos in a montage. Another depicts them fiercely looking each other in the eye in superhero masks, announcing "the first face-to-face confrontation".
This gives a taste of the huge expectations surrounding Lula's testimony before Judge Moro.
Like a crowd before a boxing match, Brazilians will be split cheering on each contender.
Thousands of Lula's supporters are to rally in the city of Curitiba in his defence. Backers of the Car Wash operation will follow closely to see who has the upper hand.
But Lula won't be speaking to the judge only. He is the front-runner in next year's presidential elections, and his words will doubtless be measured to convey the right message to voters across the country.
Lula could eventually face prison or lose his political rights. But he could still become the next Brazilian president. What happens in the courtroom will help seal his fate.
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It happened ahead of a statement by the DUP leader on a botched heating scheme.
UK Sport ordered the investigation to "protect our investment in all sports on the world class programme".
It is another blow for British Cycling after Australian Shane Sutton quit as technical director on Wednesday.
He stood down amid accusations of sexism and discrimination.
British Cycling is conducting an internal investigation into the kit allegations - and Sutton was asked to attend a meeting on Tuesday to discuss it.
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UK Sport helps fund Britain's Olympians and Paralympians and is investing £30.5m in British Cycling between 2013 and 2017.
It issued a statement, explaining that it would not be "appropriate to speculate or comment further until the investigation is completed".
Sutton, a GB coach since 2002, had already been suspended by British Cycling before deciding to step down.
The 58-year-old is alleged to have used derogatory words like "wobblies" and "gimps" to describe Para-cyclists.
An independent review will also look into claims by cyclist Jess Varnish that Sutton made sexist comments towards her.
She alleges Sutton told her to "go and have a baby" after she failed to qualify in the team sprint for this summer's Olympics.
Sutton "rejects the specific claims" but said the allegations had "become a distraction" and he had stepped down "in the best interests of British Cycling".
He was part of the team that won seven track gold medals at both the 2008 and 2012 Olympics, with British Cycling also claiming 25 gold medals across the past two Paralympics.
There are just 99 days until the start of the Rio Olympics, but British Cycling chief executive Ian Drake has said his organisation is not in crisis.
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Programmes director Andy Harrison will take over Sutton's responsibilities as British cyclists look to continue their success in the velodrome and on the road.
Despite leaving his post at British Cycling, Sutton is still employed by Team Sky in a paid "occasional advisory role".
However, after Drake told BBC Sport on Tuesday that Sutton was not paid by Sky as well as British Cycling, the organisation clarified on Wednesday that they were not aware of his Sky retainer and that Sutton had not declared this when he became British Cycling technical director in 2014.
A Team Sky statement said: "Since he stepped down as head coach of Team Sky in January 2013, his occasional involvement as an advisor to Team Sky has been completely separate from his role with British Cycling.
"Any reimbursement for his work with Team Sky has been funded by the team."
In its report on bank accounts published in August, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) decided against a cap on charges.
However the FCA has now announced that it is to examine the issue in detail itself.
It said its inquiry could look at a compulsory limit on overdraft charges.
Christopher Woolard, executive director of strategy and competition at the FCA, said it would take action to improve competition in the current account market.
And he said the question of overdraft charges would be a priority.
"Our role in regulating retail banking markets goes beyond the remedies the CMA has asked us to take forward, and we will continue to look more broadly at how well these markets work, with a particular focus planned on high-cost credit including overdrafts."
The CMA recommended that banks be allowed to set their own Maximum Monthly Charges (MMCs), but decided against an industry-wide cap.
However consumer groups have consistently argued there should be a limit on overdraft charges.
At the moment banks charge up to £100 a month for customers who go into the red without agreement.
"Regulators have acknowledged the need for caps in other markets, including credit cards and payday loans, and there is a clear need for the FCA to set a monthly maximum charge cap for overdrafts," said Mike O'Connor, chief executive of the debt charity StepChange.
As part of its remit, the FCA can take consumer issues into account, while the CMA only looks at whether competition is working effectively.
Which? said the announcement could be good news for bank customers.
"We welcome this commitment to review punitive unarranged overdraft fees, which our research has found can be more expensive than some payday loans," said Vickie Sheriff, Which? director of campaigns and communications.
The CMA's report on banking was criticised earlier this week by MPs on the Treasury Committee.
Labour's Rachel Reeves accused the CMA of a "dereliction of duty".
In response to the announcement, Andrew Tyrie, the chair of the Treasury committee said: "The FCA have acted quickly. It looks as if they may be prepared to pick up the baton which the CMA has just dropped."
The FCA will now examine the CMA's recommendations, as well as conducting its own inquiry.
Apart from looking at the issue of overdraft charges, it will investigate:
The final result is not expected until 2018, although the FCA's thinking should become clear before then.
Using high-speed cameras, the team filmed jets of liquid striking toilet walls and studied the resulting spray.
Splashback was low when the jets were used close up with a narrow "angle of attack", said the Brigham Young University team.
They will present their research at an American Physical Society meeting.
"In response to harsh and repeated criticisms from our mothers and several failed relationships with women, we present the splash dynamics of a simulated human male urine stream," reads their conference abstract.
But there is a more serious side to the research.
The work is led by Prof Tadd Truscott and Randy Hurd of the "Splash Lab" at Brigham Young in Provo, Utah, who jokingly refer to themselves as "wizz kids".
"People ask me, are you serious? I tell them yes, this may involve 12-year-old humour, but it's also a real problem," Prof Truscott told BBC News.
"We've all been in disgusting toilets with puddles on the floor - these places are a breeding ground for bacteria."
For example, the detergents used to clean hospital toilets could actually increase the spray of disease-causing bacteria, by reducing the surface tension of water, according to a recent study.
One might think the physics of aiming urination had already been summarised by the formula: "get it all in the bowl". But micturation is still a messier business than it needs to be, according to the research.
Taking measurements live "in the field" did not appeal to the scientists, so the duo built a urination simulator. The "Water Angle Navigation Guide" is a five-gallon bucket with hoses connected to two types of synthetic urethra.
The team fired coloured water at various target "toilets" at the velocity and pressure of average human urination.
Then, using a high-speed camera, they captured the moment of impact in remarkable visual detail.
Splashback was heightened by a phenomenon known as Plateau-Rayleigh instability, where a falling stream of liquid breaks up into droplets.
"The male urine stream breaks up about 6-7 inches outside the urethra exit," Mr Hurd explained.
"So by the time it hits the urinal, it's already in droplet form. And these droplets are the perpetrators of the splash formation on your khaki pants."
His advice? "The closer you are, the better. If you can get stream impact with the porcelain, it's a lot less chaotic."
Of course, in a domestic bathroom, distance from the toilet is governed chiefly by one variable: "to stand or sit".
"People are always arguing over which is better. Because when you sit close, you're also closer to getting wet," said Prof Truscott.
"In Germany there is a derogatory term 'sitzpinkler' for a man who sits down to pee. It means he's kind of a wuss.
"So we wanted to look at whether sitting down is really effective. What are the splash differences?"
To compare the two positions, the scientists gave rulers to their friends and sent them into the toilet.
"It turns out you are five times as far away when you stand up - and that's a pretty significant difference in impact velocity for those droplets of urine," said Mr Hurd.
Impact with the toilet water is captured in a video by the team.
"You can see the droplets create a large cavity in the water, which then collapses, causing even greater splashback. The amount of splash is considerable," Mr Hurd explained.
"It seems that sitting down is the best sure-fire way to avoid unwanted splashing in a traditional toilet."
Above all, he says, "the biggest thing you can do" to reduce splashback - sitting or standing - is to alter the "angle of attack".
Aiming directly at a vertical urinal wall - a 90 degree angle - causes a nasty kickback, as does aiming directly at the toilet water.
"Narrowing the angle really helps," said Mr Hurd. For a typical urinal, "best practice" means standing slightly to one side, and aiming downwards at a low angle of impact.
"This way you take advantage of both splash-reduction techniques," Hurd explains.
Prof Truscott encourages men and women to "be artistic" with their aim and find an angle to suit the particular facility they are faced with.
The designs of public toilets and home bathrooms does not always help us achieve 100% efficiency, he said.
"Most surfaces you pee into, such as porcelain, are hydrophilic, which is a disadvantage. The water spreads across them, creating a puddle to splash into," said Mr Hurd.
He believes that hydrophobic coatings will ultimately make toilets more hygienic, with important benefits for hospitals, schools, and workplaces.
The Brigham-Young team has been "inundated" with commercial products to reduce spray - such as fabric inserts, urinals with triangular fins, and toilet bowls with unusually sloping angles.
"Some work fantastically - others really don't work at all. It's almost worse than nothing," says Truscott.
"My favourite is painting a fly on the wall to indicate where you should aim. Unfortunately, some companies put that fly in the wrong place."
Sega has even developed a "Toylet" urinal game, installed in Tokyo Metro stations to award men points for accuracy.
But Prof Truscott says one of the most effective tricks is also the simplest - drop a few pieces of tissue into a toilet bowl to soften the blow.
The Splash Lab team plans to investigate further toilet designs and find "the optimal approach for urinal usage", removing some of the obstacles between men, women and bathroom harmony.
Police were called to a terraced house in Eastway, Hackney Wick, shortly before 16:00 GMT.
The girl was pronounced dead at the scene. Three youths aged under 18 were arrested nearby and taken into custody at an east London police station.
Police believe they know the identity of the girl, and have begun informing family.
A post-mortem examination is due to be held.
Officers went to the scene, together with London Ambulance Service and London's Air Ambulance.
A Met Police spokesman said the street remained closed while officers continued to carry out inquiries.
The three youths arrested on Saturday afternoon remain in custody.
Anyone with information that might help with the investigation is asked to call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
After Japan's WW2 surrender but before any deal was signed, the Soviet Union invaded the Southern Kuril islands
Known as the Northern Territories in Japan, they lie between Hokkaido island and Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula.
Tokyo has long demanded their return, so a peace deal has never been agreed.
The USSR did not sign the 1951 peace treaty between Japan and the Allied Powers, but did sign a joint declaration ending hostilities and restoring diplomatic relations with Japan in 1956.
With the Kurils standing in the way of a permanent peace, Mr Putin will meet PM Abe at the hot spring resort of Nagato and in Tokyo to continue a conversation that has been going for decades.
The disputed islands are the southernmost four of a chain of islands.
They are Kunashir (Kunashiri in Japanese), Iturup (Etorofu), Shikotan and the Habomai islets, some of which are just a few kilometres from Hokkaido.
About 12,000 people live on the islands and depend mainly on fishing for their livelihood.
The USSR invaded the islands in September 1945, expelling thousands of families to the Japanese mainland.
Japan has never agreed to give the islands up, so until a deal is done on that, the two sides cannot agree a peace treaty to formally end World War Two's final conflict.
Since the end of fighting, there have been different decisions made about the islands' future, none of which has changed the status quo.
At the Yalta Summit in 1945, the US, USSR and UK agreed the Soviet Union would get all the Kuril Islands. But in a 1956 joint declaration with Japan, the USSR agreed to hand over Shikotan and Habomai once a peace deal was agreed. It never was.
After the break-up of the USSR, and needing investment, Russia signed a similar joint declaration in 1993, establishing the basis for negotiations to agree a peace treaty. It also went nowhere.
Giving territory to the country whose alliance with Nazi Germany helped kill so many Russians, has never been popular in Russia. Japanese nationalists have never wanted to compromise on having all four islands returned either.
The Kuril Islands as a whole are a crucial gateway to the Pacific for Russia's military, which worries Tokyo might one day expand its claims and cut Russia off.
The islands are also sitting on valuable rare earth and hydrocarbon deposits.
There are signs Japan has been rethinking it stance on the territorial dispute and could revive the "two-plus-alpha" deal - a 1956 joint declaration where the Soviet Union agreed it would hand over the two smaller islands after a peace treaty was signed.
Despite this, many analysts say a final deal is unlikely to be done this week.
Russia has been hit by Western, and Japanese sanctions, for its role in the Ukraine conflict and its economy is slowing. So Mr Putin will be hoping to make deals with Japanese companies and attract investment.
But Tokyo has said it would not agree any economic co-operation with Russia that would undermine the sanctions.
The Scottish government said existing legislation had not been explicit enough about additional charges such as reference checks, credit checks and inventory fees.
The law will be clarified so all charges, other than refundable deposits and rent, will be deemed illegal.
Charity Shelter Scotland said it welcomed the step.
The move follows a consultation launched earlier this year on how to deal with unfair and illegal premiums.
It is estimated that there are about 500 letting agent businesses in Scotland involved in about 150,000 private lettings a year.
Housing Minister Keith Brown said: "The majority of letting agents operate in a thoroughly professional manner and play an important role in the Scottish private rented sector.
"However, numerous cases of tenants across the country being ripped off were uncovered by Shelter Scotland.
"As a result of this consultation, we will make it crystal clear to tenants, landlords and their agents that all premium fees, over and above rent and a deposit, are unlawful."
Mr Brown added that necessary legal provisions would come into force later this year.
Shelter Scotland head of policy Gordon MacRae said: "This is great news for everyone who has been ripped off by unscrupulous letting agents.
"It will finally put an end to this unlawful practice and ensure that tenants are no longer exploited."
Shelter Scotland, which has been campaigning for the fees to be outlawed, said its Reclaim Your Fees website had already attracted more than £100,000 worth of claims against letting agents.
"Moves like this can only strengthen Scotland's private rented sector and help make it a fairer and more secure place to live for the 270,000 households that now call the sector home," added Mr MacRae.
State media said the Malaysian envoy would leave within 48 hours.
Malaysia has already expelled North Korea's ambassador, after he said North Korea could not trust Malaysia's inquiry into Mr Kim's death.
Kim Jong-nam, the half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, was killed with a nerve agent at Kuala Lumpur airport last month.
Malaysia has not directly blamed North Korea for the attack, in which two women smeared VX nerve agent on Mr Kim's face. But there is widespread suspicion Pyongyang was responsible.
North Korea's latest move is seen as retaliation for Malaysia's decision to expel Pyongyang's ambassador.
Malaysia had already recalled its ambassador to Pyongyang for "consultations".
Malaysia's foreign ministry said it had demanded, but not received, an apology from North Korean ambassador Kang Chol after he criticised Malaysia's investigation into the death.
Mr Kang has accused Malaysia of conducting a "pre-targeted" investigation and of conducting an autopsy on Mr Kim without North Korean consent or any representative from the North Korean embassy being present.
Malaysia was one of very few countries that had relatively friendly relations with North Korea.
It cancelled visa-free travel for visiting North Koreans in the wake of the killing, citing security reasons.
Investigators are seeking to question several North Koreans, including an embassy official, over the death of Kim Jong-nam.
Two women, one from Vietnam and another from Indonesia, have been charged with murder. They both said they thought they were taking part in a TV prank but are yet to make a formal plea in their case.
Malaysia's government has also announced an investigation into a company called Glocom, which has been operating in the country for several years.
According to a confidential UN report, Glocom is run by North Korea's top intelligence agency to sell military communications equipment, in violation of UN sanctions.
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Murray, 27, split with Ivan Lendl in March after a two-year partnership in which he won the US Open and Wimbledon.
"Possibly," said Murray when asked if he was missing the leadership provided by Lendl.
"When I stopped working with Ivan, that was always going to be the case for a few weeks."
The Scot, who resumes his French Open preparations in Rome next week, added that he hopes to have a new coach "soon".
"Andy Murray started tentatively, and it didn't get much better as he was broken three times without reply.
"One player may have two Grand Slam titles and an Olympic gold medal in his collection, but the other was in the groove on his favourite surface, and Santiago Giraldo was not much troubled even when Murray started to play more aggressively.
"A strong run at the French Open looks unlikely on current form, and Murray needs to find some confidence and consistency very soon - he begins the defence of his Wimbledon title in a little over six weeks."
Seven-time Grand Slam winner John McEnroe is the latest name to be linked with the post. Murray plans to talk to some of those under consideration over the next two weeks.
The world number eight, who narrowly avoided defeat against Nicolas Almagro in his tournament opener on Wednesday, struggled again when up against Giraldo's similarly aggressive baseline hitting.
The Colombian, who had never beaten a top-10 player before overpowering Murray, came into the match on the back of wins over Lleyton Hewitt and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the earlier rounds and an appearance in the final of the Barcelona Open.
His confidence was obvious as the world number 46 walloped a forehand down the line to take the first game to love and broke Murray in the next.
Murray sliced and scurried, but could assert himself, failing to break up Giraldo's rhythm.
Murray earned his only break point of the match when 1-0 up in the second set, but could not return Giraldo's second serve into his body.
Giraldo resumed his barrage and, after breaks in the third and seventh games, concluded his victory with a powerful ace.
Elsewhere, top seed Rafael Nadal said his best form was beginning to return after overcoming Jarkko Nieminen 6-1 6-4. The world number one and eight-time French Open champion had lost in the quarter-finals of both the Monte Carlo Masters and the Barcelona Open.
Czech sixth seed Tomas Berdych overcame Grigor Dimitrov in three sets while Japan's Kei Nishikori saw off Milos Raonic 7-6 (7-5) 7-6 (7-5).
Giraldo will take on Spain's Roberto Bautista Agut next after the Spaniard beat Lukasz Kubot.
In the women's draw Serena Williams's serene progress continued as she swept past Spain's Carla Suarez Navarro 6-2 6-3.
She will take on 2011 Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova next after the Czech beat her compatriot Lucie Safarova 6-4 6-3.
Eighth seed Maria Sharapova saw off Sam Stosur to set up a meeting with Li Na, who recovered from the loss of the opening set to beat American 21-year-old Sloane Stephens 2-6 6-3 6-2.
He also promised more money to support the development of driverless cars and electric vehicle batteries.
The funds for the hi-tech research come from the National Productivity Investment Fund (NPIF), which was announced by the chancellor last year.
However, one expert said the money was unlikely to be enough.
Mr Hammond's spending commitments included:
The promises were welcomed by one robotics lecturer.
"Robotics and AI is set to be a driving force in increasing productivity, but also in solving societal and environmental challenges," commented Dr Sabine Hauert from the University of Bristol.
"It's opening new frontiers in off-shore and nuclear energy, space and deep mining. Investment from government will be key in helping the UK stay at the forefront of this field."
The sums, however, are smaller than those announced by some other countries. For example, the US Department of Transportation proposed a 10-year plan to invest $4bn (£3.3bn) in self-driving cars under President Obama.
Another academic suggested the funds were insufficient in light of competition for talent from tech companies.
"We lost our best machine learning group to Amazon just recently," commented Prof Noel Sharkey, a robotics expert at the University of Sheffield.
"The money means there will be more resources for universities, which may help them retain their staff.
"But it's not nearly enough for all of the disruptive technologies being developed in the UK.
"The government says it want this to be the leading robotics country in the world, but Google and others are spending far more, so it's ultimately chicken feed by comparison."
It's become an article of faith for governments around the world to say 5G will be the vital underpinning of the new industrial age. And after seeing both the US and China execute the rollout of 4G faster than Europe, ministers may feel that it's even more urgent to keep up this time.
There was of course a welcome from those engaged in 5G research, notably the University of Surrey which may hope to host the £16m "cutting edge facility", with a trial network due next year.
Even 5G sceptics quite liked the look of strategy which talked of improving existing coverage as well as preparing for the future.
But we can have as much investment in research as we like - it's only when the mobile operators commit to rolling out new networks that the 5G age will dawn in the UK. And right now they seem sceptical that there is a sound business case for spending billions on technology for which the demand is still not clear.
The pledge of support to full-fibre broadband refers to the provision of optical fibre going all the way to individual properties rather than their nearest roadside cabinet. This should provide faster speeds.
Uses for the cash include a new voucher scheme for businesses to encourage them to take advantage of the possibility.
In addition, the government wants there to be full-fibre connections to public sector buildings including schools and hospitals.
The budget also said ducts and other public sector assets should be opened up to telecom providers to allow fibre to be laid at a lower cost.
"Getting access to new digital applications over a fibre connection can be a massive competitive differentiator for businesses of any size," commented telecoms analyst Mark Newman from the ConnectivityX consultancy.
"The government has at long last recognised that it can play a role building out more fibre beyond merely providing subsidies to telecoms operators.
"Reducing the cost of installing fibre by giving access to ducts - digging up the roads is the most expensive single part of any broadband project - and interconnecting public buildings makes sense for everyone."
The government's decision to offer vouchers to encourage businesses to sign up to full-fibre broadband sounds like a good idea.
But a previous broadband voucher scheme did not go as well as expected. It was introduced in 2013 and was targeted at small and medium-sized businesses based in towns and cities.
Despite the fact that the government was effectively offering free money, a year after it was introduced, only £7.5m out of a pot of £100m had been spent, with just 3,000 businesses taking up vouchers.
The over-complicated application process was overhauled in 2014 and it is estimated that the scheme was used by 55,000 businesses. It ended in 2015 when funds dried up.
At the time, some MPs complained that the effort had unfairly advantaged urban businesses and asked for it to be extended to rural ones.
Others felt, and still feel, that money would have been better spent improving home broadband in remote areas.
In an essay, David Taylor warned Welsh devolution could face "a very real existential threat" if politicians do not grasp the referendum result.
He called the Wales Stronger In Europe campaign "insufferably smug".
Former campaign chairman Geraint Talfan Davies declined to comment.
The Welsh Government has also been approached for comment.
Writing on the Heat Street news website, Mr Taylor, a former advisor to ex-Cabinet minister Lord Hain and police commissioner candidate, said two factors guaranteed the failure of Remain at the EU referendum.
"The first was complacent, narrow political thinking within Welsh Government; the second was a campaign dominated by a self-serving, ineffective 'Taffia' of old Welsh establishment figures," he said.
Mr Taylor said the Welsh Government "consistently failed to spend valuable pre-purdah time developing a strong, positive, comprehensive case for remaining in the EU."
"The Welsh Government appeared to be in denial as polls continued to show that the Welsh were just as Eurosceptic as the English," he said.
A bid to rebrand the assembly as the Welsh Parliament - tabled during the week of the referendum but later dropped - showed a sense of "complacency" and "warped priorities", Mr Taylor added.
He accused Wales Stronger In Europe - an offshoot of the official Remain campaign Britain Stronger In Europe - of being "insufferably smug".
Mr Taylor said the campaign's "leading spokesmen (and they were all men), were creatures of the old Welsh establishment, the worst possible faces for such a campaign, with all the baggage of career politicians, but none of the their skill".
He added that politicians needed to recognise that voters in Wales supported Brexit.
"It is blindingly clear that a new attitude is required: if political leaders in Wales fail to grasp this fact, Welsh devolution will face a very real existential threat," he said.
Vote Leave Cymru spokesman, Vincent Bailey, said Remain campaigners suffered from "a failure to grasp just how angry ordinary people were with being told what to do by a distant, unelected Brussels elite".
The US technology company has uploaded visuals taken on and beneath the loch's surface to its Street View website.
When searching the loch, users of the site will find Google's yellow Pegman icon changes to a Nessie "peg-monster".
The Loch Ness Street View has been launched on the same date a faked photograph of the monster was published in a newspaper in 1934.
Highly respected British surgeon, Col Robert Wilson, claimed he took his photograph days earlier while driving along the northern shore of Loch Ness.
It was later revealed to be a toy submarine outfitted with a sea-serpent head.
Google has also sought to draw attention to the project with a Nessie-themed Google Doodle on its search page.
Loch Ness expert Adrian Shine spent a number of days with the Google Street View and Catlin Seaview Survey teams as they performed an operation to photograph above and below the waters.
Mr Shine said the project was "cloaked in secrecy", adding: "When people asked about the ripples in the Loch during the special diving expeditions for once I had no opinion.
"I'm so proud to have been part of this initiative and I hope people worldwide enjoy exploring Street View to have a look and then be inspired to travel to Scotland to discover this area of magical beauty and natural intrigue. "
Their sentences of "imprisonment for public protection" (IPP), with minimum terms of six months to five years, were imposed between 2005 and 2008.
The court ruled the sentences had been lawfully imposed and said it was up to Parliament to remedy any injustice.
IPP sentences came in for England and Wales in 2005 but were axed in 2012.
Ministry of Justice data shows 3,391 people out of the 4,289 given such terms before the sentences were abolished are still being held.
The cases being considered by the Court of Appeal involved defendants jailed for child sexual abuse, robbery, manslaughter, rape, arson and causing death by dangerous driving.
In their ruling, Lord Chief Justice Lord Thomas and two other judges accepted the minimum terms imposed in the cases had "long expired".
But they said it was not possible to set aside sentences that had been "properly and lawfully passed".
Lord Thomas said: "We are mindful of the substantial criticism that, many years after the expiry of minimum terms, sometimes of a very short period, many sentenced to IPP remain in custody or have been recalled to custody for breach of their licence conditions."
The effect of long-term imprisonment with no certain release date, added Lord Thomas, might "increase the likelihood of reoffending".
Under IPP sentencing, a judge passed a tariff, or minimum term. An offender would not be released if the Parole Board considered them to still to be a risk.
Lord Thomas suggested Parliament could provide resources to enable those detained to meet the Parole's Board's "release test"; alter the release criteria itself, or re-sentence those in custody under new principles.
As news of the result was confirmed, they began to send congratulations - some fulsome, some more tentative - to the business mogul.
President Vladimir Putin has said he is willing fully to restore ties with the US following Mr Trump's victory.
"We heard the campaign statements of the future US presidential candidate about the restoration of relations between Russia and the United States," Mr Putin said on Wednesday.
"It is not an easy path, but we are ready to do our part and do everything to return Russian and American relations to a stable path of development.
"This would be good for both the Russian and American people and have a positive impact on the climate of world affairs."
In Moscow meanwhile senior nationalist MP Vladimir Zhirinovsky threw a party at the parliament building to celebrate Mr Trump's win. Former Soviet Mikhail Gorbachev has also welcomed his triumph.
Relations between the US and Russia have become more tense because of the conflicts in Ukraine and Syria and allegations of Russian cyber attacks in the US during the presidential campaign.
Chinese President Xi Jinping congratulated Donald Trump in a telegram, state TV reported.
Earlier the foreign ministry said that China was hoping to work with the new US government to boost bilateral relations.
"US China trade relations are mutually beneficial. Two mature big powers like the US and China will handle things well," foreign ministry spokesman Lu Kang said.
"We look forward to working together with the new US administration to push forward consistent, healthy and stable China-US relations which could be beneficial to the people of the two countries and to the world."
President Hassan Rouhani said the result would not have any impact on Iran's policies. He was quoted by state media as saying the election result reflected internal discontent and instability within the US which would take a long time to be solved.
Speaking in relation to the Iran nuclear deal, President Rouhani asserted that it was a clever move by the Iranian government to establish it as a UN Security Council resolution rather than a deal with a single government.
Earlier Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif was quoted by the official Irna news agency as saying that the new US president should stick by the deal.
"Iran and America have no political relations, but it is important that the future US president realises his duty to uphold the multilateral obligations of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, and we expect the international community to require this of the United States of America," he said.
Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi congratulated Mr Trump, saying he's looking forward to America's continued support in his country's fight against Islamic State (IS).
Mr Abadi said he hopes the "world and the United States will continue to support Iraq in fighting terrorism".
Mr Trump's future policy in the Middle East remains unclear.
President Ashraf Ghani said that his country and the US are "strategic partners in the fight against terrorism and partners in development".
"[The] Afghan government is hopeful that close co-operation [with] the new president-elect will further deepen ties between the two countries," a statement released by the presidential palace said.
Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah added that "combating extremism and efforts to bring peace and stability" are the top priorities of both countries, along with strengthening economic, military, social and cultural ties.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says that "Canada has no closer friend, partner and ally than the United States".
"We look forward to working very closely with President-elect Trump, his administration, and with the United States Congress in the years ahead, including on issues such as trade, investment, and international peace and security," he says.
Conspicuously, President Enrique Pena Nieto does not congratulate Mr Trump on his victory.
Instead, he congratulates the US "for its electoral process" and tells the president-elect that he hopes the two countries will work together to form a stronger relationship.
The foreign ministry congratulated Donald Trump on his win, adding that they hoped the new chapter would be marked by "respect for non-intervention in internal affairs".
President Nicolas Maduro has repeatedly accused Washington of trying to overthrow the South American country's government, a charge that has been rejected by State Department representatives.
The two countries continue to engage in trade despite not having embassies in their respective capitals since 2010.
In her message of congratulations, Prime Minister Theresa May focused on the "special relationship" between the two countries. She said that she hoped that Mr Trump's win would mean a continuation of shared values, including "freedom, democracy and enterprise".
"We are, and will remain, strong and close partners on trade, security and defence," she said.
"I look forward to working with President-elect Donald Trump, building on these ties to ensure the security and prosperity of our nations in the years ahead."
President Francois Hollande said Mr Trump's victory "opens a period of uncertainty".
Speaking in a televised address, he said that there was now a greater need for a united Europe, able to wield influence on the international stage and promote its values and interests whenever they are challenged.
"The US is an old and venerable democracy," Chancellor Angela Merkel said.
"I watched the election result with particular suspense. Someone elected to be president by the American people in free and fair elections has importance far beyond the USA.
"For us Germans, other than with the European Union, we have no deeper connection than with the United States of America."
President Milos Zeman said Mr Trump's election was a victory over "media manipulation" as he congratulated the new US president.
"I would like to cordially congratulate Donald Trump. I had, as one of few European politicians, declared public support for this candidate... because I agree with his opinions on migration as well as the fight against Islamic terrorism," Zeman told reporters in a rare press briefing at the Prague Castle.
"I appreciate Donald Trump's public demeanour, he speaks clearly, sometimes roughly, but understandably, and avoids what is sometimes called political correctness."
Prime Minister Narendra Modi in tweets said: "We look forward to working with you closely to take India-US bilateral ties to a new height," he said.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledged a continuing close relationship between the US and Japan in his congratulatory message.
"I express my heartfelt congratulations on your election as the next president of the United States," his statement said. "Japan and the United States are unshakeable allies connected by common values such as freedom, democracy, basic human rights and rule of law."
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday he hoped Mr Trump's victory would lead to positive steps for the Middle East and more freedom in the world.
He called Mr Trump to congratulate him and the pair spoke about cooperation on issues including fighting terrorism, the Turkish presidency said.
"I hope that this choice of the American people will lead to beneficial steps being taken for the world concerning basic rights and freedoms, democracy and developments in our region," Mr Erdogan said in a speech in Istanbul.
Prime Minister Binali Yildirim has wasted no time in urging the president-elect to extradite exiled US-based Turkish cleric Fethullah Gulen, who is blamed for orchestrating a coup attempt earlier this year, a charge he denies.
"If you extradite in a short time the head of a terror organisation who has damaged our historic friendship, I am sure that you can give Turkish-US relations a new start and open a new page," he said.
President Mahmoud Abbas congratulated Mr Trump in a statement, expressing hope that "peace will be achieved during his term".
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he hoped to reach "new heights" in relations with Mr Trump, who he described as "a true friend of the state of Israel".
"I look forward to working with him to advance security, stability and peace in our region," he said.
Earlier hard line Jewish Home party leader and Education Minister Naftali Bennett said the notion of a Palestinian state was over after Donald Trump's win.
"Trump's victory is an opportunity for Israel to immediately retract the notion of a Palestinian state in the centre of the country, which would hurt our security and just cause," he said.
"This is the position of the president-elect... The era of a Palestinian state is over."
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf tells the BBC that she is "extremely saddened" by Donald Trump's victory.
"Our concern is whether President-elect Trump will have an African agenda and build bridges," she said. "We can only hope that he will do so in due course."
The president said that she was worried about the future of trade deals between the US and Liberia in particular and Africa in general.
"We do not know what his policy towards Africa will be," she said.
"Obviously we are concerned but we will have to give him the benefit of the doubt."
Finland, Sweden, Denmark and Norway may have had concerns about the new president, but were hopeful their close relations with the US would continue.
"Let's give Donald Trump the benefit of the doubt," Denmark's Prime Minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen said, as he urged the US not to "close in" on itself.
Any surprise was met with a shrug by Finnish Prime Minister Juha Sipila, a self-made millionaire, who pointed out the polls "got it pretty badly wrong about Brexit as well".
He said that US relations for Finland, which shares a 1,300km (800 mile) border with Russia, are of "paramount" importance and that Trump's victory wouldn't mean a change in the non-aligned county's defence policy, its close ties to Nato or Finnish-Russian relations.
Meanwhile, Norway's Prime Minister Erna Solberg congratulated Donald Trump, and Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven said many Swedes were concerned about the election result, but that they had been "prepared" for it.
Polish President Andrzej Duda congratulated Mr Trump in a letter, and said: "We are particularly pleased that during this year's Nato Summit in Warsaw the US decided to increase its military presence in Poland, thereby strengthening the Alliance's Eastern flank.
"We sincerely hope that your leadership will open new opportunities for our co-operation based on mutual commitment."
President Daniel Ortega - who won his third term as leader on Sunday - said he believed "it is possible to work with the United States" on the world's problems "giving priority to peace" as he congratulated Mr Trump.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said that "in the aftermath of a hard-fought and often divisive campaign, it is worth recalling and reaffirming that the unity in diversity of the United States is one of the country's greatest strengths".
"I encourage all Americans to stay true to that spirit. Today's global challenges demand concerted global action and joint solutions. As a founding member of the United Nations and permanent member of the Security Council, the United States is an essential actor across the international agenda," he said.
Mr Ban added that "people everywhere look to the United States to use its remarkable power to help lift humanity up and to work for the common good" which included the battle against climate change, advancing human rights and "promoting mutual understanding... to achieve lives of peace, prosperity and dignity for all".
Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin says the Vatican "respects the American people's choice" and hopes that Donald Trump will "serve the wellbeing and peace of the world".
"There is need for everyone to work to change the world situation, which is in great distress", he is quoted by La Repubblica newspaper as saying.
Foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said that trans-Atlantic ties with the US went beyond the election of Donald Trump.
"We'll continue to work together, rediscovering the strength of Europe," she said.
EU Parliament President Martin Schulz said the result must be honoured and that Mr Trump "managed to become the standard-bearer of the angst and fears of millions of Americans".
President Rodrigo Duterte, the Philippines' tough-talking leader, offered his "warm congratulations" to the US president-elect.
According to his communications secretary, Mr Duterte "looks forward to working with the incoming administration for enhanced Philippines-US relations anchored on mutual respect, mutual benefit and shared commitment to democratic ideals and the rule of law".
Several leaders of right-wing parties in Europe have also welcomed Mr Trump's victory.
Marine Le Pen, the leader of the far-right French National Front (FN), sent her best wishes to Mr Trump, tweeting: "Congratulations to the new president of the United States Donald Trump and the free American people!"
Dutch anti-Islam populist lawmaker Geert Wilders also tweeted his congratulations.
Nigel Farage, the leader of the UK Independence Party who played a key role in the referendum leading to Britain's exit from the EU, tweeted: "I hand over the mantle to @RealDonaldTrump! Many congratulations. You have fought a brave campaign."
The money, invested over three years, will be used to help health boards and councils provide support packages for people in their own homes.
Figures from last October showed a rise in number of patients waiting longer than four weeks to be discharged.
The health secretary said the funding would "ease pressure" on the system.
Delayed discharge, often referred to as bed-blocking, is when a patient is judged clinically ready to go home but continues to occupy a hospital bed while plans are made for appropriate follow-up care.
Health Secretary Shona Robison has said cutting the number of people stuck in hospital waiting for a care package to be arranged is an "absolute key priority" for the Scottish government.
The plans for the funding were announced on a visit to Cowan Court care home in Penicuik.
It is part of wider efforts to better integrate health and social services.
Meanwhile, Holyrood's presiding officer, Tricia Marwick, has accused Ms Robison of "gross discourtesy" for making a major policy announcement outside the Scottish parliament.
At the start of parliamentary business, Ms Marwick told MSPs she found the decision to reveal the funding at a Midlothian care home "unacceptable".
Ms Robison earlier told BBC Scotland's Good Morning Scotland programme that the funding was a three-year package.
She said: "It gives the integrated partnerships - health and social care coming together - a three-year ability to plan and develop services."
The health secretary said the fact that health and social services were being integrated showed there had been a "realisation that those systems had to be brought together if we were really going to be able to tackle delayed discharge in a sustainable way".
She said that health boards and councils would work together with an aim of discharging patients within 72 hours of clinical readiness.
Ms Robison said: "My plan is to get rid of delayed discharge, for it to become something of the past, and move to a 72-hour standard where people are discharged within 72 hours of being clinically ready."
She said the consequences of delayed discharge were extra pressure on A&E because beds were not available to admit people to hospital.
"We have to make sure that the patient flow through our hospitals is smooth and people can get out," she said.
"The most important thing is for the person themselves. It is not good for a frail, elderly person to be stuck in a hospital bed any longer than they need to be."
Cosla, the body which represents Scotland's local authorities, welcomed the funding along with the establishment of a taskforce to roll out delayed discharge improvement plans.
Councillor Peter Johnston, health and well-being spokesman for Cosla, said: "This is a timely investment from the Scottish government - amidst a challenging operating environment for councils and health boards.
"The new Health and Social Care Partnerships will be forming in April and this resource will act as a real catalyst in making inroads into delayed discharge."
Liberal Democrat MSP Jim Hume said he welcomed the announcement but questioned why the money was not available sooner.
Mr Hume said: "While Scottish Liberal Democrats support moves to treat more people in their own settings, ministers have bottle-necked our hospitals by cutting beds without subsequently increasing community care.
"The real test now will be whether the SNP can get a grip of the problem of delayed discharges and stop the worsening crisis."
Claire Lomas, from Leicestershire, walked the London Marathon in 17 days in the suit after she broke her back in a horse-riding accident in 2007.
Orgnaiser of the Vitality London 10k said UK Athletics rules prohibit the use of motors.
Ms Lomas said she was "disappointed" by the ruling.
"They let me in the London Marathon because they asked about the suit and my effort," she said.
"The legs move [with the help of the suit] but they only move by me giving it signals for every step and that's by using the parts of my body that aren't paralysed.
"I work hard for every step, even balancing in the suit is challenging."
The 35-year-old broke her neck, back and ribs and punctured a lung when her horse threw her off as she took part in the Osberton Horse Trials in Nottinghamshire.
Organisers wished Ms Lomas well in her fundraising but said: "The Vitality London 10k is a race held under IAAF, UK Athletics and IPC rules which prohibit the use of motors.
"There are many events held around the country which are not held under these rules."
Ms Lomas, who has raised about £500,000 for a spinal charity, is still planning to do the distance regardless, with the hope of completing it within a day.
The inquests were due in November this year but judge and coroner Nicholas Loraine-Smith said there was "an enormous amount of work to be done".
He told a pre-inquest hearing at London's Royal Courts of Justice he was "sorry" the date had been moved.
Seifeddine Rezgui killed 38 people in the attack in June 2015, with so-called Islamic State claiming responsibility.
The Britons were all holiday-makers staying in the popular resort of Port El Kantaoui, just north of Sousse.
Who were the British victims?
The court heard the Metropolitan Police had received 750,000 files from 40 computers and mobile phones seized by Tunisian investigators, while officers were preparing reports on each victim.
The coroner indicated the data could be reviewed for only relevant photo or documentary evidence.
He ruled the scope of the inquiry should assess security at the beach and nearby RIU Imperial Marhaba Hotel before and after the attack on the Bardo National Museum in Tunis in March 2015, in which 22 people died, including one Briton.
Suzanne Richards, from Wednesbury, in the West Midlands, lost her son Joel Richards, 19, father Pat Evans, 78, and brother Adrian Evans, 49, in the attack.
"Nothing can turn back the clock, but it is important to us to find out if any lessons can be learned to try to prevent similar heart-breaking devastation in future," she said.
Clive Garner, from law firm Irwin Mitchell, which represents the families of 16 victims, said there were "serious concerns" about "what appears to be an escalating threat of terrorist activity in Tunisia" before the attack.
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A previous hearing heard the inquest will look at what, if anything, the UK government and travel companies knew about the risk of an attack at the Mediterranean resort.
The coroner will also consider the "adequacy" of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's travel advice for the region.
Another pre-inquest hearing is expected on 25 May and the full inquest from 16 January 2017.
A statement by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said two-thirds were from the provinces of Anbar, Nineveh and Salahuddin.
The regions have been hardest hit by fighting between Islamic State (IS) militants and pro-government forces.
More than 276,000 people were displaced over the past two months amid fighting over Anbar's capital, Ramadi.
The city fell to IS in mid-May after the Iraqi army withdrew.
Since then, pro-government forces led by Shia militias have launched a major operation to regain Ramadi and drive the jihadist group out of Anbar.
The IOM said on Tuesday that at least 3.09 million Iraqis had fled their homes since January 2014, when IS militants overran parts of Ramadi and took control of the nearby city of Falluja, only 70km (45 miles) from the capital Baghdad.
Six months later, half a million Iraqis, many of them members of ethnic or religious minorities, fled their homes to escape an IS offensive that saw the group capture the northern city of Mosul before sweeping southwards towards Baghdad and declaring the creation of a "caliphate".
Earlier this month, the UN's Humanitarian Co-ordinator for Iraq, Lise Grande, said more than eight million people in the country required immediate life-saving support, a number that could reach 10 million by the end of 2015.
Ms Grande made an urgent appeal for $497m (£316m) to cover the cost of providing shelter, food, water and other assistance.
"The crisis in Iraq is one of the most complex and volatile anywhere in the world," she said, warning that more than 50% of the UN's aid operations would have to be shut down or cut back if funding was not received immediately.
The Northern Ireland Environment Agency was alerted to the incident in Claudy on Monday.
Its investigation continued on Tuesday when dead fish were found.
The Department of Agriculture and the Environment has said the fish kill stretches over several kilometres of river.
The cause of the pollution is still being investigated and it is believed it was in a tributary of the River Faughan, an important salmon river.
Wallace Kennedy, an inspector for the Loughs Agency, said there not been a fish kill in the area "to this scale in a long number of years".
He added that "virtually everything that would live in the river" has been killed.
"It's not a total kill in that there are still live fish in the area, but a large number have been killed," he said.
"We do not know for sure what has caused this, whether it's chemical or organic.
"The pollution has moved down the river and it's now a case of trying to locate the source."
Lucan Newland, who lives near the river and fishes in it regularly, said the kill was "alarming".
"The river is the heart and soul of this area and this is going to hit the community hard," he said.
"Salmon fry have been killed in their thousands, brown trout, sea trout and eels have all been eliminated.
"Whatever it is that's been introduced to the river, it's had no mercy.
"The river is dead - it's very shocking."
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From the 3,000 Toffees fans inside Anfield on Saturday who had been singing about his costly slip in last year's title race, to the media who have questioned all week whether he is a spent force, there have been plenty of people voicing their opinion about the Liverpool captain of late.
No wonder he wanted to listen to what they thought now.
True, Gerrard's 31st Merseyside derby would still ultimately end in disappointment thanks to a sensational injury-time equaliser from Phil Jagielka, who himself has come in for some stick recently.
But after Gerrard's form, and indeed his future for his club in a withdrawn midfield role, came under scrutiny this week following his poor performance against West Ham, his was still a timely response.
"Steven Gerrard sticks a free-kick in the net and a middle finger up to those that write him off," tweeted Match of the Day host Gary Lineker.
After the game, Gerrard would echo those comments - although he was a bit more polite in the way he did it - and clearly enjoyed being able to.
"I can take constructive criticism, but people go one step further and say you are finished and can't run anymore," Gerrard told BT Sport. "So it was nice to remind people that, at the age of 34, I can still play, I can still run and I am still around and I can still compete with the best players around."
He can still score too, of course, and his goal against Everton came from his only shot of the game. It was his 10th Merseyside derby goal, making him the highest scorer in that fixture in the Premier League era.
Impressive stuff. But then, as another BBC pundit, Robbie Savage, said this week, you should look beyond raw statistics when you evaluate Gerrard as the player he is now, because they only tell half the story.
That was the case at Anfield on Saturday. Everton offered so little going forward that we did not get to see if there was any improvement to the defensive aspects of his game. Instead of seeing Gerrard under pressure, we only found out if he could still help apply some.
Yes, his pass completion rate was 100% in the first half, almost 20% better than at Upton Park, but far more important to his team's attacking cause was the way he organised and - occasionally - berated those around him as Liverpool tried to find a way through Everton's well-drilled defence.
Right-back Javier Manquillo got a piece of Gerrard's mind on one occasion for not venturing far enough up his flank to give his captain the option of playing one of his trademark diagonal through-balls to a wide runner.
Instead, he had to play the ball sideways to one of his centre-backs, helping give him those impeccable stats at the break.
They reflected a more cautious approach, rather than a return to the expected standards in his trademark range of attacking passing, although he did manage two equally accurate raking balls out to Manquillo and Raheem Sterling before the break.
And it was all part of a performance that, while showing what Gerrard still has to offer as he kept up his record of playing of every minute of Liverpool's Premier League campaign, was also a reminder of what he is now unable to give.
No longer is he the man making driving runs forward. That job went to Jordan Henderson, who twice advanced to the edge of Everton's area, forcing Tim Howard into action with a stinging shot and setting up Sterling to do the same.
Gerrard, as we have become accustomed, stayed far further back.
And, even on a good day for the former England midfielder, Everton were often able to replicate the tactic already used by Aston Villa and West Ham this season, which is to use a player - in this case Steven Naismith - to deny Gerrard the space he needs deep in midfield to pick out players further up the pitch.
Do that, and you largely negate his influence from open play. That just leaves the sort of set-pieces that saw him provide the corner for Adam Lallana's dangerous header in the first half, and, of course, his own curling free-kick past Tim Howard.
No wonder his manager is keen for him to take more, with Rodgers explaining afterwards: "Steven is selfless and would rather let other people have the opportunity.
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"He let Mario Balotelli take a few free-kicks in the first half and I was screaming on for him to take them because he has so much quality.
"When he did take one, it was a wonderful free-kick and he scored a goal that should have won the game. His performance was outstanding."
It was certainly a display that justified Rodgers' decision to stand by Gerrard, and he says he cannot understand the criticism his captain has been getting.
"The bits and pieces that I have heard I find remarkable," the Reds boss said.
"This is a player who, at 34, is still at a high level of football. He is at such a level in his game that players are man-marking him, so that shows you the influence that he still has in his game.
"When he is called upon to deliver, this is a guy who delivers continuously for this football club."
Undeniably, Gerrard did that again in the derby but, like the man himself, the question marks over his suitability for his current role are not going to just go away.
Gary Taylor-Fletcher smashed home from 30 yards to give the home side a deserved first-half lead.
Rovers doubled their lead with 10 minutes left when James Norwood registered his 10th goal of the season.
Torquay got one back from a late far-post Shaun Harrad header but Rovers held on for a third straight win.
Adama Barrow is due to be inaugurated as the new president on Thursday, and West African military forces are poised to move in.
Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz met Mr Jammeh for last-minute talks before flying on to meet Senegal's President Macky Sall.
Mr Barrow won elections last month.
Senegalese troops remain stationed at the Gambian border, as the deadline for Mr Jammeh to stand down passed at midnight.
The threat of military action is supported by Nigeria and other states in the region.
However Gambian army chief Ousman Badjie said his troops would not fight Senegalese forces should they enter into the country, AFP news agency reports.
"We are not going to involve ourselves militarily, this is a political dispute," he said. "I am not going to involve my soldiers in a stupid fight. I love my men."
Mr Jammeh has ruled The Gambia since taking power in a coup in 1994.
Wednesday was meant to be his last day in office but parliament granted him three more months in the post.
Mr Barrow, who was said to be preparing to be sworn in as president "on Gambian soil" on Thursday, remains in neighbouring Senegal.
At least 26,000 Gambians, fearful that violence could erupt, sought refuge in Senegal this week.
Meanwhile, thousands of UK and Dutch tourists continue to be evacuated from the tiny West African state on special charter flights. Gambia is a popular beach destination among European holidaymakers, especially in winter.
Mr Jammeh initially accepted that Mr Barrow had won the election but later reversed his position and said he would not step down.
He declared a 90-day state of emergency calling for "peace, law and order" after what he said were irregularities in the election process.
He said that along with errors made by the electoral commission, some of his supporters were turned away from polling stations.
The commission later accepted that some of the results it initially published contained errors, but said they would not have affected Mr Barrow's win.
Mr Jammeh has said he will stay in office until new elections are held.
Retaining power would also ensure he was not prosecuted in The Gambia for alleged abuses committed during his rule.
Ecowas, the Economic Community of West African States, mandated Senegal because it almost surrounds The Gambia.
Col Abdou Ndiaye, a spokesman for the Senegalese military, said Ecowas had decided on the deadline to try to achieve a diplomatic solution.
"Things are getting into place and Ecowas forces are ready to intervene if needed after midnight if we can't find a diplomatic solution to the Gambian crisis," he said.
The Ecowas force is seeking UN Security Council endorsement to use "all necessary measures" to help remove Mr Jammeh.
The Gambia's entire armed forces are made up of only about 2,500 troops, making it difficult to see how they can defeat a regional force if it moves in, says BBC Africa Monitoring security correspondent Tomi Oladipo.
Nigeria says it sent fighters and other aircraft, along with 200 personnel, to Senegal on Wednesday morning.
Nigerian navy vessels are also on standby and a warship that sailed from Lagos on Tuesday will have the task of evacuating Nigerian citizens while putting on a show of force.
Ground troops are also being provided by Ghana.
Lord Prescott said the "Miliband period" was over and David should get on with his international job rather than commenting on the Labour Party.
It comes after David, who was beaten to the Labour leadership by his brother Ed, criticised its election campaign.
The former MP said the party was backwards-looking and out of touch.
However, Lord Prescott said his recent interventions were "terrible" and the former foreign secretary should keep his opinions to himself.
"He should shut up," he told BBC 2's Daily Politics programme.
"Look, we've gone through that period, the Miliband period is now gone. We're not looking to a period where he emerges with another Miliband interpretation
"I don't think that's possible... Get on with your international job. Don't come over here telling us what we do."
David Miliband was widely tipped to become the leader of the party in 2010, but he was beaten to the job by his younger sibling.
He ended up quitting parliament in 2013 to work for the International Rescue Committee charity in New York.
But since Labour's election defeat, he has made several interventions on the party's performance and future prospects.
In a critical assessment of Labour's campaign, he said voters "did not want what was being offered".
And he said the leadership had allowed itself to be portrayed as "moving backwards".
But the former MP has said he finds "no consolation in any sense of vindication" about Labour's performance.
Ed Miliband resigned as Labour leader in the aftermath of the defeat, which saw Labour reduced to its lowest number of MPs since 1987.
Lord Prescott told the Daily Politics show that Mr Miliband should not have resigned, saying it was "the job of the leader to carry through the period of transition".
"If you lose it you take the hammering but you don't run away. But that's what he did. That was wrong," he said.
A contest to replace him is under way, with Andy Burnham, Liz Kendall, Yvette Cooper, Mary Creagh and Jeremy Corbyn vying for the job.
Lord Prescott said he thought the contest was "too limited" and that there should be more candidates on the ballot to allow "a wider debate".
The winner will be announced before the party conference in September.
The Robins, who scored three first-half goals in their opening league win over Barnsley on Saturday, hit the ground running quickly against Argyle too.
Jens Hegeler's strike, Nathan Baker's header, Korey Smith's curler and teenager Freddie Hinds' powerful hit put the hosts 4-0 up at the break.
Winger Jamie Paterson bent in a late fifth to complete the rout.
Mark Vartanyan, 29, developed and distributed the Citadel Trojan, which lets criminals steal bank account details and hold files to ransom.
US prosecutors said it had infected about 11 million computers worldwide.
He pleaded guilty to one count of computer fraud, in a court in Atlanta, after being extradited from Norway.
Launched in 2011, Citadel was marketed on invitation-only, Russian-language internet forums used by cybercriminals.
Its users had targeted the computer networks of major financial and government institutions around the world, prosecutors said.
Vartanyan admitted to the "development, improvement, maintenance and distribution" of Citadel between 2012 and 2014 while living in Ukraine and Norway.
Operating under the alias Kolypto, he uploaded "numerous electronic files" that consisted of Citadel malware, components, updates and patches, as well as customer information.
Earlier in March, David LeValley, special agent at the FBI Atlanta Office, said Vartanyan's arrest removed "a significant player" from the resources available to cybercriminals.
"We must continue to impose real costs on criminals who believe they are protected by geographic boundaries and can prey on the American people," he said.
Vartanyan agreed to cooperate with prosecutors in exchange for a reduced prison term. He will be sentenced in June.
In September 2015, a US court sentenced Russian citizen Dimitry Belorossov to four years and six months in prison after he admitted distributing and installing Citadel on to computers.
The Department of Justice said its investigation into the creator of Citadel continued.
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All the big gaming companies including Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony are showing off what they've been working on.
Virtual reality usually involves putting on some glasses that contain video screens.
The specs give you the impression you're in a totally different world, that changes as you look around the room.
For years, virtual reality has been tipped as the next big thing in technology - but now it looks like it might finally be ready for action.
Watch Martin's report to find out more.
At least 700 Bangladeshis and Rohingya from Myanmar were rescued off Aceh last week by locals, bringing the numbers in camps there to at least 1,500.
UNHCR spokeswoman Vivian Tan said the lack of rescues over the weekend was a "bad sign".
Aid agencies say a grave humanitarian crisis is in train as countries in the region refuse to accept the migrants.
People on the boats are believed to be severely malnourished. Survivors who have made it to shore say there have been deadly fights on board over food.
Ms Tan warned that "time is running out" to help the migrants.
"We were hoping that more ships would be found, and that more people would be rescued and allowed to come onto shore. Unfortunately, this didn't seem to have happened," she said.
The Indonesian authorities have told fishermen not to help the migrants - unless their boats are sinking or they are in the water.
Military spokesperson Fuad Basya said fishermen could deliver food, fuel and water to the boats, or help with repairs, but that bringing them to shore would constitute an illegal entry into Indonesia.
Some fishermen in Indonesia's Aceh province had told the BBC that they were not allowed to help migrants even if they were drowning.
Thousands of people - mostly Rohingya Muslims fleeing persecution and poverty in Myanmar, but also Bangladeshis looking for work - are thought to be stranded out at sea.
Analysis: Jonathan Head, BBC News, southern Thailand
It is hard to imagine any governments taking a more hard-hearted stance than those in South-East Asia towards the migrant boats off their coasts.
Malaysia has blockaded its north-western sea border to stop them entering. Thailand has hurriedly repaired boats' engines and shooed them over its border, despite near starvation and illness on board. Now fishermen in Indonesia say they have been ordered not to pick up anyone at sea.
Why? They certainly fear a deluge of migrants if they open the floodgates.
They blame Myanmar for causing this crisis through its terrible treatment of Rohingyas. Myanmar refuses to accept responsibility.
But arguing over who is responsible for these migrants should not be the issue right now. Saving lives should be.
Hardline stance on new 'boat people'
Asean media troubled over treatment of migrants
Meanwhile the mayor of Langsa, the Indonesian port where many of the migrants are being cared for, has said the city has no budget for aid on this scale, and that it has received no help from Jakarta.
"In short, yes, we need some help, immediately, from our national government or any other institution, including NGOs, to take care of the Rohingyas who are stranded in our place," said Usman Abdullah.
Why has this crisis erupted?
Why are so many Rohingya stranded at sea?
Myanmar's unwanted people
The 42-year-old replaces Paul Hurst, who left to take over League One club Shrewsbury Town last month.
Bignot guided the Moors to promotion to the National League in 2015-16 and led them for the final time in Saturday's FA Cup first-round draw at Yeovil.
His first game as Mariners boss will be at home to Sheffield United in the EFL Trophy on Wednesday.
Micky Moore, who joined Solihull as assistant manager prior to the start of the current season, will take on the same role with the Mariners.
Bignot, who is married to Arsenal Ladies and Republic of Ireland goalkeeper Emma Byrne, started his coaching career in 1998 as manager of Birmingham City Ladies, while still playing for Crewe.
He made more than 400 career league appearances in spells with six clubs before retiring in 2010, combining his playing career with his coaching duties until leaving Birmingham in 2005.
Grimsby are eighth in League Two, having won six of their first 15 games since being promoted from the National League last season.
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The body of Josh Clayton, 23, was found on rocks near Tresco in the Scilly Isles following an eight-day search.
The inquest - expected to last a week - heard Mr Clayton's blood-alcohol level was 2.5 times the drink-drive limit.
He had attempted to leave the party in a golf buggy, the inquest at Plymouth Coroner's Court heard.
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The search started for Mr Clayton, from Taunton, after he went missing on 13 September 2015.
His body was discovered 10 days later by a French yachtsman.
Tom Leeper, barrister for the Clayton family, said other witnesses at the party said Mr Clayton was only "a bit drunk".
He told the inquest one witness had described Mr Clayton as "his normal affectionate self" on the night of the party.
Coastguards, police dogs, divers and a helicopter were involved in the search along with local people and holidaymakers.
Mr Clayton's disappearance was described as "out of character" at the time.
Pathologist Dr Russell Delaney said he found blood on Mr Clayton's T-shirt but no sign of an attack on him, and no sign of drugs.
The inquest continues.
Glyn Davies is the last of Wales's 40 MPs to reveal how he will vote in the referendum on Britain's membership of the EU. And he isn't saying.
Take this post from Facebook: "Left my mobile at home today. See lots of 'No Number' calls. Could be media wanting to know if I'm a 'Leaver' or 'Remainer'. I'm not answering questions like that until I speak with all Montgomeryshire party members who want to speak to me, and at least some constituents.
"Not willing to make this important announcement without discussing with them first. So don't bother ring to ask for a week or two.
Ok, I won't then. Mr Davies voted "out" in the 1975 referendum and is widely expected to vote the same way this time.
Two other Welsh Conservative MPs declared on Monday, as the prime minister was questioned by MPs on his deal. James Davies took to Facebook to announce he would vote to leave. Wales Office Minister Alun Cairns, who is no fan of the EU and spent some time "grappling" with the issue, said he would vote to remain.
So the scores on the doors confirm that four Welsh Tory MPs will vote to leave, with six voting to stay (and Glyn Davies still to declare). All 25 Welsh Labour MPs will vote to stay in the EU, as will Welsh Liberal Democrat Mark Williams and the three Plaid Cymru MPs.
Plaid's parliamentary leader, Hywel Williams, had his least confrontational exchange with the prime minister in the House of Commons, asking David Cameron "what would happen to convergence funding which has provided large amounts of money for the poorer areas of West Wales and the Valleys?"
The PM told him: "If we were to leave the EU then we wouldn't be able to get those funds which have made a big difference in parts of Wales, parts of England, for instance in Cornwall and in other parts of our country."
Those who favour "Brexit" argue that with Britain a net contributor to the EU the grants from Brussels could be replaced by cash direct from Westminster.
Exam regulator Ofqual says this has meant changes to more than 45,000 GCSE and A-level grades in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
There were 275,808 challenges to this summer's exam results - up by more than 100,000 in two years.
Head teachers' leader Brian Lightman, who has campaigned over GCSE English grades, says it shows trust in the exam system is at an "all time low".
An Ofqual spokeswoman said it is "vital that marking is fair and accurate" and that the regulator was considering exam board "practices and processes".
Mr Lightman, general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, said the rise in challenges to results was "no surprise" after the unresolved dispute over GCSE English grades.
Head teachers have claimed that grades were manipulated downwards unfairly - and Mr Lightman said the high numbers of grades now being changed after re-marks confirmed the doubts of head teachers.
But these latest figures from the exam regulator Ofqual show a wider surge in challenges to marking, across both GCSE and A-level.
There were 275,808 challenges to results from summer 2012 - representing almost one in 50 exam scripts.
The GCSE English controversy was about changes to grade boundaries, rather than marking - but English was also the subject that drew the most requests for re-marking.
The number of grades changed has also risen - up by 19% on the previous year.
At GCSE, there were changes to 0.53% of the total number of grades awarded.
This summer saw a small but historic dip in pupils achieving GCSE grades A* to C - down by 0.4% on the previous summer's results.
This was seen as a significant end to year-on-year "grade inflation", but the surge in re-marks and grade changes suggests that this dip might have narrowed.
But the extent of any such reversal remains uncertain, because a small proportion of the changes in grades following re-marks could be downwards rather than upwards.
And upward grade changes above grade C would also not affect the overall proportion achieving the benchmark grades A* to C.
The backdrop to the challenges to exam results this summer has been the dispute over GCSE English grades, which is to be subject to a judicial review.
Head teachers have claimed that English grade boundaries were manipulated downwards to ensure that the overall results did not increase - at the expense of individual pupils and their schools.
Mr Lightman says "the administration of that examination led to grossly unfair treatment of young people with potentially disastrous effects on their career opportunities".
Ofqual has rejected claims of unfairness - and produced a report suggesting that there had been over-marking of controlled assessments by teachers.
But head teachers have challenged Ofqual to produce evidence - and had raised the question as to whether the regulator's investigations had ever looked at actual exam papers with evidence of such over-marking.
Ofqual's report included evidence from research interviews with 100 representatives of schools affected by a drop in grades - and a group of head teachers had written to Ofqual requesting transcripts of these interviews.
But Ofqual has told the head teachers that there are no "unpublished transcripts" to release.
Responding to the rise in challenges to results, an Ofqual spokeswoman said: "While there are many external factors that will be driving this, we know that schools are concerned about the quality of marking and we are listening to them.
"It is vital that marking is fair and accurate, especially as we enter a period of significant exams reform, so we are currently conducting a programme of work to look into this area, including exam board practices and processes, and the appeals process itself.
"But it is also is important that we keep these statistics in context. A total of 98% of exam scripts were not subject to any EAR (Enquiries About Results) requests, and just 0.54% of all subject certifications were changed.
"This year there have also been well publicised concerns over GCSE English. Those concerns were around grade boundaries and not the exam board marking."
The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) said there was a blast in under-floor equipment of a South West Trains service on 7 July.
It happened as the Class 455 train left Guildford in Surrey and left debris, including "quite sizeable" fragments, in the car park and on platforms.
The RAIB said smaller explosions had occurred on at least two other trains.
It attributed the smaller blasts to a build-up of explosive gas within the traction equipment caused by a manufacturing defect.
Class 455 trains have been undergoing a programme of retrofitting new traction equipment since May 2016.
The RAIB said the traction equipment involved in the Guildford blast was of the new design and the mechanism which caused the explosion was believed to be understood by the parties involved.
It added: "Industry parties were in the process of devising possible solutions to the problem at the time of the 7 July accident and are continuing to do so."
No injuries were reported in the explosions.
The American Olympic champion took a huge seven hundredths of a second off the previous record of 12.87 set by Cuban Dayron Robles in Ostrava in 2008.
Jamaican star Usain Bolt clocked a modest - by his standards - 9.86secs to win the 100m despite a slow start.
"I knew from the way he got out of the blocks that he might break it. From hurdle two he was pulling away from a class field and he made it look so effortless. It is rare that anyone wins the Olympics and then goes on to break the world record in the same season. When you know what it takes in that event, it was great to see. It was sensational, just sheer magic and perfection."
Compatriot Yohan Blake ran the ninth fastest 200m ever, winning in 19.54.
"I came off the turn and I felt it [the world record] was there for me," said Blake, who ran 19.26 seconds - the second fastest 200m ever - at the same stadium last year.
"I wanted to push more but when I felt no-one was beside me, it wasn't really there. But I have finished the season getting better and better and I will come back stronger next year."
Merritt could say the same after becoming the first man to run eight sub-13 second races in the same season, smashing his own previous personal best of 12.92 in the sprint hurdles.
"I can't believe I ran that fast - I'm in shock," the 27-year-old told BBC Sport. "I was focused on running under 13 for one last time to cap off a really good season, and I obliterated it.
"When I crossed the line and saw the time I was still in shock. I think it was almost the perfect race. I had a good reaction out of the blocks and I just kept going.
"I'm so happy I'm finally living up to my potential after all this time with injuries and hamstring tears and so many people telling me I should throw in the towel and get a normal job."
Britain's Lawrence Clarke, who finished last in 13.71secs, was in the next lane to Merritt. "I was just watching him, he was 15m head of me. I completely forgot about my own race."
Bolt, who made history by defending his three Olympic titles in the 100m, 200m and 4x100m relay in London, admitted he was "drained" at the end of a stunning season.
"I just went through the motions pretty much," he told BBC Sport. "It was an OK race, I didn't lose, that is the most important thing. I am just happy to get through the season injury-free.
"I came here for fun, for the fans, because an Olympic Games drains you physically and mentally."
Britain's Perri Shakes-Drayton produced another sub-54 second 400m hurdles and her third fastest time of the season - 53.89 - to finish second behind Diamond League winner Kaliese Spencer of Jamaica, who won in 53.69.
"I am very pleased, I wanted to end on a high and it is another progression for me," said Shakes-Drayton. "I didn't do as well as I wanted at the Olympics, so I am hungry, even more than before."
Chris Tomlinson finished fourth in the long jump with a best effort of 7.96m, while Martyn Rooney came fifth in the men's 400m behind Belgian Kevin Borlee, who pipped his brother Jonathan to win in 44.75.
Lawrence Okoye finished fifth in the discus with a best throw of 64.67m, Estonian Gerd Kanter taking victory with 66.84m.
The 20-year-old Briton will now contemplate whether to continue in athletics or take up a place reading law at Oxford University.
"I have got to sort my life out and chat to the pople at Oxford when I get back," he said.
"There is no doubt in my opinion that if I carry on in athletics, I will be the best. Another year under my belt and I can target gold at the World Championships in Moscow next year. I just have to weigh everything up."
The song, written by John Christopher, Mark James and Wayne Carson, was first made famous by Brenda Lee and Elvis Presley in 1972.
Johnny Cash's cover of Nine Inch Nails' Hurt came in second place, followed by The Stranglers' version of Dionne Warwick's Walk On By.
Jimi Hendrix's take on Bob Dylan's All Along The Watchtower came fourth.
Jeff Buckley's cover of Leonard Cohen's classic Hallelujah completed the top five.
The public voted for their favourites from a top 50 compiled by BBC producers and DJs including Fearne Cotton Trevor Nelson, Simon Mayo and Steve Lamacq.
BBC Radio 2 and 6 Music's head of music Jeff Smith said: "The Pet Shop Boys have an enviable catalogue of hits and there have been lots of great versions of this classic song.
"Whittling down the long list for the vote was tough but it's great to see that this track still resonates with people today."
The Pet Shop Boys reached number one in the UK and number four in the US with the track in 1987.
Willie Nelson also won a Grammy for his version in 1982.
The top 10 tracks in the vote are as follows:
The decision came after Ryan Giggs and Gary Neville allowed homeless people to stay in a building they owned in October.
The footballers were praised for their "act of kindness" which a charity said only offered a "short-term solution".
Now the planning committee has agreed to turn two buildings into overnight homeless shelters from Friday.
The former Hulme Library will be turned into overnight accommodation for homeless people until the end of March.
It will provide camp beds for a maximum of 20 people on a referral-only basis from homelessness agencies.
The former Beech Mount children's home in Harpurhey will become a night shelter for 20 others.
Eight objections were received from residents in Hulme about public safety and "possible impact on house prices."
One objector said they felt "there are enough homes" for the homeless.
They added: "There are already enough issues within the area without adding to them by creating homes for such people, especially with an infant and junior school next door."
The library opposite Hulme Park has been vacant for nine months and the ground floor has dormitories, toilets and a staff area.
The council said the Homelessness Strategy 2013-8 identified rough sleeping as a priority and "since this strategy was approved, the numbers of rough sleepers has continued to grow".
A rough sleeper headcount showed 43 people were out in Manchester in November 2014, but the council said it was "likely to underestimate the true numbers".
It identified a "significant increase in the numbers of street groups and businesses supporting people through the provision of on-street donations of tents, sleeping bags, clothing, food".
The report said "whilst they are responding to the visible need, it makes life on the streets more sustainable".
Councillor Paul Andrews said it was important to work with homelessness services to make sure the right help and support is available to rough sleepers "so we can help them make the first steps towards getting off the streets for good".
In October, the footballers let 30 homeless people stay in the £1.5m Grade II-listed former Stock Exchange building until work starts early next year on a boutique hotel.
They had set up camp in the building and some moved on after a few weeks after praising Gary Neville's "good heart".
For example, the shooting in the head of Malala Yousafzai - an advocate for girls' education - in 2012; the Taliban murder of 132 schoolchildren in an attack on a school in Peshawar, Pakistan, in 2014; and the abduction by Boko Haram of some 200 Nigerian schoolgirls in the same year.
Behind the headlines, the outlook, in terms of educational opportunities for children in some of the poorest parts of the world, appears to be worsening, in spite of international efforts to reverse the trend.
Norway's capital, Oslo, played host this week to an education and development conference, led by the Norwegian Prime Minister, Erna Solberg.
On the agenda was the issue of what to do about the education of children, particularly girls, worldwide.
Malala, now a Nobel Peace Prize winner for her campaigning on education, attended, as did former UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
Malala, writing in the Daily Telegraph, quoted a figure of 60 million girls worldwide being denied an education.
In the Guardian newspaper, Mr Brown described the challenge as nothing less than "the civil rights struggle of our time".
New figures from Unesco appear to back up that argument, revealing that the global number of children and young adolescents not enrolled in school has been rising in recent years.
In the school year ending in 2013, some 124 million children between the ages of six and 15 either dropped out of school or did not enrol in the first place.
That was up on the figure of 122 million in 2011.
The majority of those children who have never enrolled are girls, so that means some 62 million girls are out of school worldwide.
The global number of out-of-school children of primary school age is also rising. It now stands at 59 million.
Of those, 30 million live in sub-Saharan Africa and 10 million in South and West Asia.
Girls' primary school completion rates are below 50% in most poor countries, according to Unesco.
Other statistics pertaining to the situation of girls - and the impact on their life chances - are just as troubling.
According to Unicef, every year 15 million girls are forced or coerced into marriage, and one in every three girls in the developing world is married by the age of 18.
Many of those who have studied the issue believe that women and girls face particular obstacles that keep them out of education, including violence, early pregnancy, discrimination, and the costs of going to school.
Wars, big and small, are also taking their toll.
Some 30 million children are believed to have been displaced worldwide as a result of the growing conflict and chaos in different parts of the globe.
Figures are hard to pinpoint but according to the UNHCR, the number of refugees has risen to 59 million in 2014, an increase of more than eight million in just one year.
That was largely due to the conflict in Syria, which saw an average of 42,500 people become refugees every day last year.
The majority of Syrian children lack basic necessities and are unable to go to school.
As of December 2013, of the 4.8 million school-age Syrian children, some two million inside the country were out of school, as were half a million Syrian refugee children in Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey.
It is hard to believe that as recently as 2000, Syria had achieved universal primary enrolment.
According to Unesco, Syria is not the only country with a large number of out-of-school children and adolescents.
At least one million children were denied the right to education in each of the following countries: India, Indonesia, Kenya, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, the Philippines, South Sudan, Sudan and the United Republic of Tanzania.
To pick out just one country in that list - Pakistan - there has been some progress in literacy rates but the situation for young girls, particularly in rural communities, remains a huge challenge.
The paragraphs below in the latest Unesco report sum up the scale of the challenge worldwide.
"Despite [some] gains [in literacy rates], 781 million adults still could not read or write - two-thirds of them (496 million) were women. In more than a dozen countries, mostly in sub-Saharan Africa, fewer than half of all adults had basic literacy skills," says the report.
It goes on: "Among youths, 126 million were illiterate, of which 77 million were female. Even though the size of the global illiterate population is shrinking, the female proportion has remained virtually steady at 63% to 64%."
Study after study appears to suggest that education helps girls increase their potential wages with each extra year, and the financial independence gained helps them take control of their lives.
The participants at the conference in Oslo recognised the scale of the challenge.
But it is not obvious that just agreeing on aims and goals is enough to bring about much change.
24 May 2014 Last updated at 12:04 BST
Speaking to the BBC's Gareth Gordon, she say will work hard for the people of Court DEA and that she will be a 'thorn in the flesh of Sinn Féin and the DUP', making sure the her constituents get what's needed for them.
Researchers say extreme weather events that impact food production could be happening in seven years out of ten by the end of this century.
The authors argue that an over reliance on global trade may make these production shocks worse.
The impacts are most likely to be felt across Africa and the Middle East.
Poor harvests and low stocks of grains in 2008 combined with a host of other factors to produce a spectacular price rise in cereals, with a UN index of prices peaking at 2.8 times higher than it was at the turn of the millennium.
In 2010-11, a heat wave in Russia led to the country's worst drought in 40 years, decimating the grain harvest and leading indirectly, to food riots in North African countries as prices of bread rose rapidly.
Now researchers from the US and the UK have analysed the chances of extreme weather events causing these types of food shocks as the world warms over the coming century.
Looking at the production of rice, wheat, maize and soybeans, the scientists found that the the chances of a one in 100-year production disruption is likely to increase to a one in 30-year event by 2040.
From 2070 onward, they estimate that severe shocks, which could see global production drop by 10%, could be happening in seven out of ten years.
"It is very difficult to characterise these extreme events and their frequency, but what we do see quite clearly is that events that are very rare in the present day are becoming more frequent in the future," said Kirsty Lewis, one of the authors, from the UK's Met Office.
"The most extreme events of the future are likely to become more intense, so potentially larger shocks and more frequent shocks."
The UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation says that increasing population will drive demand for food up by 60% by 2050 in any case, so there is going to be significant pressure on food production.
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Climate change could be the extra element that rapidly changes the global picture.
"We've got these pressures on the food system, part of which is climate change," said Prof Tim Benton, from the UK Global Food Security Programme.
"But we're highlighting the fact that with weather variability and increases of extremes we are adding a layer of difficulty - Because it happens suddenly within a year, it is more difficult to adjust slowly like we'd cope with demand increases."
"If we are coping with demand increase by sustainable intensification, but then we suddenly have a catastrophic year, and we lose a big chunk of the world's calories, everybody will feel it."
The biggest impact of these production shocks were likely to be felt across Africa and the Middle East, said the authors.
Countries like the UK and the US would be able to cope because more processed food is consumed in the wealthier regions so the changing price of basic commodities was less of a factor in the price.
"The most vulnerable countries that are going to be worst affected are low income food-deficit countries, predominantly those in sub-Saharan Africa," said author Rob Bailey from Chatham House.
"You can imagine that the poorest households in these sorts of countries spending upwards of 50% of their income on food. So if you are in a situation where food prices are increased by 50-100% that leaves them in an almost untenable position," he said.
The researchers say that international trade worked well when food was in plentiful supply but when demand increased, countries often imposed export controls which usually made the situation worse.
Another factor was biofuel, where land was taken out of food production, tipping the balance towards scarcity.
The researchers say that governments must try to understand the risks, rather than simply stockpiling food and grains.
There should be efforts to reform world trade so that countries don't retreat behind barriers when crops fail. Significant research on agriculture must be carried out to ensure it can cope with increased demand and increasing temperatures.
Developed countries may be able to ride out the worst effects of food shocks, warned Prof Benton, but there might well be other, significant impacts.
"In a sense what we're living with Isis today came out of a spark that came from food price rises," he said.
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8 June 2016 Last updated at 11:17 BST
The pupils are so good at cycling that they have won an award for it.
For five days each pupil used a scooter or a bike to get to school.
The children like to get to school on two wheels because it's fun and helps the environment. Check out the video.
The Olympic gymnastic silver medallist, who won Strictly in 2012, earned his latest success on the night that Sir Bruce Forsyth returned to the show.
Smith and professional partner Aliona Vilani earned a perfect score of 40 points from the judges for their quickstep to Jingle Bells.
They won after the judges' and studio audience's scores were combined.
Smith competed against other contestants from previous series - Rachel Stevens, Lisa Riley, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Chris Hollins and Russell Grant.
The 25-year-old said of his win: "It's a nice present, I am not going to lie! We've had such a fun time although the first week of rehearsals was hard.
"But since then we have just been chilling out, laughing and giggling, messing around on the dance floor, it's been really good fun."
The contestants and judges adopted the roles of pantomime characters.
Sir Bruce, who stepped down as the regular weekly host of the programme this year, came back to present the show with Tess Daly and also sang a version of Winter Wonderland.
The chancellor has announced in his budget that grants for lower income students in England and Wales are to be scrapped from September 2016.
George Osborne said the grants had become "unaffordable".
But as the grant powers are devolved, Stephen Farry has to decide whether to end them in Northern Ireland.
Unlike tuition fee loans and maintenance loans, maintenance grants are means-tested and do not have to be repaid.
In 2015/16, students from families with annual incomes of £19,203 or less get the full grant of £3,475 a year.
However, students from families with annual incomes between £19,203 and £41,065 get a partial grant.
In the most recent figures available, from 2013/14, 60% of students in Northern Ireland received a maintenance grant.
A full maintenance grant was given to 38% of students, and 22% got a partial grant.
In 2012/13, according to assembly figures, the Department for Employment and Learning (DEL) spent about £72m on maintenance grants.
The cost to the government is much higher in England.
More than 500,000 students in England receive a maintenance grant from the taxpayer, worth in total £1.57bn a year.
Mr Osborne said the cost of this was set to double to £3bn in the next decade as the cap on student numbers was lifted.
There was a "basic unfairness in asking taxpayers to fund grants for people who are likely to earn a lot more than them", he said.
Instead of a maintenance grant, students in England will be able to take a larger loan to meet their living costs, at £8,200 a year.
The DEL minister will also have to make a decision on whether to follow England's lead in increasing student loan amounts.
In Northern Ireland, students can take a living costs loan worth £3,750 a year if they live at home, and £4,840 if they study away from home, outside London.
Tuition fee loans and maintenance loans only have to be paid back when a student enters employment and is earning over £17,335 a year.
In a statement, a spokesperson for DEL said any changes to the grants in Northern Ireland "would require careful consideration".
"The minister intends to launch the Big Conversation in September, firstly to inform people about the benefits of higher education and how our existing funding system works and differs from other parts of the UK.," the spokesperson said.
"The second stage will discuss the various approaches to creating a sustainable and world class higher education sector in Northern Ireland."
Fergal McFerran, the president of the National Union of Students and the Union of Students in Ireland, said Mr Farry's discussion on higher education funding had to deliver positive results for students.
"If it does not, Northern Ireland risks creating a lost generation who feel they have to move away to access study opportunities and jobs," Mr McFerran added.
Troy Newman's visa was revoked on Tuesday, with ministers saying his presence could incite violence against abortion doctors and women using them.
Mr Newman had been stopped in Denver in the US after his visa was cancelled. However, he subsequently managed to board another flight to Melbourne.
He had been due to speak at events run by the group Right to Life Australia.
"Since Mr Newman does not hold a visa, he is unable to enter Australia and remains in the presence of Australian Border Force officials at the Melbourne Airport pending his removal," said a spokeswoman for the Australian minister for immigration, Peter Dutton.
Mr Newman has previously called for the execution of abortion doctors and has said women who have abortions are murderers.
He has said he will take legal action to stop the government from deporting him.
In a posting on Facebook ahead of his arrival in Melbourne, he said the decision to revoke his visa "was based on a pile of lies, including the idea that I promote violence."
"My 25-year history of peaceful, prayerful action speaks for itself," he said. "Please pray that we can get past immigration so the truth can be told throughout Australia."
Australian officials say that the airline which carried him into the country, reported by local media to be United Airlines, now faces a fine for transporting a traveller without a valid visa.
Earlier this week, Australian Labor MP Terri Butler wrote to Australia's Mr Dutton to ask that Mr Newman's visa be denied, calling him an "anti-choice extremist".
Mr Dutton then confirmed to local media that he cancelled the visa amid concerns Mr Newman's presence could incite violence against abortion doctors and the women using them.
But the website for Mr Newman's organisation, Operation Rescue, insisted that "Newman has never advocated violence and in fact, urges pro-life activists to work within the governmental and legal system to accomplish change".
The visa decision came days after the government said it was unlikely American singer Chris Brown would be given a visa because of his record of domestic violence.
Troops of 10 The Queen's Own Gurkha Logistic Regiment began their parade at Princes Hall.
Road closures were in place as members marched along Grosvenor Road, Victoria Road, Station Road, High Street and Princes Way.
The parade was led by the Brigade of Gurkhas Band.
It also included the regimental pipes and drums.
Mayor of Rushmoor Councillor Martin Tennant, who presented the Freedom Scroll to the regiment, said: "Rushmoor is extremely proud of the long historic link with the Gurkhas as they have made their home in Aldershot.
"They continue to serve the British Army and the local community with tremendous distinction."
The decision to award the Freedom of the Borough to the Gurkhas was approved by Rushmoor Borough Council at an extraordinary general meeting in July last year, when councillors unanimously backed a motion conferring the honour on the regiment for their "bravery and courage" and for its contribution to the life of the community.
It is the highest accolade a council can give and marks the 200th anniversary of the Brigade of Gurkhas.
During its time in Aldershot, the regiment has completed two operational tours of Iraq and two of Afghanistan.
Action for Blind People said it could not afford to keep the hotels running.
It wants to offload the Cliffden in Teignmouth, Devon, the Lauriston in Weston-super-Mare and Windermere Manor in the Lake District.
Losing the Cliffden with its facilities for blind and visually impaired would be "devastating", one visitor said.
Action for Blind People said it had made a "difficult decision" to sell the hotels, which cater for about 2,000 blind and visually impaired people a year.
But it said it had to weigh up the financial cost against the "low number" of blind and partially sighted users.
The charity said it was now "looking for other operators" to take them over.
The three hotels would require a subsidy of about £350,000 for the next three years and refurbishments at an estimated cost of about £600,000, it said.
"As a charity, we have to make sure that every penny we spend is in the best interests of blind and partially sighted people throughout the UK."
It said consultations have started with staff and would continue with visitors in September before ending in October.
The sales by Action for Blind People are supported by the hotels' owners Guide Dogs and the Royal National Institute of Blind People.
The Cliffden was sold to Guide Dogs in 1988 and it bought Windermere Manor in the 1990s. Both have been under Action for Blind management since 2001.
Special facilities at the hotels include talking alarm clocks, menus in Braille and facilities for guide dogs.
Proceeds from the sales would be "invested in our life-changing services for people with sight loss", said Guide Dogs.
News of the closures "has absolutely devastated families who come here," said visually impaired Mark Layton-Rees, who is visiting the Cliffden.
"We have nowhere else we can go on a family holiday," he said.
"It will also fragment a community of blind people who love and enjoy meeting up every year, sharing our experiences, supporting each other and helping each other cope with their disabilities."
The names of those killed in 12 years of fighting were read out in front of the £1m monument.
The relatives were among those who had not been invited to the original opening ceremony in March.
It was described as a "wonderful tribute" to those who died.
Army Chaplain, Reverend Amy Walters, told them: "You need no reminder, no name inscribed on a wall, no monument - you will never forget.
"The Army, though, and the nation have to remind themselves because the world moves on."
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) said March's ceremony had been oversubscribed, with all the families of 682 British service personnel unable to attend.
The Royal Welsh Regiment organised Thursday's trip so relatives could have their own more intimate service at the stone and bronze monument dedicated to their sons, husbands, brothers, wives and fiancees.
The regiment, and before it, The Royal Regiment of Wales and The Royal Welsh Fusiliers, lost 13 men in the conflicts.
Pte Craig Barber, from Ogmore Vale in Bridgend county, was killed driving a Warrior armoured vehicle in Iraq in 2007. His grandfather Lance Barber said: "It's a wonderful tribute, really brilliant."
However, Pte Barber's grandmother Marion added: "But it doesn't get any easier."
L/Cpl Ryan Francis, from Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, died in Afghanistan after his Warrior armoured vehicle was blown up by an improvised explosive 10 years ago, almost to the day.
His father Greg said the service brought it all back: "Lovely memorial, but it's hard going," he told me.
His other son Gregg thanked the regiment for laying on the event, but added: "It would have been nice to have been invited to the event in March."
Between 1990 and 2015, 682 military personnel lost their lives in the region:
In 2009, Pte James Prosser from Cwmbran, Torfaen, died. He too was in a Warrior vehicle and it was an explosion that killed him in Afghanistan.
His mother in Sarah Adams has since become an accomplished campaigner for the rights of soldiers and bereaved families.
Thanks to her, many regiments have improved the way they deal with families at the time of a soldier's death and through the grieving process.
For example, casualty notification officers and visiting officers now have to be better trained and appointed more on merit than rank.
But on the journey to the London service, she told me there was still a lot of work to be done.
"All regiments should have someone in place dealing with bereaved families long after the event," she argued.
"It's too big a task for the MoD to look after them, to remember to invite them to all the events.
"The Royal Welsh is really good. It now sends out cards on Remembrance Sunday and on the anniversaries of soldiers' deaths to all the families, and makes sure they are all informed of events coming up.
"But not all regiments are as good as that."
I will not forget watching this mother endure the ordeal of her son James's inquest in Newport a year after his death.
And I watched today as she held back the tears when her son's name was read out in front of the memorial.
"It's a reality check, to think James is part of a memorial. It's not what you want for them, is it?" she remarked.
"I wanted so much more for him than to be part of Afghanistan and that legacy."
Promoters Top Rank say Conlan will fight on the Brisbane bill providing he wins his contest in Chicago on 26 May.
Pacquiao will defend his WBO welterweight title against Australia's Jeff Horn.
"If all goes well, Michael will fight on 2 July in Brisbane," said Top Rank's vice-president Carl Moretti.
Super-bantamweight Conlan, a former world amateur champion and London Olympics bronze medallist, impressed on his professional debut in New York on St Patrick's Day.
He stopped American Tim Ibarra inside three rounds at Madison Square Garden.
The Belfast man's opponent for his Chicago bout is yet to be confirmed.
Levon Mkhitarian, 36, of Renaissance Walk, London, pleaded guilty to fraud after he was caught impersonating a doctor while working in Ashford, Kent.
Mkhitarian, who was originally from Georgia, had been banned by the General Medical Council, but began forging documents to gain employment.
He was jailed for six years when he appeared at Canterbury Crown Court.
Mkhitarian came to the UK in 2007 on a student visa to study medicine and qualified as a doctor.
However, concerns were raised about whether he could work at the level required and he was suspended from working as a doctor in the UK.
Despite this he started to forge documents to assume the identity of another doctor. He made up a CV, bank statements and energy bills, medical degree and training certificates.
His deception was discovered by staff at the William Harvey Hospital, in Ashford, and he was arrested.
Det Ch Insp Nick Gossett, of Kent Police, said: "In this particular case the risk of harm to patients was not high but nevertheless his actions were selfish and reckless.
"Mkhitarian is now behind bars and will hopefully use that time to realise the severity of his actions, both for himself and those affected."
The 31-year-old winger, who played two Tests for England in 2008, has combined playing with coaching the club's academy since the start of this season.
"There is so much excitement surrounding the club at present and I want to be a part of what we are striving to achieve," he said.
Scrum-half Brendan McKibbin and back Greig Tonks have also agreed new deals.
McKibbin, 31, and Tonks, 27, have also re-signed with the Exiles for an undisclosed period.
Ojo recently passed 400 career points and 80 tries for Irish as they look to make an immediate return to the Premiership.
Karim Wade served three years of a six-year sentence for illegally enriching himself during his father's rule.
He left Senegal immediately after his release for Qatar, a justice ministry spokesman said.
Karim Wade was charged with corruption after President Macky Sall took power in elections in 2012.
He defeated Abdoulaye Wade and pledged to tackle corruption.
Karim Wade was also fined $230m (£150m) for illegally accumulating a fortune of at least $200m.
He had hidden away funds in offshore companies in the British Virgin Islands and Panama, a court ruled.
The payment of the fine was not covered by the pardon, Mr Sall's office said in a statement.
The BBC's Maud Jullien reports from the capital, Dakar, that Mr Sall freed Karim Wade following pressure from influential religious leaders who felt the move would enhance national unity in the West African state.
The opposition Senegalese Democratic Party chose Karim Wade as its presidential candidate for the 2019 polls while he was in prison.
It is unclear whether he is still eligible to run for the presidency.
Karim Wade was a senior minister in his father's government, and was in charge of major infrastructure and energy projects.
His large portfolio led to him being dubbed "the minister of the earth and the sky".
Rodgers believes it will only be a matter of time before the Englishman returns to management and praised Warburton's work at Ibrox.
"It's disappointing when any manager loses their job, especially when they lose it in the way that he did," Rodgers said.
"Everybody was lauding the job he'd done here, in his first full season."
Warburton was a youth coach at Watford when Rodgers was manager of the club and the pair have remained in contact since then.
Rodgers, whose Celtic team beat Warburton's Rangers three times this season, sent him a message after his departure last Friday and plans to talk to him soon.
He believes that after a period of reflection, Warburton will be keen to return to management, and that his efforts during his first season at Ibrox should be recognised, when he guided Rangers to promotion to the Premiership.
"Mark's job was to come in and restructure the club and the playing style," Rodgers said.
"In the first year, I don't think anyone would have argued with that. The step coming into the Premiership was always going to be difficult in that first season, no matter the budget, but everyone saw after the Celtic-Rangers [2016 Scottish Cup semi-final] at Hampden [which Rangers won on penalties] what a really good job he'd done.
"So I find it disappointing that after this period of time, he ends up losing his job. I know his passion for Rangers was making them the very best that the could be under the circumstances they were in.
"So I feel for him, [assistant] Davie Weir, who's a good guy and a real Rangers legend, and along with [former head of recruitment] Frank McParland. They wanted what was best for Rangers. It's sad to see them go.
"I've got no doubt that [Warburton] will get into management soon. It just depends on the timing and the circumstance.
"When I left my last job [Liverpool] in the October, I was pretty clear that I wasn't going to look to get back into work until the following season. I needed a period of reflection to take that time and look back on my experiences at Liverpool and hope to be better in my next job.
"Mark might feel exactly the same. It's come at a time in the season where you maybe just reflect now on the good job that he did at Rangers and look to get back in during the summer."
Rodgers - who praised on-loan Ryan Christie for his goal for Aberdeen in their 7-2 defeat of Motherwell on Wednesday - insisted there are no lingering personal issues with Motherwell manager Mark McGhee, who takes his side to Celtic Park on Saturday.
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McGhee and Celtic assistant Chris Davies did not shake hands following Celtic's 4-3 win over Well at Fir Park in December. Before kick-off that day, McGhee had asked the Celtic players to warm up in a different area of the pitch and McGhee claimed never to have heard of Davies.
"I saw Mark last Friday, I went to our reserve game over at Dumbarton, and there's no issue," said Rodgers.
"Mark knows exactly who Chris Davies is, he's a top-class young coach, him and John Kennedy are brilliant assistants for me here."
The Family Court case came about after five-month-old Effie Stillwell collapsed last August.
As a result Effie was initially placed in foster care and her father arrested on suspicion of hurting her.
In revealing the case had been stopped, Judge Karen Venables said the family had experienced "unimaginable horror".
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Buckinghamshire County Council brought the family court seeking to take Effie from her parents Craig Stillwell and Carla Andrews, who live in Aylesbury, and put her into local authority care.
But experts established that Effie suffered from Ehlers-Danlos syndrome type IV (EDS IV) - a condition characterised by "thin and translucent skin, easy bruising, vascular and arterial rupture".
The council then withdrew its application to take Effie into care, Judge Venables said.
Miss Andrew has also been diagnosed as suffering from EDS, the judge said.
Details about Effie's case were made public after her parents, who are both in their 20s, requested an "open judgment" to encourage discussion of their daughter's condition.
That's the challenge Sia issued to Kanye West, hours before he unveiled his latest fashion collection.
The pop star tweeted her question to Kanye, linking to a YouTube video that contained harrowing scenes of rabbits being slaughtered for their coats.
"This is the reality of fur ," said Sia. "It's so sad."
West's Yeezy Season 5 appeared to include both fur coats and accessories.
The most striking item was a floor-sweeping fur coat, showcased by hijab-wearing model Halima Aden, who was the first Miss Minnesota contestant to compete wearing a hijab and burkini.
Vogue magazine said the garments were faux fur, although the BBC has been unable to verify that report.
It is not the first time that Sia - who worked with Kanye on songs including Wolves and Reaper - has challenged celebrities over animal rights.
Last June, she tweeted the same video at Kanye's wife, Kim Kardashian, writing, "Hey @KimKardashian I think you're lovely. Would you consider going fur free? This is what animals go through for it."
In December, after rapper Azealia Banks posted an Instagram video apparently showing the remains of several chickens killed in a witchcraft ritual, Sia tweeted, "Sacrificing animals for your gain is the wackest [thing] I've ever heard."
The Australian singer is a vegan and supporter of animal rights' group Peta.
Kanye's show won praise from critics, who called it his most "demure" show yet and welcomed the fashion range's expanding colour palette - he added blues and reds to the line's traditional black and brown colour scheme.
Unlike last year's show - a massive production that required models to stand still for hours in the middle of a New York heatwave, causing some to faint - the Season 5 launch was decidedly low-key, with images projected one by one onto the surface of a giant black rectangle, from a live feed of models standing on a turntable backstage.
Photographers were not allowed - and Kanye didn't even appear to take a bow at the end of the 13-minute spectacle.
The audience, apparently conditioned to expect more drama at the rapper's fashion shows, remained seated for almost five minutes after the lights went up before finally shuffling out to their next appointment at New York Fashion Week.
Among those watching the launch were Kim Kardashian, Kylie Jenner, Hailey Baldwin, Zoe Kravitz, ASAP Ferg, Anna Wintour, Pusha T and Teyana Taylor.
The collection itself featured a lot of denim, paired with knee-high boots and a new shoe dubbed the Yeezy Runner.
Hoodies and bomber jackets also featured heavily, many sporting the Adidas stripes, while sweatshirts were stamped with the phrase Lost Hills - the name of Kanye's forthcoming album with Drake.
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The club were taken over by a consortium led by Powerday executive chairman Mick Crossan in December.
The group have committed to Reading Football Club's home for "the foreseeable future", and Casey feels they can attract supporters back.
"Our average attendance was 11,500 four years' ago," Casey told BBC Sport.
"With the new owners and their drive then I don't see why it can't be sustainable. From a playing side it's a fantastic stadium and when we get the support it's a special place to be."
The Exiles are contracted to ground-share until 2025-26 but have a get-out clause to break that deal early if they wish and have been linked with Brentford's new stadium in Kew.
The Bees hope to move to the 7.6 acre site on Lionel Road from Griffin Park for the 2016-17 season. and it could give London Irish an opportunity to rebuild their fan-base in a more sustainable way.
However, Casey, who played for London Irish 233 times, and is now the club's rugby development director, believes that Reading could still represent the future home for the Exiles.
"The solution is to get the rugby right," he added. "To get the atmosphere we had four or five years ago, with the same intensity and passion and hopefully that will attract people back."
After years of budget cuts, the new consortium are investing heavily on and off the pitch with huge investment in the academy, medical centre, strength and conditioning facilities and coaching set-up.
The club will move into a new £13m training centre this summer while Steve Walsh, Andre Quinn and Brian O'Leary have been added to the backroom staff.
There will be 11 or more new players in next season's squad, although Casey did rule out another marquee signing in the mould of Australian full-back James O'Connor.
Instead the new signings will be integrated into the current squad with a huge emphasis on the academy, which will be led by former players Declan Danaher, Nick Kennedy and Paul Hodgson.
It is this academy and the investment in it that Casey believes will see the club return to the glory days of five years ago when they reached the Premiership final and Heineken Cup semi-finals.
"When you look back at when we were successful we had a real core of players coming through the academy and we want to return to that," said Casey.
"We believe if London Irish is to be successful then the academy has to be at the heartbeat of everything we do."
We have to produce a first team and club they want to be part of are proud of and we are convinced we will do that
Integral to this "new project" is the club's director of rugby Brian Smith who Casey confirmed will be at the club next season despite being linked with a move back to Australia to coach the Queensland Reds.
Smith has been working under tight budgetary constraints since his return in March 2012 but with the new owners Casey says London Irish will be close to salary cap next season for the first time in years.
"He's done a really good under difficult circumstances, working well below the salary cap and off the field he has had to juggle things and cut budgets," said Casey.
"His work ethic is incredible and we are looking forward to him working next year with the new infrastructure around him. He has had to do everything so we want to give him all the support necessary so he can do what he does best and that is coaching."
With new investment and increased expectation at London Irish it is now hoped the days of the club's best talent leaving are finally over after several years of seeing the likes of Marland Yarde, Jamie Gibson, Anthony Watson and Jonathan Joseph picked off at will.
"We have produced some incredible players," added Casey. "They could be playing for us but they are not. You can't blame them. We have to produce a first team and club they want to be part of are proud of and we are convinced we will do that."
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Damjan Marjanovic, 20, and 21-year-old Zoran Baljak were killed in a road crash, the Slovenian club said.
A Maribor statement said the news has "shattered us deeply".
"A cruel fate has intervened in its severest form and taken away two young members of our Violet family."
Marjanovic and Baljak were both in the B team at Maribor.
Aberdeen, who visit Slovenia following a 1-1 draw at Pittodrie, said they were "deeply saddened" by the news.
Chief executive Duncan Fraser said: "I spoke with my counterpart Bojan Bon this afternoon and have passed on our condolences from all of the Aberdeen family.
"This puts everything into perspective. The clubs have developed an excellent relationship in the build-up to the games and we will co-operate fully with any wishes that NK Maribor may have to mark this tragedy."
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Three officers have been disciplined after the Police Ombudsman found a series of failings in the 2014 case.
Officers identified the wrong location and warned the wrong person about the viable bomb, the investigation found.
It also found that a designated police phone line that receives information about bomb threats was not staffed.
Two officers, who were in a supervisory position, later admitted failing to arrange proper cover to ensure the phone would be answered.
The bomb, which failed to explode, was found about an hour after the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) was first warned about the impending attack.
The warning had been made to a third-party organisation, which then tried to call the police on the established bomb threat phone number.
Unable to get through, the organisation's call was transferred to a lower ranking officer who made "inadequate" inquiries about the target and location of the bomb.
This resulted in inaccurate information being passed to a duty inspector.
In a statement, Police Ombudsman Michael Maguire said: "The outcome of this incident could have very much more serious.
"The targets of this attack were, in effect, failed by the police. I have recommended that police put in place, as a matter of urgency, measures to prevent a recurrence."
However, Mr Maguire said the sanctions imposed by the PSNI on the supervisory officers were at a lower level than his report had recommended.
Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster said options are being explored "to avoid the complete closure of the factory" in Ballymena, County Antrim.
Earlier this month, the Japanese-owned tobacco giant said it planned to shut the factory by 2017.
That would result in the loss of 877 jobs.
Mrs Foster said among the options being explored included support for research and development work, a category of activity that could attract taxpayer aid.
"We are in the unique position of having a considerable period of time to explore every available option to maintain some presence at Lisnafillan," she said.
Employment Minister Stephen Farry also attended the talks and further discussions are planned next month.
"The meeting indicated that JTI Gallaher management would commit to working with my department to explore all options should the consultation (with staff) result in a factory closure," he said.
The company said the introduction of the EU tobacco products directive had impacted on the plant.
It also added that the jobs could be relocated to Poland or Romania - which would result in a considerable saving on its wage bill in Ballymena of £57m.
Given that it has been repeatedly criticised by the country's biggest newspapers, it is ironic that it was initially sparked by, in effect, the press handing itself into the police.
In 2011, the British arm of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation passed on to Scotland Yard a thick file of emails revealing that police and prison officers, soldiers and Ministry of Defence officials - as well as their friends and relatives - had been paid thousands of pounds for stories.
Despite the fact that some of the payments were covertly funnelled through branches of the travel agent Thomas Cook, it wasn't a particularly secret practice.
Cash for copy was and still is a core part of the business model of some newspapers, in particular the Sun. Mr Murdoch was later caught on tape telling his journalists they hadn't done anything that wasn't part of the tabloid culture.
But all of a sudden it seemed it could be illegal.
As part of Operation Elveden there were dawn raids, suspects' homes searched in front of their families, 90 arrests were made. There was fury at the treatment of journalists, who often claimed they had acted in the public interest.
The charges were of misconduct in public office, yet the journalists weren't public officials. They were dragged in as co-conspirators for making the payments.
When the cases came to court the view of juries was clear - they convicted the public officials but allowed most of the journalists to walk free, while others successfully appealed.
Only one journalist - the Sun's Anthony France - was found guilty. His appeal is outstanding. Another - Dan Evans, from the News of the World - pleaded guilty.
In a 2015 Appeal Court judgement, the law appeared to catch up. Judges concluded corrupt police officers and prison staff taking money for information could still expect prosecution, but for journalists there should be a different test.
Prosecutors said if there was no harm to the public interest, it might not be in the public interest to prosecute. It was not a get out of jail free card, but a reinforcement of the principle that journalists might be able to pay a whistleblower to reveal a story which the public would welcome being told. Another MP's expenses scandal for example.
Some harm was done by the payments to public officials.
The stories included details of servicemen and women being killed in action, which were leaked before they were officially made public. This premature publication distressed families.
One MoD official, Bettina Jordan-Barber - who was well-placed to sell information - made £100,000.
But the complexity of the inquiry also meant journalists under suspicion had to endure months of uncertainty about whether they would be prosecuted.
Could the police have ignored the evidence they were given in 2011?
It would have been difficult, since the prevailing narrative at the time was that the Met in particular was too close to its friends on national newspapers.
Scotland Yard stresses it had no choice but to act when faced with evidence of corruption, not least involving nine police officers.
Its £15m investigation has secured 34 convictions, but it has also secured a little more certainty about where the law draws a line when it comes to the murky practice of chequebook journalism.
Government lawyer James Eadie QC said ministers could trigger Brexit and that there was no basis for Parliament to get the final say.
He faced a grilling from the 11 Supreme Court justices as he set out his case.
The government is appealing after last month's High Court ruling that MPs must be consulted before triggering Brexit.
There were queues going into the courtroom and protesters outside on day one of the hearing, which is expected to last four days, with a verdict due in January.
The outcome of the hearings, which resule at 10:15 GMT on Tuesday, will have implications for Theresa May's strategy for EU exit, but it is not a court case on whether or not Brexit actually takes place.
In the first day at the Supreme Court:
At the start of the hearing, Supreme Court president Lord Neuberger said the justices were aware of the public interest in the case and the "strong feelings associated with the many wider political questions surrounding the United Kingdom's departure from the European Union".
But he added: "This appeal is concerned with legal issues, and, as judges, our duty is to consider those issues impartially, and to decide the case according to the law."
He also said some of the people involved in the case had received "threats of serious violence and unpleasant abuse in emails and other electronic communications", warning anyone that such behaviour "undermines the rule of law".
By Dominic Casciani, BBC Home Affairs Correspondent
Today was exactly the kind of scenario that the Supreme Court was set up to answer: the biggest question of the day - if not decades.
Inside court one, we had the unprecedented scene of 11 justices and some of the beefiest legal teams in the country.
Proceedings were, like many Supreme Court hearings, an intellectual contest conducted with warmth, civility and good humour - an examination of what the UK's uncodified constitution means.
Outside it was different - protesters from both sides. Some good humoured, some not. One shouted "traitor" at Gina Miller as she left court, having exercised her legal right to challenge the government.
Who's winning? Hard to tell.
After lunch the justices gave the government team a tough time - but at this level you can't read anything into that.
That's what they are there to do: test to the limits the claims being made, define the line and uphold the rule of law that protects our democracy.
The UK voted to leave the EU, by a margin of 51.9% to 48.1%, in a referendum in June.
The prime minister has said she intends to officially notify the rest of the EU of the UK's intention to leave - beginning two years of talks over the terms of separation - using Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty by the end of March.
But campaigners, led by investment manager Gina Miller and hairdresser Deir Dos Santos, insist that decision can be taken only by Parliament.
The points at stake
Read legal correspondent Clive Coleman's full analysis
Monday's hearing began with Attorney General Jeremy Wright setting out the government's case.
He said the "royal prerogative" powers the government wants to use to trigger Article 50 were not an "ancient relic" but a "fundamental pillar of our constitution as a sovereign state".
The government did not seek to use the prerogative "on a whim", he said.
Mr Wright said the legislation enabling the EU referendum had been passed with the "clear expectation" that the government would implement the result, and that Parliament had had the opportunity to restrict the government's power to trigger Article 50 but had chosen not to do so.
"If this is all about standing up for Parliament, I say Parliament can stand up for itself," he said.
Taking over the case, Mr Eadie said it would be "highly improbable" for Parliament, in passing legislation enabling the EU referendum, to have been merely "reserving to itself the right to decide whether to leave or not as it saw fit".
He said the result of the referendum could not be legally "irrelevant", adding: "If you asked the ordinary man or woman on the street if they regarded the fact that a referendum has occurred as remotely relevant to the question of whether the government can give Article 50 notice, the answer would be 'Of course it is'."
Earlier this year the High Court ruled in Ms Miller's favour, arguing that rights conferred by Parliament when it passed the 1972 European Communities Act - which paved the way for the UK to join the then European Economic Community, the EU's predecessor - were likely to be affected by Brexit.
As a result, it concluded, any process leading to the potential withdrawal of rights could only be determined by Parliament.
In its judgement, the High Court ruled "the powerful constitutional principle that the Crown has no power to alter the law of the land by use of its prerogative powers is the product of an especially strong constitutional tradition in the UK".
The ruling led to criticism from some elements of the press and Brexit-supporting MPs, but in her submission ahead of Monday's hearing, Ms Miller said the Court had a "duty to decide questions of law".
Labour has said it will try to amend an Article 50 bill - if one is required - to ensure single market access and workers' rights are protected.
Shadow attorney-general Baroness Chakrabarti told Radio 4's Today programme: "We have been completely clear that we are democrats and respect the outcome of the referendum, even though many of us - myself included - campaigned in the opposite direction."
The Supreme Court will also consider two legal challenges to the exercise of prerogative powers brought by Northern Irish campaigners.
The Scottish and Welsh Governments have also been granted permission to intervene in the case to establish matters of important legal and constitutional principle, including the basis on which the Article 50 process might need to be sanctioned by their devolved legislatures.
Other interested parties and intervening groups - who will be making oral arguments before the court - include citizens of European Economic Area countries living in the UK known as AB parties, and Grahame Pigney's crowd-funded People's Challenge.
Ministers will have a number of options if they lose the appeal, but it has been reported that a 16-word bill is being prepared which could be fast-tracked though Parliament, asking MPs and peers "to give permission" to the government to trigger Article 50 in time to meet the March deadline.
Mrs May will be given an indication of the scale of parliamentary opposition she faces over Brexit on Wednesday, with a potential revolt over demands for the government to set out its plan for leaving the EU before triggering Article 50.
Labour will use an opposition day debate to force a vote on the issue.
BBC assistant political editor Norman Smith said up to 40 Conservatives could vote with Labour.
Ministers have refused to offer a "running commentary" on their Brexit strategy.
Twelve men were arrested on Tuesday after the 19-year-old was allegedly repeatedly raped at the property between 9 and 18 July.
A 49-year-old man from Southampton has been charged with two counts of rape and two offences under the Modern Day Slavery Act.
A 42-year-old man, also from the city, is facing two counts of rape.
The pair are due before Southampton magistrates.
Six of the arrested men have been released while inquiries continue. The remaining four have been released with no further action.
The developer of The Shield in Newcastle said cladding on the building included Reynobond ACM PE panels.
BAM Properties Ltd operations director Gerry Mather said it "meets all fire safety and building regulations".
However, at its highest point, it will be taller than 18m, which is the maximum height the government has said such cladding should be used.
The Department for Communities and Local Government has said cladding of a composite aluminium panel with a polyethylene core would be non-compliant with current building regulations guidance.
But Mr Mather stated The Shield has "very different safety characteristics" from Grenfell Tower and is "considerably smaller than those being identified in public discussion by fire safety experts".
"Because of the tragic current events, we've sought additional information and reassurances from the architect, building control and our fire safety consultants," Mr Mather said.
"This has reassured us that our building meets all fire safety and building regulations and standards.
"If we had any concerns we would act on these."
Newcastle City Council said the developer had appointed a private company, not the local authority, to oversee building regulations compliance.
The "approved inspector", HCD Building Control Ltd, has declined to comment.
The Shield is between five and seven stories high and about 20m tall at its height.
It is being managed by Fresh Student Living, which issued a fire safety statement on its website after the Grenfell Tower disaster.
Its buildings are "fully compliant with fire safety regulations and are fire risk assessed", it said.
Cathro has one point from three games since succeeding Robbie Neilson but Djoum is predicting a bright future.
"We have to win the next game for him because we trust in him," said Djoum ahead of Tuesday's visit of Kilmarnock.
"It has taken time to adapt, but we've only been working with him for three weeks."
Hearts suffered defeat by Rangers at Tynecastle in Cathro's first competitive game in charge, followed by a draw at home against Partick Thistle.
And the Edinburgh club surrendered a two-goal lead before losing 3-2 to Dundee at Dens Park.
"Every single player in the team has a lot of confidence in him because the way he wants to play, everybody wants to play like that," said Djoum.
"So, the next game all of us have to really play for him to give him a good boost for the future, for ourselves as well as for our confidence.
"He's very smart, we know precisely what we have to do and you seen in the first half and even the second half the way we played was okay.
"So the way he's thinking, the way he wants to play suits me as well because I like to play this way, dominating games and getting a lot of time on the ball.
"We just have to believe in him. He's a very good coach and good things will come in the future. Sometimes it takes patience to get better, but good things will come soon."
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Saints' James Roby and Leeds' Zak Hardaker traded first-half tries before Luke Walsh slotted a drop-goal to put the visitors 9-8 up at the break.
Mark Percival went in to open a five-point lead before Leeds battled back.
Ryan Hall's try put Leeds ahead for the first time and Kallum Watkins completed the turnaround with a last-minute try.
Victory puts Leeds within one win of becoming the first team since Saints in 2006 to claim Challenge Cup, League Leaders' Shield and Grand Final trophies in the same year.
It sets up prop Jamie Peacock for a glorious finale before retiring, while the decider at Old Trafford on 10 October will also mark Kevin Sinfield's last match before swapping codes to rugby union.
A fine individual run from Roby put defending champions Saints ahead, with the hooker evading a series of tackles to run in from 35 metres.
Leeds winger Tom Briscoe lost the ball over the try line before Walsh teed up a penalty to make it 8-0 after 17 minutes.
There was no denying Leeds the next time they went over as Hardaker raced away for the 99th try of his career and after Sinfield added the extras, the captain booted a penalty to level.
In a tense affair at Headingley, Walsh took the next chance he had to put Saints back in front, slotting a drop-goal just before the break.
Saints then survived a Leeds barrage - Carl Ablett had a try ruled out by the video referee and Tommy Makinson succumbed to injury for Saints - but it was the battered visitors that went further ahead as Percival crossed out wide, completing a lightning-quick counter-attack after Hall lost the ball.
But Leeds fought back in the closing stages as Hall powered over, using his strength to put the Rhinos ahead for the first time with 11 minutes remaining.
And with Saints running out of time, Watkins added another to reach a century of career tries and seal Leeds' return to Super League's Grand Final for the first time in three years.
Leeds Rhinos captain Kevin Sinfield said: "I'm experiencing a whole range of emotions I'm very tired, it was one of the toughest games I've been involved with.
"I'm also very happy. To get the win here in front of so many great fans is a nice way to say goodbye to my Rhinos career at Headingley.
"But tonight is not about me or JP (Jamie Peacock) or Kylie (Leuluai), there's a full dressing room of
lads who wanted to win. We have a fantastic group who want to win no matter
what."
St Helens boss Keiron Cunningham said: "All year I've been proud of what my players have done.
"I've no complaints. I've learnt a lot this year. We've been the bridesmaid a couple of times, hopefully next year we can become the bride.
"All credit to Leeds. Everybody had written Leeds off a few weeks back apart from us.
"Leeds are a team capable of doing anything. They remind me of the great side we had in 2006. The way it's set up, it's difficult to even reach a Grand Final after playing at Wembley and they've done the unthinkable."
Leeds Rhinos: Hardaker; Briscoe, Watkins, Moon, Hall; Sinfield, McGuire; Garbutt, Burrow, Leuluai, Ablett, Delaney, Cuthbertson.
Replacements: Keinhorst, Peacock, Singleton, Lilley.
St Helens: Quinlan; Makinson, Percival, Jones, Swift; Turner, Walsh; Masoe, Roby, Amor, Vea, Wilkin, Flanagan.
Replacements: McCarthy-Scarsbrook, Walmsley, Greenwood, Savelio.
Referee: Robert Hicks
Attendance: 17,192
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Forty-eight matches, 271 tries, admirable ultimate champions and a host of brilliant memories from arguably the best Rugby World Cup ever.
As the dust settles on New Zealand's win over Australia in Saturday's finale, I have been casting my mind back to remember the highs and lows of six weeks of often-scintillating rugby.
David Pocock
The Australia number eight had a huge impact, making a massive contribution in every game he played in.
He made crucial turnovers against the best teams - and back rows - in the world. They knew he would be coming but still could not limit his brilliance.
Bernard Foley's second try in Australia's 33-13 win over England.
This try was beautifully constructed and thrillingly executed.
From a breakdown in the middle of the pitch, Foley suckered the England defence into believing the Wallabies were attacking down the left, before doubling back, bringing Kurtley Beale with him to form a dangerous attacking arrowhead with Israel Folau on the outside.
England scrum-half Ben Youngs was isolated and exposed in the guard position and Foley left him rooted to the Twickenham turf with a simple inside pop to Beale, continuing his run to take the return pass and coast unopposed to the try line in a delicious move.
New Zealand beating Australia 34-17 in the final
The final was a tremendous battle between two top teams whose individual stars pushed themselves to their limits.
Australia's comeback - recovering from 18 points down shortly after half-time to be within just four of the All Blacks with 15 minutes to go - was the drama the match needed to make it great.
However the best team in the world ruthlessly finished off the Wallabies with fly-half Dan Carter running the show in his final match for his country.
New Zealand play the game in a style that looks enjoyable to be part of.
From the sidelines it is certainly pleasing to my eye. They are deserving world champions.
Japan replacement Karne Hesketh scoring a match-winning last-minute try against South Africa.
It has been a long time since I have shouted at the television screen, but I could not believe what I was witnessing as Japan beat the two-time champions to win their first World Cup match in 24 years.
It was a truly inspirational rugby moment and Japan's decision to go for victory rather than take the kick that would have drawn the match when awarded that late penalty was sensational.
Nehe Milner-Skudder
The New Zealand wing only made his international debut in August but just seven matches and less than three months later, he scored a try in the World Cup final.
He is full of snap, crackle and pop, able to beat defenders in a tight space with a huge side-step and rapid acceleration.
He made more metres (561m) and clean breaks (15) than any other player at the World Cup and scored six tries.
His skill set is also sufficiently extensive to allow him to play full-back because he is confident under the high ball and has a solid kicking game.
Scotland
Vern Cotter's team got within 45 seconds of making the semi-final before falling to an agonising late and, as it turned out, erroneous penalty call against Australia in the last eight.
I had not given them much of a chance before the game. I thought they would do well to stay within 10 points of Australia.
It will not feel like any great consolation but they did themselves and everyone involved with the Scottish rugby team proud.
It was a fantastic performance after finishing bottom of the 2015 Six Nations table.
It has to be hosts England
England were 22-12 up with less than half an hour to go against Wales in their Pool A meeting but 'lost' the closing stages of the match 16-3 to find themselves on the wrong end of a 28-25 scoreline at the final whistle.
A team in form would not have let that lead slide.
It was a real shame for all the guys who had worked hard for three months building up to the tournament that they could not find their best form when it counted most.
Daniel Hourcade
Argentina's head coach was promoted to the job in autumn 2013 after a spell in charge of the country's second-string side and has had a huge impact over the two years he has been in place.
The team he had inherited had recently lost 73-13 against South Africa, but he has motivated and inspired them to play fearless running rugby and their progress to the semi-finals showed their more expansive game is paying off.
This isn't just a slight difference. Women in the UK are now 35% more likely than men to go to university and the gap is widening every year.
A baby girl born in 2016 will be 75% more likely to go to university than a boy, if current trends continue.
The Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) has published research examining this increasingly polarised gender divide.
And as university remains the gateway to better-paid, more secure jobs, Mary Curnock Cook, head of the Ucas university admissions service, warns that being male could be a new form of disadvantage.
"On current trends, the gap between rich and poor will be eclipsed by the gap between males and females within a decade," she writes in an introduction to the report.
And she says while there is much focus on social mobility and geographical differences, there is a collective blind spot on the underachievement of young men.
So what is causing such a pattern?
The likelihood of going to university is shaped by results in primary and secondary school - and girls are now outperforming boys at every stage.
But the report demolishes one long-held theory - that this success for girls was triggered by the switch from O-levels to GCSEs in the late 1980s in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
There have been claims that the gladiatorial, all-or-nothing exam worked in favour of boys, and that the greater sustained effort of coursework favoured girls.
And this theory seemed to fit with when women overtook men in university places in the early 1990s.
But the report finds that such connections are "overcooked" - and that by the time the exams were changed, women had already almost caught up with men in university entry rates and this trend pre-dated the shift to GCSEs.
This was also an international trend, suggesting wider factors than changes to local exam systems.
Ms Curnock Cook says she is "instinctively convinced" the fall in the proportion of male students is connected to the increasing gender imbalance in the school workforce.
Until the early 1990s, most secondary school teachers were male. This has now completely reversed, with the teaching profession becoming increasingly female.
Are young men not getting enough educational role models?
But the research report, written by Nick Hillman and Nicholas Robinson, says the evidence remains unclear about whether such a female workforce has a negative impact on male students.
What is incontrovertible is that women have taken the greatest advantage of the rapid expansion in university numbers in the 1990s.
In 1990, there were 34,000 women graduating from UK universities, compared with 43,000 men. By 2000, the positions were reversed, with 133,000 women graduating, compared with 110,000 men.
In the following years the gap has accelerated - so that the most recent figures from last year show there were almost 300,000 more women in higher education than men.
Five out of six higher education institutions now have more female students than male - and if every single man who applied to university were to be automatically given a place, there would still be fewer men than women.
But there are substantial underlying differences within the male population.
Among white boys from disadvantaged families only about 10% will go to university - the lowest of any social or ethnic group.
Deprived boys from other ethnic backgrounds, such as black and Asian, are much more likely to go to university.
This suggests different barriers in attitude and expectation. And it suggests some communities have been left behind, as industries and expectations have changed around them.
Or perhaps boys are just less well disposed to studying.
The report includes OECD data, gathered alongside international Pisa tests, that shows on average that boys are less likely to work hard at school, less likely to read for pleasure and more likely to be negative towards school and to dodge their homework.
Another theory for women's record levels of success is that they get much more benefit from going to university.
The study says it is "economically rational behaviour" because women are particularly likely to gain financial benefits from getting a degree.
The gap in earnings between female graduates and non-graduates is much greater than the earnings gap between male graduates and non-graduates.
Another way of interpreting the rise of female graduates is to look at changes in the jobs requiring degrees.
When training for nursing moved from diploma to degree level it brought a large, female-dominated group of trainees into the higher education sector.
If two sets of students were removed from the figures - nursing and teacher training - a substantial proportion of the gender gap would disappear.
The report looks at the tougher question of what should be the response.
The Scottish Funding Council has set targets for Scottish universities to stop "extreme gender imbalance" so that no subject by 2030 should have less than 25% of one gender.
There are also suggestions that young men develop more slowly - and could benefit from a delayed entry or the equivalent of a foundation year.
Should universities have recruitment targets for male students, in the way that they have outreach projects for other under-represented groups?
Report author and HEPI director Nick Hillman says: "Nearly everyone seems to have a vague sense that our education system is letting young men down, but there are few detailed studies of the problem and almost no clear policy recommendations on what to do about it.
"Young men are much less likely to enter higher education, are more likely to drop out and are less likely to secure a top degree than women. Yet, aside from initial teacher training, only two higher education institutions currently have a specific target to recruit more male students. That is a serious problem that we need to tackle."
Universities Minister Jo Johnson said: "While we are seeing record application rates from disadvantaged backgrounds, this report shows that too many are still missing out.
"That is why our recent university access guidance for the first time called for specific support for white boys from the poorest homes."
Scotland Yard said he faced six charges of indecent assault, of which three allegedly involved girls aged under 16 between 1991 and 1996, and two allegations of sexual assault.
Mr Fox, 53, of Fulham, is due before Westminster magistrates on 16 April.
His lawyer said he "categorically denies each and every allegation that has been made against him".
Anthony Burton said it would be inappropriate for his client to say anything else.
Mr Fox is charged with one indecent assault on a girl aged under 14 and two indecent assaults on a girl aged under 16.
He is also charged with four indecent assaults on a female over 16 and two sexual assaults on a female which are alleged to have taken place between 2003 and 2014.
He was first arrested on 30 September, after the Metropolitan Police said four allegations of sexual assault had been made.
A second arrest was made in December 2014 for a further three allegations of sexual assaults.
Mr Fox, who uses the nicknames Dr Fox and Foxy, began his career in local radio before moving to Radio Luxembourg and then London's Capital Radio in the late 1980s.
In 1993 he landed the job of presenting the Sunday afternoon Network Chart Show, later known as the Pepsi chart.
His big TV break was as a judge on ITV talent show Pop Idol between 2001 and 2003 alongside Simon Cowell, Pete Waterman, and Nicki Chapman.
He left Capital in 2005 and joined Magic 105.4, where he presents the breakfast show, Foxy in the Morning. He is currently not hosting the show.
His arrest is not part of Operation Yewtree, which was set up in the wake of revelations about BBC presenter Jimmy Savile.
There is a heavy police presence for the funeral of Eddie Hutch Sr, who was shot dead on 8 February.
Police believe it may have been in reprisal for a fatal shooting at a boxing match weigh-in days earlier.
The priest conducting the Mass said the Hutch family had called for "this cycle of violence to stop, and to stop now".
Fr Richard Ebejer told mourners all vengeful violence was to be condemned in the strongest terms possible, according to Irish state broadcaster RTÉ
No retaliation plea at 'feud' funeral
Mr Hutch Snr was the uncle of Gary Hutch who was shot dead in Spain five months ago.
He was also the brother of Gerry Hutch, a notorious criminal in Dublin in the late 1980s and 1990s, who was nicknamed the Monk.
Dublin priest Fr Peter McVerry, who knows some members of the Hutch family, told BBC Radio Ulster that: "Eddie Hutch was a totally innocent person in this enterprise, and he was shot simply because of his name."
Fr McVerry described the atmosphere in the city ahead of the funeral as "tense".
"Obviously, this is a feud unlike any other feud. This is a feud between two very powerful groups and it's difficult to see who is going to back down, or how there is going to be a compromise."
He added: "That has raised the level of fear to a whole, new height. People don't know who is going to be next."
The victim was a father of five and had a criminal record, but he was not regarded as a senior figure in Dublin's criminal world.
At least four gunmen entered Eddie Hutch's home and shot him dead in the hallway of his flat in Poplar Row, North Strand, in the north inner city.
Earlier this week, there was a major security operation for the funeral of David Byrne, who was shot dead at a boxing weigh-in event at the Regency Hotel on 5 February.
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The proposal "will be on the table of the upcoming Brexit negotiations", liberal MEP Guy Verhofstadt said.
UK nationals could have the option of paying a fee in order to keep rights such as freedom of movement in the EU and a vote in European elections.
Mr Verhofstadt said strong interest in the idea meant it could not be delayed.
Originally a liberal ALDE party colleague, Luxembourg MEP Charles Goerens, had included "associate EU citizenship" among reforms to be considered in the next EU treaty change.
But Mr Verhofstadt said "some things cannot wait until treaty change".
The proposal will also be discussed by the European Parliament when it draws up a resolution on Brexit, "right after the triggering of Article 50 in March", he said.
Mr Goerens's citizenship proposal may not convince Eurosceptics like UK Brexit Secretary David Davis, who has emphasised the importance of UK sovereignty and citizenship.
The UK government plans to trigger the EU exit procedure - Article 50 - by 31 March.
Experts on EU law say the legal position of UK citizens post-Brexit remains uncertain, as it is possible that some aspects of EU citizenship will be retained.
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Article 50 allows just two years in which to negotiate the terms of withdrawal from the EU. Any extension would have to be agreed by all 28 member states.
The European Parliament will have a significant voice in the negotiations. But the European Commission will handle the details, the government leaders will have a big role, and each national parliament will have to vote on the final deal.
In a statement on Friday, Mr Goerens said the European Parliament "will define its position on the Brexit agreement through a resolution during spring 2017".
"This seems to be the best opportunity to give Brexit negotiator Guy Verhofstadt the possibility to enforce the Associate EU Citizenship."
"The above-mentioned procedure makes it much more likely for the Associate EU Citizenship to succeed than through an amendment," he added.
His original proposal - now withdrawn - was attached to a long report on possible EU institutional changes.
She came to power determined to change a Britain she believed was in terminal decline.
"All she was doing was clearing away the debris of what was already a desert on a life support machine," says former Scottish Secretary Lord Lang.
"The life support machine was one fed by taxation pumped in by the Westminster government."
State-sponsored and heavy industry was allowed to fail.
British Steel's mill at Gartcosh, the Invergordon aluminium smelter and the Corpach pulp mill were all swept away.
But the biggest battle came when Mrs Thatcher took on the miners.
The dispute lasted a year. Mrs Thatcher labelled the striking miners "the enemy within".
"Miners were proud people. Proud to work in the industry and she took that from us, her and her government, during that period," says Nicky Wilson of the National Union of Mineworkers.
"I personally don't think anybody involved in that time will ever forgive her."
But Scots loved one of her policies - council house sales.
They may not have voted for it but they bought all the same.
In her famous "Sermon on the Mound" she even appeared to try to convince the Church of Scotland there was a theological justification for her political and economic policies.
She told the Kirk's General Assembly in May 1988: "It is not the creation of wealth that is wrong but the love of money for its own sake."
Another clash came over the Community Charge - which became known as the Poll Tax.
The new charge to replace the council rates was introduced in Scotland first.
Rich and poor were charged the same, provoking a storm of anger and demonstrations and non-payment.
Former Labour MP and MSP Dennis Canavan says: "This was such a blatant injustice - this Poll Tax - that people then began to see that this could never happen if we had a Scottish Parliament."
Seen as being imposed on Scotland, it was to prove unacceptable in England.
It led to revolt on the streets and in her own party.
Mrs Thatcher's career was finished.
Former Scottish Secretary Malcolm Rifkind says: "She was a bossy English woman. They could probably have put up with one or even two of these but all three simultaneously was a bit too much. Her style just grated."
Her legacy in Scotland sits in concrete at Holyrood in the form of the Scottish Parliament, according to SNP leader and Scottish |First Minister Alex Salmond.
"What Margaret Thatcher did was turn the Scottish Parliament from being a nice idea - democratic advance to being something absolutely essential," he says.
To many her strengths were also her weaknesses.
Tough but also inflexible. Perhaps that's why she revelled in her title "The Iron Lady".
Michael Hall, 51, told pupils at Parkside Community School, Chesterfield they had "nice legs" and made sexual innuendos at women he worked with.
He also had sex with a teaching assistant during school time in a store room.
Hall has been banned from teaching at any school in England.
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He resigned from the Derbyshire school in July 2014, during an investigation.
Hall also failed to tell Parkside Community School he had been jailed for theft when he was a police officer.
A prohibition order has now been made banning him indefinitely from teaching at any school, sixth form college, youth accommodation or children's home in England.
Mr Hall, was jailed at Nottingham Crown Court in 1997 for two offences of theft, which were committed in 1996.
He stole cash from a police station and also took £180 from a suicide victim - altering the note to indicate they had left £20 instead of £200.
Hall qualified as a teacher after his release from prison and started working at the school in January 2006 as the head of design and technology.
However, the school only found out about his convictions after he had been appointed.
He then admitted taking cash from the police station, but did not mention taking the suicide victim's money.
During his employment at the school he sexually harassed five of his female colleagues, most of whom were teaching assistants.
He made inappropriate comments to numerous pupils and touched some of them inappropriately, such as putting his hands on their shoulders and playing with their hair.
He was suspended in January 2014 while the school investigated internally, then eventually resigned in July 2014.
A professional conduct panel of the National College for Teaching and Leadership found him guilty of unacceptable professional conduct.
Michael Hall had sex and oral sex with a teaching assistant during school time at various locations within the school, including a store room adjacent to his classroom and a school cellar.
He denied having a sexual relationship with the woman but the panel accepted her account, judging her to be a "careful and truthful witness".
The panel said his sexual harassment was "targeted at junior colleagues, some of whom can be properly described as vulnerable".
The comments started with "gentle flirtation" but over time became "more direct and salacious involving overt sexual content or unmistakable innuendo".
They included "I'm admiring your underwear, what have you got on?".
Some of the colleagues described unwelcome physical contact, such as touching their bottom, or him placing their hand on his penis, over his trousers.
He referred to some pupils as "chicken legs" and made references to KFC when he talked about others' legs.
One girl said: "I used to wear a skirt in year 8 but I stopped wearing it because Mr Hall commented that he had seen better legs in KFC."
He told other girls they had "nice legs" or they "looked nice in a skirt", and made comments about the size of girls' bottoms.
He told some to pull their skirts up because they were too low, and others to pull their tops down because they were "not showing enough cleavage".
He touched some pupils inappropriately, such as putting his hands on their shoulders and playing with their hair.
One girl said in her interview: "Mr Hall is a bit touchy-feely. He goes behind girls only and rubs their shoulder."
A total of 23 prosecutors and 230 police officers took part in the search in the states of Baden-Wuerttemberg, Berlin, Lower Saxony and Saxony,
Daimler, which owns Mercedes-Benz, said it was co-operating with authorities.
It added "known and unknown employees" were being sought over suspicion of fraud and misleading advertising.
The case relates to the possible manipulation of diesel exhaust emissions in passenger cars.
It is possible that further civil and criminal investigations and enforcement actions will come into effect.
Earlier this year, fellow German carmaker Volkswagen pleaded guilty to three charges as part of an agreement with US regulators over its own diesel emissions case.
It has already had to set aside more than 22bn euros (£19bn, $24.7bn) for fines and compensation.
State news agency KCNA mentioned his new role in its reporting on activities of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.
Several high-ranking officials have been purged under Mr Kim, but Ri Yong-gil's removal is unconfirmed.
However, senior officials in North Korea have previously been absent from view for long periods only to reappear.
South Korean media reported on 10 February that Gen Ri had been executed earlier this month for corruption and "factional conspiracy".
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Rumours that Gen Ri had fallen from favour first surfaced late last year. Gen Ri Myong-su had also appeared at a recent rally in Pyongyang and been mentioned in the slot normally reserved for the chief of staff.
On Sunday, the KCNA mentioned Gen Ri Myong-su twice - once describing him as "chief of the Korean People's Army (KPA) General Staff" whilst reporting on Kim Jong-un's observation of aerial manoeuvres, and again when accompanying Mr Kim during a flight drill inspection.
He appears to be the fourth chief of staff since Kim Jong-un took over in 2011, as opposed to three during his father Kim Jong-il's 17 years in power.
The reports of Gen Ri's execution came days after the North launched a long-range rocket, which critics say is a test of banned missile technology.
In January the North carried out its fourth nuclear test.
Some observers say the regime's recent behaviour may be linked to Kim Jong-un wanting to shore up his position ahead of a rare congress of the Workers' Party due in May.
In May 2015 South Korea's spy agency told parliament that the North's Defence Minister Hyon Yong-chol had been executed for showing disloyalty to Mr Kim.
The agency said Mr Hyon was killed by anti-aircraft fire in front of an audience of hundreds - it later said it was yet to verify the information. That news came weeks after the reported execution of 15 senior officials.
North Korea rarely confirms these reports of purges and executions though it did announce the death of Kim Jong-un's uncle and mentor, Chang Song-thaek, in 2013.
Sometimes reports become completely fanciful as they spin around the internet - reports that Mr Chang was devoured by ravenous dogs were false.
Knowing what to make of the executions and disappearances is also hard. Do they indicate the strength of the man at the top, because he can arbitrarily and brutally dispense with the people around him, or does it indicate weakness?
It may be both. It may be that Kim Jong-un fears alternative sources of power and (like Stalin) pre-empts their rise. But it may also be that Kim Jong-un (like Stalin) sees threats where they do not exist. What is clear is that the leadership around Kim Jong-un is not stable.
The opposition says the teenager was killed when he was struck on the head by a tear-gas canister on Saturday.
State media say he suffered burns after taking part in a petrol bomb attack against security forces.
There have been frequent clashes in recent months between police and protesters, amid widespread anger at the ruling Sunnis among majority Shias.
An investigation is under way into the death of the teenager, Sayid Hashim Saeed.
On Sunday a resident in the mainly Shia village of Sitra, south of the capital Manama, told Reuters news agency: "After the funeral, many of the mourners started protesting and the police began using tear gas."
State news agency BNA quoted a police official as saying preliminary investigations suggest "the deceased was among those who took part in attacks on security forces by throwing petrol bombs".
A wave of demonstrations in February and March last year led to a crackdown in which more than 40 people died.
In November, an independent commission concluded "excessive force" had been used, and that security forces had been guilty of systematic abuse and torture.
More than 1,600 people have been arrested during the protests this year in Bahrain, which have continued sporadically since the peak of the unrest eight months ago.
Residents in Hucknall, Nottinghamshire, set about trying to reopen the Byron Cinema in 2013.
Since then they have raised funds through events and donations from the community but say a final push for money would help complete the work.
Project chairwoman Ria Cash said too many people were passionate about the cinema for the project to fail.
The cinema closed in 2006 and has since operated as a bingo hall.
Ms Cash said the rundown building required a lot of renovation work including new carpets. Donations had already bought a new screen and 400 seats, she said.
"A lot of it is about raising the funds but also about raising the awareness of what we are doing," said Ms Cash.
"I don't know how long it will take us but we will get there.
"The team is passionate about it and the community has really embraced it."
A National Lottery funding application was withdrawn last year after the conditions for applying changed.
Ms Cash said the team were now planning events, film quizzes and exhibitions to gather the final £190,000.
She said: "A lot of people have childhood memories here so this is something the local people need and want."
The visitors dominated the first half but Celtic held firm, and even passed up a good chance when Scott Sinclair sliced over from close range.
However, Lars Stindl drove in the visitors' first goal after Andre Hahn robbed Toure of possession.
Hahn made it two when he raced past Toure to score following the Ivory Coast defender's poor pass.
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The Germans came here without some stellar names, most notably chief goalscorer Raffael and one of their most creative players, Thorgan Hazard. Both missed out through injury, a bout of misfortune Celtic would have hoped to exploit.
They were unable to. Too many Celtic players were out of sorts, in their passing, their concentration, their aggression. They were out-played and out-fought. Celtic were lucky to lose by only two goals.
Gladbach did something Manchester City could not when they were here a few weeks back - they kept Celtic down and kept their vast support largely hushed. If two of their most dangerous players were absent, they had others.
Ibrahima Traore, Tobias Strobl and, most tellingly, the excellent double act of Stindl and Hahn, moved it quickly and found space time and again. They got in behind their hosts and asked all sorts of questions.
Traore had a shot saved wonderfully by Craig Gordon, then Jonas Hofmann forced another stop from the Celtic goalkeeper. Just after, Hahn had a decent effort, then Strobl caused some bother.
Celtic could not hold on to the ball and could not do anything with the ball they kept. This was the polar opposite of the thrill-fest against Manchester City.
Gladbach's dominance continued after the break. They were pacy and intelligent and far too much for Celtic. Eventually, they found their ruthlessness in front of goal, too.
Toure had a double meltdown. For the first, he tried to see a ball out for a goal-kick only to be ransacked of possession by Hahn, who managed to scramble a pass to Stindl, who shot past Gordon.
Later, after Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers had made his move by bringing on Leigh Griffiths to play alongside Moussa Dembele, Gladbach scored again. Toure gave it away and Hahn took advantage, motoring through on the Celtic goal and finishing brilliantly.
Given that Gladbach were missing four key first-team players, this was Celtic's chance to secure a precious victory, a win that would have put them in the box seat for a third-place finish in the group - and Europa League football beyond Christmas.
That hope is withering now. Celtic's away record in Europe is horrendous, and when Celtic go to Germany the probability is their hosts are going to have their injured men fit again. If they cannot beat a diminished Gladbach in Glasgow, what chance of overturning this loss on the road?
After the giddy highs of that classic against Manchester City, this was a return to sobriety for Rodgers' team.
Match ends, Celtic 0, Borussia Mönchengladbach 2.
Second Half ends, Celtic 0, Borussia Mönchengladbach 2.
Attempt blocked. Nico Schulz (Borussia Mönchengladbach) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Oscar Wendt.
Substitution, Borussia Mönchengladbach. Patrick Herrmann replaces André Hahn.
Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Tobias Strobl.
Substitution, Borussia Mönchengladbach. Nico Schulz replaces Ibrahima Traoré.
Foul by Callum McGregor (Celtic).
Christoph Kramer (Borussia Mönchengladbach) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. André Hahn (Borussia Mönchengladbach) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Lars Stindl.
Attempt blocked. Moussa Dembele (Celtic) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Patrick Roberts.
Erik Sviatchenko (Celtic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by André Hahn (Borussia Mönchengladbach).
Goal! Celtic 0, Borussia Mönchengladbach 2. André Hahn (Borussia Mönchengladbach) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner.
Foul by Erik Sviatchenko (Celtic).
André Hahn (Borussia Mönchengladbach) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Substitution, Celtic. Patrick Roberts replaces James Forrest.
Substitution, Celtic. Leigh Griffiths replaces Tomas Rogic.
Foul by Scott Brown (Celtic).
Jonas Hofmann (Borussia Mönchengladbach) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Tobias Strobl.
Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Julian Korb.
Attempt blocked. Tomas Rogic (Celtic) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Callum McGregor.
Offside, Borussia Mönchengladbach. Ibrahima Traoré tries a through ball, but Jonas Hofmann is caught offside.
Substitution, Celtic. Callum McGregor replaces Nir Bitton.
Offside, Borussia Mönchengladbach. Jannik Vestergaard tries a through ball, but André Hahn is caught offside.
Attempt missed. Nir Bitton (Celtic) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Tomas Rogic.
André Hahn (Borussia Mönchengladbach) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Nir Bitton (Celtic).
Attempt blocked. Nir Bitton (Celtic) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Goal! Celtic 0, Borussia Mönchengladbach 1. Lars Stindl (Borussia Mönchengladbach) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right to the centre of the goal. Assisted by André Hahn.
Attempt missed. Tobias Strobl (Borussia Mönchengladbach) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by André Hahn following a corner.
Corner, Borussia Mönchengladbach. Conceded by Erik Sviatchenko.
Attempt missed. Scott Sinclair (Celtic) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Mikael Lustig with a cross.
Second Half begins Celtic 0, Borussia Mönchengladbach 0.
First Half ends, Celtic 0, Borussia Mönchengladbach 0.
Attempt missed. Scott Sinclair (Celtic) left footed shot from the left side of the box is too high. Assisted by Tomas Rogic with a through ball.
Foul by Jannik Vestergaard (Borussia Mönchengladbach).
Tomas Rogic (Celtic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
André Hahn (Borussia Mönchengladbach) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Erik Sviatchenko (Celtic).
The authors argue that where disasters like drought are prevalent, they can be the most important cause of poverty.
They say that up to 325 million people will be living in countries highly exposed to natural hazards by 2030.
If aid is not used to reduce these risks, the progress made in fighting poverty could disappear.
The report has been compiled by the Overseas Development Institute.
It examines the relationship between disasters and poverty over the next 20 years, using population projections, climate models and estimations of how governments can cope with extreme events.
The report suggests that up to a third of a billion people could be living in the 49 countries most exposed to the full range of natural hazards and climate extremes in 2030.
In sub-Saharan Africa 118 million people in poverty will face extreme events.
The big weather issues that will face most poor people are drought, extreme rainfall and flooding.
An analysis of the data from rural Ethiopia and Andhra Pradesh in India suggests that where there is a strong risk of drought, then drought is also the single most important factor in keeping people poor, outstripping ill health or dowry payments.
"We've often heard that ill health is the biggest cause for impoverishment," said Dr Tom Mitchell, the ODI's head of climate change.
"But in the data, in drought prone areas, the biggest cause is the drought - in areas exposed to these hazards, they are the key causes of impoverishment."
Developed countries haven't recognised the role that these extreme weather events have in keeping people poor, he says.
The big problem is that, at present, money tends to flow in response to disasters, not to prevent them.
Dr Mitchell says the recent Cyclone Phailin in India is a good example.
The ODI has compiled a list of the 11 countries most at risk of disaster-reduced poverty.
"The very fact that it killed so few people means that the chances of raising big finance for recovery efforts are going to be pretty slim. It has not got the big numbers attached to it," he said.
"I think there's a direct link between the ability to raise finance and the number of people killed. It's a perverse incentive."
Part of the problem is that donor countries are not prioritising aid at the countries that need it most, in terms of disaster risk reduction.
"We've tended to provide much more financial support to a set of middle income countries, who can manage it better like the Philippines, Mexico and Indonesia who made really great strides in protecting their populations," said Dr Mitchell.
"What we've not done is focus on the poorest countries, the ones most exposed to issues like drought, for example, sub Saharan Africa, we've almost missed it off."
The authors of the report argue that the way that vulnerable countries spend their money needs reforming too. Too often the money is spent on the capital city or on infrastructure and not on the poorest people.
The report calls for the post-2015 development goals to include targets on disasters and climate change, to recognise the threat they pose to eradicating poverty by 2030.
"If the international community are serious about ending extreme poverty they need to get serious about reducing disaster risk for the poorest people," said Dr Mitchell.
"At the moment that's not happening, so the chance of ending extreme poverty is pie in the sky, it is just not going to work."
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Bristol's Aardman Animation's online film uses uses an orange to show how dementia physically attacks the brain.
Eccleston, 51, whose father had the condition, said he hoped it would "fight the misunderstanding and fatalism that surrounds dementia".
The film was made for Alzheimer's Research UK.
The brain of an Alzheimer's sufferer can weigh around 140 grams less than a healthy brain - about the weight of an orange.
"We have to think differently about dementia. We have to stop believing dementia is an inevitability - something that simply happens to us all as we grow older," said Eccleston, from Salford, Greater Manchester.
"If we don't, we're never going to truly fight it."
His father Ronnie had the condition for 14 years before his death in 2012.
"Dementia is caused by diseases and diseases can be beaten. We've tamed diseases like cancer and heart disease and a diagnosis of either is no longer a certain death sentence," said Eccleston, who urges viewers to share the film on social media with the hashtag #sharetheorange.
"People with dementia deserve this same hope. This film aims to show that dementia is caused by physical processes that scientists can put a stop to."
Hilary Evans, chief executive of Alzheimer's Research UK, said: "Major breakthroughs have been made in the battle against Aids and cancer, and research will bring these same life-changing advancements in the field of dementia.
"To get there, we must stop fearing dementia as something that just happens as we age, and focus on fighting the diseases, most commonly Alzheimer's, that are the root cause of it."
In September, Aardman worked with Bristol Ageing Better to illustrate older people's experience of social isolation in the city.
Richard McFarlane and Maureen MacLeod were part of a lengthy dispute between parliament and the IndyCamp group.
The camp was evicted in November 2016, but a series of court appeals continued afterwards, with each being rejected.
The Supreme Court said the application for the latest appeal "does not raise an arguable point of law".
This means the judgement given by the Inner House of the Court of Session in October 2016 stands.
The camp was set up on the edge of the parliamentary estate in November 2015, with the stated objective of maintaining a vigil until Scotland became independent.
The parliament's corporate body ordered them to leave, arguing that they were camping without permission, and potentially compromising the political neutrality of the parliamentary estate.
Lord Turnbull ruled against the group in the summer of 2016 after a lengthy and often colourful legal battle, and his decision was subsequently upheld by the Inner House.
The campers applied for leave to challenge that ruling in the Supreme Court, but this was also rejected, with Scottish judges saying it was not a clear matter of public importance.
Mr McFarlane - who argued repeatedly during the original case that Christ had returned to earth and had given permission for the camp to stay - submitted an application directly to the UK court, saying the group's rights to freedom of expression and freedom of assembly under the European Convention of Human Rights had been infringed.
A panel of three Supreme Court justices considered written submissions, but ruled that "permission to appeal be refused because the application does not raise an arguable point of law".
A spokesman for the Scottish Parliament said: "The SPCB welcomes today's decision of the Supreme Court, which brings this matter to a close."
Mr McFarlane and Ms MacLeod were two of nine respondents in the original case, and submitted one of four appeals heard at the Court of Session. It is not thought any of the other campers applied to the Supreme Court for a fresh appeal.
The Court of Session ruled that the campers should have to pay the costs for the case, which were estimated as running in excess of £128,000, but the parliament ultimately decided that pursuing them "would not be cost effective".
Dylan Marcus Edwards, 50, of Llanrwst, Conwy county, pleaded guilty to the charge relating to an incident at Royal Oak Hotel, Betws y Coed.
Llandudno Magistrates' Court heard the cat was allegedly put in a bag and hit with a piece of wood.
A second man has denied the same charge.
The case was adjourned until 31 May for a probation service report and for the RSPCA to decide if it will pursue a case against the second man.
The 27-year-old was set upon by his attackers while walking in Dumbarton's Queen Mary Avenue at 04:55 on Sunday.
He was released after treatment at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital.
Police have appealed for help in tracing the men who are described as white, in their early 20s and of average height. They were wearing light-coloured hooded tops.
Det Sgt Stuart Gillies said: "This was a random and unprovoked attack which left the victim with serious injuries.
"Officers are conducting inquiries in the area including examining CCTV and speaking to local residents.
"I would appeal to anyone who was in the area at the time and saw anything suspicious to contact police."
Alongside co-driver Daniel Barritt, Evans equalled their result from the opening round in Monte Carlo.
Evans, 28, experienced a puncture on day two but completed the 18 stages in the DMACK M-Sport Ford Fiesta.
Toyota's Latvala had a 29 second advantage over M-Sport's Ott Tanak who finished in second place.
Reigning champion Sebastian Ogier completed the podium in third while Evans was once again the best-placed British driver.
The Welshman drove for M-Sport in the top class for two seasons in 2014 and 2015, but was demoted to the WRC2 class in 2016.
He made his return to the top class in January 2017 after a 12-month absence.
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Nolan took over on 12 January and, after a win and a draw from his four games, the Magpies are only above the danger zone by one place and one point.
But with 17 matches remaining, Nolan told BBC Radio Nottingham he is confident they will stay up.
"Are we in a relegation scrap already? I don't think so," said Nolan, 34.
"There is a long way to go yet. If we go back 15 games we would be in the top six.
"I am not one to keep looking at tables and asking people to do us favours. It's about us. If we do our job we don't have to worry about anybody else.
"I know, with the quality of squad, if we start getting it right - getting the unit and the balance right - then we should be fine."
Notts face Cheltenham on Saturday, knowing a victory would put them level on points with the 20th-placed Robins.
Player-boss Nolan added: "This league brings up all surprises. We could lose Saturday and go and beat Exeter on Saturday. I am trying to get some consistency and good performances. With good performances consistency comes, and you start getting wins.
"Once Cheltenham is over we will turn our heads towards Exeter.
"The next game is the best game. We will give it our best, and I truly believe if we do we will be okay."
Wood, 33, left the Cherry and Whites in June after 15 years, having joined the Premiership club's academy in 2001.
He said in a statement on Twitter: "I've been offered several fantastic opportunities, one of which allows me to stay involved in the game I love.
"While this was not how I saw my career ending, I am happy to have finished while still able to play at the top level, to have finished on a high."
Wood represented England at under-21 level and Saxons level and was called into the full England squad party to tour South Africa in 2008 but was then injured.
He was also named in England's squad for matches against the Barbarians and Argentina in 2009, but did not play.
Ministers announced more than £2m in the latest round of funding as part of a programme to modernise libraries, archives and museums.
The libraries to benefit are Canton in Cardiff, Cwmbran, Morriston in Swansea, Bridgend, Newtown and Haverfordwest.
They will share around £1m of capital funding to modernise their ageing facilities.
Another £1m will be spent on measures to encourage more public involvement in museums, libraries and archive services across Wales, as well as projects to put archive material online.
Wrexham Library Service will be given £230,000 to co-ordinate all-Wales campaigns and activities to boost community interest in the services.
Culture and Sport Minister John Griffiths said: "Our museums, archives and libraries provide free or low cost access to a wealth of resources and activities that can make a real difference in improving people's lives, especially families on low incomes.
"These grants will create modern, dynamic cultural and educational hubs in our communities for all to enjoy."
The Welsh government said the funding takes the number of sites that have benefitted from its Community Learning Libraries Programme to 89.
However, it comes at a time when library services in some parts of Wales are under threat from cutbacks by local councils.
The Greater Manchester Police officer has been interviewed under criminal caution over Anthony Grainger's death.
Mr Grainger, 36, was shot in the chest after the car he was in was stopped in Culcheth, Cheshire, last month.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) said the officer had been interviewed on suspicion of committing a criminal offence.
It said potential offences he could be charged with include manslaughter and murder.
The police watchdog served a formal notice of investigation on the officer on 2 April.
In a statement, it said: "The IPCC remains in close liaison with the Crown Prosecution Service and at this stage a range of potential offences are under consideration, including unlawful act manslaughter and murder."
It confirmed no firearms or weapons were found on Mr Grainger when he was shot in a village car park.
It said the red Audi that he was in had been stolen and had false registration plates on it.
Greater Manchester Police officers shot the car's tyres twice and threw a CS canister into the vehicle.
The fatal shot was one round fired by an officer carrying a Heckler and Koch MP5 carbine, which pierced the windscreen and hit Mr Grainger.
Mr Grainger, an "odd job man", was originally from Salford and lived in Deane Church Lane, Bolton.
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BBC London's Tom Edwards talks to Rachel Aldred at Westminster University, who says between 12 and 14 people die when cycling each year in London. She is calling for better cycling infrastructure.
He also hears from cyclists on the newest cycleway, at Vauxhall Bridge, about how safe they feel.
Steve McNamara at the Licensed Taxi Drivers Association, Andrew Gilligan at City Hall and political commentator Martin Hoscik share their views on the progress, and politics, of cycling routes.
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The council is a human rights organisation with 47 member states.
Stormont failed to provide the council with information on the use of both Irish and Ulster-Scots, because the NI parties could not agree a submission.
The council's report said more should be done to promote Irish, including in NI's courts and the assembly.
Stormont's power-sharing coalition and other devolved administrations are required to submit information on minority languages to the Council of Europe.
Every three years, the council uses the information provided by various governments to compile a report on the state of minority languages, including Welsh, Scottish Gaelic, Cornish and others.
Despite repeated requests from the UK government, the Northern Ireland Executive was unable to reach a consensus on its submission regarding Irish and Ulster-Scots.
As a result, the authors of the Council of Europe report state that their latest publication is "incomplete, lacking information about the situation in Northern Ireland".
They said this had "hampered the process of timely and effective application" of the European Charter for Regional and Minority Languages across the UK.
The report has been rejected by unionist politicians.
Democratic Unionist MEP Diane Dodds said: "The report from the Council of Europe in relation to the Irish language takes a long list of aims, objectives and grievances from Irish language activist groups and places them in list form within the report.
"It is worth noting that the Executive does meet its commitments in law, including the St Andrews Agreement Act.
"The debate around an Irish language act has ended as it is clear that no cross-community support exists for such a proposal but it is clear that the Irish language is funded and supported by the Executive in line with its commitments."
Ulster Unionist Michael McGimpsey said: "The Council of Europe cannot make binding laws and seems oblivious to the fact that the 1998 Belfast Agreement was the settlement regarding minority languages in Northern Ireland and we have fulfilled our obligations under it.
"There are a number of human rights issues within European borders which the Council of Europe should be busying itself with. The position of the Irish language in Northern Ireland is not one of them."
However, Niall Comer, of the Irish language body Conradh na Gaeilge welcomed the report.
"The lack of political consensus on the Irish language, and the 'persisting hostile climate' in the Stormont assembly as noted in the report of The Council of Europe, has long hindered the development of a much-needed Irish Language Act to protect the rights of Irish speakers on this island," he said.
The report also said there was "no political consensus" on the promotion or protection of Irish and Ulster-Scots in Northern Ireland.
It added: "Promotion of the Irish language remains, regrettably, a highly contentious issue in Northern Ireland."
In the absence of the requested information, the Council of Europe carried out its own fact-finding visit to Northern Ireland, gathering information from civil servants and language organisations.
As a result of its own investigations and interviews, the council is highly critical of the failure to promote the use of Irish in a number of areas in public life, including education, government administration and the media.
The report's authors suggest that the UK government should consider allowing the Irish language to be used in courts in Northern Ireland.
They said: "The committee of experts still considers the active prohibition of the use of Irish in court as a restriction relating to the use of the language. The UK authorities have not provided any justification for this restriction."
The authors have also criticised how some politicians regard the Irish language, saying that there should be a system of simultaneous translation in the Stormont Assembly.
They found that there had not been enough action to develop more Irish language pre-school places in Northern Ireland, despite a growth in demand, and they criticised a lack of teacher training places for Irish language speakers.
They also found that there have been delays and obstructions over the provision of bilingual street signs and tourist information.
The Council of Europe has now called for the Northern Ireland Executive to introduce a comprehensive Irish language policy.
In respect of Ulster-Scots, the report concludes that its position had improved in Northern Ireland in recent years, due to the role of the Ulster-Scots Agency.
The authors found that the agency "has had a proactive role in developing a strategy for Ulster-Scots, based on firm language planning grounds".
However, it also points to a lack of qualified Ulster-Scots teachers and said that Ulster-Scots is still largely "absent from public life".
The British government signed the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages in March 2000 and it came into force in July 2001.
The X Prize was set up to push the boundaries of technology to solve issues such as climate change.
The winner, which will be announced at TED in 2020, will win $5m (£3.4m).
It will be awarded to the team that is deemed to have used artificial intelligence to solve one of the world's biggest problems.
Other X Prizes include one to put a robot on the moon, which was launched in collaboration with Google and one that aims to design a real-life health tricorder - a digital device that can scan the body and diagnose illness.
AI is often associated with dystopian visions of machines working against humanity and the new prize is partly to re-establish it as a technology capable of doing good.
Peter Diamandis, head of the XPrize Foundation, said that the rules and structure of the competition would be loose because it was such a fast-moving technology. What AI is used to improve will be left up to individual teams.
Every year leading up to 2020, teams will go head-to-head at World of Watson, IBM's annual conference, competing for interim prizes and the opportunity to advance to the next year's competition. IBM is jointly running the prize.
The three finalist teams will take the TED stage in 2020 to deliver talks demonstrating what they have achieved.
Ideas will be evaluated by a panel of expert judges for technical accuracy with the TED and X Prize communities choosing the winner.
More details about the competition will be made available in May.
Interested parties can pre-register at the X Prize website.
The hosts' Lyle Taylor dragged a low shot just wide in a first half that did not produce a single shot on target.
Substitutes Tarique Fosu and Adebayo Akinfenwa struck the post for Accrington and Wimbledon respectively.
Beere's low finish gave the Dons the advantage going into Wednesday's return leg at the Wham Stadium.
Accrington, who were denied automatic promotion on the final day of the league season, arrived at Kingsmeadow on the back of five consecutive away wins.
But both sides struggled to get going in a nervy first half which lacked quality.
The Dons, who are appearing in the Football League play-offs for the first time since the phoenix club's formation in 2002, were playing on the 28th anniversary of Wimbledon's famous FA Cup win over Liverpool.
They grabbed a fifth win in six home games in the final moments of the game when Beere kept his cool to slot in past a crowd of players and net his first ever goal for the club.
The hosts had earlier appealed for a penalty, after the ball appeared to strike Accrington's Tom Davies on the arm in the area from a dangerous free-kick.
Match ends, AFC Wimbledon 1, Accrington Stanley 0.
Second Half ends, AFC Wimbledon 1, Accrington Stanley 0.
Attempt missed. Tom Davies (Accrington Stanley) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Adam Buxton with a cross following a set piece situation.
Scott Brown (Accrington Stanley) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Andy Barcham (AFC Wimbledon).
Corner, Accrington Stanley. Conceded by Darius Charles.
Attempt saved. Shay McCartan (Accrington Stanley) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Terry Gornell with a headed pass.
Matty Pearson (Accrington Stanley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Adebayo Akinfenwa (AFC Wimbledon).
Foul by Terry Gornell (Accrington Stanley).
Darius Charles (AFC Wimbledon) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Goal! AFC Wimbledon 1, Accrington Stanley 0. Tom Beere (AFC Wimbledon) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
Attempt blocked. Tom Beere (AFC Wimbledon) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Adebayo Akinfenwa.
Hand ball by Adebayo Akinfenwa (AFC Wimbledon).
Seamus Conneely (Accrington Stanley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jake Reeves (AFC Wimbledon).
Attempt blocked. Adebayo Akinfenwa (AFC Wimbledon) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Paul Robinson.
Substitution, Accrington Stanley. Shay McCartan replaces Piero Mingoia.
Foul by Tarique Fosu-Henry (Accrington Stanley).
Tom Beere (AFC Wimbledon) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Adam Buxton (Accrington Stanley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Adebayo Azeez (AFC Wimbledon).
Substitution, AFC Wimbledon. Tom Beere replaces Sean Rigg.
Corner, AFC Wimbledon. Conceded by Tom Davies.
Attempt blocked. Adebayo Akinfenwa (AFC Wimbledon) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Callum Kennedy with a cross.
Foul by Mark Hughes (Accrington Stanley).
Adebayo Akinfenwa (AFC Wimbledon) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Offside, Accrington Stanley. Adam Buxton tries a through ball, but Terry Gornell is caught offside.
Adam Buxton (Accrington Stanley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Adebayo Akinfenwa (AFC Wimbledon).
Foul by Adam Buxton (Accrington Stanley).
Barry Fuller (AFC Wimbledon) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Seamus Conneely (Accrington Stanley) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Adebayo Akinfenwa (AFC Wimbledon).
Substitution, Accrington Stanley. Terry Gornell replaces Billy Kee.
Attempt missed. Billy Kee (Accrington Stanley) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.
Hand ball by Adebayo Akinfenwa (AFC Wimbledon).
Substitution, AFC Wimbledon. Adebayo Azeez replaces Lyle Taylor.
Attempt missed. Jake Reeves (AFC Wimbledon) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left following a corner.
Corner, AFC Wimbledon. Conceded by Tom Davies.
Istomin, 28, is ranked 92nd in the world, 48 places below the American 12th seed, and had lost four of the pair's last five meetings.
He led 5-2 in the second set, but dropped two breaks before recovering on the tie-break to seal victory two days before the start of Wimbledon.
Querrey, 27, had been looking for a first title since 2012 in Nottingham.
Earlier on Centre Court, Chris Guccione and Andre Sa beat Pablo Cuevas and David Marrero 6-2 7-5 in the doubles final.
Pro12 officials have held talks that could lead to US and Canadian sides being involved in the future.
Four teams each from Ireland and Wales plus two each from Scotland and Italy make up the current format, but the possibility of the Six Nations moving has encouraged hopes of expansion.
"We'd be supportive of any competitions including US-based sides," said Gosper.
"The US market is a very important market for rugby. It's a high-growth market, it's the fastest-growing team sport in the USA.
"It certainly will, we think, provide us in the future with huge revenues to World Rugby through our Rugby World Cup product, which all gets invested back into the game around the world.
"That competition, or the Aviva [Premiership], or the Top 14, or Super Rugby - they're all competing for players and competing for eyeballs on broadcasts, so we understand why they would be interested in having a US team in their competition.
"From our point of view, it would be great because it would be developing players in that area who otherwise would have to come to Europe.
"Anything that keeps and inspires some home-grown US players can only be good for the development of that sport."
Pro12 managing director Martin Anayi has underlined the desire for North American teams to be included, with Houston and Vancouver earmarked as possible host cities.
He wants the annual Six Nations tournament involving England, Ireland, Scotland, France, Wales and Italy to be moved in the calendar and expects World Rugby to help that happen.
However, Anayi accepts that a long-talked-about global season has to be implemented for any Pro12 revamp to take place, and Gosper suggests it is a delicate issue.
"At the end of the day, the global calendar is a negotiation of what's in the common good for as many of the competitions, clubs and nations as possible," said the World Rugby chief.
"It's not an easy thing to reconcile and movement somewhere creates issues somewhere else.
"All I can say at this point of time is we would support their ambition to include an American side in the [Pro12] competition.
"We'd have to look at, with the other stakeholders, what that would mean in terms of calendar shuffle or change."
The Markit/CIPS purchasing managers' index (PMI) for the sector rose to 55.4 in September from 53.4 in August. A figure above 50 indicates expansion.
The weakening of the pound following the Brexit vote had continued to boost exports, the survey found.
But the weak pound had pushed up firms' costs "at a double-digit annual rate".
A weakening of the pound makes UK goods cheaper for overseas buyers, but increases the cost of goods imported into the UK.
Since the UK's vote to leave the EU, the pound has fallen in value by more than 10% against both the US dollar and the euro.
"The weak sterling exchange rate remained the prime growth engine, driving higher new orders from Asia, Europe, the US and a number of emerging markets," said IHS Markit senior economist Rob Dobson.
"The domestic market is also still supportive of growth, especially for consumer goods."
Higher import costs as a result of the exchange rate had led to a further "substantial" increase in average purchase prices, with manufacturers passing on part of the rise to customers in the form of higher charges, the survey found.
However, the resultant inflation was now easing, said Mr Dobson. "It looks as if the recent surge in inflation may not quite reach the peaks of previous bouts such as in 2008 and 2010-11."
Howard Archer, chief UK and European economist at IHS Global Insight, described the figures as "a serious and very welcome upward surprise" which was "undeniably encouraging".
"The robust September manufacturing purchasing survey seemingly further dilutes the case for the Bank of England to cut interest rates again this year," he added.
Lee Hopley, chief economist at the manufacturers' organisation EEF, said it was an "expectation-busting surge in manufacturing activity" that pointed to conditions across industry being "considerably better than business-as-usual".
Martyn Hett was one of 22 people who died when Salman Abedi detonated a homemade bomb at an Ariana Grande concert on 22 May.
His mother, Figen Murray, said she forgave him but was "not really interested in knowing his name".
Her comments came a month after the attack, as other victims' families and survivors also spoke about the night.
Charlotte Campbell, whose 15-year-old daughter Olivia was killed in the attack, said it had been "one of the most horrible things that could happen... but what I don't want it to do is to keep affecting everyone".
"If Olivia was here now, she would be booking for her next concert," she said.
Speaking on BBC Breakfast, Mrs Murray said she had never felt angry but had deliberately made sure she does not know the name of the suicide bomber.
"Although I don't want to know his name, I actually have forgiven this guy," she said.
"I don't feel any negative feelings about it. I know that may sound a bit controversial but it's genuinely how I feel."
Mrs Murray also revealed she has had a tattoo of the phrase #BeMoreMartyn alongside a bee, which has become the symbol of solidarity among those affected by the attack, in memory of her son, something she said Martyn would find "absolutely hilarious".
Mrs Campbell, from Radcliffe, Bury, said she had been overwhelmed by the support received from "friends, family, community [and] strangers that have become friends".
She said her family wanted people to talk to them about what happened, rather than point at them.
"If you don't know what to say, then give us a hug," she said.
The funeral of 14-year-old victim Nell Jones, from Goostrey, Cheshire, took place earlier, while pupils at the school of 15-year-old victim Megan Hurley, from Merseyside, have marked a month since her death by wearing her favourite colour, orange.
Survivors of the attack have also been talking about what happened.
A picture of 14-year-old Eve Senior, who suffered 14 shrapnel wounds in the blast, featured on many newspaper front pages in the aftermath of the attack.
She was among 220 people who received hospital treatment, along with her mother, who suffered eight wounds.
The charity Victim Support has received calls from more than 350 people, including many children, about the Manchester attack and is still dealing with up to 14 calls every day, something which psychologist Emma Kenny said was not surprising.
"Initially, when you're in the eye of the storm, the whole world is supporting you [but] when that dies down, that is when people can acknowledge what is going on and where they are.
"In the beginning, most of us feel a disconnection and horror, but don't necessarily know how to feel personally, because we are thinking about everyone else's feelings.
"Usually, within four to six weeks, you start to understand if you have been left with residual issues.
"That is when children may start talking about having nightmares or adults are unable to go to shopping centres.
"That is when you can really note whether you have been affected."
The Bradford teenager said she spent nine days in hospital after the blast and had to return when doctors discovered more "metal in my foot".
"My friends don't understand how long it is going to take for me to recover - I don't think I understand how long it will take," she said.
"I cannot feel my legs, so it is making it really hard for me to walk."
Her mother Natalie said it had been "the most bizarre month of my life".
"I worry about how we will cope, but we have really good support around us."
Ellie Cheetham, who was not injured in the attack, has spoken to BBC Three about the aftermath.
The 14-year-old tweeted a video of the moment she and her friends heard the bomb go off from inside the arena, which went viral on social media.
She said the month since it happened "has felt like a long time in some ways... but it still feels raw".
"The world has moved on, the news has moved on - but you have to remember the victims."
Resuming on 76, England hopeful Vince was bowled for 119 by Steven Patterson.
Wicketkeeper Adam Wheater (62) chipped Patterson to mid-wicket after a 143-run seventh-wicket stand with Ervine.
The Zimbabwean's century followed, off 205 balls, before he was caught behind to become Ryan Sidebottom's 1,000th career wicket as Hampshire closed on 450-8, trailing by 143 runs.
Vince's 18th first-class century from 173 balls, which included 15 fours, brought stability to the visitors' erratic first innings and halted the dominance of champions Yorkshire.
With uncertainty surrounding England's top-order, Vince - who is yet to play in a Test match for England - followed Ian Bell and Sam Robson in using the start of the county season to showcase his abilities.
As the hosts toiled in the sun on the third day, Ervine marked his 200th first-class match with a hard-fought ton to help Hampshire avoid the follow-on.
Astute batting from South African bowler Ryan McLaren, who finished unbeaten on 55, and Chris Wood ensured the away side battled through the day for loss of just three wickets.
Etzebeth is set to move to England following his international matches in November.
The 24-year-old is contracted to the Stormers and the South African Rugby Union, but last year had a three-month spell in Japan during the southern hemisphere off-season.
South African sources have indicated a similar deal is expected with Saracens.
Etzebeth, who has 53 Springbok caps, is regarded as one of the best forwards in world rugby, and the deal would be one of the biggest signings in Premiership history.
The deal would have to be approved by SA Rugby and, if it is completed, Etzebeth would act as injury dispensation for Saracens' former club captain Alistair Hargreaves, who was forced to retire this month because of concussion.
Etzebeth would link up with former Stormers Michael Rhodes and Schalk Burger at Allianz Park, and the move will raise further concerns in the southern hemisphere about the player exodus to clubs in France and England.
One of the leading administrators in South African, New Zealand, Australian and Argentinean Rugby (SANZAAR) told the BBC last week that the financial might of clubs in Europe was the "biggest challenge" to their unions.
"Our next... battle will be here in the land of Anbar to completely liberate it," his office quoted him as saying.
Military sources say Iraqi troops are fighting IS east of the regional capital Ramadi.
Government forces recaptured Tikrit from IS last week after it fell to the jihadist militants in June.
Mr Abadi said in a post on his official Facebook page (in Arabic): "We will prevail in Anbar as we prevailed in Tikrit."
Army officers said IS militants had been driven back in the Sijariya area east of Ramadi.
Anbar, a heavily-Sunni area stretching west from the capital Baghdad to the Syrian border, is the country's biggest province. Most of its towns and cities are held by IS or other Sunni insurgents.
Falluja, a key city in the region overrun by IS, is said to be blockaded on three sides amidst a build-up for an assault.
In addition to Iraqi army units, Shia militia forces are also reported to be moving in to the province from areas to the south of Baghdad.
The use of Shia irregulars in heavily-Sunni heartlands is controversial although PM Abadi is organising the mobilisation and arming of local Sunni tribes, reports the BBC's Middle East correspondent Jim Muir.
Efforts to dislodge Sunni militants from cities like Falluja have failed in the past, so recapturing the whole of the huge Anbar province is clearly a major undertaking, our correspondent notes.
But the government is evidently hoping to keep up the momentum of the defeat inflicted on the militants at Tikrit, he adds.
Iraqi officials have argued for some time that to isolate IS in its bastions along the Syrian border, Anbar should be the next major target either on its own or in a parallel attack on the northern province of Nineveh.
US troops occupied Anbar for eight years, suffering heavy losses in the process to Sunni insurgents.
The chains used some promotions which were not genuine, the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) found.
Carpetright, Dreams, Furniture Village, Harveys and Bensons for Beds were subject to the probe.
The firms confirmed a commitment to use genuine prices, but did not admit liability.
The chains had advertised some normal retail prices as "discounted" prices to shoppers, the OFT said.
Source: BIS Pricing Practices Guide (2010)
Comparing prices as a marketing tool, called "reference pricing", can be powerful, the OFT said.
"Retailers advertise bargains and discounts by referring to a previous or future higher price," said Gaucho Rasmussen, OFT goods and consumer group director.
"It's a powerful marketing tool which, when used properly, provides a helpful and easy way to demonstrate to shoppers the value of discounts and savings.
"We are therefore pleased that these retailers have confirmed their commitment to using genuine prices."
Carpetright executive chairman Lord Harris said: "We are pleased the OFT has publicly welcomed Carpetright's commitment to open and transparent pricing. When customers visit Carpetright they can be confident of getting good quality products at a competitive price, which is supported by our price promise."
In January two carpet chains, United Carpets and Floors2go, also changed pricing practices after an OFT investigation.
The 27-year-old left-back made his international debut in 2012 and has won 13 caps for his country.
Lafferty adds to manager Michael O'Neill's defensive options for the Windsor Park match in Belfast.
Northern Ireland lie second in Group C, five points behind Germany with two wins for their four qualifiers.
Norway are in a disappointing fifth place, having picked up just three points from four games.
O'Neill is without Will Grigg for the Norway encounter after the Wigan Athletic striker was ruled out with a knee injury.
Shane Ferguson is also an absentee, with the versatile Millwall player serving a suspension.
Northern Ireland's 3-0 friendly defeat by Croatia on 15 November brought to an end a 10-game unbeaten home record, O'Neill's side having previously won eight and drawn two at Windsor Park, conceding only three goals in the process.
Their last loss in a home competitive fixturewas a 4-2 defeat at the hands of Portugal in a World Cup qualifier in September 2013.
Northern Ireland squad to face Norway:
Goalkeepers: Michael McGovern (Norwich City), Alan Mannus (St Johnstone), Roy Carroll (Linfield)
Defenders: Aaron Hughes (Hearts), Gareth McAuley (West Brom), Jonny Evans (West Brom), Chris Brunt (West Brom), Craig Cathcart (Watford), Conor McLaughlin (Fleetwood Town), Lee Hodson (Rangers), Ryan McLaughlin (Oldham Athletic), Tom Flanagan (Burton Albion), Daniel Lafferty (Sheffield Utd)
Midfielders: Steven Davis (Southampton), Niall McGinn (Aberdeen), Oliver Norwood (Brighton), Corry Evans (Blackburn Rovers), Jamie Ward (Nottingham Forest), Stuart Dallas (Leeds Utd), Paul Paton (St Johnstone), Matthew Lund (Rochdale)
Forwards: Kyle Lafferty (Norwich City), Josh Magennis (Charlton Athletic), Conor Washington (QPR), Liam Boyce (Ross County)
It is eight years since Alan Hutton headed to Tottenham Hotspur for more than £11m, six months after Craig Gordon joined Sunderland for just £2m less during a season that was to prove a false dawn for those of us who thought it was ushering in a new golden era for Scottish football.
And, while transfer fees in England continue to rocket skywards with Germany prospect Leroy Sane heading from Schalke to Manchester City this month for £37m, no Scottish-born player has earned a permanent transfer to the top flight south of the Border this summer.
Scots still move for significant sums, but a fee of around £12m was only enough to take striker Ross McCormack from one Championship club, Fulham, to another, Aston Villa. Meanwhile, the Birmingham club's fellow relegation victims, Newcastle United, paid a similar amount to persuade winger Matt Ritchie to step down from the top flight, where he had shone with Bournemouth.
English-born Matt Phillips is the one Scotland international to win a big-money move to the Premier League - West Bromwich Albion paying Queens Park Rangers £5.5m for the winger who no doubt hopes it will help him add to his mere four caps.
When the top flight kicks off in England on Saturday, Phillips will be among 20 Scots available to the 20 clubs. That is an increase of four from when last season ended, but that is a slightly deceptive statistic.
That 20 includes Liam Bridcutt, the midfielder back at Sunderland but in the middle of a protracted return to Leeds United on loan, winger Ryan Fraser, who could be back on the fringes at Bournemouth after spending last season at Ipswich Town, and full-back Jordan McGhee, who is on loan from Hearts but viewed by Middlesbrough as mainly a development player.
It also includes Thursday's transfer to Sunderland of Donald Love, who has been bought by former Manchester United boss David Moyes with the hope that the versatile Scotland Under-21 defender can make a quick graduation from the Old Trafford reserve squad.
Despite the 21-year-old's step up, there remains not one Scot in the first-team squads of the clubs who finished in the Premier League's top five last season.
The highest-placed club with players eligible for Scotland are Southampton. Unfortunately for Strachan, as they look to become regular starters at St Mary's, English-born 20-year-olds Matt Targett and Sam Gallagher have already switched their allegiances back to the land of their birth after representing Scotland at under-19 level.
West Ham United are the highest finishers with a Scottish-born player on their books, but left-back Stephen Hendrie - the last player to leave Scotland's top flight for a fee of more than £1m when he left Hamilton Academical last summer - has again been sent out on loan and will spend the season with Blackburn Rovers in the Championship.
That leaves right-back Phil Bardsley and midfielder Charlie Adam as Scotland's top finishers last season, with Stoke City in ninth, but both have fallen out of favour under Strachan.
Everton, in 11th place, have two Scottish-born players on their books. However, midfielders James McCarthy and Aiden McGeady famously chose to represent Republic of Ireland instead of their homeland.
Swansea City, who finished one place below, have left-back Stephen Kingsley and midfielder Jay Fulton. The 22-year-olds who were previously with Falkirk at least seem well placed to build on a handful of appearances between them at the end of last season but have yet to become regular starters.
That makes winger Ikechi Anya, with Watford in 13th place, the Scotland squad regular with the highest-placed club, but even he only made 18 starts for the Hornets.
The loss of Norwich City's four-strong Scottish enclave through relegation has at least been compensated by the return of Hull City's, but it is indicative of the lower half of the Premier League and top-end of the Championship being as good as it gets for the nation's talent.
Middlesbrough's promotion at last gives Jordan Rhodes the chance to prove to Strachan that he can reproduce his goalscoring feats at the top level, which would be particularly timely now that the national boss's preferred lone striker, Steven Fletcher, has dropped down to the Championship with Sheffield Wednesday.
The former Sunderland forward was one of 19 Scots who started the opening weekend's games in England's second tier, but eight of those have not been involved in Strachan's squads. Indeed, nine who have been involved regularly in the head coach's set-up either were on the bench or not even in their side's match-day squad.
Strachan's most pressing need is for some fresh blood in central defence, but a look down the divisions and there is little there to suggest there is anyone about to challenge Norwich's Russell Martin, Ipswich's Christophe Berra, Grant Hanley, who switched to Newcastle United for £5.5m from Blackburn Rovers, and veteran Gordon Greer, who replaced the latter at Ewood Park after his release by Brighton.
One of Strachan's best alternatives in that position, Charlie Mulgrew, has found himself effectively without a club after failing to agree a new contract with Celtic. Indeed, much to the national boss's dismay no doubt, it is a 20-year-old Irishman, Eoghan O'Connell, who has emerged this summer as the Scottish champions' potential next big thing in that position.
Admittedly, Stuart Armstrong, James Forrest and Callum McGregor, all of whom have been on the fringes under Strachan, forced their way into Celtic's starting line-up as they began the defence of their Scottish title with a 2-1 win away to Hearts.
These are the crumbs of comfort for which Scotland fans have become accustomed. It can also be pointed out that Wales reached the Euro 2016 semi-finals with a similar number of players (19) vying for starting places in this weekend's Premier League and Northern Ireland advanced to the last 16 with less than half that number - a mere seven.
There is also irony in the fact that, with Celtic's Kieran Tierney, Hull's Andrew Robertson and Kingsley about to do battle for a starting berth - not to mention Hendrie and the much-forgotten Barry Douglas, who helped Konyaspor finish a best-ever third in the Turkish Super Lig - Scotland could fill half a team with quality left-backs.
The 23-year-old Scotland striker has only scored once in 17 appearances for the Scottish Premiership club.
But Robinson says Watt will be back at the English League One club in days.
"Tony has to come back an apologise for certain things and then endear himself to the fans and to me and to the club," he told Charlton's website.
"What is going to happen with Tony Watt is that he is going to come in and I'm going to run the legs off of him.
"I'm going to make him sweat, make him cry and I want to see whether he has got the desire to play for me and this club.
"That is the top and bottom of it. There have been a lot of questions about Tony, his mentality and desire, but no-one in this football world has ever questioned his talent."
Watt has not played for Charlton, who he joined from Standard Liege in January 2015, since the following November.
He joined then Championship rivals Cardiff City on loan and, after a permanent transfer to the Welsh club collapsed, he switched to Blackburn Rovers for three months.
Watt's form led to a first Scotland cap against Czech Republic in March and, with his parent club having suffered relegation, he moved to Hearts on loan in the summer.
However, Robinson took over at Charlton in November following the sacking of Russell Slade.
Meanwhile, Hearts last month also changed their head coach, with Ian Cathro being appointed after Robbie Neilson took over the Robinson's replacement at MK Dons, Richie Barker.
Watt has found himself relegated to the bench under Cathro and now his future at Charlton is also under scrutiny.
"I want him to prove that he can be one of the best players in this league," added Robinson, who tried to sign Watt for MK Dons before Hearts stepped in, ahead of Monday's visit by Bristol Rovers.
"He's got to come back for testing and, within that, we'll see if he has got the application to be here.
"If you want to play football, come to a club with great young players, great fans and a great desire to improve and be better."
O'Flaherty, making her Olympic debut at the age of 35, clocked 9:45.35 as she finished almost 33 seconds behind heat winner Ruth Jebet of Bahrain.
The Irish athlete was unable to stay with the fast early pace as the field was quickly strung out.
O'Flaherty set her personal best of 9:42.61 in Letterkenny last year.
The Newcastle woman was still able to reflect on a day of Irish athletics history as her country had a full quota of three athletes in the Olympic steeplechase for the first time.
"It was a season's best and it's been great on this journey with the girls and creating history with the three of us at the Olympics," said the county Down athlete.
O'Flaherty' team-mate Sara Treacy will compete in Monday's final after being re-instated following an appeal by the Ireland team after she was brought down in the last heat.
Treacy bravely got back up and eventually finished 12th in 9:46.24 before the Ireland management launched their successful appeal.
"I caught up with the back of the pack and someone just stopped and everyone ran into the back of them," said the Meath woman.
"I tried to avoid it and I stepped on the inside of the track. I stood on a drainage grate on the inside of the track and fell completely.
"I just completely lost momentum and lost the whole pack and had to get going again."
Michelle Finn joined O'Flaherty in missing out on a place in the final as she clocked 9:49.45 to finish 11th in her heat.
22 November 2015 Last updated at 12:13 GMT
Seven-year-old Ethan was performing the song before an Australian Baseball League match between the Brisbane Bandits and the Adelaide Bite.
At the end of the performance, the crowd in the stadium gave him a huge round of applause.
He then ran around the pitch getting high fives from all the baseball players.
Video courtesy of the Australian Baseball League.
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Go to a restaurant in this pretty Belgian town, and all the diners know her. They come over to congratulate her on winning two medals at the 2016 Rio Paralympics; she raises a glass to a family celebrating a birthday.
For a few hours, she's the life and soul of the party.
But, at 37, the Belgian wheelchair racer suffers such pain she wakes her neighbours by screaming in the night. As she watches her precious, fiercely defended independence dwindling, she has planned her own death.
Euthanasia is legal in Belgium, and eight years ago Vervoort signed the papers which will, eventually, allow a doctor to end her life. It's not that she wants to die. She wants to live. But she wants to live on her terms.
It is three months since she won silver and bronze at her second Paralympics and Vervoort is still the toast of Diest, where a large billboard bearing an image of her face declares the town is "so proud" of her.
We're greeted at the door of her specially adapted flat by Zenn, Vervoort's assistance labrador. Nurses come in four times a day to tend to Vervoort's medical needs, but Zenn gives her mistress an extra degree of independence, fetching items and helping her dress. She is, most of all, a mood-enhancer.
"When I'm happy, she's happy," says Vervoort. "When I'm mad, she's scared, and she goes to sit in another part of the house so she's not bothering me. When I'm crying, she'll come to lie down with me, lick my face, hug me.
"When I'm going to have an epileptic attack, she pushes her head between my knees. She is saying to me, 'Marieke, you have to lay down. Go to a safe spot because something is going to happen to you.'"
The walls of her flat are crammed with framed photos and paintings of her winning moments, while medals, trophies, and bottles of champagne jostle for space on cupboards and counter tops.
Her achievements have been hard won. A progressive, incurable spinal condition, diagnosed when she was 21, ravages her body and no two days are the same.
"I know how I feel now, but I don't know how I'll feel after half an hour," she says. "It can be that I feel very, very bad, I get an epileptic attack, I cry, I scream because of pain. I need a lot of painkillers, valium, morphine.
"A lot of people ask me how is it possible that you can have such good results and still be smiling with all the pain and medication that eats your muscles. For me, sports, and racing with a wheelchair - it's a kind of medication."
Just getting to the start line in Rio was an achievement. In 2013, a racing accident left her shoulder so badly damaged a doctor told her she would never reach the top again. To that, as to so many setbacks in life, her response was a defiant hand gesture.
"I turned my bed into a gym - physio, elastic belts," she says.
"I was doing my own physio, my own exercises. After the rehabilitation, I broke three world records."
She went back to her doctor and thanked her for telling her she would not reach the top again.
"You gave me the power to fight back like an animal," she told her doctor. "You make my mind only stronger."
The silver medal in the T52 400m in Rio came after 30 hours of violent sickness and a day on a rehydrating drip in the Paralympic village. The bronze in the 100m came after a bladder infection sent her temperature soaring.
She said they were medals with two sides - happy and sad.
"I can't imagine a better way to end your career, but also there's a side of sadness, to say goodbye to the sports that I love," she explains.
"Other people stop with their sports because they say they don't want to do it any more. I have to stop because my mind says yes, go further, you still can do it. But my body cries, says help, stop training, you break me."
To get a fuller picture of the athlete known as 'The Beast from Diest', we travel to see her close friend Lieve Bullens, the woman Vervoort calls her 'Godmother'.
Ask Vervoort's friends and family to describe her and they will use a variety of adjectives. Determined, independent, joyful, stubborn. I would add funny, thoughtful and a terrible back-seat driver.
The constant threat of an epileptic episode and her deteriorating sight mean she is no longer allowed to drive her car, emblazoned with her picture, fist punching the air after another race win. I take the wheel. It's clear my caution is damaging her image as Belgium's fastest woman on three wheels.
"You are driving like an old woman! Ha ha ha!"
Bullens welcomes us into a house which is part home, part Buddhist retreat. Large windows overlook the winter garden, drums and dreamcatchers are suspended from the ceiling. The open cooking range has been converted into a candle-laden altar. It's the perfect place to recuperate from the stress of the car journey.
Vervoort met Bullens, a mental coach and therapist, when competing at the 2007 Hawaii Ironman triathlon for para-athletes.
Triathlon had become her passion when the onset of her disease made her reliant on a wheelchair. She was para-triathlon world champion twice, but in 2008 her condition deteriorated to such an extent she had to give up the sport.
It was the lowest point in her life. The pain was agonising, the loss of independence insupportable. She told her friend she wanted to kill herself.
"She said 'there's no point in living, no point in going on because it's too hard, it's too bad'," Bullens says.
But Vervoort's psychologist recommended she speak to Dr Wim Distelmans, a leading palliative care expert. He suggested an alternative option: euthanasia.
Euthanasia - in which a doctor intervenes to end a life - has been legal in Belgium since 2002. It is available only if a patient has an incurable condition, is in unbearable pain, and is able to make a rational decision to request it, and even then two doctors have to agree it is the correct course of action.
In 2015, MPs in the UK rejected the Assisted Dying Bill, which would have allowed some terminally ill adults to end their lives with medical supervision.
Bullens was the first person Vervoort told about her decision. She is also the person she wants with her when she dies.
"I immediately supported her," Bullens says. "She is stubborn. She knows what she wants. But she also knows what she doesn't want. A living hell is not the life that she wants.
"I immediately had the feeling it was something that she could control, and if she had control of her life, she would live longer. The pain is always there. She doesn't have to wait for the pain to have an end for her life. She says to the pain - I decide when to go. Not you."
In the hall of Bullens' house is a wall upon which friends and guests have written inspirational messages. But, until now, not Vervoort. She puts that right. It's a painful process, as her hands are beginning to fail her. Bullens knows it's a precious moment.
"The woman who's writing it is forever in my heart," she says. "She's not forever physically. It's a peaceful thought that she will go in a beautiful way, and not a hard way. In a strong way."
Jos and Odette Vervoort are no different to many proud sporting parents, travelling extensively to support their daughter. They get out a photo album of memorable moments on Copacabana Beach, Sugarloaf Mountain, and - the highlight - Vervoort being presented with her silver medal and getting a hug from Princess Astrid of Belgium.
They've watched their sporty child grow into a world-beating adult. Like all parents, they know they need to let their child go. But for them, letting go means having to support her decision to end her life with euthanasia.
"She's always been independent," Jos says. "When she came in a wheelchair, she was frightened she would live all her life as a disabled person with mum and dad under the same roof.
"You can see her situation, you are realistic, and you say yes, if she feels better with [the decision to choose euthanasia], I can live with it.
"In the beginning we knew it was a decision for the future. Now we know the future is coming near.
"It may be a question of months, a question of years. But we see as she becomes more dependent, it becomes more difficult."
Her parents don't know, and she doesn't know, when the moment will come. What is clear is she is not ready for it yet.
She has given up wheelchair racing and taken up indoor sky diving - the vertical wind tunnel allows her battered body a sense of precious freedom - with the aim of doing an unassisted dive from a plane.
She wants to fly in a stunt plane, and bungee jump from a bridge. She loathes not being able to drive her car, but her friends, family and Zenn give her much to live for.
"I'm the richest girl in the world," she says.
"I'm a real rich girl, a really lucky person, even with this miserable, ugly disease which I hate."
Is she afraid of dying?
"No, if you asked me 10 years ago, do you want to do a bungee jump - are you crazy? I'm not afraid any more. I risk everything, and I love it, to do all these things, because I'm not afraid to die any more," she says.
"To me, death is peaceful, something that gives me a good feeling."
Vervoort's fridge is well stocked. Not with food on the day we're there, but with sparkling wine. She opens a bottle before dinner. It's part of her pain relief.
We go to eat with her at a restaurant in Diest, where she is the guest of honour. She recommends the sizzling beef and the shrimp tagliatelle, both delicious. It's a great night.
The next day we arrive to do one last interview but find Vervoort curled up on the couch, exhausted and barely conscious after a pain-racked night.
She called the nurses in the early hours to administer morphine. Zenn keeps close to her mistress' side.
It's hard to believe this is the irrepressible woman we spent the previous day with, and a stark reminder of how unpredictable her illness is.
But 40 minutes later, she wants to talk again. We talk about the reason she chose euthanasia over suicide.
"If I didn't have those papers, I wouldn't have been able to go into the Paralympics. I was a very depressed person - I was thinking about how I was going to kill myself," she explains.
"In England, I hope, and every country, they will look at euthanasia in another way - it's not murder. I'm the best example. It's thanks to those papers that I'm still living.
"All those people who get those papers here in Belgium - they have a good feeling. They don't have to die in pain. They can choose a moment, and be with the people they want to be with. With euthanasia you're sure that you will have a soft, beautiful death."
The conversation finishes in gales of laughter when Zenn, sensing the mood, decides to lighten it by passing wind.
Seconds later, Vervoort's eyes roll backwards. She's having an epileptic fit. We hit the red button and medical staff are there within a minute. It's become part of her life.
A couple of hours later she is in Brussels, giving a motivational speech and saying yes to selfies and autographs for anyone who wants them.
She is determined not to waste a second of the life she has remaining. She has planned her funeral, and it involves a lot of sparkling wine. She also knows what she wants her eulogy to say.
"I prepared everything. I wrote to every person who's in my heart. I wrote to every person a letter when I could still do it with my hands," she says.
"I wrote texts that they have to read. I want that everybody takes a glass of Cava, [and toasts me] because she had a really good life. She had a really bad disease, but thanks to that disease, she was able to do things that people can only dream about, because I was mentally so strong.
"I want people to remember that Marieke was somebody living day by day and enjoying every little moment."
The 21-year-old made the comments in an interview with Sky Sports News that had not been authorised by the club.
"For Saido, the most important thing is to go out there and perform, rather than talking about it. He's still got a long way to go." said Pulis.
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"If he gets to that stage, he'll have teams coming after him."
The former Stoke City and Crystal Palace manager added: "He's not had that yet, as there were no phone calls asking for him in this transfer window."
"The kid has been at this football club since he was 10. He has got real respect for the people who have helped him get to where he's got so far.
"The question is, does he want to go on and play in a top four team?
"I've no doubt he does, but his responsibility is to work as hard as he can for us until that happens and to go out and score as many goals as he can until the end of the season."
West Brom, with new signing Darren Fletcher, travel to Burnley on Sunday, three points above the relegation zone, with Sean Dyche's side only a point clear of safety.
"The lads got straight into him for the interview, but it was all in good fun. He is young, he said something and he will learn from it. I know from being in the dressing room he loves West Brom and he wants to do well here."
"The manager sold the place to me. It wasn't until I came down here and saw the great facilities and met some of the great people involved in the club that I truly made my decision."
"I bounced a few things off him as he knows everything about everyone in the game. He always gives you sound advice and he reaffirms a few things in your mind. The decision is ultimately mine, but he's a great person to seek advice and ideas off."
"It's very similar in style. I've noticed the intensity in training is very good. After the first day, I thought: 'A few weeks of this and a few games under my belt and I'll be absolutely flying'. It's great, it's exciting for a player and I've really enjoyed it."
Tianhe-2 was top of the twice-yearly list that keeps tabs on supercomputer development and growth.
Since the last list, China had 20% more supercomputers in the top 500, while US representation went down 15%.
However, the US still dominates the chart with 233 computers making the latest tally.
China had 76, up from 63 in the last count. This is almost as many as the UK (30), France (27) and Germany (23) combined.
The full list will be published on Monday at a conference in Leipzig, Germany.
The top500 list is a widely-recognised barometer of the state of worldwide supercomputing. It has been published twice yearly since 1993.
All the computers are measured against the same criteria - a benchmark first devised in 1979 but since improved as computing has become ever more sophisticated.
Such is the immense power of the supercomputers, their computational ability is measured in petaflop/s - quadrillions of calculations per second.
The top performing computer, Tianhe-2, had its power measured at 33.86 petaflop/s (quadrillions of calculations per second). It has been just five years since IBM's Roadrunner became the first computer to break the 1 petaflop/s mark. That machine was shut down in 2013 due to excessive power consumption.
The entire top 500 list of supercomputers combined offered 274 petaflop/s.
Tianhe-2 is owned by the Chinese government and operated by the National University of Defence Technology. It is used as a "research and educational" tool.
Fishlock fractured a tibia in Seattle Reign's 3-0 win over Boston Breakers on 24 April and was ruled out for between four and six weeks.
But the 29-year-old played half an hour for Seattle in a friendly against Arsenal.
She has been included in Wales' squad for the game against Norway on 7 June.
Jayne Ludlow's side are third in qualifying Group 8, five points behind leaders Austria and second-placed Norway with three games remaining.
Winger Norton, 29, scored his 245th try to help his side beat South Korea 52-0 in the Hong Kong Sevens on Friday.
"It's an amazing feeling, it was hard with the record in sight to try and control my brain coming into it," said Norton, who made his debut in 2009.
"The exciting thing for Dan is he's still got a few years left in him," said England head coach Simon Amor.
England, who lie second in this season's overall standings behind South Africa, are chasing their first title in Hong Kong since 2006.
Norton's tally of 245 tries is one ahead of Kenya's Collins Injera who did not score as Kenya lost to Canada 17-14.
Norton starred in Great Britain's Rio Olympics 2016 campaign, when they lost in the final to Fiji.
Some have been enjoying the snow, especially in areas where it has been thick enough for skiing and sledging, but for others it's caused disruption.
But scientists from the Met Office, who monitor the weather, say that snow isn't actually that unusual at this time of year.
It's often a chilly month - between 1981 and 2010, the UK had an average of 2.3 days of snow in April. That means it's more common to be able to build a snowman in April than it is in November!
And in 1981 it was particularly dramatic - on the 25th of April that year more than 29 centimetres fell in Sheffield.
The current cold temperatures can be blamed on air coming to the UK from the freezing Arctic.
Baharin Kandal said IS fighters had retreated from all areas, except for two pockets of resistance in the east.
US-led air strikes have helped push back the militants, with another 14 conducted over the past 24 hours.
Meanwhile, the new UN human rights commissioner has called IS a "potentially genocidal" movement.
Zeid Ra'ad al Hussein described the group as the antithesis of human rights.
Speaking by phone, Kurdish commander Baharin Kandal told the BBC's Kasra Naji that she hoped the city would be "liberated soon".
Ms Kandal said her militia group had been receiving arms, supplies and fighters but she refused to say how, reports our correspondent, who is on the Turkish border near Kobane.
At the scene: BBC's Kasra Naji on the Turkey-Syria border
Kurdish defenders have victory in their sights. After exactly a month of fighting, they say they have driven Islamic State from most of the city.
But from a hilltop across the border in Turkey, it is clear there is still fighting going on, particularly in the north of the city. Small and heavy arms fire can be heard, as well as occasional explosions. There have also been several air strikes this afternoon by the US-led coalition.
One 32-year-old Kurdish militia commander, who leads the fighting in the east of the city, told me she hoped the city would be "fully liberated" very soon.
Her comments reflect an air of optimism here in Turkey among the Kobane refugees who are hoping to go back to their town in the next few days.
The battle for Kobane, which is also known as Ayn al-Arab, is regarded as a major test of whether the US-led coalition's air campaign can push back IS.
US Central Command said that bomber and fighter aircraft had conducted 14 air strikes on Wednesday and Thursday, all of them targeting IS around Kobane.
The strikes "successfully struck 19 IS buildings, two IS command posts, three IS fighting positions, three IS sniper positions, one IS staging location and one IS heavy machine gun", a statement said.
It said the air strikes had "continued to slow IS advances, but that the security situation on the ground in Kobane remains tenuous".
A Kurdish official in Kobane, Idris Nassen, confirmed to the AFP news agency that IS had pulled back from some areas and that "the international coalition has fought IS more effectively during the last few days".
But he warned: "We need more air strikes, as well as weaponry and ammunition to fight them on the ground."
Meanwhile, IS militants released another propaganda video featuring British hostage John Cantlie on Thursday.
The journalist, who was kidnapped in Syria in 2012, has appeared in several videos released by IS that have all followed the same format - with Mr Cantlie addressing the camera from behind a desk.
There are no signs of violence in the videos but Mr Cantlie has made it clear he is speaking as a prisoner whose life is in danger.
Earlier, Zeid Ra'ad al Hussein, the new UN human rights commissioner, described IS as the antithesis of human rights and "a diabolical, potentially genocidal movement".
He said: "The way it has spread its tentacles into other countries, employing social media and the internet to brainwash and recruit people from across the globe, reveals it to be the product of a perverse and lethal marriage of a new form of nihilism with the digital age."
Activists say more than 600 people have been killed since the jihadist group launched its assault on Kobane a month ago.
More than 160,000 people have fled the mainly Kurdish town in the face of the IS advance.
Capturing the town would give the group unbroken control of a long stretch of the Syrian-Turkish border.
IS fighters, who have seized large areas in Syria and Iraq, have gained a reputation for brutal tactics, including mass killings and beheadings of soldiers and journalists.
Someone said to me recently, "You've been in so many Slam finals but you've only won two" - but all I can do is keep trying to get myself in position to win again.
I'm not scared to fail. It's not like after losing a couple of those Grand Slam finals I thought, "I don't fancy this any more". It has been difficult to get over some tough losses but I've kept working hard, training hard, believing in myself and trying to improve. I've tried to get help from loads of different people and coaches.
After another tough loss at the French Open, I've given myself another opportunity, and I am proud of that, big time. Hopefully I'll get over the line on Sunday.
Experiencing the Wimbledon fortnight as a parent has been different because now I have a family to get home to.
For the first time ever, tennis is probably more of a distraction from my home life than the other way around.
Beforehand, in the build-up to a Slam final, I'd always just be thinking about that match. I don't feel like that just now - I'm just looking forward to the next time I see Sophia and Kim.
Sophia's already watched a bit of tennis with Kim at home over these last couple of weeks and maybe when she's older she'll want to come and see me play.
I would like that; it would be nice for me in a selfish way. I'm sure she won't be that interested but it gives me a little bit of extra motivation to keep going when I get a bit older.
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This will be my first Grand Slam final without Roger Federer or Novak Djokovic on the other side of the net, but I don't think being the more experienced player will make much difference to my approach.
I just have to make sure I prepare as well as possible, and that's where my team play such an important part.
For Matt Little, my fitness trainer, it's about making sure I'm warmed up properly for practices and obviously the match, and that I don't pick up any niggles before the final.
My physio, Shane Annun, is responsible for helping my body recover as best as possible and keeping me loose.
Jamie Delgado and Ivan Lendl are responsible for the tennis side, so we'll speak a little about Friday's match and then the gameplan for Sunday.
Saturday will be a short practice but every little thing you can work on can make a difference. Then we'll talk again on Sunday before the match.
Their roles are clear but it can be easy to miss things at this stage, so it's just about everyone taking care of all the details.
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There's no doubt Milos Raonic will be a very tough final opponent, after all he beat Roger Federer on Centre Court to get there.
Milos returns well and is good off the ground, but it's pretty obvious that he has one of the best serves out there, so my returning will be key.
I've always been a good returner since my junior days - I don't know why that was. I didn't practise it loads when I was at the academy in Spain, but when I got on the ATP Tour it's something I dedicated a lot of time to.
I remember the third match I ever played on the tour was against the American Taylor Dent at Queen's Club. He had a huge serve but I handled it well and won the match.
It's not just by chance that I'm good at returning. I've practised it a lot and still work on it all the time to make sure it's good.
However well I return, opportunities will probably be few and far between on Sunday and I need to be ruthless. That's something I speak to Ivan about it.
It's not as though none of my other coaches wanted me to do that, but it's something he's always made me aware of and been conscious of.
Taking my chances and not letting up on opponents is something I did well when we worked together in the past, and we've started pretty well this time around.
Let's hope I can finish the job on Sunday.
Andy Murray was talking to BBC Sport's Piers Newbery.
The truck was believed to have twice gone into the Solihull site on Tuesday night or Wednesday and the trailers have since been found empty, police said.
Sources claimed the first theft took just six minutes and took place in front of CCTV, Birmingham Mail said.
JLR said a reward was on offer.
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The West Midlands force described it as a "large scale theft" of Jaguar Land Rover engines, which was believed to have taken place at the Lode Lane site between late night Tuesday and the early hours of Wednesday.
Birmingham Mail said insiders stated the stolen 40 tonne lorry arrived at the depot at 22:30 GMT on Tuesday.
It added sources claimed the criminals obtained paperwork from the site before leaving, making their escape easier, and the stolen lorry was believed to have unloaded in the Coventry area before returning to the factory and hooking up another trailer.
Police said they had seized the empty stolen trailers.
Asked by the BBC whether any JLR staff had been arrested or dismissed, a company spokeswoman would not comment.
In a statement, JLR said it could confirm it was "working closely" with police to "investigate the theft of engines from the Solihull manufacturing plant".
It said: "A reward is on offer to anyone who has information which leads to the successful recovery of these engines.
"It would be inappropriate for us to make any further comment whilst this investigation is ongoing."
Business units and a restaurant could also be created and the site's engine sheds could be restored to show visitors how they once worked.
Work to stabilise at-risk buildings and clear the site near Swansea City's stadium has already begun.
The copper works was once largest in the world but closed in the 1980s.
Once up and running, the site could run metalwork demonstrations and water activities and a pontoon could also provide mooring for Swansea's community boat Copper Jack.
Access for visitors has already been improved and new pathways, an audio visual trail and information panels have been added.
The project is being led by Swansea council and Swansea University.
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir is being held on charges of arson, bombings and vandalism.
His arrest comes as opposition leader Khaleda Zia was confined by police to her offices for a fourth day.
The unrest comes on the first anniversary of disputed elections.
The vote - boycotted by the opposition who said it would be rigged - was won by the ruling Awami League.
Mr Alamgir was arrested as he tried to leave the National Press Club in Dhaka, where he said he was forced to stay overnight on Monday after it had been surrounded by pro-government supporters.
Witnesses say that his car was commandeered by police officers who drove it to their headquarters.
Speaking just before his arrest he warned that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's government was turning the country into a "vast prison".
He repeated calls for the opposition to enforce a nationwide transport blockade.
The government for its part has warned that Ms Zia could face murder charges over an arson attack it says was carried out by BNP supporters which left three people fighting for their lives.
The authorities have also detained the chairman of a private television channel after it carried a speech by Khaleda Zia's son from self-imposed exile in London.
Security forces say they want to stop violence and are preventing Ms Zia from leaving her party offices in Dhaka to give her "enhanced security".
Ms Zia and her arch rival, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, have both frequently called for general strikes and blockades while in opposition.
Thousands of riot police have been patrolling almost deserted streets in the capital where there were isolated clashes between opposition supporters and police on Tuesday. Authorities have cancelled most bus, rail and ferry services into the city to prevent mass rallies.
Violence broke out in various parts of the country on Monday, and four anti-government protesters were killed.
The opposition are angry that Sheikh Hasina, who has been in power since 2009, refused to stand aside to make way for a neutral caretaker administration to oversee the 2014 election.
Dozens of BNP workers have disappeared since last year's election, with human rights groups blaming the government. The government has denied the claims.
The two women leaders have alternated in power for most of the last two decades when the army was not in government.
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Three Labradors joined Edinburgh Napier University academics interviewing hopefuls vying for a place on a popular veterinary nursing course.
Staff said Simba, Tia and puppy Fern helped create a "tension-free" atmosphere in the recruitment room.
The dogs also allowed them to assess applicants' ability to communicate with both animals and humans.
Jodie Smith, lecturer and programme recruitment officer, said: "Having dogs present in interviews, in particular good quality Labradors, tests the aptitude of potential students for dealing with animals.
"Their presence also helps the assessors hone in on candidates' intuitive skills for working with dogs, which make up a large proportion of the patients in any veterinary practice."
It is not the first time dogs have been used in the interview process for the vet nursing course, as staff are keen to ensure students are comfortable around animals.
Simba, Tia and Fern are Red Fox Labradors which are training with the APPAWS charity to become therapy dogs for people with autism.
Ms Smith said: "Each year we have very tough competition for places on the BSc (Hons) veterinary nursing programme.
"Incorporating dogs into the selection procedure allows applicants to display their skills in an authentic setting and greatly helps the decision-making process."
Jessica Whelan's illness was brought to public attention when her father Andy published an image showing her in pain as she battled her terminal condition.
The four-year-old, from Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, was diagnosed with stage four neuroblastoma in September 2015.
Her death on Sunday was announced by Mr Whelan on Facebook.
Posting on the "Jessica Whelan - A fight against Neuroblastoma" page, he said: "I feel both sadness and relief in informing you all that Jessica finally found peace at seven o'clock this morning."
In a second post, he said: "Fly high my beautiful princess. Ride free on horses in heaven and enjoy being with loved ones and free from your pain.
"I will never forget you and I am honoured to call you my daughter.
"I love you more than words can convey, much more than you will ever know."
Neuroblastoma is an aggressive cancer of the nervous system.
A 'Creating happiness for Jessica' fundraising page was created on 7 October to give Jessica "as much happiness and enjoyment as possible" in the remainder of her life.
The image of her grimacing in pain as she battled her terminal condition was published on Facebook two days later, resulting in an initial £20,000 target being smashed.
By the time the page was closed earlier this month due to Jessica's deteriorating condition, it had raised £97,307.
Her family said the donations will be passed to charities that will "further research into childhood cancer".
On posting the picture, Mr Whelan said it was the "hardest photograph I have ever made... in a moment that we as parents could offer her no comfort, her pushing us away whilst she rode out this searing pain in solitude".
He said he wanted to raise awareness of the "darkness that is childhood cancer" adding: "I do not mean to offend or upset, I do mean however to educate and shock those that see it in its context."
One Direction singer Harry Styles also offered to make a recording for Jessica after seeing the photo, Mr Whelan said on Facebook.
Source: NHS Choices
The mass participation cycling event for amateurs and professionals is a legacy of the Giro d'Italia, part of which was staged in Northern Ireland in 2014.
Stormont will also provide the finish for this year's event.
Various roads will be closed on Sunday.
The race is split into two separate routes - the main one through the Mourne mountains and the other towards Strangford Lough.
The Mourne route starts at 07:00 BST, with the Strangford route beginning at 08:30 BST.
Darach McQuaid of organiser Shadetree Sports said this would be the biggest Gran Fondo in Northern Ireland to date and that it would have a truly international flavour.
It will include an octogenarian, originally from Northern Ireland, who is jetting in from the US.
"The first Gran Fondo in 2015 had around 3,000 cyclists taking part, with the second just under 4,000," Mr McQuaid said.
"This year, the start is switching from the Titanic Quarter to Stormont estate and for the first time we will have riders from the likes of Russia, India and South Africa.
"We are in double digit figures in terms of riders from the US.
"This year we have an 83-year-old travelling over from Seattle, Sam McComb.
"He is originally from Northern Ireland and he raced with my dad Jim McQuaid - a multiple Ulster champion - in the 1940s.
"John Sheehan, who I would have raced with, told Sam about the event and he is going to take part."
The Gran Fondo gives amateur riders the opportunity to rub shoulders with cycling royalty and renowned Irish road racer Stephen Roche will be among the main attractions at this year's event.
2017 has a particular resonance for the Dubliner as it marks the 30th anniversary of his triple crown triumph of the Giro d'italia, Tour de France and World Championship.
Stephen Roche's son Nicolas also competed in the Giro when part of it was staged in Northern Ireland, with Stormont featuring in a time trial.
Mr McQuaid recently attended some stages of the Giro d'italia as it celebrated its 100th birthday and he is hopeful the star-studded event will return to Northern Ireland in the future.
"I was in Sardinia and Milan recently for the 100th anniversary of the Giro d'Italia and some of the organisers still say Northern Ireland was our best start ever and that they want to come back, so hopefully they will come back at a future date," he added.
Full details, route maps, road closures and other information relating to this year's event are available on the Gran Fondo website.
The Shaymen lie bottom of the National League, 10 points adrift of Boreham Wood in 20th, following a 6-3 defeat by Braintree on Saturday.
Former Oldham Athletic manager Kelly, 36, was appointed at Halifax on 1 October and won two of his 10 games in charge in all competitions.
A club statement said a further announcement would follow shortly.
"Notwithstanding a backdrop of difficult circumstances and a short time period, it's been felt that an up-lift in performance and results has not been forthcoming - despite further first-team investment," the statement added.
Kelly's only previous managerial role was at Oldham, but he was replaced by David Dunn in September after just over four months - and nine games - in charge at Boundary Park.
Halifax conceded 37 goals in 10 games under Kelly, including seven against both Grimsby and Cheltenham.
The 21-year-old Marc VDS rider, a 750-1 outsider with bookmakers, coped best with the slippery conditions.
Honda rider Marc Marquez was second to extend his overall lead, with Britain's Scott Redding claiming the final place on the podium.
There were also first-time winners in Moto2 and Moto3 - Takaaki Nakagami and Francesco Bagnaia respectively.
Miller's victory made him the first Australian winner in MotoGP since Casey Stoner at Phillip Island in 2012, and the first rider on a non-factory bike to win since Toni Elias in Portugal a decade ago.
The treacherous conditions meant the race was red-flagged after 14 laps and restarted with only 12 remaining.
At that stage, Andrea Dovizioso was leading from Danilo Petrucci and nine-time world champion Valentino Rossi but all three soon crashed out.
Miller took advantage of the mayhem, passing Marquez with eight laps to go and maintaining a comfortable lead to the chequered flag.
He said: "It was nice just to stay on the bike.
"It was a wet-weather win, but it is great to have it under my belt and let people know that I can ride a bike."
Marquez moved 24 points ahead of Jorge Lorenzo, who took one point by finishing 10th.
"This race was all about getting points," said the Spaniard. "Second felt like a victory in these tricky conditions - 20 points will be important in the championship."
The next race takes place at Sachsenring in Germany on 17 July.
Assen MotoGP result:
1. Jack Miller (Aus) Marc VDS 22 mins 17.447 secs
2. Marc Marquez (Spa) Honda +1.991
3. Scott Redding (GB) Pramac +5.906
4. Pol Espargaro (Spa) Yamaha +9.812
5. Andrea Iannone (Ita) Ducati +17.835
6. Hector Barbera (Spa) Avintia +18.692
7. Eugene Laverty (Ire) Aspar +22.605
8. Stefan Bradl (Ger) Aprilia +23.603
9. Maverick Vinales (Spa) Suzuki +26.148
10. Jorge Lorenzo (Spa) Yamaha +27.604
Overall standings (after race 8 of 18):
1. Marc Marquez (Spa) Honda 145 points
2. Jorge Lorenzo (Spa) Yamaha 121
3. Valentino Rossi (Ita) Yamaha 103
4. Dani Pedrosa (Spa) Honda 86
5. Maverick Vinales (Spa) Suzuki 79
6. Pol Espargaro (Spa) Yamaha 72
7. Hector Barbera (Spa) Avintia 58
8. Andrea Iannone (Ita) Ducati 52
9. Aleix Espargaro (Spa) Suzuki 49
10. Eugene Laverty (Ire) Aspar 48
Ministers were recently criticised after research indicated fuel poverty levels had more than doubled since 2003.
The government intended to get rid of fuel poverty by 2016.
Councils and housing associations will receive a share of £9m to make it easier for tenants to heat their homes.
Housing Minister Kevin Stewart said a further £1m was being made available to provide interest-free loans to help people make their home more energy efficient.
Work is also being carried out to develop Scotland's Energy Efficiency Programme (Seep), with 11 pilot projects being set up to test different ways of saving energy.
Researchers recently found fuel poverty, currently defined as households spending 10% of income on heating, affected about 35% of Scottish homes.
The level has remained steady since 2009.
Mr Stewart said: "Everyone deserves a safe and warm place to call home. And that is why tackling fuel poverty is a priority, for me and for this government.
"I'm delighted that this week a further £9m is going out to councils and social housing associations to ensure some of Scotland's most vulnerable households are able to heat their homes. This means we are spending £113m this year alone tackling fuel poverty directly.
"I am also pleased to be announcing a further £1m investment in our interest-free loan scheme which will increase the number of people able to access help to install energy efficiency measures."
He added: "Over the next four years we are making half a billion pounds available to tackle fuel poverty and improve energy efficiency. This means, by the end of 2021, we will have committed more than £1bn to making our homes and buildings warmer and cheaper to heat."
The Scottish government plans to commission an independent academic review to consider narrowing the definition of fuel poverty and setting a new target, following a report by the Scottish Fuel Poverty Strategic Working Group which found the existing definition was "too broad".
"It is absolutely vital we make sure the action we are taking makes a difference to those who need it most," Mr Stewart said.
He made the announcement at the Energy Action Scotland's Fuel Poverty Matters national conference in Clydebank.
Liberal Democrat energy spokesman Liam McArthur said: "With around 850,000 households estimated to be in fuel poverty, the scale of the challenge we face in tackling this problem is significant.
"Any funding to help meet that challenge is welcome, but today's announcement seems like a patch-up job after ministers raided the fuel poverty budget to the tune of £16m earlier in the year.
"Families across Scotland, particularly in rural and island communities, have not forgotten that cash grab. They will rightly question whether the minister is showing anything like the necessary ambition or investment to address the problem."
Green housing spokesman Andy Wightman said: "All parties in the current parliament made election commitments to warm homes, so ministers must seize this opportunity to bring forward bold legislation to start to end fuel poverty, particularly in rural areas."
Norman Kerr, director of Energy Action Scotland, said: "Our network has a wealth of knowledge and experience about what is happening on the ground in order to turn cold, damp houses into warm, dry homes.
"This conference aims to help support plans for ending the blight of fuel poverty in Scotland."
Opposition politicians and housing charities had criticised the government's "unacceptable" performance on fuel poverty and called for increased action, while Labour said the SNP had "failed to get a grip" on the issue.
The worker plunged 9.5m from a scaffold tower while cleaning a former lift shaft at South Kentish Town station, the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) said.
Its investigation found the transport authority failed to properly plan, manage and supervise the work that was being carried out in September 2014.
LU said it acted quickly to investigate the cause and take action.
The ORR report comes after LU pleaded guilty to a charge under the Health and Safety at Work Act at Blackfriars Crown Court on 7 October this year.
At a hearing on Friday, it was ordered to pay the £500,000 plus £50,000 in costs.
The maintenance worker suffered numerous injuries and spent 10 days in hospital following the fall.
ORR inspectors found the scaffold was incorrectly assembled and its stability had not been assessed.
Procedures which may have prevented the fall were in place, but were not implemented or followed, it said.
Keith Atkinson, HM Principal Inspector of Railways, said: "London Underground has a good safety record, but this incident highlights why there can be no room for complacency.
"Safety remains a top priority for the rail regulator. We will always take action against companies or individuals where failings are found."
London Underground fully addressed issues relating to safe access into the former lift shaft and the incorrectly assembled scaffold following the incident.
A Transport for London (TfL) spokesman said: "This was clearly a serious incident involving one of our employees and we acted quickly to investigate the causes and take action to ensure that it does not happen again."
The station was opened in 1907 but closed in 1924 as not many people used it.
The studio will invite female directors to make short films based on its franchises, which include the X-Men, Alien and Die Hard series.
Fox says that will give the film-makers the chance to showcase their talents.
Recent figures showed that just 4.1% of the directors of the top films of the last eight years were women.
Female directors are also less likely to be appointed to big-budget films - a separate survey found that films with female directors between 2010-15 had an average budget of $12.6m (£9.6m), compared with $34.1m (£25.6m) for male directors.
Four films made by women appear in the list of the US's top 50 biggest-grossing films of 2016 so far - Kung Fu Panda 3, co-directed by Jennifer Yuh; Miracles from Heaven by Patricia Riggen; Me Before You by Thea Sharrock; and Jodie Foster's Money Monster.
Under the new scheme, selected graduates of the AFI's Conservatory Directing Workshop for Women will be invited to pitch ideas for short films based on Fox's existing franchises. At least one will get made.
"The dearth of female directors is not a matter of passion or talent," 20th Century Fox Film chairman and chief executive Stacey Snider said.
"Instead, it's often a question of access and resources. We're excited to offer these to talented women film-makers who then can build upon this practical work experience."
AFI president and chief executive Bob Gazzale said: "AFI believes that the future of this American art form is a true symphony of voices.
"We have been committed to this issue from our founding, and we look forward to this landmark collaboration with Fox to impact the art and entertainment landscape in a profound way."
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The S&P 500 technology sector dropped 0.5% after declines in index heavyweights such as Apple, Microsoft and Facebook.
The fall follows a two-day selloff that started Friday.
Investors have been profit-taking in a sector that had risen 16.7% this year, outperforming other sectors.
The tech-heavy Nasdaq fell 0.47%, to 6,16.5 points and and the S&P 500 index fell 0.22% to 2,432.46 points.
The Dow Jones was steadier, closing down 0.07% at 21,359.9 points.
"Stocks have been at all-time highs and valuations are somewhat priced to perfection so a little bit of a pullback is not too surprising," said Myles Clouston, senior director at Nasdaq Advisory Services in New York.
"We may see the market take a breather in the next few sessions, but it is not necessarily doom and gloom."
Nike was among the biggest losers on Thursday, after the sportswear maker announced a restructuring plan that includes cutting 2% of its workforce and the number of shoe styles by a quarter.
The company said it would focus on key brands such as ZoomX, Air VaporMax and Nike React. The firm's shares fell 3.2%.
On the S&P, the supermarket chain Kroger plunged almost 18.9% after cutting its full-year profit forecast, while Toy maker Mattel fell 6.7% after cutting its dividend.
Simpson's new contract will keep him at the club until 2019.
Team-mates Danny Drinkwater, Riyad Mahrez, Jamie Vardy, Kasper Schmeichel, Wes Morgan and Andy King, and manager Claudio Ranieri, have all signed new deals this summer.
"I'm over the moon. I've been here two years now and the club is going places," Simpson said.
Simpson, 29, joined the club from Queens Park Rangers in August 2014 and played 31 times during their 2015-16 title-winning season.
The watchdog has placed five of the city's schools in special measures after "deeply worrying" findings.
It inspected 21 schools after an anonymous letter alleging a Muslim takeover plot was circulated.
Ofsted chief Sir Michael Wilshaw said a number of schools inspected were "doing well" to promote social awareness.
Inspectors carried out monitoring visits at 16 schools, and full inspections at the five schools branded inadequate.
These included Park View School, Golden Hillock School and Nansen Primary, run by the Park View Educational Trust.
Oldknow Academy, in Small Heath, and Saltley School were also put into special measures.
Reports found music lessons had been removed from the timetable at Nansen, where Muslim pupils exhibited "limited knowledge" of other religions.
Governance and leadership was particularly criticised at all five schools rated inadequate.
Sir Michael said teachers at some of the schools inspected had reported being unfairly treated due to their faith and gender.
He said inspectors had "uncovered evidence of unfair and opaque recruitment practices, including examples of relatives being appointed to unadvertised senior posts".
"Although exam results are often good, the curriculum has become too narrow, reflecting the personal views of a small number of governors, rather than the wider community in Birmingham and beyond," he said.
Sir Michael also criticised Birmingham City Council for its "failure to support schools in their efforts to keep pupils safe from the risk of extremism".
"There's been a lack of urgency in the council's response to persistent complaints from head teachers about the conduct of certain governors," he said.
Park View Educational Trust said it "wholeheartedly disputed" the watchdog's findings and would mount a legal challenge to them.
Vice chair of Park View Educational Trust Dave Hughes accused inspectors of operating in a "climate of suspicion".
"Ofsted inspectors came to our school looking for extremism, looking for segregation, looking for proof that our children have religion forced upon them as part of a religious plot," he said.
"The Ofsted reports find no evidence of this, because this is categorically not what is happening at our schools.
"Our schools do not tolerate extremism of any kind," he added.
The trust said Golden Hillock was "categorically not an inadequate school" and had only been part of the trust for five months when it was inspected.
"A number of the judgments are based on data and information that pre‐date the trust's involvement," it said.
In a statement, Saltley School said Ofsted had "found not the slightest shred of evidence" of an extremist influence at the school.
"Parents and the wider community can be wholly confident that students here are safe and well looked after," it said.
Head of Birmingham City Council Sir Albert Bore said the authority was "reassured that no evidence of a plot or conspiracy have been found by Ofsted".
"It is clear from Ofsted's inspection findings and Sir Michael Wilshaw's report that some governors do not fulfil their roles and responsibilities and have interfered improperly in the ethos, policies and day-to-day running of certain schools," he said.
Head of the National Association of Head Teachers Russell Hobby said he believed the original "Trojan Horse" letter was a hoax but had elements of truth within it.
"It's a mixture of the true and the false. The root of this is not a true document in its entirety," he said.
Mr Hobby was speaking at a press conference attended by the head teachers of schools involved in the Trojan Horse probe.
Bhupinder Kondal, principal of Oldknow Academy, said she was removed from her post in January against her will.
Anderson Park head Sarah Hewitt-Clarkson said "none of the contents of the Trojan Horse letter came as a shock".
Another head teacher, speaking anonymously, told the BBC they had been "bullied" into employing a senior member of staff with no experience.
Arshad Malik, whose son, Imran, attends Park View School, said he believed people were "trying to use this school to push their own agendas".
"Inspectors came with loaded questions...This issue is a political football," he said.
Gaafar Tariq, a taxi driver and father-of-five, has two children who attend Nansen Primary School.
The 47-year-old said: "I don't think there's any concern about extremism in this area and these reports prove it. I don't see any problem with this school."
Police said they arrested a 27-year-old after receiving a complaint.
It is understood that the post featured an allegedly racist outburst about Celtic winger Scott Sinclair.
Police said the man was arrested in connection with alleged offences under the Communications Act 2003.
Marseille prosecutor Brice Robin, citing information from the "black box" voice recorder, said the co-pilot was alone in the cockpit.
He intentionally started a descent while the pilot was locked out.
Mr Robin said there was "absolute silence in the cockpit" as the pilot fought to re-enter it.
He said air traffic controllers made repeated attempts to contact the aircraft, but to no avail. Passengers could be heard screaming just before the crash, he added.
Details are emerging of the German co-pilot's past - although his apparent motives for causing the crash remain a mystery.
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What happened in the final half hour?
Mr Lubitz, 27, had undergone intensive training and "was 100% fit to fly without any caveats", according to Carsten Spohr, the head of Lufthansa, the German carrier that owns Germanwings.
Mr Spohr said Mr Lubitz's training had been interrupted for several months six years ago, but did not say why.
The training was resumed after "the suitability of the candidate was re-established", he said.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel told reporters that the co-pilot's apparent actions had given the tragedy a "new, simply incomprehensible dimension".
Police have been searching the co-pilot's home in Montabaur, near Frankfurt, as well as a flat he kept in Duesseldorf.
The Airbus 320 from Barcelona to Duesseldorf hit a mountain, killing all 144 passengers and six crew, after an eight-minute descent.
Who was Andreas Lubitz?
"We hear the pilot ask the co-pilot to take control of the plane and we hear at the same time the sound of a seat moving backwards and the sound of a door closing," Mr Robin told reporters.
He said the pilot, named in the German media as Patrick S, had probably gone to the toilet.
"At that moment, the co-pilot is controlling the plane by himself. While he is alone, the co-pilot presses the buttons of the flight monitoring system to put into action the descent of the aeroplane.
"He operated this button for a reason we don't know yet, but it appears that the reason was to destroy this plane."
Meanwhile, online tracking service Flightradar24 said satellite data it had analysed found that someone had changed the plane's altitude from 38,000ft (11,582m) to 100ft - the minimum setting possible.
"Between 09:30:52 and 09:30:55 you can see that the autopilot was manually changed from 38,000ft to 100ft and nine seconds later the aircraft started to descend, probably with the 'open descent' autopilot setting," Flightradar24 chief Fredrik Lindahl was quoted as saying by Reuters.
Mr Lubitz was alive until the final impact, Mr Robin said. The prosecutor added that "the most plausible interpretation" was that the co-pilot had deliberately barred the pilot from re-entering the cockpit.
He added that the co-pilot was "not known by us" to have any links to extremism or terrorism.
The focus now moves from the mechanics to the man flying the plane. An accident expert has told me the investigators will pore over the co-pilot's background and that of his family too.
Did he owe money? Was there a grudge? They'll look at his religion, whether he was in trouble with the law, whether he had a stable love life. This kind of event is rare but it has happened before, although the reasons vary widely.
After 9/11, they made cockpits impregnable. It keeps the terrorists out, but in the end it also allows someone to keep their colleagues out too. Airlines have to make a call. Which is the bigger threat - terrorism or suicide?
Passengers were not aware of the impending crash "until the very last moment" when screams could be heard, Mr Robin said, adding that they died instantly.
After Thursday's revelations, several airlines have pledged to change their rules to ensure at least two crew members are present in the cockpit at all times.
Meanwhile, relatives and friends of the victims travelled to the Alpine region where the plane came down, near the town of Seyne-les-Alpes.
The disclosure of the likely cause of the crash has provoked anger.
"One person can't have the right to end the lives of hundreds of people and families," Esteban Rodriguez, a Spanish factory worker who lost two friends aboard the aircraft, told the Associated Press news agency.
The principal of a German high school that lost 16 pupils and two teachers in the crash said the latest news was "much, much worse than we had thought".
The second "black box" - that records flight data - has still not been found.
Source: Aviation Safety Network
Through the centuries thousands have died as a result of tremors equal to, or not much bigger than, the event that struck in the early hours of Wednesday.
We all recall the L'Aquila (Magnitude 6.3) event of 2009 in which 295 died. But go much further back to Avezzano (Magnitude 6.9-7.0) in 1915, which claimed 30,000 lives; and to 1703 when a trio of Magnitude 6 quakes killed at least 10,000 people.
Thankfully, we tend not to see deaths on those scales any more, and that is because of more robust building, better preparation and more co-ordinated emergency responses after the fact.
What doesn't change is the geological cause. On the grand scale, Italy's seismic problems are driven by the great collision between the African and Eurasian tectonic plates.
But look closer at the specifics of any quake and the details are much more complicated. The Tyrrhenian Basin, or Sea, which lies to the west of Italy, between the mainland and Sardinia/Corsica, is slowly opening up.
Scientists say this is contributing to extension, or "pull-apart", along the Apennines which works at a rate of 3mm per year.
Add in movement in the Adriatic where the crust is rotating in an anti-clockwise direction, and you have a fiendishly complex picture. Italy is literally being pushed and pulled every which way.
"The Apennines are also very high; the crust is very thick there and there's a process of gravitational collapse," said Dr Richard Walters from Durham University, UK.
"So, there's a spreading of the Apennine mountain chain which also then leads to extension - the pulling part - and therefore the normal faulting earthquakes."
These are not the colossal tremors we see at tectonic plate boundaries where Magnitude 8 and 9 events will occur. But as history shows, Apennine quakes will certainly cause their share of misery.
"The effects are so devastating here because the quakes happen so shallow in the crust. And that's just due to the nature of the faults," explained Dr Laura Gregory from Leeds University, UK, who works in the region.
"They're really quite small faults but because they're shallow, the shaking is very dramatic right above where the quake happens."
Computer models are now used to forecast the likely number of casualties in earthquakes - the number of dead and injured. These models factor in what's known about population density and local building codes.
The forecasts are used to give an early guide to emergency services to tell them what they're heading into. For Wednesday's quake, the forecasts are for deaths reaching perhaps a hundred or more, and injuries running into the hundreds.
How those numbers actually play out will depend on the quality of the buildings in which people were sleeping (the tremor hit at half-three in the morning).
The older building stock will have been at most risk - especially those properties that have not been retrofitted to make them stronger.
But there will keen interest in how some of the newer stock has performed. Too many buildings of recent heritage around L'Aquila suffered extensive damage, and there will be a critical assessment to see if the buildings further north in this latest quake have performed better.
Radar satellites will come over the Apennine region in the next couple of days to map the quake zone.
Their pictures will be compared with space images acquired before the tremor to see how the rocks have moved.
This will aid scientists on the ground as they try to understand precisely which fault ruptured and how.
It's information that can then be fed into future hazard assessments in the Apennines - to gauge for example if stress has been released or loaded on to neighbouring faults.
"Satellites help us see if the fault rupture came to the surface," said Dr John Elliott, also from Leeds University.
"In the case of L'Aquila in 2009, the surface breaks were quite small - only about 10cm - and it was quite hard at first for the geologists to find out which fault was actually responsible."
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Operating profit between July and September fell 30% from a year earlier to 5.2tn won ($4.6bn, £3.8bn) - the lowest level in two years.
The world's largest smartphone manufacturer stopped making the Note 7 after reports of them catching fire.
Meanwhile the firm's shareholders have backed Samsung heir apparent Lee Jae-yong joining the board.
He is grandson of the firm's founder Lee Byung-chull. and the son of Samsung chairman Lee Kun-hee.
The appointment is being seen as a major step towards his overall control of the family-run group.
But Mr Lee's appointment has raised some questions from critics who say he has not held any major role at the firm and was taking a place on the board through birth rather than by merit.
- Grandson of Samsung founder Lee Byung-chul, son of current chairman Lee Kun-hee.
- Aged 48, he's spent his entire career in the company and is vice chairman of Samsung Electronics.
- Last year was nominated to join the board of Samsung Electronics - an appointment confirmed on 27 October.
- Widely expected to take overall control of Samsung once his 74-year-old father steps down.
- Critics say his position on the board is due to his birth, not his business experience.
Recalling and then scrapping the Note 7, which competed with Apple's iPhone, has been seen as a blow for the company's reputation for quality and reliability.
Samsung said its mobile phone unit would now focus on "expanding sales of new flagship products... as well as regaining consumers' confidence."
However its next major handset launch, the Galaxy 8 is not due until next year.
"Samsung has lost consumer confidence, but I think it still has at least one more chance. Rather than rushing to release the next product, it should conduct a thorough inspection and explain the results of its investigation into the Note 7," said Greg Roh, an analyst at HMC Investment Securities.
Samsung had first tried to replace the phones with improved devices, but this was scrapped when reports started coming in of the new handsets also overheating and catching fire.
Eventually, Samsung stopped sales and halted production of the phone.
And while the weaker profit numbers were in line with the firm's revised guidance, there was no doubt the fiasco had "a big impact" according to Jake Saunders of ABI research.
"It's painful - the Note 7 should potentially have sold 15 to 17 million units and that's gone," he told the BBC. "That's now suddenly an opportunity for other smartphone makers to jump in."
The troubles come at a time when high-end smartphone makers are seeing sales slow - as they struggle to encourage consumers in developed markets to upgrade to newer models.
Earlier this week, Samsung's main rival in the smartphone market, Apple, reported falling sales and revenue for the first time since 2001.
This landlocked country in central Africa has a harsh climate, suffering both drought and flooding - food shortages are common.
Its people have endured decades of corruption, civil unrest and mass influxes of refugees from neighbouring states like Sudan and Nigeria.
Chad is a potent symbol of what work is still needed to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger - the first of the eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
The target - to halve the proportion of people whose income is less than $1.25 (£0.80) a day was met five years ahead of schedule in 2010.
But this was a global, rather than a national target and China's extraordinary growth accounts for a significant part of that.
The Sub-Saharan region of Africa has made progress, cutting poverty rates by 35%, but millions here risk being left behind.
They include people like Bami, aged 50, who has nine children and lives near the town of Mongo.
When I met him he was out with his family, breaking holes in the parched earth with a hoe, while his family walked behind him planting millet seeds.
It looked like back-breaking work, and with temperatures rising well above 40C, progress was slow.
If it doesn't rain, his family will go hungry - he told me his dream was to own a plough.
This is a basic example of how to help take a family out of poverty - a plough enables them to grow food to sell or to stockpile.
Six out of 10 people in Chad live in extreme poverty and it will require major investment in agriculture, education and infrastructure if that is to change.
Rapid population growth is adding to the pressures on a fragile and underdeveloped healthcare system.
The population of 12.5m has doubled since 1990 and is set to double again by 2040.
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Malnutrition is the most pernicious consequence of poverty.
It is the failure to get adequate healthy food to lead a normal, productive life.
Malnutrition makes individuals more susceptible to infection and ill health and is a significant factor in nearly half of all child deaths globally.
From conception to a child's second birthday is the most crucial period of cognitive and physical development.
Pregnant mothers who are malnourished are more likely to give birth to low-weight babies who risk dying in the first weeks of life.
Chronic malnourishment in young children puts them at risk of stunted growth or "stunting".
This is an irreversible condition where the body and brain never fully develop; it means children are less likely to do well at school or get good employment.
One in four of the world's children is stunted, so it has an impact not just on individuals but on whole economies.
In Chad, rates of stunting are even higher.
So what is being done?
The immediate priority of health teams here is to target the most severely malnourished children - those whose lives are in immediate danger.
There are now 500 nutrition centres across Chad, double the number four years ago.
Unicef has helped fund the expansion as well as paying for the training of health workers and for vaccination programmes, along with aid partners such as the International Rescue Committee.
At the under-fives nutrition centre in Mongo, which is part of the town hospital, babies receive fortified milk while older children are given sachets of a peanut paste.
These are short-term fixes, but they can save many lives.
Zenaba Zakaclia, aged 19, brought her son to the hospital a week ago.
Noura Adef, who's almost two, had measles and was severely malnourished.
He had no energy and spent his time lying on the bed or in his mother's lap.
In just four days I could see that his condition had dramatically improved and once his measles infection is cleared he will be able to return home.
Efforts are also being made to help families deal with chronic malnutrition, where children may not appear physically ill or hungry, but they are not thriving.
Breastfeeding for the first six months of life helps build the immune system and it is the best defence against infant malnutrition.
But only 3% of Chad's children are exclusively breastfed - one of the lowest rates in Africa.
The health centres also organise cooking demonstrations for new mothers, teaching them the nutritional values of different locally available ingredients.
One in six children in Chad die before the age of five, the third highest rate globally, behind Sierra Leone and Angola.
One in 15 women will die in childbirth.
In September, the UN General Assembly will vote on the introduction of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the global targets that will replace the MDGs from next year.
Unicef's spokesman in Chad, Manuel Moreno, told me there had been some progress within the country, but much more was yet to be done.
"Millions of children in countries like Chad risk being left behind.
"We have to ensure that we reach the most vulnerable and the poorest, otherwise we will be failing future generations.
"That means providing quality education and health services which are accessible.
"The MDGs show that the issues of extreme poverty and hunger can be addressed - we simply need to be more ambitious."
Instead of eight goals and 21 targets, the SDGs are vast: 17 goals and 169 targets and shift from trying to address the effects of poverty to targeting its root causes.
UK Prime Minister David Cameron said last September that there were too many targets to communicate effectively and they risked "sitting on a bookshelf gathering dust".
But Unicef is pleased that the SDGs will address key issues not covered by the MDGs, including ending child marriage and violence against children.
Festung Guernsey entered the structure at Cobo in January 2012 and were able to locate part of a weapon mount.
The bunker on the west coast of the island was found to be flooded and empty of any other equipment, although some stencils and fittings were found.
Ian Brehaut, of Festung Guernsey, said: "As yet we've never really found an Aladdin's Cave."
He said of the find at Cobo: "It's that excitement of opening up a bunker you know nobody's been in and there's the possibility of finding little bits and pieces."
Mr Brehaut said the bunker yielded a part of a barrel adapter of a machine gun that had once been mounted there.
He said the original structure had "a large armoured turret" at the front of the bunker with two heavy machine guns attached, and weighed in the region of 47 tonnes.
This was destroyed by scrap metal merchants after the war ended.
Mr Brehaut said Festung Guernsey had a similar gun mount on which the piece that was found could be displayed.
He said this may eventually end up on display in an identical bunker at Fort Hommet.
Festung Guernsey has documented a number of World War II fortifications around Guernsey.
Mr Brehaut said: "We're running out of sites to do, but there are one or two that still haven't been opened, so we'll wait and see."
Emergency services were called out to reports of a man being injured at the under-construction Kilgallioch wind farm at about 18:45 on Wednesday.
The 37-year-old was subsequently pronounced dead at the scene.
Police Scotland said the site - which straddles the Dumfries and Galloway and South Ayrshire border - had been shut for investigations and the Health and Safety Executive had been informed.
A report will be submitted to the procurator fiscal.
The man, who was working for turbine manufacturer Gamesa, was inside a tower under construction when the accident occurred.
A spokesman for the firm said: "Gamesa is conducting a thorough investigation together with the authorities to establish the root cause of this fatal accident.
"Work at the wind farm has been stopped while the investigation takes place.
"We are very saddened and our thoughts go to the family of the employee."
A spokesman for developers ScottishPower Renewables confirmed the man had been working as a contractor on the site.
"A full investigation is now under way by the police and the Health and Safety Executive," he said.
"ScottishPower Renewables will support and co-operate fully with these investigations.
"Our thoughts are with the family of the technician involved in the incident."
Poppie, Mollie and Evelyn Park were born prematurely in March and spent several months in hospital in Newcastle and Whitehaven.
Their mother Rachel, 39, died at the family home in Bransty, Whitehaven, on Tuesday.
Police described her death as "unexplained but not suspicious".
Online appeals have been launched to help Mrs Park's husband Steven care for the youngsters who were born 14 weeks early.
More than £4,500 has been donated towards a £5,000 target on Go Fund Me while £4,900 has been raised through Paypal.
Family friend Lucy Dawson told BBC Cumbria: "Rachel had the girls back in March this year and I fell pregnant with triplets just after.
"I got in touch with Rachel online and she supported me through every step because she knew what I was going through. I wouldn't be where I am without her support.
"She was a good friend to me and a good support to other ladies who had triplets in the area and across the UK as well."
Julie Hodgson, who also helped set up the appeals, said on her Facebook page its aim was to give Mrs Park's "beautiful family the support they need now and in the coming months".
Dozens of tributes have been posted with one describing her death as "totally tragic and heartbreaking".
The Parks spoke last week of their joy at having the children home for Christmas and told the BBC they were "three little bundles of miracles".
Mrs Park said their combined weight was less than two bags of sugar, adding: "They were really tiny. You were terrified to touch them in case they snapped or they broke."
Konta, seeded seventh, was among the favourites for the title and one of eight women who could have ended the tournament as world number one.
However, a first-serve percentage of just 45% allowed the clean-hitting Krunic to attack off the return, and the world number 78 fought back for a 4-6 6-3 6-4 victory.
Britons Kyle Edmund and Cameron Norrie had earlier claimed first-round victories in the men's singles, but Heather Watson was beaten in the women's singles.
Coming two days after Andy Murray's withdrawal with a hip injury, Konta's defeat means neither British number one player survived beyond the first afternoon.
Asked how she would deal with the defeat, she said: "I think not to catastrophise is important.
"It is a tennis match. It's a sport. I think to have a healthy perspective on that, in general, goes a long way."
Konta, 26, looked in command when she moved 4-1 clear in the opening set on a quiet Grandstand Court that had just seen home hope Steve Johnson win.
Within an hour, the stands had begun to fill and the atmosphere intensified as Krunic began to seriously threaten an unconvincing Konta.
The Briton's first serve deserted her, slipping from 41% in the first set to a desperate 39% in the second.
Krunic dominated the final three games of the second to level at one set all and looked the more likely as Konta grimly clung on in the third.
The seventh seed screamed "come on" after holding in a lengthy service game for 3-2, but Krunic would break at the next opportunity and serve out the match brilliantly.
Konta sent a backhand wide on match point and was off the court within seconds, ending her Grand Slam year in disappointment.
"I don't think I necessarily played my best tennis, but my opponent also had something to say about that," she said.
"She played very freely, I felt, and she moved incredibly well. She made it very tough for me to be able to get any easier points.
"I don't take anything for granted. I think it would be quite obnoxious of me to come in here expecting I have a right to be in the second week."
Krunic last made waves at a Grand Slam when she came through qualifying to reach the fourth round at the 2014 US Open.
Her third-round win over then world number four Petra Kvitova was her last top-10 victory - until now.
At 5ft 4in tall, the Serb relied on the same speed of foot against Konta to set up 18 forehand winners, while her total of 36 unforced errors was six short of her surprisingly wayward opponent.
"Three years ago everything worked out well in that week," said Krunic, who faces Ajla Tomljanovic in the second round.
"Before and after that I was not a hard worker, this year I have been working really hard and I try and cool myself down on the court - I am not sure if it is obvious, it is hard.
"I am now winning more matches and that is what matters."
Russell Fuller, BBC tennis correspondent at Flushing Meadows
This is the biggest disappointment Konta has endured since her breakthrough Grand Slam run here in New York two years ago.
Her serving was a long way from its best, but it was also the pressure exerted by Krunic which contributed to Konta's erratic performance.
The Serb went for her shots, and was aggressive at times despite an obvious lack of power. She also varied the pace very cleverly and dragged Konta in towards the net - and out of her comfort zone.
The next target for Konta is the end-of-season WTA Championships in Singapore. She may find herself outside the eight qualifying positions by the end of the US Open, so the lucrative WTA events in Wuhan and Beijing in the autumn are likely to prove decisive.
Twenty-one groups will be in with a shout of winning the $7m Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE.
Some are professional scientists and engineers; some are just students.
Each team will enter a 2,000m-deep, 500-sq-km test zone in turn later this year and try to map at least 20% of it at a resolution of 5m.
They will also have to return, in addition to their bathymetric map, five images of sub-surface features that are of archaeological, biological or geological interest.
Operation within the test zone is limited to 16 hours.
The XPRIZE was launched in late 2015 to address the paucity of knowledge about our oceans.
Only 5% of the seafloor has been mapped using modern methods. Even around the UK, a nation with a long maritime history, almost a third of coastal waters have yet to be surveyed in detail.
The entire Moon, in contrast, is known to a resolution of 7m, thanks to satellite observations.
"At the close of registration in September last year we had 32 teams, and after the judges looked at their technical document submissions we're now moving to 21," explained Dr Jyotika Virmani, the prize lead and senior director with XPRIZE's Energy and Environment Group.
"Collectively, there are about 350 people involved in the various teams and they represent 25 countries. So, this is truly a global effort," she told BBC News.
The XPRIZE initiative hopes to foster new approaches that can eventually be used to fill in the big data gaps.
That means the competition has to be challenging. Teams will have to deploy their solutions from land or from the air; and they cannot themselves be in the survey area at the time.
This means no cable can be used to remotely operate vehicles; they will all need to be fully autonomous.
This is pushing the groups to think how best to use the technologies, from drones that can both fly and swim to robots that act underwater like a swarm.
Oceanzus is a team based in Durham, New Hampshire, and is led by James Case. He is an industry professional with experience in autonomous and remotely operated vehicles (ROVs and AUVs).
His group has the concept of continuous operation in mind. The team is putting together an autonomous surface "mothership" that would deploy a sub-surface vehicle that itself would then release multiple survey assets at depth.
"We decided we weren't going to develop a new AUV, we weren't going to develop new pieces of survey hardware - we would instead develop a platform that supports just about any survey assets that the world can throw at it," he told BBC News.
"It's a continuous deployment platform from both the surface all the way to full ocean depth. Therefore you can perform survey operations 24/7, 365."
The sub-surface deployment platform is to be called the MX-1. It will support six AUVs that will do the actual survey work, and a further two AUVs that will shuttle back and forth to the surface to cycle power and data.
Up to 10 teams are expected to progress through the semi-final to the final, which will be held before the end of 2018.
In the final, the teams will need to operate at a depth of 4,000m; at least 50% of the 500-sq-km zone will need to be mapped, again at 5m resolution; and the time limit will be set to 24 hours.
The number of archaeological, biological or geological features that must be identified and photographed will be 10 or more.
The organisers say they will announce the precise location of the semi-final test zone in mid-summer.
XPRIZE partner, Fugro, the big international geoconsulting firm that led the search for the missing airliner MH370, will have previously produced a baseline map of the area so the judges can properly assess what the competing teams produce.
A full list of the competition teams is on the XPRIZE website.
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The Olympic team pursuit champion added the points title to previous victories in scratch and individual pursuit, as well as her silver in the keirin.
Daniel Bigham also completed a hat-trick with gold in the team pursuit.
"I couldn't ask for more. I could only hold out for the three days; tomorrow I'll be in bed all day," Scotland's Archibald, 22, told BBC Sport.
Archibald fractured her wrist in November at the Glasgow World Cup and returned to competition only recently.
"I don't think the wrist injury has set me back too much, so I'm back on track now," she said.
Despite her progress, she said she would not travel to Los Angeles for the forthcoming UCI World Cup.
She added: "I don't think I'm going out [to LA]. I want to get back in the gym and recuperate the training block that I've missed without too much travelling and hopefully on to the World Championships in April."
Bigham, 25, who earlier in the meet won the individual pursuit and kilometre time trial, took the team pursuit title with Jacob Tipper, Charlie Tanfield and Jonathan Wale.
Other final-day winners at the National Cycling Centre included Dani Khan in the women's 500m time trial and Jack Carlin, Ryan Owens and Jack Truman in the men's team sprint.
Sophie Capewell and Lauren Bate-Lowe took gold in the women's team sprint and Ethan Hayter won the men's scratch race.
They lost 5-2 at Braehead Clan on Saturday then 2-1 at home to Cardiff Devils on Sunday.
But Finucci is adamant there is still a positive vibe around the dressing room.
"One or two bounces didn't go our way and if the power play has clicked on one or two occasions, things might have gone a little differently," he said.
"The boys worked hard, but the results were unfortunate. However, I wouldn't say it was a setback for us. We've been playing good hockey and have been playing well in the last few weeks.
"The mood is still good in the locker room, but if we didn't do a lot of the things we did in terms of working hard and not performing over the two games, then we could view it as a setback."
Flyers were the league's in-form team going into the weekend. Sitting fourth in the table, taking 17 points from 20 in their previous 10 games, losing only one, but one team had their number.
And Braehead Clan did it again, making it seven straight wins over the Flyers as they took the points in a 5-2 victory over their Kirkcaldy rivals.
Lee Baldwin, Alex Leavitt and Cody Carlsson had the Clan three up before Sebastien Thinel and Finucci brought Fife to within one after two periods.
Two from Mike Hammond late on secured a big win for Ryan Finnerty's side, but an arguably bigger test awaited Flyers on Sunday when league leaders Cardiff Devils came to town.
It was a much closer affair as the Welsh side took the 2-1 win as Sean Bentivoglio and Joey Martin netted for the Andrew Lord's men to take the points, despite a late Chris Wands consolation.
Dundee Stars looked to bounce back after failing to score a goal last weekend and while they got two on the board at Manchester Storm on Saturday, they finished with a 4-2 loss.
Stars captain Joey Sides put them ahead, but Storm turned it around with goals from Paul Swindlehurst, Mario Valery-Trabucco and Adam Harding.
Sides added Dundee's second, but Manchester claimed the points with a finish from Darian Dzuirzynski late in the third period.
Marc LeFebvre's side were met by Braehead on Sunday and snapped the three-game losing run by beating the Clan 6-5 after penalty shots to get them some much needed points.
Matt Haywood and Matt Beca put the Glasgow side in front and although Kevin Hart pulled one back, Matt Keith and Scott Aarssen had Ryan Finnerty's side up to 4-1 ahead early in the second.
The Stars clawed it back to 4-4 with Matt White, Kevin Bruijsten and Mikael Lidhammar all scoring with Bruijsten adding a fifth to give them the lead, but Haywood's leveller took the contest further.
Overtime couldn't separate them so penalty shots were needed, where Vinny Scarsella came up trumps to clinch a much coveted win for the Tayside men.
Edinburgh Capitals' fight to escape from the bottom hit a further snag on Saturday when Coventry Blaze strengthened their play-off credentials with a 4-1 victory at the Skydome.
Taylor MacDougall's opening goal was soon a memory as Coventry took victory through goals from Barry Almeida, Jordan Pietrus, Liam Stewart and Jim Jorgensen.
The Caps were back home on Sunday to meet Manchester Storm, but didn't fare much better as the visitors took a 6-4 win from Murrayfield.
MacDougall's opener for the Capitals was cancelled out by Jack Prince with Jacob Johnston and Mason Wilgosh putting the home side 3-1 in front.
Storm hit back through Prince's second and one from Swindlehurst, but MacDougall added his second to retake Edinburgh's lead, but Mark Heatley levelled again to make it 4-4.
Prince completed his hat-trick to edge Omar Pacha's side in front before Heatley picked up his second with an empty net goal to confirm victory to end Edinburgh's weekend on a low note.
Saturday
Elite League
Braehead Clan 5-2 Fife Flyers
Coventry Blaze 4-1 Edinburgh Capitals
Manchester Storm 4-2 Dundee Stars
Sunday
Elite League
Dundee Stars 6-5 (PS) Braehead Clan
Edinburgh Capitals 4-6 Manchester Storm
Fife Flyers 1-2 Cardiff Devils
The England international, who has been linked with a move to Tottenham, has not trained for several days but Koeman did not put a timeframe on his return.
The 23-year-old has one year left on his contract at Goodison Park but has failed to sign a new deal.
"He stopped training last Monday, it looks like the hamstring," Koeman said.
"But we need to do more tests today and tomorrow to know exactly what the injury is."
Speaking ahead of their Europa League qualifier with Hajduk Split on Thursday, Koeman added there was "no update" on speculation regarding Barkley's future.
Asked if the midfielder was in his plans this season, Koeman added: "I will wait until the end of August."
Koeman said last week there had been no offers for the 23-year-old and has not ruled out him staying at the club.
Meanwhile the club are set to announce the signing of Swansea City midfielder Gylfi Sigurdsson for a reported £45m.
The 27-year old passed a medical at the club earlier on Wednesday, Koeman said at the news conference.
"I have seen him in blue but I don't know if all the paperwork is done," he added.
Not all DUP politicians are Sabbatarians, but enough are to make it party policy to avoid being seen to negotiate on a Sunday.
It was no coincidence that a DUP statement effectively denying that any final deal with Theresa May had been reached was published at midnight exactly, not one minute past.
As UK voters try to find out what the DUP stands for, there's been an understandable emphasis on their opposition to abortion and same-sex marriage and the outspoken views of some of their representatives denying man made climate change or espousing creationism.
However, as the former DUP minister Alastair Ross pointed out on BBC Radio 5 Live on Sunday, the party encompasses a range of views on these issues.
So far as the discussions with Theresa May are concerned, the moral arguments are likely to be a red herring, even though they create an uncomfortable backdrop for many more liberal-minded Tories.
Instead the DUP will concentrate on bread and butter politics.
That means inward investment in Northern Ireland and more local infrastructure spending.
Although to the right on many moral questions, the DUP's economic approach is populist.
Many of its 292,000 voters are working class, so the party opposed the Conservative welfare benefit cuts and its most recent manifesto includes a pledge to defend the triple lock on pensions and the winter fuel allowance.
Expect it to push these arguments.
DUP MPs were some of the most enthusiastic Brexiteers. But when it comes to its practical implementation, the DUP leader Arlene Foster signed a joint letter with the late Martin McGuinness which put her very much on the soft end of the Brexit spectrum.
This included a call for flexibility on the Irish border, ease of trade with EU member states and access to both unskilled and highly skilled European labour.
Since the DUP-Conservative discussions began, some senior Labour figures involved in the peace process such as former Northern Ireland Secretaries Lord Peter Hain and Shaun Woodward, have expressed concern that Mrs May is abandoning the "rigorous impartiality" which both the British and Irish governments signed up to in the 1998 Good Friday Agreement.
Their argument is that this will undermine any attempts to restore the power-sharing executive at Stormont, which collapsed at the start of the year as a result of a row over a controversial and expensive renewable heating scheme.
Prior to the election, the Northern Ireland Secretary James Brokenshire was already facing criticism from Irish nationalists about his alleged lack of impartiality regarding dealing with the legacy of Northern Ireland's troubles.
That led to a senior civil servant taking over the chairing of much of the talks.
But Conservatives argue there's nothing in the Good Friday Agreement which says they can't be in favour of maintaining the UK.
David Cameron frequently declared he was a "passionate unionist" and in a failed electoral experiment even stood joint candidates with Northern Ireland's smaller unionist party, the Ulster Unionists, back in 2010.
The latest rapprochement with the DUP to some extent continues that approach.
Sinn Féin has accused the DUP of betraying the people of Northern Ireland by propping up the Tories and predicted any arrangement "will be transitory and end in tears".
If the DUP shopping list contains items like changing the current definition of a troubles victim (which includes perpetrators) or protecting army veterans and former police officers from prosecution for troubles offences, that will seriously annoy republicans.
But more funding to blunt the local impact of Brexit might be appreciated across the board.
How long any deal will last has to be open to question. But expect the DUP to be canny and to enjoy their moment in the sun.
After endless rounds of talks, if there's one thing Northern Ireland politicians know all about it's how to negotiate.
Prosecutors had sought the death penalty for Muzammil Ansari, who was accused of planting explosives.
A special anti-terrorism court in Mumbai also found nine of the 13 accused guilty for their roles in the attack
The bomb blasts killed 12 people and seriously injured another 27.
Apart from Ansari, two of the others convicted of the blasts were sentenced to life in jail.
The others were sentenced to 10 years each, but will be released in two, since they have already been in jail for eight years, Indian media said.
Five-time Oscar nominee Adams will play a linguist hired by the army to translate aliens in Story of Your Life.
Paramount paid a hefty $20m (£12m) for the rights to distribute the movie in North America and China.
Based on a short story by science-fiction writer Ted Chiang, it is due for release in 2016. Prisoners film maker Denis Villeneuve will director.
Meanwhile Michael: The Last Photo Shoots takes a behind-the-scenes look at the pop star's final days.
Directed by Craig J Williams, the documentary is billed as an intimate, unique story told through the eyes of friends, photographers and stylists who helped Jackson prepare for his ill-fated comeback, after several years living in seclusion overseas.
Lightning Entertainment has acquired the international sale rights.
"We see Michael Jackson as influential and powerful today, nearly five years after his death, as ever before," said the company's vice president, Ken DuBow.
With much of the film world present in the South of France for the next fortnight, the business of buying and selling films is an important counterpart to the glamour of the red carpet.
But sales meetings are often star-studded affairs in their own right.
Last year Justin Timberlake held a VIP party to drum up interest in Spinning Gold, his biopic of Neil Bogart who helped popularise disco acts like Donna Summer and the Village People on his Casablanca Records label.
Russell Crowe, Jason Statham and the cast of The Hunger Games are all rumoured to be putting in appearances at this year's festival.
The Labour leader said he was not "one of the doom-mongers" who thought new technology would "inevitably herald an era of mass unemployment".
But he argued that adapting the UK for the jobs of the future "can't simply be left to the market".
A recent report suggested robots could affect 30% of British jobs by 2030.
The PwC study estimated that nearly a third of existing jobs in the UK were potentially under threat from automation, compared with 38% in the US and 21% in Japan, with manufacturing and retail at the greatest risk.
"Technological change, from automation to decarbonisation, means many jobs and industries will disappear or shrink in the coming years and decades," Mr Corbyn told business leaders in London.
"At every stage of economic and industrial history, jobs, industries and skills have been lost, replaced and transformed.
"But when that happens at huge social cost, as it did for example in the very early days of the industrial revolution... people in desperation opposed mechanisation and opposed the bringing in of machines because they got no benefit from it."
He added: "We can't simply leave it to the market."
Instead, the public sector should "work with business to manage the social and economic effects of rapid technological change".
Rejecting a pessimistic view of increasing automation, Mr Corbyn told the British Chambers of Commerce annual conference: "As with every other technological revolution, disappearing jobs will be replaced with new, as yet unforeseen forms of work."
In its election manifesto, Labour promised that if it won power all further education courses would be free as part of a new national education service, with fees for adult education courses scrapped.
Mr Corbyn called for a "step-change in skills and training", with anyone able to retrain at any point in their life.
He also said there had been a "deep-rooted historical snobbishness" towards technical subjects.
Mr Corbyn said there had been a "lost decade" in terms of wages and output and argued that businesses would prosper if education was "given laser-like attention by a committed government".
The Conservatives have set a goal of creating three million new apprenticeships by 2020 as part of efforts to address skills gaps which British business has warned is holding the country back.
To help pay for this, firms with a pay bill of £3m have had to pay an apprenticeship levy since April.
Among the other speakers was Education Secretary Justine Greening, who told the conference that technical and further education needed more support and investment.
"A skills revolution needs a technical education revolution," she said, calling on businesses to support so-called "T-level" technical qualifications in England and work placements.
The 2017 event, the year's final major, takes place from 10-13 August at the Quail Hollow Club in North Carolina.
Live coverage begins on iPlayer, online and the red button, with the conclusion of each day's play shown on BBC Two.
The BBC's golf portfolio includes live radio and TV highlights of The Open and Women's British Open, and live TV and radio coverage of the Masters.
"We are delighted to be able to offer golf fans free-to-air TV coverage of the US PGA Championship, said BBC Sport director Barbara Slater.
"It brings together the best players in the world over four exciting days of action."
BBC TV coverage will be led by Eilidh Barbour, alongside Peter Alliss and Ken Brown.
BBC Radio 5 live and sports extra will also broadcast live from the Championship, led by Iain Carter and Jay Townsend.
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A study by the University of Central Lancashire found that using DNA-matched training could enhance athletes' performance.
"For me it was a fascinating experiment," Rutherford told BBC Radio 5 live's Stephen Nolan programme.
"It helps guide you on the way where you may not know."
The DNA analysis presents users with a detailed report based on their body's response to particular types of training and nutrition.
Rutherford, who is also the reigning Commonwealth and European champion, has been incorporating the genetically guided information into his training for the 2016 since Olympics since February.
"I do a lot of things like running hills and larger amounts of reps in the gym," he explained. "The DNA showed I have a level of endurance in me which I never really realised, which makes sense.
"It helps you make clear, informed decisions based on what your DNA make-up is showing you, and it shows that following what your make-up is saying is a good path to go down."
You can hear the full interview on BBC 5 live's Stephen Nolan programme.
The Department for Education has submitted the suggestions to the independent pay review board.
Education Secretary Michael Gove says he wants a system that can attract the highest quality teachers.
Teachers' unions have already raised the prospect of industrial action against plans for regional pay.
"Reform of the current pay system for teachers is fundamental to driving up teacher quality," said Mr Gove.
He rejected the current system as "rigid, complex and difficult to navigate".
The House of Commons education select committee recently called for a pay system that reflected the different contributions of school staff.
"We are concerned that the pay system continues to reward low-performers at the same levels as their more successful peers," MPs reported.
The Department for Education in Westminster submitted its proposals to the School Teachers' Review Body (STRB), which makes recommendations on teachers' pay for both England and Wales.
The timetable for the proposed changes would see the STRB responding in the autumn - with the secretary of state announcing a decision next year, which could apply from September 2013.
Mr Gove says that the quality of teaching is fundamentally linked to school standards - and that the pay structure should be designed to attract and reward the best staff.
But the suggestion of deregulation pay brought a wave of condemnation from teachers' unions, which say that it would be more likely to undermine than inspire teachers.
"Teachers are already suffering from pay freezes, job losses and increases in pension contributions - they now face pay cuts due to a policy based on ideology not evidence," said National Union of Teachers' leader Christine Blower.
The NASUWT teachers' union leader, Chris Keates, says the research evidence "demolishes the coalition government's case for local and regional pay".
The suggestions set out by the Department for Education are intended to create a stronger link between performance and reward.
It suggests options that could range from complete deregulation - where schools could create their own pay systems - to limited flexibility, with maximum and minimum pay bands.
The intention would be to allow schools more flexibility in using their budgets to target particular needs - whether for teachers in shortage subjects or as an incentive to keep the most effective staff.
It also raises the idea of different pay in different areas - with "local pay zones".
Mary Bousted, leader of the ATL teachers' union, questioned how an individual teachers' contribution could be fairly assessed.
She also highlighted a report earlier this week which argued that the international evidence did not show any clear link between performance-related pay for teachers and pupils' test results.
Jacobs & Turner said turnover grew by 8.2% to £95.1m in the 12 months to last June, following expansion of its retail operations in the UK and Europe.
Pre-tax profit was also up, from about £1.9m in 2015 to more than £4.6m.
In accounts filed with Companies House, the firm said investment it had undertaken in the last two years was "now bearing fruit".
It added: "Despite the uncertainty surrounding the UK's decision to leave the EU, and the weakening of sterling which will have a direct impact on the group's purchasing power, the directors remain positive and are satisfied that with continued investment in our staff and systems, the group can look forward to a healthy future with increased profitability in the coming years."
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Lucy suffers from a rare painful disorder which sometimes means she can't leave her bed, but three year old Molly has changed her life.
She has learnt how to do tasks around the house including untying shoelaces, opening doors, fetching things and even helping with the washing.
Even more importantly she can tell if Lucy's temperature or blood pressure are too high and will lick her hand or arm as a warning.
What a dog!
For George Osborne today, there was another word that both leapt out and summed up what the Budget was all about.
By my calculations, he used it five times in the first two-and-a-half minutes.
That word: "Choose."
Which is just what the country has to do in 50 days' time - polling day.
He even used the phrase "we choose the future".
Literally, it's something we all have little option but to do.
Rhetorically, it amounted to this: it's them (Labour) or us.
Think of today as the equivalent of you or me being able to turn up at a job interview a day early - and have a crack before anyone else at trying to get the gig.
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That's the opportunity the chancellor had, to try to translate an increasingly perky-looking economy into votes for the Conservatives in May.
So that is why very early on there were direct, specific references to those he needs to court: "This Budget backs... savers and pensioners... the self-employed, the small business-owner and the homebuyer."
He also aimed to close off the attack lines the Tories anticipate from Labour during the election campaign, particularly over the scale of cuts to come.
Ever since the Autumn Statement in December, the chancellor's mini Budget, Labour has regularly been quoting the independent Office for Budget Responsibility's projection at the time.
The OBR said the spending plans Mr Osborne set out then would see "government consumption of goods and services" - or government spending - fall to its lowest level, as a share of national income, since 1938.
But today the chancellor said the squeeze on public spending would end a year earlier than previously announced and it would rise in line with economic growth in 2019/20 - meaning, as he put it, "state spending as a share of our national income the same size as Britain had in the year 2000".
Or, when Tony Blair was prime minister.
And, sure enough, those referees the OBR agree. On page five of their document published today, it says: "Public spending as a share of GDP no longer falls to a post-war low in 2019-20."
So what else was in there?
The electoral biscuit tin was out, and a few jammy dodgers offered to marginal constituencies, name checked here and there.
Burton, Keighley, Castle Point, Norwich North - they all got a mention.
So what did Labour have to say in response?
It is arguably the hardest day in the job for a Leader of the Opposition - being forced to reply to something he has only just heard, reliant on scraps of paper being handed to him in the chamber, the brain waves of his backroom team holed up somewhere nearby.
In essence, and as you would expect, he wanted to play what he sees as Labour's greatest hits in the election campaign: the NHS and the potential scale of cuts to come under the Tories.
Those cuts, he insisted, would still be "extreme" under the Conservatives.
Of course, there would be cuts under Labour as well.
And he picked up on George Osborne barely mentioning the health service - something Mr Miliband described as a "glaring omission".
Talking of things being left out - at the Autumn Statement in December, the Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg excluded himself, by not turning up.
He was there today, yellow tie on, but the reality of coalition meant he was glued to his seat, unable to contribute to the exchanges.
That reality of coalition only has days left to run - with the last big Parliamentary moment before the election now done, the campaign trail awaits.
The incident, which also involved five other cars and a bus, happened in Fernhill Road on the outskirts of Glasgow at 11:05.
The car driver was pronounced dead at the scene. The male driver of the agricultural vehicle is in a serious condition in hospital.
The road remains closed and police have appealed for witnesses.
Sgt Alison McAuley, of Police Scotland, said: "An extensive recovery operation, which is expected to last for several more hours, is currently underway and Fernhill Road is closed with local diversions in place.
"I would appeal to anyone who witnessed what happened to contact officers."
Firstbus confirmed that one of its vehicles had been at the scene when the crash happened.
"We can confirm one of our vehicles was caught up in the incident at Fernhill Road earlier today and we are providing assistance to the emergency services," a statement said.
Exactly half of the 1,000 Scots asked by the Carnegie UK Trust and Ipsos Mori said they had visited a library within the past year.
They found that families with young children, occasional readers and those who were "just about managing" financially were most likely to visit.
However, Scotland also saw the sharpest drop in library use since 2011 at 11%.
The five-year UK-wide study found that more than three-quarters (77%) of people said the facilities found at public libraries were important for their communities, while 37% said they were important for them personally.
Almost three-quarters (71%) of families with children aged five to 11 visited libraries last year, up 3% on 2011.
A total of 61% of people in the second lowest socio-economic group reported using a library at least once a month, while occasional readers - those who read a book every two or three months - rose about eight percentage points to just under 60% in 2016.
Across the British Isles, high levels of library use were also seen in Ireland, while the lowest recorded use was witnessed in Northern Ireland.
In England, many more people who read books infrequently were now found to be using libraries than previously. Young people aged 15-24 years tended to be the most likely to use a library, while over 55's were the least likely to use one.
The report also found the vast majority of those surveyed in Scotland (82%) were against replacing all library employees with paid staff, while 58% favoured the use of volunteers in conjunction with existing employees.
The most popular suggested improvements to libraries in Scotland were more events, better information on services, and a cafe or coffee shop.
Martyn Evans, chief executive of Carnegie UK Trust, said: "It's extremely promising that there's been a rise in library use in Scotland amongst households with primary school aged children, as well as an increase in frequent use among a key socio-economic group.
"However, we know that the future success of public libraries depends on how effectively they respond to the changing needs of their communities.
"Local authority budgets are under severe pressure. All of us who value libraries' rich and varied contribution to our wellbeing must provide clear and compelling evidence of their impact if future investment is to be secured.
"We also know that the public want libraries to do even more."
Pamela Tulloch, chief executive at the Scottish Library and Information Council, said: "It is clear from the research that public libraries in Scotland have an enduring place in people's hearts and that they are highly valued services.
"We need to ensure that libraries continue to prosper and deliver against key policy goals and wellbeing. The trust's recommendations set out a way in which we can all work towards a thriving future public library service."
He said almost 2,000 Labour councillors had won back seats and the party had "tens of thousands" of new members.
The party had made "huge progress" but had a "lot more work to do", he said.
Earlier, Labour deputy leader Lord Prescott said the party had failed to get its case across. The Tories said this was more evidence of "discontent".
Writing in the Sunday Mirror, Lord Prescott said Labour had wasted an opportunity to set the news agenda, and urged Mr Miliband to "kick out" under-performing shadow cabinet members.
He called for a "radical change" to shape up the policy of organisation and delivery alongside a clear set of policies and principles.
"There are millions of people looking to us as the only alternative to this heartless coalition," he added.
Mr Umunna dismissed recent criticism of the party as "hysteria" and insisted Labour were capable of winning the next general election.
"We have got a big job to do. We are looking to make history - to achieve the remarkable feat of being re-elected to office after one term in opposition and so we are seeking to do something very big," he told BBC News.
"We all know we can do it, but of course we have got a lot more work to do over the 90-odd weeks before the next general election to put our case forward to the British people - but that is precisely what we have been doing all over the summer."
He said it was difficult to foresee every policy detail that would be in a manifesto for the 2015 election.
"I have been on the road with my leader since he became the leader of the Labour party and seen the fantastic response that he gets from people all over the country," he added.
During a campaign visit to a south London market earlier this week, Mr Miliband was pelted with eggs.
He did his best to laugh it off, saying: "I'm always looking for new ways to connect with the voters."
Further criticism this weekend came from Labour peer Lord Glasman - who was given his peerage at Ed Miliband's request.
Writing in the Mail on Sunday, he said the party "gives the impression of not knowing which way to turn" and that it was time for the party leader "to show he is a grown-up politician big enough to lead this country".
Earlier this month, the shadow health secretary Andy Burnham said Labour must "put its cards on the table" and produce attention-grabbing policies by next spring or risk losing the next election.
He called for his party to "shout louder and speak in a way that captures how people are feeling and thinking".
But Mr Umunna said Mr Burnham's comments had been "overplayed".
"The point that Andy was making is of course by the time of the next general election we need to ensure that people know what Labour's agenda is."
Conservative Party Chairman Grant Shapps said Labour grandees were lining up to "take a shot" at a "weak" Mr Miliband.
He said: "The Labour leader's deepening summer of discontent is further evidence that he's not even capable of leading his own party, let alone standing up for the hard-working people of Britain."
They took an early lead through Ilya Kovalchuk, but the Finns hit back with goals from Juhamatti Aaltonen, Teemu Selanne and Mikael Granlund.
They will face Nordic rivals Sweden in the semis, while Canada will play USA.
USA eased to a 5-2 win over Czech Republic but holders Canada struggled to a 2-1 win over Latvia.
A powerplay strike from Nashville Predators defenceman Shea Weber, with less than seven minutes to play, proved decisive for the eight-time champions.
Both semi-finals take place on Friday.
Young, 41, replaces Lee Sinnott, who parted company with the Robins after five years in charge.
The former Chester and Colwyn Bay boss was most recently in charge of Conference North side Stockport County, but he resigned in January.
He has brought in his long-serving assistant manager Gary Jones, with whom he has worked with at three clubs.
Altrincham's relegation was confirmed on the final day of the season when they lost 3-0 at home to Braintree.
In October European leaders reached another deal to try to stop the contagion. But which countries are most at risk and why?
Three nations in the eurozone - the 17 nations that use the euro - have been recipients of bailouts as attempts to solve the crisis keep stalling.
Italy became the latest to feel the domino effect of the markets when its debt rating was lowered, the latest in a series of downgrades.
Greece, Spain, the Irish Republic and even Cyprus have also had their ratings cut this year. The future of the euro is being questioned in a way it never has since 1999.
Which countries have fallen, and which are feared to be next?
The problem: Greece's huge debts, about 340bn euros (£297bn; $478bn).
In late 2009, after months of speculation and sovereign debt crises in Iceland and the Middle East, Greece finally admitted its debts were the highest in the country's modern history.
Since then, a 110bn-euro bailout was passed by the eurozone last year and a second bailout of roughly the same size was agreed earlier this year - but not yet passed.
Most observers remain highly sceptical of Greece's ability to ever repay its huge mountain of debt. Talk persists of an unprecedented default or of Greece leaving the eurozone.
Because of the interconnectedness of the European economy, this would cause huge losses for French and German banks.
Thus, though Greece has been bailed out, fears of it running out of money continue to plague investors.
International credit markets remain wary of Greece because of its sovereign debt rating.
Ratings: Greece is now considered to be "junk" by the ratings agencies, meaning it has a very high chance of defaulting. S&P has cut its debt seven times since 2009, from A to CC, the third-lowest rung on its rating scale.
S&P: CC
Moody's: Ca
The problem: Italy has the highest total debt in the eurozone, amid stagnant growth.
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In the summer, the country was charged record levels to borrow, which prompted renewed calls to pass spending cuts.
The alternative, selling more debt, was unsustainable at rates that reached 6%.
Rome laid out 60bn euros of austerity measures and aims to balance its budget by 2013, but markets have been concerned over its growing debt load in relation to GDP - the second-highest behind Greece in the eurozone.
If Italy was to be bailed out, few think that the eurozone (or Germany in particular) could actually afford it.
But Italy has the advantage of having most of its debt owed to its own people rather than external investors. This buys it more breathing room than, say, Greece.
Ratings: Italy was last triple-A in 1995. Since then, its rating has been fairly stable near the top of the investment grade rankings.
S&P: A
Moody's: Aa2
The problem: The housing boom turned to bust, leaving the country's banks loaded with bad debt and the highest unemployment rate in the eurozone.
Spain has also seen record borrowing costs recently, forcing its government to adopt numerous austerity measures to get its finances under control.
Spain, like Italy, is considered too expensive a proposition for the eurozone to realistically bail out.
This is why the eurozone has tried to help lower its cost of borrowing, rather than give it loans as it did to its neighbour, Portugal.
Ratings: Last at the highest rating in 1992, the Iberian nation has been cut twice since 2009.
S&P: AA
Moody's: Aa2
The problem: The country's banks bear a heavy exposure to Greek debt.
While France's public finances have not yet been questioned heavily by the market, its banks have seen sharp falls on the stock market.
In September, Moody's downgraded Credit Agricole and Societe Generale after reviewing their exposure to Greek debt.
Credit Agricole and Societe Generale have seen their share prices fall by about two-thirds since February, while BNP has fallen by more than half.
France has also announced plans to cut spending by 45bn euros over the next three years.
Ratings: France was given the top rating by Moody's in 1988, and kept it ever since, despite anaemic growth.
S&P: AAA
Moody's: Aaa
The problem: Most of its neighbours are broke.
Unlike many of its neighbours, Germany enjoyed vigorous economic growth - GDP rose by 3.6% in 2010. Unemployment is lower than before the 2008 crisis.
And the government plans to cut the budget deficit by a record 80bn euros by 2014.
While that growth has slowed, the main problem is that Europe's largest economy is the biggest contributor to the bailout fund used to help stricken nations.
And Germany's banks have a heavy exposure to debt from Greece, Europe's biggest headache.
This means in the event of a Greek default, Germany would probably have to bail out its own banks.
But having taken the lead in bailing out three nations - Greece twice - how many more can the country afford?
Ratings: Following reunification, the country was given the highest possible creditworthiness by S&P in 1992 and Moody's in 1993.
S&P: AAA
Moody's: Aaa
The problem: UK banks have a heavy exposure to Irish debt.
Other than that, the UK has been relatively unscathed, while its eurozone neighbours endure turmoil.
The coalition government has announced the biggest cuts in state spending since World War II.
UK gilts are viewed as one of the safest investments in the world, with the country's borrowing costs falling to recent lows.
But the situation remains precarious. The country's budget deficit was 10.3% last year - this is just behind Greece, greater than Spain's and more than triple that of Germany.
Ratings: In 2009, S&P lowered its outlook on British debt to "negative" from "stable" for the first time since the agency started rating its public finances in 1978. But the triple-A rating has been affirmed since 1993.
S&P: AAA
Moody's: Aaa
The problem: The country's banking system collapsed.
The country's biggest banks were taken under government control in the financial crisis and recapitalised. The cost of doing that has been about 70bn euros.
The Irish received a bailout worth 85bn euros from the eurozone and IMF, then passed the toughest budget in the nation's history.
Since then, the IMF has said the Irish Republic is "showing signs of stabilisation" and there is a sense that the worst has now passed.
Ratings: The Irish Republic held the highest triple-A rating as recently as 2001. S&P has cut it five times since 2009.
S&P: BBB+
Moody's: Ba1
The problem: A shrinking economy straining its budget.
The country has been the third to get a bailout, worth 78bn euros. The previous government fell after failing to pass austerity measures, which the subsequent government had passed.
Investors have since moved on to ongoing worries about Greece, Spain and Italy.
Ratings: Portugal has been cut four times since 2009. It was once triple-A, way back in 1993.
S&P: BBB-
Moody's: Ba2
Brent crude sank by 4.2% to $34.88 a barrel, surpassing its late December fall, and taking the price to its lowest level since 1 July 2004.
The price of US crude dropped 3.3% to $34.77 a barrel.
The sharp falls followed a short-lived rally on Monday after Saudi Arabia broke diplomatic ties with Iran.
Analysts said fears over the worsening relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran, which had initially raised concerns about possible supply disruptions and boosted the oil price, had now been overtaken by pessimism over oil cartel Opec ever agreeing on a production ceiling.
Historically, Opec has cut production to support prices. But led by Saudi Arabia, by far the group's most powerful member, the group has resolutely refused to trim supply this time.
Rising tensions over Saudi Arabia's execution of Shia cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr mean that any agreement is now deemed less likely than ever.
"With relations between Opec kingpins Saudi Arabia and Iran at a historic low point, it solidifies an already unlikely scenario that Opec might cut output," said Barclays analyst Alia Moubayed.
Since mid-2014, oil prices have slumped 70% mainly because of oversupply. This in turn is largely due to US shale oil flooding the market.
At the same time, demand has fallen because of a slowdown in economic growth in China and Europe.
Iranian oil exports are also expected to rise later this year once Western sanctions against Tehran for its nuclear programme are lifted, increasing the oversupply of oil.
Opec is hoping that refusing to cut production will help to drive US shale producers out of business, believing that they will fall victim to lower prices long before its own members, and has forecast that prices will recover to $70 a barrel by 2020.
Goldman Sachs has warned that oil prices could go as low a $20 a barrel, but most analysts are expecting the price to stabilise in the second half of the year as supply from non-Opec nations slows and demand remains relatively robust.
The images were the top sellers in an auction of post-war and contemporary art at Sotheby's in New York.
Jeff Koons' sculpture Popeye went for $28.2m (£16.8m), breaching its estimated value of $25m.
The buyer, casino magnate Steve Wynn, said the sculpture would go on display in one of his Las Vegas properties.
Other highlights included Gerhard Richter's Blau, which fetched $28.7m (£17.1m), Jean-Michel Basquiat's Undiscovered, which took $23.7m (£14.1m), and an untitled work by Mark Rothko that sold for $12.2m (£7.2m).
Artists reaching new records for their works included Keith Haring, James Rosenquist, Dan Flavin and Mike Kelley.
An untitled work by Willem de Kooning, which was expected to sell for up to $25m (£14.9m), went unsold after it failed to reach the lower estimate of $18m (£10.7m).
Alex Rotter, Sotheby's worldwide head of contemporary art, described the market as "solid", although the sale failed to match the frenzied bidding at a Christie's sale earlier this week.
The Christie's sale of post-war and contemporary art, also in New York, raised $744m (£441m), the highest ever total for a single auction - with two works from Warhol's Death and Disaster series selling for a combined $100m (£59m).
Shares worldwide have risen after the FBI said Hillary Clinton should not face criminal charges over her emails.
In the US, the S&P 500 index surged 2.2%, or 46.34 points, to 2,131.52.
On Friday, the index had closed lower for the ninth trading session in a row - its worst run since December 1980.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average soared 371 points to 18,259.60, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq index jumped 119.8 points at 5,166.17.
"Investors are reacting this morning to moving the email controversy to the sidelines, but still looking at a race that is too close to call," Art Hogan, chief market strategist at Wunderlich Equity Capital Markets said.
Cyber-criminals are targeting financial institutions as Pyongyang faces tough nuclear sanctions, the Financial Security Institute (FSI) claims.
Suspected hacking attempts were until recently thought to be aimed at causing disruption or accessing data.
North Korea has routinely denied involvement in cyber-attacks.
The FSI analysed cyber-attacks between 2015 and 2017.
The impoverished country is now facing even tougher international sanctions aimed at stopping the flow of money that would support the development of its weapons programme.
Perhaps the most high profile hack linked to North Korea in recent years targeted Sony's entertainment business in 2014 - wiping out massive amounts of data and leading to the online distribution of emails, personal and sensitive employee data as well as pirated copies of new movies.
However the FSI is not alone in saying there had been a shift away from this kind of disruptive, embarrassing hack, and towards cyber-attacks raising money.
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Some cyber-security firms have also connected North Korea with the global "WannaCry" cyber attack that affected 150 countries in May and crippled parts of Britain's National Health Service (NHS). and demanded victims pay to access data.
US officials are also believed to be building a case linking last year's $81m (£62m) cyber-heist at the Bangladesh central bank to North Korean hackers.
And Russian firm Kaspersky has linked North Korea to attacks on Polish banks.
A report by FireEye says that North Korean cyber-operators are "increasingly engaged in financially motivated activity" and targeting virtual currency services.
"Actors are targeting virtual currency service providers such as exchanges and brokerage services based in South Korea," FireEye said.
"It is not yet clear how North Korean actors are leveraging virtual currencies, although targeting of these services demonstrates definite interest."
North Korea is also reported to be mining the virtual currency Bitcoin.
Fireye said that such currencies were attractive to criminals because they could be traded in relative anonymity, compared with currencies that are managed and tracked by central banks.
The FSI report identifies eight specific instances where hackers targeted South Korean government and commercial institutions.
The report also identified a hacking group named Andariel that "has been active since at least May 2016," according to a translation of the document by Reuters.
Andariel is believed to have tried to steal bank card information by hacking into automated teller machines to either withdraw cash or sell the data on the black market.
It has also allegedly created malware to hack into online poker and other gambling sites and steal cash.
The FSI was launched by the South Korean government in 2015, following attacks on major South Korean banks.
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John Bainbridge, now 54, raped a mother at knifepoint in front of her two children in Nottingham in May 1986.
He then murdered a woman in similar circumstances in October 1986, and was jailed for this.
Police always suspected the two crimes were linked but had not been able to prove it until recently.
Semen samples taken as evidence in 1986 were tested using DNA-17 profiling, a more sensitive test that has only been used by police since 2014.
Bainbridge had been released from prison and was living in Burton-on-Trent in Staffordshire when police arrested him in June 2016.
Bainbridge initially denied rape and had been due to stand trial, but he changed his plea on Friday at Nottingham Crown Court.
The judge told him he will serve a minimum of eight years before being considered for release.
Bainbridge planned both of his attacks and targeted the women after their husbands had left their homes.
He raped his first victim, who was then aged 34, in Vernon Road, in the Basford area of Nottingham, on 15 May 1986.
He was armed with a knife, which he used to threaten her and also cut open her underwear.
One of her children was already in the room, but Bainbridge made her call the other child in, meaning both children witnessed their mother being attacked.
He also threatened to kill one of the children, who was upset, shouting at the other to "shut up or I'll kill him."
Adrian Langdale, prosecuting, said: "She went on to describe to police how she tried not to struggle or fight for fear of her own safety and that of her children.
"It may well be that that particular action by her saved not only her life, but her children as well."
Five months later Bainbridge murdered his second victim - 43-year-old Rosemary Scott - by stabbing her in the chest at Simkins Farm in Adbolton Lane, West Bridgford, on 16 October.
He cut open her underwear with the knife, mirroring the way he had attacked the other woman.
Police believe the attack was sexually motivated, and he stabbed Mrs Scott while she struggled to defend herself.
He was given a life sentence for this in 1987, and originally served 20 years before being released.
However, he was sent back to prison twice for breaching his licence conditions, meaning he has already served 26 years and 10 months in prison.
Det Insp Justine Wilson praised the rape victim and her children, who were all prepared to give evidence if the trial had gone ahead.
"I absolutely give the best praise for the courage that both the victim and her two children have had to come forward," she said.
"One of her reasons behind it was she didn't want this man out on the street, she wanted him locked up so she could never, ever, do this again to anybody else."
Lawrence English, from the Crown Prosecution Service, said the case shows how valuable it is to preserve all evidence in a case.
"There is no doubt that this conviction was made possible by the decisions by the police all the way back in 1986 to keep and preserve the samples, despite not knowing how DNA technology would develop," he said.
"Advances in technology now mean that we can match DNA to a suspect, regardless of how long ago the samples were taken."
The bones, said to be in pristine condition, were found on land earmarked for development at Exning.
Andrew Peachey, from Archaeological Solutions, said the finds were "totally unexpected" as initial searches had not indicated a burial ground.
The skeletons, dating from about AD650, have yet to be properly examined.
The 20 graves, one of which was a double burial, were uncovered in the last two weeks.
Mr Peachey, contracted to survey the area by Persimmon Homes, said the skeletons included those of four or five adolescents, but it was too early to say more about the ages of the bodies.
"One burial was very intricate with a wooden or iron frame possibly underneath the body. It may be what's known as a bed burial, but again it's too early to tell until everything is cleaned up properly," he said.
"Another appears to be a warrior burial. A spearhead and dagger were found with the bones."
Most of the skeletons were found with grave goods including a glass bowl, brooches and other items of gold-plated and copper jewellery.
The quality of the items indicated the bodies may have had "royal connections" as the area had close links with King Anna, who ruled East Anglia the 7th Century, Mr Peachey said.
The graves were uncovered about 30cm (12in) from the surface of land which has been used for agricultural purposes for centuries.
"It is incredible that there was absolutely no disturbance caused to the graves, when you think ploughs must have just about been skimming across them," Mr Peachey said.
The "excellent preservation" of both the skeletons and grave goods meant the finds were of "high analytical value", he said.
The bones and other items are currently being prepared and sent away for analysis. Mr Peachey said it could be "weeks or months" before more was known about the likely history of the people buried there.
It has not yet been determined whether the skeletons will eventually be housed in a museum in Suffolk but a number of Exning residents said they would like to see them on permanent display in the village.
The items of jewellery will be assessed by the Portable Antiquities Scheme to determine whether any of them are considered to be "treasure trove" in which case they would be kept for the nation.
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Two shots were fired at the man, who was on a bicycle outside St Edmund's RC Primary School and Nursery in Springhill, Birmingham.
The man later fled and the school was locked "to maintain the safety of everyone", said police.
A staff member's car was damaged but no-one was hurt. Police said the shooting appeared to be targeted.
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Officers were at the school on Thursday to reassure people.
"It is not believed that the school or any of the children or staff were the target of the attack.
"We are still searching for the victim, who is also thought not to have been injured, and the offender who made off in the vehicle," said West Midlands Police.
Det Insp Richard Marsh said a number of people were outside the school at the time and he urged them to contact the force.
"We are still trying to identify the vehicle and the public could have crucial information to assist our enquiries," he said.
"We appreciate this will have caused some shock in the community, but we believe this was a targeted incident unconnected to the school.
"We are still trying the establish the full circumstances behind what happened and we need the victim to come forward, along with the help of witnesses in the area at the time."
The state's Supreme Court acted hours before convicted murderers Don Davis and Bruce Ward were due to die, but the Davis decision could yet be reversed.
Their lawyers had argued they were mentally unfit to face execution and were denied proper assessment.
But there was a victory for the state when a federal court lifted an order that blocked all seven executions.
A blanket ruling made on Saturday that the executions could not go ahead on the grounds that the lethal injection causes suffering has been overruled.
The unprecedented pace at which Arkansas plans to put the seven men to death has drawn international attention.
It is driven by the state's desire to use a batch of drugs before it expires later this month.
But it has been condemned by critics as an inhumane "assembly line".
There were two rulings - in the first, the Arkansas Supreme Court stayed the executions of Davis and Ward, in a 4-3 decision. They have each spent more than 20 years on death row.
The state attorney general's office said it would not appeal against the stay for Ward. It did appeal against the stay for Davis but the US Supreme Court upheld it in a last-minute decision on Monday.
Davis had already been served his last meal and moved to the Cummins Unit, which holds the lethal injection gurney.
In the other decision, the 8th US Circuit Court of Appeals in St Louis cancelled the weekend ruling to halt all seven executions.
Bruce Ward - Strangled teenage shop clerk Rebecca Doss
Don Davis - Condemned for the execution-style killing of Jane Daniel as he burgled her home
Stacey Johnson - Murdered Carol Heath, who was beaten, strangled and had her throat slit
Ledell Lee - Bludgeoned Debra Reese to death with a tyre iron her husband had given her for protection
Jack Jones - Condemned for the rape and murder of accounts clerk Mary Phillips, and the nearly fatal beating of her 11-year-old daughter
Marcel Williams - Raped and murdered Stacey Erickson, after kidnapping her from a convenience store
Kenneth Williams - Murdered farmer Cecil Boren during an escape from prison where Williams had been incarcerated for murdering cheerleader Dominique Hurd
Like many US states, Arkansas has struggled to find the drugs it needs to carry out executions. Its last was in 2005.
The state's use of midazolam in its three-drug cocktail is controversial, because opponents of the death penalty say it is not effective at rendering the inmate unconscious.
The drug raised concerns after it was used in executions in three US states in 2014 that took longer than usual.
There are five more executions in Arkansas scheduled to happen by the end of April, so expect daily legal arguments on both sides.
The state is determined these executions be carried out, but those who have campaigned against the methods of execution will do all they can to block them.
The case of British nurse Pauline Cafferkey, who remains in a serious but stable condition in hospital in London, is a timely reminder of how little is known about the lingering after effects of the killer virus.
The World Health Organization says there's only one other well-documented Ebola survivor who has suffered severe complications after recovering from the virus, American infectious disease expert Dr Ian Crozier.
He was originally infected in September 2014 while treating patients in Sierra Leone. He was sent back to the US to receive treatment in a special Ebola unit in Atlanta. He left the hospital in October, after being given the all clear.
"I walked out of the isolation unit in Atlanta a very different person," Dr Ian Crozier tells me from his family's home in Arizona.
"I returned to Pheonix, where my family was, and began the long process of reattaching to life.
"I was very fortunate to be alive."
But a new, unexpected challenge awaited Dr Crozier, as it did the thousands of Ebola survivors in affected West African countries.
"I quickly realised it wasn't over," he says.
"I began to struggle with severe joint pains, muscle pain and stiffness. I suffered profound fatigue, and I lost the hearing in my left ear."
There was worse to come.
A couple of months after his initial recovery, Dr Crozier's left eye became extremely painful and inflamed.
He returned to the Emory University hospital, where medics used a tiny needle to withdraw fluid.
To their astonishment, the inside of Dr Crozier's eye was "teeming" with the virus.
Dr Crozier says: "We found hundreds of millions of copies [of the virus]. It was active, multiplying Ebola virus."
His eyeball became soft, and he temporarily went blind in his left eye.
At one point, his eye temporarily changed colour, from blue to green.
"It was quite shocking," he says.
"I was terrified of potentially spreading the virus to my family through my tears."
But tests quickly revealed fluids on his eye, and his tears did not contain the virus, so he posed no danger to others.
Ebola can persist in "immune privileged sites" - parts of the body immune cells cannot reach - after a patient recovers from their illness.
Recent research published in the New England Medical Journal found Ebola lingered in semen for nine months after men recovered.
But it is unclear whether those men are contagious.
The WHO says the risk of sexual transmission is "probably low", otherwise there would be far more new infections.
As well as the inner eyeball and semen, other immune privileged sites include the central nervous system, breast milk and the placenta.
Dr Crozier says: "You take it very personally.
"In a sense, this virus was hitching a free ride for months and months. That was difficult to come to terms with.
"Many of us [survivors] are angry and indignant that the virus is persisting."
There have been a number of reports of people experiencing eye problems in affected West African countries.
However, unlike in Dr Crozier's case in the US, and Pauline Cafferkey's case in the UK, most of those experiencing these sorts of problems are not investigated rigorously, so data and evidence about what is going on is scarce.
Dr Crozier describes life after Ebola as a kind of balancing act of being grateful to be alive, but acutely aware of the uncertainty.
"That tension is much more pronounced for the West African survivors." he says.
"This virus is the chief of home-wreckers.
"Many lost their entire families and are now facing these problems, as well as stigma in their communities, when they thought the worst of it was over."
Dr Crozier says his health and eyesight is improving, but he is not entirely better. "I've continued to struggle with joint pains, hearing loss and fatigue."
As Pauline Cafferkey continues her second fight for life because of Ebola, Dr Crozier says he and many other survivors stand alongside the British nurse and her family.
"We're all learning. This virus is teaching us as we go along," he says.
"I've learned to take nothing off the table in terms of what we know or what we think we know about Ebola.
"You become resilient and prepared for the unexpected."
The collision took place on Broomielaw under the Kingston Bridge at about 12:10.
The man is believed to have sustained leg injuries and was taken to Glasgow Royal Infirmary.
No one else was injured.
The male victims were all confronted in Colchester, Essex, between 23:00 BST on Friday and 02:30 on Saturday.
Essex Police said extra patrols would be made in The Hythe and New Town over the weekend.
The force said the crimes were being linked and that it was "working with the victims in each incident to identify the suspects".
The first victim managed to flee unscathed after being surrounded by a group of up to 15 men, one armed with a knife, in Hickory Avenue at 23:00.
A man then had his wallet and phone stolen after he was approached by two men who pulled out a knife. The pair were with two women at Hythe Station at 01:30.
Forty-five minutes later, a gang of up to six males stole a man's phone at knifepoint in Winnock Road, before a fourth man managed to push a would-be robber away when he was threatened with a knife at 02:30 in Hythe Hill.
Det Ch Insp Leighton Hammett said: "We have a zero tolerance stance on this type of behaviour and these incidents are not acceptable."
The Argentine, second only to president Sepp Blatter in the Fifa hierarchy, was taken to hospital in Buenos Aires on Wednesday with cardiac failure and later died, the governing body said.
Grondona had been head of the Argentine FA (AFA) since 1979 and a member of Fifa's executive committee since 1988.
Writing on Twitter, Blatter said he was "sad for the loss of a great friend".
The South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) confirmed Grondona's death in a statement, adding that he would be remembered for "giving his country recognition in football".
The AFA responded to the news by announcing the postponement of all matches in Argentina's domestic leagues this weekend as a mark of respect.
The governing body also announced a halt to all administrative functions until Monday, meaning a press conference at which Argentina coach Alejandro Sabella was due to confirm his future has been postponed.
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During Grondona's time as head of the AFA, Argentina won the World Cup in 1986 and lost the final in both 1990 and 2014.
He had been due to step down from his AFA role when his current term came to an end in 2015.
Argentina forward Lionel Messi was among those to send condolences after the announcement.
"It's a very sad day for football, for all of Argentina and for me," the Barcelona forward wrote on his Facebook account.
"Our president, Julio Grondona, you have left us. I want to send my sincere condolences and a large hug to all his family members and friends."
Grondona made headlines earlier this summer after his troubled relationship with retired Argentina captain and manager Diego Maradona spilled into the public domain.
It was Grondona who hired Maradona as the national team coach, only to hastily dismiss him after Argentina lost in the quarter-finals of the 2010 World Cup.
During the tournament in Brazil last month, Maradona responded to being called a "bad luck charm" by Grondona by making an obscene gesture on live TV.
Ndung'u Gethenji, head of the defence committee, told the BBC he had reports that "some of these facilities are being used as a training ground".
More than 500,000 Somalis have sought refuge from war and poverty in Kenya.
Officials say 67 people died after militants from Somalia's al-Shabab stormed the Westgate on 21 September.
Five militants were killed by security forces during the four-day siege, while nine people are in custody after being arrested in connection with the attacks, the authorities say.
Al-Shabab, a Somali Islamist group, said the attack was in retaliation for Kenya's military involvement in Somalia.
Mr Gethenji said that Kenya had to rethink "its hospitality in supporting refugee camps within our borders".
Kenya is host to the largest refugee camp in the world, Dadaab - home to about half a million people - while it is believed that more than 30,000 Somali refugees live in Nairobi alone.
The BBC's Robert Kiptoo in Nairobi says many people in the city would like Somali refugees to return home - partly for security reasons but also because the influx has led to steep rises in rents, especially in the mainly ethnic Somali district of Eastleigh.
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However, our correspondent says the repatriation of all refugees is unlikely to happen, as the camps are controlled by the UNHCR, which had permission from the government to open them.
Such a move would also contravene international agreements, he notes.
Last year the Kenyan government announced a plan to move all asylum seekers and refugees out of urban areas - a plan which was denounced as unlawful by human rights groups.
Earlier the Kenyan Red Cross said the number of missing after the Westgate shopping centre attack had dropped to 39 from an initial figure of 61.
Fourteen of the missing have been found alive and seven bodies have been identified, it said.
A Red Cross tracing manager has told the BBC that some of those who were classed as missing were counted because of "reports from people who could not get through to their relatives on the phone and thought they might have been at the mall".
The government has said there are hardly any people still unaccounted for after the attack, and that it did not think any hostages were killed when a car park collapsed inside the mall, ending the siege.
However, the rubble is still being moved, so Interior Minister Joseph Ole Lenku has said it is possible more bodies might yet be discovered.
Meanwhile, Kenya's joint parliamentary defence and national security committees have started a probe into alleged intelligence failings over the Westgate attack.
Mr Gethenji said MPs would question security chiefs, including the head of the National Intelligence Service (NIS), Michael Gichangi.
The MPs visited the Westgate site on Monday as part of their inquiries.
Security sources have told the BBC that the militants rented a shop at Westgate in the weeks leading up to the siege.
Mr Gethenji told the BBC last week that "people need to know the exact lapses in the security system that possibly allowed this event to take place".
Kenyan newspapers have reported that the NIS warned a year ago of the presence of suspected al-Shabab militants in the capital and that they were planning suicide attacks, including on the Westgate shopping centre.
The Daily Nation newspaper has reported that Kenyan intelligence had established that al-Shabab leaders had begun singling out Westgate and the Holy Family Basilica for attack early this year.
Government figures said to have received the intelligence briefings include Mr Lenku, Treasury Minister Julius Rotich, Foreign Affairs Minister Amina Mohammed, Defence Minister Raychelle Omamo and Kenya Defence Forces chief Julius Karangi.
On Sunday, Mr Lenku refused to answer questions on the issue, saying the information was confidential and would not be discussed in public.
However, a senior interior ministry official earlier denied that ministers had ignored intelligence warnings.
The official - who was speaking on condition of anonymity - told the BBC the government received intelligence daily, that action was taken and that many attacks had been averted.
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Earlier this week he and co-star Martin Freeman were seen filming in Cardiff.
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"Not in a billion years did I think I would be made a dame," said the 81-year-old after Thursday's investiture ceremony at Buckingham Palace, London.
"It wasn't anything I ever aspired to. I just wanted to be jobbing actress."
She was honoured for charity work with the NSPCC, breast cancer research and children with learning disabilities.
Accompanied by her fifth husband, Percy Gibson, and her daughter, Tara Newley, Dame Joan said she was still working and had "a lot of irons in the fire".
One of them is The Time of Their Lives, a film project for which she and prospective co-star Pauline Collins are attempting to raise funds.
Dame Joan can also be seen alongside Elizabeth Hurley in The Royals, a US TV series about a fictional version of the British Royal Family.
Spedaking last year, the onetime Rank film starlet said she was "ecstatic" to receive her latest honour as she was "very patriotic and quite a royalist as well".
"This is a very special moment, to have a statue of me," the 29-year-old said.
The statue is part of Ronaldo's personal museum, housing mementos and awards from his career including his two Ballon D'Or titles, awarded to him as the world's best player in 2008 and 2013.
The former Manchester United striker, who lifted the Club World Cup with his current club on Saturday, is favourite to win the 2014 accolade in January.
He has scored 34 goals in 27 games for club and country this season.
"Ronaldo has never forgotten his origins," added his mother, Dolores Aveiro.
Ramsey, 26, limped off with 20 minutes of the game remaining at the Emirates Stadium and was replaced by Danny Welbeck.
Arsenal host Everton in their final league game of the season on Sunday and face Chelsea in the FA Cup final on 27 May.
Wales face Serbia in a crucial World Cup qualifier in Belgrade on 11 June.
Chris Coleman's side will be without suspended Real Madrid forward Gareth Bale for the game in Belgrade.
After the Arsenal victory, manager Arsene Wenger said Ramsey was 'alright' when asked about the fitness of the Wales midfielder.
On Monday Uber boss Travis Kalanick sent an email to his employees with more information about the probe - and further plans the company has to address the issue.
“It’s been a tough 24 hours,” he began, adding that the company was “hurting”.
The investigation will be lead by former US attorney general Eric Holder, who served under President Obama between 2009 and 2015, and Tammy Albarran - both partners at law firm Covington and Burling.
Arianna Huffington, best known for being the founder of the Huffington Post, will also help carry out the review. Ms Huffington has been on Uber’s board since April last year. Also conducting the review will be Uber’s new head of human resources, Liane Hornsey, and Angela Padilla, Uber’s associate general counsel.
Diversity figures
After coming into widespread criticism for never having published statistics on diversity at the company, Mr Kalanick said he would deliver figures in the "coming months". He said that of the employees working as engineers, product managers or data scientists, 15.1% are women - a number which he said hadn’t changed significantly in the past year.
“As points of reference,” he wrote, “Facebook is at 17%, Google at 18% and Twitter at 10%.”
Until now, Uber had been standing firm on not publishing its diversity figures. Most major technology companies make public their EEO-1 - a government filing that breaks down employees by race, religion, gender and other factors.
Uber has not specified if it will publish its entire EEO-1, or just post select figures from the company.
In her blog post, Susan Fowler cited anecdotal figures of women leaving Uber in droves.
Speaking specifically about the site reliability engineering team, which she worked on for a year, she said that by the time she left, “out of over 150 engineers in the SRE teams, only 3% were women”. She now works at San Francisco-based payment firm Stripe.
Uber said it would be holding an “all hands" meeting on Tuesday to tell its employees what its “next steps” will be.
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The committee said the forthcoming changes were complex and confusing and had been poorly communicated.
It concluded that HMRC's communications strategy was "inadequate".
A key change is the abolition of the tax deduction scheme whereby banks deduct tax from most interest earned.
The committee said most taxpayers were unaware of the imminent change, and whether or not they may have to file a tax return and pay tax to HMRC on interest earned in future.
The House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee is also concerned that the complexity of the tax system and compliance burden placed on individual taxpayers is growing.
It says the government must demonstrate how it is delivering a simpler tax system.
It also called for an effective strategy of communicating with taxpayers and a public awareness campaign led by HMRC in partnership with banks, building societies and other financial institutions.
Lord Hollick, the chairman of the committee, said: "Changes to how we are taxed can have a huge impact on financial planning, including savings and pension arrangements.
"A great many savers will have no idea that from April they may for the first time have to check whether they need to report or pay tax on interest they have received, rather than have their bank deduct the tax they owe."
Police said the men, who appeared to be armed with a firearm, stole more than £20,000 from the Santander Bank in Cowgate, Kirkintilloch on Monday.
Two G4S security guards were carrying the cash inside the bank when the men forced their way in at 18:05.
The robbers then made off in a dark VW Golf, which was later found burnt out in Bishopbriggs.
Police said no-one was injured in the incident.
The suspects are described as white with local accents. They were all wearing dark clothing and balaclavas to try and shield their faces. The men were also wearing dark shoes and gloves.
As they made their getaway, the men drove the VW Golf up Glasgow Road towards the city.
The car was later found burnt out in Glenburn Gardens, Bishopbriggs at about 21:10.
Officers are checking reports that a man, wearing grey clothing, was near the car before it was set on fire.
Det Insp Alasdair Barlow said: "I am appealing to anyone who was in the area at the time of the incident to contact us, perhaps you noticed the suspects either prior to, or just after.
"We understand the suspects got into a black VW Golf which was then driven erratically and recklessly along Glasgow Road.
"I'm sure this is something other motorists and members of the public will have noticed.
"This car was then recovered burnt out in Bishopbriggs so I'm appealing to local residents in that area to think back and consider if they saw this car and any of its occupants.
"If you have any information or if you have any dash cam footage, which perhaps captured the car, please do contact us. Your information could prove vital in our investigation."
Police said they were carrying out door-to-door inquiries and high visibility foot patrols would also be taking place.
Area risk consultant for G4S Cash Solutions Duncan Watson described it as a "brazen attack".
He added: "Fortunately our colleagues have not suffered any serious injuries but understandably have been shaken by the attack.
"We are working closely with Police Scotland and I would urge anyone who may have been nearby and seen this attack to get in touch with the police or dial 101 so that those behind it can be brought to justice."
The jury was played a pre-recorded video of the boy talking to police two days after the toddler died.
Nyomi Fee, 29, and Rachel Fee, 32, deny murdering Rachel's son Liam in a house near Glenrothes.
The boy being questioned is the one the women are accused of falsely blaming for the two-year-old's death.
In the video played to the jury at High Court in Livingston, the boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, is talking to a social worker and a police officer.
When asked what had happened, he at first told them: "I don't want to tell anyone. It's a long story. I don't want to talk about it."
He later added: "I don't know anything about Liam."
When he was asked about coming to the police station after the toddler's death, he said he had felt "sad".
After being repeatedly reassured by the adults that he was not in any trouble, he later told them that on the night in question he had been "bad".
The social worker asked: "What did you do that was bad?"
"I strangled Liam," the boy replied.
Asked how he did that, the boy could be seen putting his hand to his face, over his mouth, before telling the interviewers he had used just one hand.
When asked how long he had done this for, the boy replied "a minute".
He was asked: "What did Liam do when you were doing that?"
"Nothing" the boy replied.
"What happened when you took your hand away?" the social worker said.
"He was sitting up," the boy said. He told the adults that he had been watching a film called the Green Lantern, and that Liam was "looking around", adding "at the telly".
The High Court was closed to the public as the recording was played to the jury.
Earlier in the video evidence the child described being with Rachel and Nyomi Fee - who are originally from Ryton, Tyne and Wear - Liam and another child on the day of the death.
He said they all got on the bus to Glenrothes.
Liam was in his buggy because he could not walk very far, the boy said.
He said they all went to McDonald's and Liam ate a happy meal before they returned to the Fee's house.
The boy described playing with Liam and the other boy after dinner that evening and seeing Rachel and Nyomi drinking Vodka in the living room.
The murder charge alleges that the couple assaulted Liam at a house in Fife on various occasions between 15 March and 22 March 2014.
They also face a catalogue of allegations of wilfully ill-treating and neglecting two other young boys over a period of more than two years.
The pair are accused of falsely telling others, including police, that a young boy was responsible for Liam's death.
They deny all the charges and the trial continues.
Figures from Cancer Research UK found obese women in the UK have 40% greater risk of being diagnosed with a weight-related cancer.
The charity has said more than a fifth of women are obese in Northern Ireland,
Cancer Research UK said obesity increases a woman's risk of at least seven types of cancer, including bowel and post-menopausal breast.
Dr Julie Sharp, head of health information at Cancer Research UK, said helping people understand how they can reduce their risk of developing cancer "remains crucial in tackling the disease".
"Lifestyle changes like not smoking, keeping a healthy weight, eating a healthy diet and cutting back on alcohol are the big opportunities for us all to personally reduce our cancer risk," she said.
"Making these changes is not a guarantee against cancer, but it stacks the odds in our favour."
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A group of 82 hot air balloons took off from Dover and travelled to France.
It took them three hours to make the 26 mile journey.
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Sky said operating profit for the nine months to the end of March was £1.025bn, up from £854m a year earlier.
The broadcaster, which merged with Sky Deutschland and Sky Italia last year, reported record third quarter growth in customers in Germany and Austria.
Sky UK posted the highest third quarter rise in users and the lowest churn - customers leaving - in 11 years.
Across the group, Sky added 242,000 net new customers in the third quarter. That was almost 70% up on the same period a year earlier.
But the "stand out" performance came from its UK market which saw a 41% increase in net new customers in the third quarter to 127,000.
The rise takes Sky's total number of customers across Europe to 20.8 million.
Sky said it also grew paid-for subscription products by one million, taking total product sales to 3.8 million for the year to date.
Chief executive Jeremy Darroch said: "As these results demonstrate, our teams are working well together right across the new Sky.
"Five months in, our integration plans are progressing well and we are well positioned for the expanded growth opportunity ahead."
Sky said group revenues for the nine month period grew by 5% to £8.453bn. The UK and Ireland saw revenues rise by 6% to £5.824bn, in Germany they rose 9% to £1.037bn, while revenues in Italy were flat at £1.592bn.
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The Dragons are subject to a takeover bid from the WRU who have said they see Rodney Parade 'as a rugby venue.'
The League Two club has a lease to use the ground - and have first call on the venue if they remain in their current division - until 2023.
"The situation you have got with County is they have an agreement," Newport RFC chairman Will Godfrey explained.
In 2013 the Exiles agreed a 10-year lease to use the stadium after gaining promotion to the Football League from the Conference (now the National League).
"I haven't spoken to Newport County. We are the union of [rugby] clubs and we have put several million [pounds] in," WRU chief Martyn Phillips said at the launch of the proposed takeover.
"It is as rugby venue. We will have to talk to Newport County about where that leaves them.
"They have a licence to play there and we are aware about that. We would like to put a 4G pitch in.
"The fact we are putting a few million in means we get to call the shots."
The Football League does not allow teams to play on 4G pitches.
Godfrey says both Newport County and Newport Squash Club, who are also based at Rodney Parade, are protected under their current agreements and says the WRU have been made aware of that fact.
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"The situation you have got with both the County and Newport squash club is they have got agreements," he confirmed.
"The WRU have been fully privy to what has been involved in those agreements.
"Those agreements will continue to stand."
Dragons chief executive Stuart Davies says if the takeover is ratified at a Newport RFC shareholders' meeting on 9 May, he will ensure discussions between the Union and Newport County.
The Exiles are already selling season tickets for next season on the basis of playing at Rodney Parade.
"We will put the two parties together and they will pick up (discussions)," Davies said.
"There has been full transparency in terms of the lease agreements that have been put in place.
"I think the Union now will contact the individual parties and pick up the discussions."
The 135 members have the power to sack interim President Michel Djotodia, also in Chad, who is under pressure to quit.
His seizure of power last year has led to 20% of the population fleeing their homes amid fighting between Christian and Muslim militias.
However, his spokesman has insisted he will not resign.
Leaders from the 10-nation Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) suspended their talks on Thursday as they awaited the arrival of the lawmakers in the Chadian capital N'Djamena.
ECCAS Secretary-General Ahmat Allami said members of the National Transitional Council (CNT) had been flown in at short notice to decide the leadership of their nation.
"No-one can speak on behalf of the Central Africans," he said.
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"That's why we have asked the CNT and representatives of political parties to come to N'Djamena to decide on the future of the transitional institutions."
Mr Allami said earlier that "regime change" was not the goal of the meeting.
The lawmakers met regional leaders while Mr Djotodia held separate talks with allies from his former Seleka rebel alliance, AFP news agency reported.
Under a deal brokered by regional powers last year, the CNT is charged with choosing a transitional leader to take CAR to elections due at the end of 2014. It formally elected Mr Djotodia to his position as interim president last April.
Chadian President Idriss Deby opened the meeting with a call for "concrete and decisive action" to stop the violence that has killed more than 1,000 people in the past month.
The talks are expected to continue on Friday, Chadian sources said.
Seleka rebels in CAR staged a coup last March, installing Mr Djotodia as the country's first Muslim leader.
The then-President Francois Bozize, from CAR's majority Christian population, was forced into exile and the country has since descended into chaos.
More than a million of the CAR's 4.6 million people have fled their homes.
The UN has warned of an impending humanitarian disaster.
Although Mr Djotodia has officially disbanded the Seleka rebels, he has proved unable to keep them in check.
Their actions have prompted Christians to form vigilante groups, sparking a deadly cycle of revenge attacks.
The AU has some 4,000 peacekeepers in the country and France has deployed 1,600 troops to try to end the violence.
With some companies paying £16m a year to protect themselves online, it will tackle a skill shortage in the area.
The first students will start at the University of South Wales' Newport campus in October.
It follows predictions four and a half million people will be needed worldwide by 2019, and is supported by Welsh Government funding.
Computer forensics and computer security undergraduates will work with businesses to identify cyber challenges. If this is successful, the course will be developed into a full-time cyber security degree.
The university's vice chancellor Prof Julie Lydon described cyber crime as "one of the four major national security threats" facing the country.
Details of alleged incidents have been broadcast by the country's public broadcaster, ABC television.
Police in Victoria state have confirmed they are investigating several allegations against the cardinal.
Cardinal Pell's office says he "unequivocally rejects any allegations of sexual abuse against him".
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Two men, now aged in their forties, from Cardinal Pell's home town of Ballarat said he had touched them inappropriately in the 1970s by grasping them around the groin to throw them into the air while swimming.
In a separate incident alleged to have taken place in the 1980s, a man said he had found it "very odd" to find the cardinal standing naked in front of three boys in the changing rooms at a local surf club.
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) reported another complaint from the 1990s involving two teenage choirboys. One of the complainants has since died, the ABC said, but no details were provided.
Cardinal Pell, who is treasurer to the Vatican and is based in the Vatican City, declined to be interviewed and said he had never abused anyone.
His office said in a statement: "Claims that he has sexually abused anyone, in any place, at any time in his life are totally untrue and completely wrong."
The ABC said the information contained in its report had not been leaked by police.
"The report was the result of our own on-the-ground journalism over the course of months, which included finding people who would be willing to talk to us on camera," the statement read.
Victoria Police chief Graham Ashton said it was clear from the ABC report that "the source of that information was from the [alleged] victims".
"We haven't provided the ABC with materials," Mr Ashton told Melbourne radio station 3AW.
"Anyone that saw the show last night, the victims, you could see their emotion, they are traumatised from what they are saying has happened to them, and are talking to the media about that."
In February, Cardinal Pell gave evidence to an Australian royal commission about whether he knew paedophiles were active in churches under his watch.
He was a priest in Ballarat and lived in a seminary with a notorious paedophile priest, Gerald Ridsdale, in the early 1970s.
Cardinal Pell, who was not accused of sexual abuse, denied knowing about paedophile priests being active in the Ballarat diocese.
"The Church has made enormous mistakes and is working to remedy those but the Church in many places, certainly in Australia, has mucked things up, has let people down," he said.
He matched critical acclaim with mass market popularity and wrote more than 25 books throughout his career.
He was best known for his novels The Wasp Factory, The Crow Road and Complicity.
In recent weeks, the Scottish author, who announced he was dying from terminal gall bladder cancer in April, had posted a series of blogs about his disease.
His final novel, The Quarry, which is due to be published on 20 June, also reflects on the emotional and physical trauma wrought by cancer.
Banks, born in Dunfermline, Fife, on 16 February 1954, was an only child.
His father was a naval officer in the Admiralty and his mother was a professional ice skater.
Banks decided to become a writer at the age of 11 and wrote his first novel at the age of 16. He studied English, philosophy, and psychology at the University of Stirling, before moving to London and living in the south of England until 1988.
He later moved back to Fife, where he lived next door to his parents for more than 10 years.
His debut novel, The Wasp Factory, was published in 1984 to a mixture of critical acclaim and controversy.
The book, which established Banks as an original voice in Scottish fiction, told the story of 16-year-old Frank Cauldhame, a self-confessed multiple murderer living alone with his father.
It was reviewed by the Irish Times as a "work of unparalleled depravity".
"I was a complete unknown, so although some of the reviews were quite bad, the fact it was reviewed at all was a great thing," he told BBC 6 Music's Cerys Matthews in 2009.
The book was ranked as one of the best 100 books of the 20th Century in a 1997 poll conducted by book chain Waterstones and Channel 4.
Banks' subsequent novels explored gothic settings, contemporary politics, pop culture and technology.
His 1987 book Espedair Street, a tale about a burned-out rock star, and which has shades of Pink Floyd's The Wall, was adapted for BBC radio in 1998. It was narrated by Paul Gambaccini and starred John Gordon Sinclair.
Complicity (1993) became a film, starring Jonny Lee Miller, in 2000.
His first science fiction book, Consider Phlebas, came out in 1987, this time using his middle initial - Iain M Banks.
Last month, the author told the BBC's Kirsty Wark the genre gave him "enormous freedom... you can just go anywhere and do anything".
He said it had been a "privilege" to be able to have a career that allowed him to write both science fiction and mainstream literature and he was "proud" of all the books he had written.
"There [are] ones that I think I could have done better with. I still think Canal Dreams is the runt of the litter but I'm still very, very proud of The Wasp Factory," he said.
The announcement of his illness was laced with typical dark humour, with the author stating he was "officially very poorly" and that he had asked his long-term partner Adele to do him the honour of "becoming my widow".
Speaking to the BBC, he said: "I just took it as bad luck, basically.
"It did strike me almost immediately, my atheist sort of thing kicked in and I thought ha, if I was a God-botherer, I'd be thinking, why me God? What have I done to deserve this? And I thought at least I'm free of that, at least I can simply treat it as bad luck and get on with it."
Politically minded, Banks was an open supporter of Scottish independence. In 2004, he campaigned to have former Prime Minister Tony Blair impeached for the Iraq war.
Following his diagnosis, Banks withdrew from all planned public engagements.
But writing on Banksophilia, a website set up by a friend, in April, the author said he was "deeply flattered and touched" by the messages of support he had received.
"Good grief! - what an outpouring of love, affection and respect. I honestly had no idea. I feel treasured."
In 2008, The Times named Banks as 38th in its list of the 50 greatest British writers since 1945.
In May, the author said he did not have many regrets in his life.
"I've had a brilliant life and I think I've been more lucky than unlucky, even including the news of the cancer. I've written 29 books. I'm leaving a substantial body of work behind me. Whether that'll survive, who knows, but I can be quite proud of that and I am," he said.
The 1988 champion, 59, starting at five over, dropped four shots on his front nine before a quintuple bogey on 11 and a double bogey on 14 left him 16 over.
Fellow Scot Russell Knox also missed the cut - a birdie at the last was no consolation as he ended eight over.
After an opening 76, Knox dropped four shots on the front nine before carding three straight bogeys from the 12th.
The cut came at six over, meaning defending champion Danny Willett will also miss the weekend after he finished seven over.
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The action by members of the Irish National Teachers Organisation (INTO) was set to include a demonstration at Parliament Buildings at Stormont.
The strike was called over an ongoing pay dispute.
It has been delayed as "a mark of respect and recognition of Mr McGuinness's contribution to education", said INTO.
"Martin McGuiness was the first education minister of the devolved era and he made a hugely positive impact on the entire education sector," said the union's Northern Secretary Gerry Murphy.
"I want to extend the sympathies of the INTO to the McGuinness family, to his wife Bernie, his children and grandchildren and the wider family circle.
"His service as Education Minister was characterised by an intelligence and warmth that was accompanied by real investments in both the schools estate and the educational workforce.
"Martin attended a number of INTO Congresses and Northern Conferences. His contributions to these gatherings were insightful and at times challenging and was always warmly received," he added.
One leading scientist has even described the chemicals as "a frozen primordial soup".
This supports the theory that comets may have seeded the early Earth with the ingredients for life.
The findings came after the lander, known as Philae, touched down on comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko 67P in November.
It was dropped by the European Space Agency's Rosetta "mothership" in the climactic stage of a ten-year mission.
Results from the lander's seven instruments are published in a special collection of papers in the journal Science.
One team running a device called COSAC found no fewer than 16 organic compounds, four of which had not been known to exist on comets before.
Prof Ian Wright of the Open University, who leads another instrument, Ptolemy, said the results were "really interesting".
"I see this cometary material that we're analysing as frozen primordial soup. It's the kind of stuff that if you had it, and warmed it up somehow, and put it in the right environment, with the right conditions, you may eventually get life forming out of it.
"What we may be looking at here is our abiological ancestral material - this is stuff that went into the mix to produce life.
"In many ways it's quite a humbling thing to be working on, because this is life before life happened."
One of Ptolemy's most significant discoveries is of a compound known as polyoxymethylene, a string of relatively simple molecules forming a polymer of formaldehyde.
Prof Wright said: "The simplest unit of this polymer is a single carbon, two hydrogens and a single oxygen, and this then repeats itself. That same ratio of elements occur in carbohydrates and sugars so it's very interesting and implicated in the biological cycle we have on Earth."
In a separate paper, Fred Goesmann and colleagues describe the 16 compounds found by their COSAC instrument, and their possible importance for the development of life.
Hydroxyethanal is "an efficient initiator in the prebiotic formation of sugars", they write.
And methanenitrile is "a key molecule in the prebiotic synthesis of amino acids and nucleobases and even offers an elegant pathway to sugars".
The authors conclude that the complexity of the comet's chemical makeup, and the presence of organics containing nitrogen, "imply that early solar system chemistry fosters the formation of prebiotic material in noticeable concentrations".
None of the papers suggests the presence of more sophisticated compounds such as amino acids - though further analysis of the findings may yield that.
Professor Charles Cockell, director of the UK Astrobiology Centre, was not involved in the mission but told the BBC the results were "very significant".
"Finding simple organic compounds on a comet out there in space, showing us that they could have been delivered to the early Earth, early in the history of our planet, is tremendously exciting.
"It gives us better ideas about how those building blocks of life may have formed and where they may have come from.
"It confirms there is organic chemistry throughout the universe, that carbon-containing compounds, some of which are very complex, could be being formed on comets in our solar system."
Prof Mark McCaughrean, the European Space Agency's senior science advisor, told BBC News: "Imagine you want to build a house and you go to a forest, where there are trees, mud and rocks. You could make a house out of that, but it would be hard work.
"Well, we've now discovered the comet is more like a hardware shop - lots of pre-made building blocks, like door frames, bricks etc. It gives you a head start.
"One of the big questions, though, is this material made on the comet? Or is it made first in space and then incorporated into the comet? We don't know the answer to that yet."
The data published today was gathered during Philae's chaotic landing on the comet. Ptolemy had been programmed to switch on ten minutes after touching down.
Prof Wright told the BBC: "The idea was we'd just have time for a sniff of the air - there was no great reason to do it, it was to check the instrument had survived landing, an insurance policy to get some data as soon as possible."
As things turned out, Philae did not anchor itself to its original landing zone but bounced back up which meant that Ptolemy's 'sniff' took place while the spacecraft was airborne.
Despite this, the instrument successfully got readings of whatever material had entered its vent pipe.
"We've just got a snapshot of some dust that was flying around as we landed but we've got some very significant data," Prof Wright said.
After a long silence, the Philae lander made contact last month but the link has been intermittent and the spacecraft's fate is unclear.
One theory is that it may have been dislodged or tipped over by a jet of gas emerging from the rocks beneath it.
And gas jets are becoming more intense as the comet approaches the Sun - with its closest approach, known as perihelion, coming up shortly on 13 August.
Another idea is that because Philae is believed to be sitting at the foot of a cliff, it may have been hit by falling debris, dislodged as the surface warms.
But those involved in the mission are determined to remain optimistic that the lander has survived and will resume contact.
Even if it does not, several loads of data, collected and sent back in the Philae's first 60 hours on the comet, are still being analysed and have yet to be published.
It says "hundreds of assailants" attacked a military post in the south-eastern town of Bosso, on the Nigerian border, on Friday night.
A counter-attack on Saturday morning allowed government troops to retake all positions in Bosso, the ministry says.
It says there were several dead and injured "on the enemy's side".
Boko Haram has not commented on the Nigerien defence ministry's statement.
The Islamist group is based in Nigeria but is being tackled by a multinational force, including soldiers from Niger.
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Niger's President Mahamadou Issoufou has been praised in the West for rallying neighbouring countries to fight Boko Haram.
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The 34-year-old batsman has confirmed that the two-Test series against Australia in February will be his last.
McCullum is second on the Kiwi's all-time Test run scorers, with 6,273 runs from 99 matches, including 11 hundreds.
"I've loved my opportunity to play for, and captain the Black Caps. But all good things have to come to an end, and I'm just grateful for the wonderful experience," he said.
Kane Williamson will captain New Zealand at the World Twenty20 in India, which starts on 8 March.
McCullum, who made his Test debut in 2004 against South Africa and became captain in all formats in 2013, will become the first man to play 100 successive Tests from debut when he leads the Black Caps in the first Test against Australia in Wellington on 12 February.
The former wicketkeeper has been crucial to the Black Caps' run of seven Tests unbeaten until a recent defeat in Australia, becoming the first New Zealander to score a triple century when he reached 302 against India in February 2014.
He also led the Kiwis to their first Cricket World Cup final earlier this year, where they also lost to Australia.
The right-hander scored 5,909 runs in 254 one-day internationals with five hundreds and 31 fifties, and is the only player with two international hundreds in Twenty20 cricket.
Smith, 19, made 25 appearances last season to help the Tykes win promotion to the second tier with victory in the League One play-offs.
The defender also played four games during a month-long loan to League Two side Crawley earlier this year.
"I'm delighted to bring Smith to Gateshead," said boss Neil Aspin.
"He's a player who has played a good number of games for Barnsley for one so young."
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Colchester started well and made their breakthrough in the eighth minute - Chris Porter and Sammie Szmodics pouncing on goalkeeper Will Norris' poor clearance before Dickenson unleashed a low, left-footed shot that flew into the far corner.
The hosts almost doubled their lead two minutes later when Norris superbly tipped Szmodics' swerving 20-yard effort over for a corner, while Colchester keeper Sam Walker pulled off a magnificent save to foil Cambridge striker Joe Pigott soon after.
Leon Legge almost diverted Porter's low cross into his own net in the opening minutes of the second half, but substitute Medy Elito came close to equalising against his former club when his free header clipped the top of the crossbar.
Norris parried away Porter's fierce effort before substitute Johnstone headed in Dickenson's cross from close range with eight minutes remaining.
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Match ends, Colchester United 2, Cambridge United 0.
Second Half ends, Colchester United 2, Cambridge United 0.
Foul by Drey Wright (Colchester United).
James Dunne (Cambridge United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Substitution, Colchester United. Craig Slater replaces Kurtis Guthrie.
Luke Berry (Cambridge United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Kurtis Guthrie (Colchester United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Luke Berry (Cambridge United).
Attempt missed. Greg Taylor (Cambridge United) header from the centre of the box misses to the left following a set piece situation.
Medy Elito (Cambridge United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Lewis Kinsella (Colchester United).
Goal! Colchester United 2, Cambridge United 0. Denny Johnstone (Colchester United) header from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Brennan Dickenson.
Corner, Colchester United. Conceded by Sean Long.
Corner, Colchester United. Conceded by Greg Taylor.
Attempt missed. Denny Johnstone (Colchester United) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
Attempt blocked. Drey Wright (Colchester United) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
Attempt missed. Joe Pigott (Cambridge United) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
Substitution, Colchester United. Denny Johnstone replaces Chris Porter.
Drey Wright (Colchester United) is shown the yellow card.
Foul by Richard Brindley (Colchester United).
Piero Mingoia (Cambridge United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Corner, Colchester United. Conceded by Leon Legge.
Richard Brindley (Colchester United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Medy Elito (Cambridge United).
Substitution, Colchester United. Doug Loft replaces Sammie Szmodics.
Attempt saved. Tom Eastman (Colchester United) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Corner, Colchester United. Conceded by Will Norris.
Attempt saved. Chris Porter (Colchester United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top left corner.
Medy Elito (Cambridge United) hits the bar with a header from the centre of the box.
Drey Wright (Colchester United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Medy Elito (Cambridge United).
Foul by Luke Prosser (Colchester United).
Joe Pigott (Cambridge United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Cambridge United. Medy Elito replaces Ben Williamson.
Attempt missed. Chris Porter (Colchester United) header from the centre of the box misses to the left.
Corner, Cambridge United. Conceded by Kurtis Guthrie.
Attempt saved. Tom Eastman (Colchester United) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the bottom left corner.
Corner, Colchester United. Conceded by Leon Legge.
Corner, Cambridge United. Conceded by Drey Wright.
Attempt missed. Brennan Dickenson (Colchester United) right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the right misses to the right.
The former France Under-19 player, 22, began his career with Valenciennes before joining Olympiakos in 2014.
He won back-to-back domestic titles in playing more than 100 times for the Greek side, including 12 appearances in the Champions League.
West Ham targeted a left-back after Aaron Cresswell was ruled out for up to four months with a knee injury.
Masuaku, who will wear the number 26 shirt, made his international debut alongside Paul Pogba for the French Under-18 side in 2011.
During his time in Ligue 1 he played against West Ham's former Marseille forward Dimitri Payet.
"I was speaking with my agent about some opportunities, but when he told me about West Ham and also the coach, I didn't think twice," Masuaku told the West Ham website.
"For me, the Premier League is the biggest league in the world. When I was 18, my target was to come here, so now I am here, I have to prove myself to the fans and to the team."
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It also accused Google of stopping websites from showing adverts from the search engine's competitors.
And it strengthened an existing charge that Google favours its own comparison shopping services in search results.
EU Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager said Google had no right to limit its rivals.
She said: "Google has come up with many innovative products that have made a difference to our lives. But that doesn't give Google the right to deny other companies the chance to compete and innovate."
Google is already facing formal anti-trust charges over claims that it abused the dominant position of its Android operating system.
The US company is accused of placing onerous requirements on firms using Android and stifling competition.
A spokesperson for Google said on Thursday: "We believe that our innovations and product improvements have increased choice for European consumers and promote competition.
"We'll examine the Commission's renewed cases and provide a detailed response in the coming weeks."
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So what can we expect from them? And what do their previous managerial roles tell us about the impact they will have?
If there is one criticism aimed at Manchester City's new manager, it is that he inherited successful teams at Barcelona and Bayern Munich and little work was needed to make them into title winners during his tenure.
However, while he arrived after a treble-winning season at Bayern Munich three years ago, the Barcelona side Guardiola took charge of in 2008 had won nothing the previous year, had lost nine times in the league and finished third.
In Manchester City, he finds himself at a club in a similar position. The English side finished fourth in the Premier League last season, lost 10 times and, like Barcelona in 2007-08, were knocked out in the Champions League semi-finals.
There is work to be done, just as there was at the Nou Camp eight years ago. So what will the man considered by many to be the world's finest coach focus on at Etihad Stadium?
Manchester City were the top scorers in the Premier League last season but had only the fifth best goals-against record, leading many to believe it is their defence that is Guardiola's main priority.
But he won the league title in his first season at Barcelona by significantly improving the side's goalscoring record (an increase in league goals of 38%), winning in the same free-scoring style that saw City lift the Premier League trophy under his predecessor Manuel Pellegrini two years ago.
Guardiola did pay Everton £47.5m for England defender John Stones on Tuesday, but he is City's only defensive reinforcement - and they have spent more than £70m on attackers Leroy Sane, Nolito and Gabriel Jesus. So, expect plenty of goals at the Etihad this season.
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The new Chelsea manager has experience of reviving a fallen giant after taking over Juventus in 2011 following the fallout from the Calciopoli match-fixing scandal.
He lifted them from seventh in the season before his arrival to three successive titles. He joins a Chelsea side who made such a hash of their title defence last season that they finished 10th.
Only eight teams conceded more than Chelsea's 53 goals, an anomaly for a club so used to a strong defensive base built around captain John Terry.
And if resolving their defensive issues is a priority, they have just the man in Antonio Conte, whose arrival in 2011-12 ended Juve's nine-year wait for a title.
However, he will have to achieve it without the experienced unit of goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon and 'the BBC' - defenders Andrea Barzagli, Leonardo Bonucci and Giorgio Chiellini - which he inherited both at Juventus and with Italy.
That focus on defensive solidity continued this summer, with Conte's Italy conceding twice in five matches at Euro 2016.
History suggests the appointment of Jose Mourinho as their club's new manager could be both good news and bad news for Manchester United fans.
The good news is there is no surer guarantee of being Premier League champions in one of the next two seasons than appointing the Portuguese, with success in his second year a common theme from every club he has been at.
The bad news is what might happen after that. Just ask Chelsea fans. And don't expect him to still be at Old Trafford for a fourth season.
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At the appointment of their new manager, Southampton's executive director of football Les Reed said it was the club's aim to "repeat and improve on our performances in the Premier League".
If Puel can replicate the work he did at former club Nice last season then that is guaranteed, since the French side had a remarkably similar season to the Saints.
Saints fans can also expect Puel to continue the club's trend of giving young players a chance, with his Nice side one of the youngest in Ligue 1 last season. Good news for the likes of James Ward-Prowse and Matt Targett, who featured under Ronald Koeman before he to take over at Everton.
Perhaps best known in England for Italian side Napoli's Champions League clashes with Manchester City and Chelsea in 2011-12, the Watford owners will hope Walter Mazzarri can have a similar impact to the one he had in Naples.
He took Napoli from 12th to second in Serie A in four seasons, after more modest success at Reggina and Sampdoria. However, a more recent spell at Inter saw him sacked after a disappointing start to his second season in charge.
Strikers Troy Deeney and Odion Ighalo, in particular, could benefit under his tutelage.
After scoring just once in 16 games for Fiorentina in the first half of the 2008-09 season, striker Giampaolo Pazzini joined Mazzarri's Sampdoria and scored 11 goals in his first 12 games for the club, winning his first cap for Italy as a result.
Uruguay striker Edinson Cavani scored 34 goals in 109 league appearances for Palermo before joining Mazzarri at Napoli, where he scored 78 goals in 104 league games under the Italian.
Deeney managed 13 in 38 last season in the Premier League, while Ighalo scored 15 in 37 appearances. The latter was on target only twice in his final 18 league games of the season, though, so there is plenty of room for improvement under Mazzarri.
With Everton scoring the same number of goals as his former club Southampton in the Premier League last season, it is in defence that new Everton manager Ronald Koeman will be expected to have an impact.
It will be interesting to see if the Dutchman also instils the same tactical approach - a love of crossing and a distinct lack of dribbling - at Goodison Park that he did at St Mary's: the Saints crossed the ball more than any other side in the Premier League last season, while only West Brom ran with it less.
A regular supply of crosses into the box could please Romelu Lukaku, since only four of the other 22 forwards who had at least 10 headers at goal in the Premier League last season were more proficient in the air than the Belgium international.
Midfielders Ross Barkley and Gerard Deulofeu might not enjoy Koeman restricting players' freedom to run with the ball, however, as the two of them were among the top 15 most frequent dribblers in the Premier League for players who made a minimum of 19 appearances.
The new Sunderland manager has said the situation at the north-east of England club reminds him of when he took over at Everton in 2002, with the Black Cats consistently finishing in the lower part of the Premier League.
They scored as many league goals last season as Everton did in any of their first four seasons under Moyes, so if he is to lift the club above their annual struggle against relegation, sorting out the porous defence will be how he achieves it.
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Deputy minister Rebecca Evans has effectively blocked the plans for 16 turbines at Mynydd y Gwair, near Felindre, after considering a planning inspector's report.
RWE Innogy UK has permission for the turbines but it needed to deregister the common land and provide alternative space but that has been refused.
The firm may resubmit an application.
Swansea council gave the plans for the turbines the go ahead in 2013.
But the planning inspector, after a string of hearings in Swansea last year, found that ancient rights of way and sheep hefts would have vanished and the drainage of the area, which is riddled with old mine workings, would have been disrupted by the development.
Local people, including farmers, have been fighting the plans for years, taking their case to the appeal court. Their judges overturned permission for 19 turbines, forcing RWE to submit a smaller scheme.
Campaigners at the Open Spaces Society welcomed the decision of the deputy minister for farming and food, with general secretary Kate Ashbrook claiming the plans would have allowed the land to be "degraded and destroyed by industrial development".
She added: "Mynydd y Gwair is a very special place on Swansea's doorstep, where walkers and riders have the right to roam and can enjoy the freedom, fresh air and exhilarating views.
"It is loved by thousands of people, and the graziers rely on it for their livelihoods."
RWE Innogy UK's development manager Gwenllian Elias said: "For this application to be turned down, despite the project itself aligning with Welsh government policy on renewables and onshore wind is profoundly disappointing and frustrating.
"It is within Welsh government's own TAN 8 designated development area, already has planning permission from the City and County of Swansea, and a seal of approval as a value for money scheme from the Department of Energy and Climate Change in its first CfD subsidy auction earlier this year.
"We will need to review the reasons behind the decision with a view to resubmitting a new common land application."
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The New Walk Centre, the former city council's headquarters, was declared unsafe in 2010.
The city's mayor Sir Peter Soulsby said cracks had developed throughout the structure causing the building to slowly "pull itself apart".
It was destroyed in an explosion known as a "double blow-down", much to the delight of onlookers.
She said she will move forward with the team's findings on whether to charge the Democratic presidential nominee.
Her comments come a day after it was revealed that she met privately with former President Bill Clinton, prompting strong criticism.
Ms Lynch described the meeting as "social".
She admitted, however, the meeting "cast a shadow" over how her role in the case would be perceived.
"[But] it's important to make it clear that that meeting with President Clinton does not have a bearing on how this matter is going to be reviewed, resolved and accepted by me," she told the Aspen Ideas Festival in Colorado.
The FBI is investigating Mrs Clinton and her aides over whether they mishandled classified information on a private email server she used while serving as Secretary of State.
Ms Lynch, appointed by Democratic US President Barack Obama, will decide whether to prosecute Mrs Clinton after she has been briefed on the investigation's findings.
The Attorney General insists she will move forward with whatever recommendations are made.
Ms Lynch and Mr Clinton's meeting sparked public criticism from both Republicans and Democrats, who said it created an appearance of impropriety.
Ms Lynch has maintained that she did not discuss the email investigation into Mrs Clinton and instead discussed topics including grandchildren and golf.
She said the recommendations will be contained in a final report produced by the team of investigators and prosecutors and reviewed by Justice Department lawyers and FBI Director James Comey, who will then brief Ms Lynch on the findings.
"This case will be resolved by the team that's been working on it from the beginning," she said.
When it opened, Each Peach Market, an independent grocery store in Washington DC, put up a black bench taken from co-founder Emily Friedburg's home.
After months of weather and frequent use, the bench lost an armrest and eventually buckled. Neglecting to replace the seat wasn't an option. In its place, a bright orange, weather-proofed bench now stands outside of the market's large storefront windows.
"We are really entrenched in the community and this bench feels like an offshoot of that," Friedburg said.
The store doesn't have seating inside, so people often sit down to eat a sandwich they purchased inside. The bench also attracts students and people grabbing Chinese takeaway from the restaurant next door, she added.
Eleanor Gease, the store's general manager, said that the bench helps foster the feeling that the store is there to serve the community. "It's nice to have a spot where people can sit and enjoy the breeze. People just hang out to have a rest."
Cities across the nation are encouraging businesses and community organisations to install seats along sidewalks.
It's part of a design movement called tactical urbanism, meant to make city living more comfortable and enjoyable, said Mike Lydon, who heads the urban planning and design firm Street Plans.
"It's a bottom-up process," Lydon says. "A lot of the work can be started by businesses and then taken over by cities."
Advocates say tactical urbanism creates cities that can adapt to challenges easily. Temporary and cheap options like street seats allow communities to put up, move and take down public spaces as needed.
Street seats are often inspired by a lack of indoor seating, like at Each Peach Market, or by a desire to create a sense of community in an otherwise transient stretch of road.
"American cities have an excess of roadway space," says Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris, an urban planning professor at the University of California, Los Angeles. The street seats movement aims to reclaim some of that road for the pedestrian.
The seats "make public space more vibrant," Loukaitou-Sideris added.
"They bring in more people, which improves business."
Tactical urbanism doesn't stop at street seats. The fancier cousin of the seats is the parklet, miniature parks that take up a parking space or two.
In Washington, DC, the annual Park(ing) Day celebration, in which businesses and community organisers build temporary parks in metered parking spots, inspired a program to allow permanent parklets to be installed in approved spots along the District's streets.
Inside these new parklets, businesses put out benches and chairs for their customers and the public to use whenever tired feet need a rest.
One seasonal parklet in downtown Washington has reinvented itself each year, erecting a new geometric and neon bench decorated with annual flowers. The seats show up when the weather warms in the spring and disappear when the winter chill sets in.
New York City has two programmes designed to promote public seating with the aim to make the city "more comfortable for transit riders and pedestrians, especially for those who are older and disabled," according to the city's website.
New York City's Department of Transportation will reimburse businesses who decide to install public street seats. It also runs a programme called "CityBench" that has erected 1,500 benches and aims to add another 600 by 2019.
In west coast cities like San Francisco and Los Angeles, the weather allows for year-round street seats. Portland runs a "street seat" programme that has inspired eclectic designs - from benches that look like giant lawn chairs to seats that double as planters reminiscent of grassy hillsides.
"Community engagement, that's what made them really popular and really fun," said Leah Treat, director for the Portland Bureau of Transportation.
The city's 14 street seats are part of Portland's goal to create "20-minute neighbourhoods" where residents can get to everything they need within a short walk.
"There's a great culture here in Portland of embracing streets as public space," Treat said. "People can express the sort of distinct characteristics of the neighbourhood where (the seats) are. Each one is really different."
In Portland's east side industrial district, for example, the street seat has aluminium siding that reflects the buildings around it. Near the Alberta Art District, the seats incorporate a "very funky" and "visually beautiful" architectural design, Treat added.
"They're largely popular because you can get outside," Treat says. "It's really nice. You can hang out with your friends and eat outside."
On warm, sunny days in Washington DC, the bench in front of Each Peach Market has a rotating cast of sitters, from high school students sipping sodas to neighbourhood workers taking smoke breaks.
"It's a great way to be part of the neighbourhood," Gease said as she perched on the edge of the tangerine seat. "It feels like an intimate space."
Loughborough General Hospital on Baxter Gate, which closed in 2003, was demolished last year.
Developer Citygrove said it hoped to finish construction in 2015 and create about 180 jobs.
Charnwood Borough Council said the new development "fits in with the town centre's master plan very well".
Councillor David Slater, leader of the council, said: "That part of town has been run down ever since the NHS departed from the old hospital.
"The building was knocked down and there was a big gap there and the traders on Baxter Gate aren't getting many people walking up there."
Les Cope-Newman, from Loughborough's Business Improvement District, said: "The site has been empty and long overdue for development.
"It's going to be a massive improvement to that side of town and Baxter Gate as well."
In a speech on his first day as NHS England's chief executive, Simon Stevens, will say the health service is enduring the most sustained "budget crunch in its 66-year history".
He will warn navigating the next few years will require a huge effort.
And he will say only by "radically transforming services" will the NHS continue to thrive.
Mr Stevens joins NHS England after a decade working for the US firm United Healthcare.
Before that he worked as a health adviser in Tony Blair's government and held various management posts in the NHS.
The speech will be made on Tuesday evening after he spends the day visiting services in the North East, which is where he started his NHS career in the late 1980s.
He is expected to say: "The global recession has meant the NHS facing its most sustained budget crunch in its 66-year history.
Despite having worked in the US in recent years, the Oxford University graduate has plenty of NHS experience.
During the late 1980s and for much of the 1990s he worked in a number of management positions, including a stint at Guy's and St Thomas's Hospital Trust in London and for a mental health service in Northumberland.
In 1997, he became an adviser to Alan Milburn and co-authored the 2000 NHS Plan, which led to record increases in investment for the health service.
From 2001 to 2004 he worked directly with Tony Blair and was a strong advocate for increasing the use of the private sector.
After that he joined United Healthcare, first to lead their European arm and then as a senior executive in the US in charge of global operations.
"But care for our patients has continued to be of an extremely high standard. That is a remarkable tribute to the personal dedication - and shared sacrifice - of health service staff.
"As someone who has spent the last decade working in healthcare around the world, I know of no other country's health system which has managed this economically turbulent period better."
But he will add: "I know that for the NHS the stakes have never been higher. Service pressures are intensifying, and longstanding problems are not going to disappear overnight.
"Successfully navigating the next few years is going to take a team effort - involving the biggest team in the biggest effort the NHS has ever seen."
He will say a key challenge relates to the ageing population and how people are supported to live as "independently as possible".
"Our traditional partitioning of health services - GPs, hospital outpatients, A&E departments, community nurses, emergency mental healthcare, out-of-hours units, ambulance services and so on - no longer makes much sense."
Mr Stevens has replaced Sir David Nicholson, who announced last year he was stepping down after seven years leading the health service.
He had faced repeated calls to resign over his role in the Stafford Hospital scandal.
Sir David spent 10 months in charge of the local health authority in 2005 and 2006 at the height of the problems.
Abel Hernandez scored from 25 yards and Moses Odubajo's effort deflected in off Derby's Jason Shackell as the Tigers took control before half-time.
Andy Robertson added a third on the counter-attack in second-half stoppage time.
The second leg will take place at Hull's KCOM Stadium on Tuesday.
Derby were the only team to win a Championship game at Hull during the regular season, and must be victorious there again to stand any chance of reaching the play-off final at Wembley on 28 May.
The Rams lost in the last minute of the 2014 Wembley final and missed out on a top-six spot on the final day of the season a year later.
A tepid display in the home leg of their semi-final, against a Hull team over whom they completed a league double in 2015-16, left them with little chance of reaching the final.
For all of their early pressure, Derby were unable to test Hull goalkeeper Eldin Jakupovic - a late addition to the starting line-up after Allan McGregor suffered a back injury in training on Thursday.
Bradley Johnson gave away possession in the build-up to Hull's first goal, while the second came with a degree of poor fortune as goalkeeper Scott Carson was powerless to keep out Odubajo's hugely deflected shot five minutes before half-time.
Jacob Butterfield's tame shot from distance was Derby's first effort on target - with 10 minutes remaining - and was greeted by ironic cheers from the home supporters, who booed loudly as Robertson's excellent finish almost put the outcome of the semi-final beyond doubt.
Hull's top scorer Hernandez scored his 22nd goal of the season to put his side ahead in their semi-final first leg.
The Uruguay international went through a lean spell, going nine appearances without a goal between February and April, but has returned to form in recent weeks.
Four goals in his last five outings of the regular season helped Hull finish fourth in the table, and the 25-year-old striker netted for his fourth game in succession to take the Tigers closer to an immediate return to the Premier League following relegation last term.
Steve Claridge, ex-Leicester striker, on BBC Radio 5 live:
"I am absolutely stunned. I thought this was going to be a close tie. Everything Hull have done has worked perfectly; everything Derby have done has just not worked.
"Hull are the team that have looked the more dangerous going forward. At 3-0 you fear for Derby in the second leg; there is nothing for them to play for."
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Derby head coach Darren Wassall: "It's not the result we wanted and certainly not the result we expected, considering how well we've played at home over the last few weeks.
"We've got two choices - we can either throw the towel in now, which is not what we're going to do, or we can regroup, show some character and resilience and dust ourselves down and go again on Tuesday.
"That is what we're going to do because we can't end the season on a performance like that."
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Hull manager Steve Bruce: "In big games you want your big players to turn up and I thought today our experience certainly showed.
"It was a really, really good performance from start to finish - which in a big game is great to see.
"We know we're capable of that but what we have got in our locker is complacency, and we've got to guard against that on Tuesday."
Match ends, Derby County 0, Hull City 3.
Second Half ends, Derby County 0, Hull City 3.
Goal! Derby County 0, Hull City 3. Andrew Robertson (Hull City) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Moses Odubajo following a fast break.
Corner, Derby County. Conceded by Michael Dawson.
Hand ball by Tom Huddlestone (Hull City).
Attempt blocked. Nick Blackman (Derby County) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Chris Martin with a headed pass.
Substitution, Hull City. Alex Bruce replaces Mohamed Diamé.
Attempt missed. Chuba Akpom (Hull City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Mohamed Diamé.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Eldin Jakupovic (Hull City) because of an injury.
Foul by Cyrus Christie (Derby County).
Chuba Akpom (Hull City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Richard Keogh (Derby County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Mohamed Diamé (Hull City).
Attempt missed. Ahmed Elmohamady (Hull City) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Chuba Akpom.
Offside, Derby County. Richard Keogh tries a through ball, but Darren Bent is caught offside.
Substitution, Derby County. Darren Bent replaces Will Hughes.
Substitution, Hull City. Sam Clucas replaces Robert Snodgrass.
Tom Ince (Derby County) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Jake Livermore (Hull City).
Substitution, Hull City. Chuba Akpom replaces Abel Hernández.
Attempt missed. Tom Ince (Derby County) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Jason Shackell.
Attempt saved. Jacob Butterfield (Derby County) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Tom Ince.
Richard Keogh (Derby County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Abel Hernández (Hull City).
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Craig Bryson (Derby County) because of an injury.
Offside, Derby County. Chris Martin tries a through ball, but Cyrus Christie is caught offside.
Tom Ince (Derby County) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Moses Odubajo (Hull City).
Attempt missed. Andrew Robertson (Hull City) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Abel Hernández.
Moses Odubajo (Hull City) is shown the yellow card.
Substitution, Derby County. Nick Blackman replaces Johnny Russell.
Attempt missed. Craig Bryson (Derby County) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Jacob Butterfield.
Attempt saved. Mohamed Diamé (Hull City) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Abel Hernández.
Corner, Derby County. Conceded by Tom Huddlestone.
Foul by Will Hughes (Derby County).
Jake Livermore (Hull City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Will Hughes (Derby County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Robert Snodgrass (Hull City).
He said he did not believe it was right for him to carry on with his work as the commissioner in charge of financial services.
But he will stay on for a period of weeks to ensure an "orderly handover".
A close ally of Prime Minister David Cameron, Lord Hill had argued for the UK to remain in the EU.
He will be replaced by Latvian politician Valdis Dombrovskis, currently European Commissioner for the euro.
Asked whether the UK would be sending anyone to Brussels to take Lord Hill's place on the Commission, Downing Street said: "It will be for the next prime minister to decide, following discussions with European partners, what role the UK plays in the European Commission, given we remain a full member of the EU until we have left."
Lord Hill's announcement comes as EU foreign ministers urged Britain to hold speedy talks on leaving the bloc, after it voted to end its membership on Thursday.
But German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she was not in favour of pushing for a hasty withdrawal, adding there was "no need to be particularly nasty in any way" in the negotiations with Britain about its exit.
In another development, Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said she would be seeking "immediate discussions" with Brussels to "protect Scotland's place in the EU" following the so-called Brexit vote.
Ms Sturgeon has said a new Scottish independence referendum is "highly likely".
European Commissioners are among the most powerful officials in Brussels, with the ability to propose laws across a range of policy areas, but the UK will cease to have one when it leaves the EU.
Conservative peer Lord Hill told the BBC: "When something as huge as the decision in the British referendum takes place, actions have consequences.
"It's not possible for me to carry on properly.
"You have to listen to the will of the British people. The right thing to do is to stand down and that's what today I am announcing."
In a statement, he said he was "obviously very disappointed" about the result of the referendum, adding: "I wanted it to end differently and had hoped that Britain would want to play a role in arguing for an outward-looking, flexible, competitive, free trade Europe. But the British people took a different decision, and that is the way that democracy works."
He said he did not believe it was right for him to continue as commissioner "as though nothing had happened", but that there needed to be "an orderly handover" in the weeks ahead.
European Commission President Jean Claude Juncker said he had accepted Lord Hill's resignation "with great regret," hailing him as a "true European".
He said he had put the Conservative peer in charge of financial services "as a sign of my confidence in the United Kingdom's membership of the European Union" - but "to my great regret, this situation is now changing".
By James Landale, diplomatic correspondent
There is lots to discuss with our EU colleagues: what to do with half-used EU budgets and EU citizens living in the UK and British citizens living in the EU. There is also, of course, the thorny issue of Britain's future trading relationship with the EU once we leave.
So you might imagine everyone will want to crack on as quickly as possible.
And certainly that is the view of many EU leaders. They want to end the uncertainty for the markets and begin formal talks.
The only problem is that David Cameron wants to delay the start of exit talks until a new Conservative leader has been elected in October.
Read more here.
Earlier, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said negotiations on the UK's exit from the EU should begin as "soon as possible".
He made the comments after an urgent meeting of the six EU founder members to discuss the decision.
David Cameron has said he will step down by October to allow his successor to conduct talks and trigger Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty, which will formally take the UK out of the EU after two years of exit negotiations.
Chief executive of Vote Leave, Matthew Elliott, told Reuters news agency there was no need to "swiftly invoke" Article 50, adding it was "best for the dust to settle over the summer, and during that time for there to be informal negotiations with other states".
BBC diplomatic correspondent James Landale said one expert believed the European Council - representing the 27 other member states - could trigger the negotiating process as soon as the prime minister discusses Brexit with other EU leaders.
But a European Council spokesman said triggering Article 50 was a formal act which must be "done by the British government to the European Council".
In other developments:
Earlier, Defence Secretary Michael Fallon hit back at claims the UK government had been left rudderless following Mr Cameron's resignation statement.
He said: "The prime minister goes on, the government goes on until the autumn, until there's a new leader and a new government.
"We'll remain at our posts and we have a big agenda. We were elected only a year ago and we've set out fresh legislation which we're taking through Parliament at the moment."
A timetable for a Conservative leadership election is to be announced on Monday, with former London mayor Boris Johnson - who spearheaded the campaign to get Britain out of the EU - the favourite to get the job.
MPs will select two candidates to go forward to a vote of Conservative Party members, with the winner becoming the UK's next prime minister, as well as party leader.
Pro-EU Conservative MP Sir Alan Duncan warned that MPs must not be "railroaded" into choosing Mr Johnson.
He said party members liked the "excitement and notoriety" of Mr Johnson but electing him would be a "permanent ride on the big dipper".
Dwight Gayle scored a hat-trick for the hosts, his third coming dramatically in the sixth minute of added time after Yoan Gouffran levelled on 95 minutes.
After Gayle's opener, goals from Graham Dorrans, Cameron Jerome and Jacob Murphy had put Norwich two goals clear.
But Gayle's second quickly made it 3-2 to set up a stunning Magpies fightback.
Relive Newcastle's stunning fightback to beat Norwich
The hosts applied intense pressure in the closing stages and were rewarded, first with Gouffran's close-range finish from DeAndre Yedlin's cross and then Gayle's even later winner.
Victory lifted Newcastle up to third in the table from ninth and denied Norwich top spot, which they were set to occupy as they took a 3-2 lead into stoppage time.
Gayle could have put the hosts in front at least twice before he opened the scoring from Matt Ritchie's first-half cross, but Norwich - who had rarely threatened - levelled through Dorrans' penalty moments before half-time after Gouffran had fouled Robbie Brady in the box to concede the spot kick.
The visitors then became increasingly dangerous on the counter-attack and Jerome curled them into the lead before Murphy's deflected strike looked sure to have sealed a Canaries victory.
Newcastle United manager Rafael Benitez:
"I am the kind of manager who gets excited, but especially inside because I am really proud when I see the team reacting. I am really proud of them.
"Some people will jump or run or whatever, but I am happy inside because I think it's something that's difficult to achieve."
Norwich City manager Alex Neil:
"This seems to be a strange place for me because the twice I have been here, the games have been probably two of the most bizarre games I have ever been involved in as a player, a manager, anything.
"We got ourselves into a position where we were 3-1 up, comfortable and then we concede a goal, and then we have got 90 seconds to see the game out.
"It's 3-2 with 90 seconds left on the clock and we don't defend the box well enough. It really is as simple as that."
Match ends, Newcastle United 4, Norwich City 3.
Second Half ends, Newcastle United 4, Norwich City 3.
Attempt saved. Jonny Howson (Norwich City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Graham Dorrans.
Goal! Newcastle United 4, Norwich City 3. Dwight Gayle (Newcastle United) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
Goal! Newcastle United 3, Norwich City 3. Yoan Gouffran (Newcastle United) header from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by DeAndre Yedlin with a cross.
Attempt blocked. Matt Ritchie (Newcastle United) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Substitution, Newcastle United. Christian Atsu replaces Paul Dummett.
Jonjo Shelvey (Newcastle United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Robbie Brady (Norwich City).
Foul by DeAndre Yedlin (Newcastle United).
Robbie Brady (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Ciaran Clark (Newcastle United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Nélson Oliveira (Norwich City).
Dwight Gayle (Newcastle United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Ryan Bennett (Norwich City).
Substitution, Norwich City. Nélson Oliveira replaces Cameron Jerome.
Attempt missed. Dwight Gayle (Newcastle United) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left from a direct free kick.
Matt Ritchie (Newcastle United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Alexander Tettey (Norwich City).
Attempt missed. Aleksandar Mitrovic (Newcastle United) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Isaac Hayden.
Ciaran Clark (Newcastle United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Jonny Howson (Norwich City).
Attempt missed. Aleksandar Mitrovic (Newcastle United) header from very close range is too high. Assisted by Matt Ritchie with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Newcastle United. Conceded by Russell Martin.
Attempt missed. Aleksandar Mitrovic (Newcastle United) header from the right side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Jonjo Shelvey with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Newcastle United. Conceded by Michael McGovern.
Attempt saved. Dwight Gayle (Newcastle United) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Jonjo Shelvey.
Substitution, Norwich City. Ryan Bennett replaces Jacob Murphy.
Jamaal Lascelles (Newcastle United) is shown the yellow card.
Cameron Jerome (Norwich City) is shown the yellow card.
Foul by Paul Dummett (Newcastle United).
Ivo Pinto (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt blocked. Graham Dorrans (Norwich City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
Martin Olsson (Norwich City) is shown the yellow card.
Aleksandar Mitrovic (Newcastle United) is shown the yellow card.
Corner, Norwich City. Conceded by Ciaran Clark.
Substitution, Newcastle United. Isaac Hayden replaces Jack Colback.
Substitution, Newcastle United. Aleksandar Mitrovic replaces Mohamed Diamé.
Goal! Newcastle United 2, Norwich City 3. Dwight Gayle (Newcastle United) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jonjo Shelvey with a through ball.
Goal! Newcastle United 1, Norwich City 3. Jacob Murphy (Norwich City) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Robbie Brady.
The protest at Chandler's Ford Methodist Church on Saturday evening was over a conference to discuss plans to create a Muslim community centre.
Hampshire Constabulary said specially trained officers formed a line between the two groups "to ensure there was no physical confrontation".
The man, 24 and of Farnborough, was held over public order offences.
Mohammed Ansar, organiser of the conference, said they had hired the church to "bring together Muslims across Hampshire, aimed at talking about the needs of the Muslim community".
An EDL spokesman said the group held the protest to "stand against the Islamisation of our country".
Conservation organisation Nabu say there are fewer than 50 Maui's dolphins left on the planet now.
The organisation said fishing should be banned in the waters off New Zealand, where the species live.
Dolphins are often caught in fishing nets which can harm and even kill them.
"New Zealand has to abandon its current stance, which places the interests of the fishing industry above conservation," said Dr Barbara Maas from Nabu.
A spokesperson for the New Zealand minister for conservation said no comment would be made until after the scientific committee reported its findings and recommendations in June.
The number of dolphins has declined since the 1970s.
Scientists say the main threat is fishing using trawling nets. It's thought the nets kill five Maui's dolphins each year.
The Fiji-born 18-year-old has represented England Under-18s and is a regular in the Tigers' second team.
Nottingham head coach Ian Costello said: "Sam is an exciting young player with enormous potential.
"He has extremely quick feet, he's powerful in contact and dangerous with ball in hand. We're looking forward to the contribution he'll make."
The 24-year-old former Fleetwood Town player, who began his career at Crewe before a spell at Chester, joined Shrewsbury this summer.
He made seven League One starts this term for the third tier's bottom club.
Sarcevic previously spent three seasons of his career at Fleetwood, where he made 105 league starts.
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Mr McGinlay, 26, died three days later.
A second man, Brian Gallacher, 27, from Cadder, is accused of assaulting Ryan Mason in the same place on that date.
They made no plea or declaration and were remanded in custody.
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Before Sue Sim retired she faced accusations of misconduct and bullying, and a report criticised her management style, but cleared her of wrongdoing.
It also said Ms Sim's gender was an issue in the way she was treated.
Northumbria Police said she had not provided any basis upon which it could launch her requested investigation.
Sue Sim said: "What needs to be looked at is, is there a culture within the organisation that needs to be addressed?
"I'm not saying Northumbria Police is sexist [but] there's an independent report from a QC conducting the investigation into my behaviour, which stated that officers had behaved in a different way to me because I'm a woman.
"All I've asked the chief constable to do is look at the issues in relation to the statements within that independent report which talked about gender being an issue, and that sexism did play a part."
A Northumbria Police spokesman said: "The full report was available to Mrs Sim, as the person complained of, prior to her retirement and when she was still head of the organisation.
"She took no action in her capacity of chief constable in relation to its content.
"We are satisfied, having taken legal advice, that Mrs Sim has not provided any basis upon which we can launch the investigation she requests.
"It is disappointing that Mrs Sim has chosen to publicly air these concerns after her retirement, having led the organisation for five years."
Ms Sim retired in June and the chief constable post was taken over by Steve Ashman.
But he hopes Steven Lawless and Frederic Frans will stay and is close to bringing in new players he believes will strengthen his team next season.
Thistle ended the season with a 2-2 draw with Hamilton and in ninth place.
"We're going to lose a couple of key players but we've got plans in place to get good replacements," Archibald said.
Lawless indicated after the match he would be happy to stay but is keeping his options open for the time being. Archibald admits it is always a challenge for clubs of Thistle's size to retain their best players.
"Dan Seaborne will be moving on, I think Stuart Bannigan's decided to move on as well now, Stevie Lawless we're still waiting for. We're talking to Freddie just now," Archibald told BBC Scotland.
"A club like Partick Thistle are always going to lose key players. They've done well here. The club can't stand still. We've got some targets there, ready to hit the ground running.
"Last year, I thought we got caught a little bit short because we lost a lot of key players at the same time, but I think with the boys we've got now nearly signed up, we could probably start the season with a team we could trust."
With a number of first-team regulars missing on Saturday, Archibald gave young full-back James Penrice only his second start, while 21-year-old David Wilson impressed in midfield.
"It's great to have them to fall back on," admitted Archibald.
"James is only 17 and making his home debut, I thought he was fantastic again - great delivery from set pieces, great composure on the ball, confidence in his ability.
"Physically, he's got to still fill out and we'll work on him defensively as well. David Wilson gives us a great option in midfield also, so delighted for the younger lads."
And though Archibald felt his side might have finished higher up the league, he hailed their recovery from a nine-game winless run at the start of the season.
"If you look at the start of the season we had, which was horrific, to come back from that, credit to the lads they showed great character and got us to within a point or a goal of reaching the top six."
Early tries from Zane Kirchner and Adam Byrne put Leinster in control before Danie Poolman went over for Connacht.
Rory O'Loughlin added another Leinster try before Craig Ronaldson's fourth penalty left Connacht trailing 20-19 at the break.
Dave Heffernan's try put Connacht in front but Rhys Ruddock and Barry Daly touched down to give Leinster victory.
Munster had briefly moved top after beating Ulster earlier on Saturday but Leinster are back on the Pro12 summit.
Leinster coach Leo Cullen rested a number of his regulars and it was the hosts who led initially thanks to a Ronaldson penalty.
The visitors hit back with two quick tries - full-back Kirchner grabbed the first in the right corner after linking with Mike Ross and Byrne, who claimed the second, gobbling up a loose Ronaldson pass to break clear from his own half.
Ronaldson reduced the gap to 12-6 and Connacht ended the first quarter with a typically swashbuckling try, with Jack Carty's kick releasing winger Poolman to raid over from the opposite flank for a seven-pointer.
Ross Byrne and Ronaldson swapped penalties as the fast-paced but error-strewn fare continued.
Luke McGrath's sniping break saw him go close before Leinster used an overlap to send centre O'Loughlin over six minutes before the break.
Ronaldson responded off the tee to leave just a point between the sides at the interval. Injuries robbed the game of wingers Niyi Adeolokun and Dave Kearney, but O'Halloran was a one-man box of tricks for Connacht.
Time and again, the Clifden man injected the necessary pace into Connacht attacks, one such surge seeing him link with Kieran Marmion and although McGrath denied his opposite number, the ball was transferred to the left where hooker Heffernan was able to finish off.
Unfortunately for the eager home support, that proved to be Connacht's final score.
Leinster upped the ante, seizing on another loose pass as Van der Flier pressed in the 22 before his back row colleague Ruddock rumbled over from close range to pocket the bonus point.
Ross Byrne's conversion made it 27-24 to Cullen's side and Connacht redoubled their efforts, O'Halloran leading their charge before a Carty pass was plucked down by a leaping Adam Byrne to foil a promising move.
Connacht's adventurous play, this time near halfway, resulted in a fifth Leinster try, prop Buckley's pass going to ground after he was tackled and replacement winger Daly hacked through and collected the bouncing ball to dot down.
Number 10 Byrne completed the scoring with a conversion and a subsequent penalty.
Connacht: O'Halloran, Adeolokun, Aki, Ronaldson, Poolman, Carty, Marmion, Buckley, Heffernan, Bealham, Roux, Browne, E. McKeon, Heenan, Muldoon.
Replacements: Crosbie for Carty (70), Blade for Marmion (74), J. Cooney for Buckley (70), Delahunt for Heffernan (65), Robertson-McCoy for Bealham (70), Dawai for E. McKeon (41). Not Used: O'Brien, Griffin.
Leinster: Kirchner, A. Byrne, O'Loughlin, Reid, D. Kearney, R. Byrne, L. McGrath, Healy, Tracy, Ross, Molony, Triggs, D. Ryan, van der Flier, Ruddock.
Replacements: T. Daly for O'Loughlin (70), B. Daly for D. Kearney (47), N. McCarthy for L. McGrath (70), Dooley for Healy (52), Cronin for Tracy (52), Bent for Ross (52), Nagle for Triggs (62), Timmins for Ruddock (74).
Ref: Ian Davies (Wales).
Mark Uth put Hoffenheim ahead inside three minutes, slotting in after Roman Weidenfeller rashly came off his line.
Mario Gotze equalised nine minutes later after Ousmane Dembele's run.
Sandro Wagner put the home side back in front before he struck the post in a passage of play that ended with Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang's dinked leveller.
Aubameyang's finish - coolly lifted over the goalkeeper, again from Dembele's pass - was his 16th goal in 15 Bundesliga games this season.
Reus' dismissal - the first of his career - came after two yellow cards, the second for a tug on Hoffenheim winger Nadiem Amiri in the 41st minute.
French striker Dembele was later taken off on a stretcher after a collision with Benjamin Hubner.
The point moves Hoffenheim up to third, while Dortmund are fifth.
Bayern Munich lead on goal difference from newly-promoted RB Leipzig. Bayern play at Darmstadt on Sunday, while Leipzig are at home to Hertha BSC on Saturday.
Match ends, 1899 Hoffenheim 2, Borussia Dortmund 2.
Second Half ends, 1899 Hoffenheim 2, Borussia Dortmund 2.
Attempt missed. Baris Atik (1899 Hoffenheim) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
Sandro Wagner (1899 Hoffenheim) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Marcel Schmelzer (Borussia Dortmund).
Substitution, Borussia Dortmund. Mikel Merino replaces Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
Attempt missed. Andrej Kramaric (1899 Hoffenheim) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Pavel Kaderábek with a headed pass.
Niklas Süle (1899 Hoffenheim) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Adrián Ramos (Borussia Dortmund).
Attempt saved. Andrej Kramaric (1899 Hoffenheim) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Pavel Kaderábek.
Foul by Pavel Kaderábek (1899 Hoffenheim).
Marcel Schmelzer (Borussia Dortmund) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Borussia Dortmund) right footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
Kevin Vogt (1899 Hoffenheim) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Sebastian Rudy (1899 Hoffenheim) is shown the yellow card.
Foul by Kevin Vogt (1899 Hoffenheim).
Emre Mor (Borussia Dortmund) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Jeremy Toljan (1899 Hoffenheim) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Adrián Ramos (Borussia Dortmund).
Foul by Kevin Vogt (1899 Hoffenheim).
Adrián Ramos (Borussia Dortmund) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Borussia Dortmund. Adrián Ramos replaces Christian Pulisic.
Foul by Nadiem Amiri (1899 Hoffenheim).
Marcel Schmelzer (Borussia Dortmund) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Kevin Vogt (1899 Hoffenheim).
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Borussia Dortmund) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Baris Atik (1899 Hoffenheim) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Mario Götze (Borussia Dortmund).
Attempt blocked. Sandro Wagner (1899 Hoffenheim) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Andrej Kramaric.
Mario Götze (Borussia Dortmund) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Pavel Kaderábek (1899 Hoffenheim).
Hand ball by Emre Mor (Borussia Dortmund).
Attempt saved. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Borussia Dortmund) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Corner, Borussia Dortmund. Conceded by Jeremy Toljan.
Attempt missed. Jeremy Toljan (1899 Hoffenheim) left footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Sandro Wagner.
Foul by Mario Götze (Borussia Dortmund).
Nadiem Amiri (1899 Hoffenheim) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Offside, 1899 Hoffenheim. Andrej Kramaric tries a through ball, but Sandro Wagner is caught offside.
Attempt saved. Sebastian Rudy (1899 Hoffenheim) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Niklas Süle.
Corner, 1899 Hoffenheim. Conceded by Marcel Schmelzer.
A Commonwealth light welterweight champion, Pryce lost to super middleweight Zach Parker on Saturday, his first stoppage defeat since 2009.
The 35-year old tweeted that he would no longer be able to pass a medical due to issues with his eyesight.
Pryce, who trained from childhood with world champions Joe Calzaghe and Gavin Rees, has a record of 38 wins and 21 defeats having made his debut in 1999.
The incident happened on the Tartlaghan Road at about 23:30 GMT on Tuesday as police were responding to reports of two vehicles being driven dangerously.
The officer was struck on the legs by a silver Lexus that failed to stop for police.
A second vehicle also fled from the scene. Police said the male officer was not seriously injured.
Baroness Ruth Deech, the former adjudicator for universities, told the Telegraph that Jewish students felt "unwelcome" on some campuses.
The Union of Jewish Students (UJS) denied that such no-go zones exist.
Universities UK, which represents the sector, said unlawful discrimination had "no place" in higher education.
Baroness Deech was the UK's first adjudicator for universities between 2005 and 2008; the office was set up in 2004 to run a student complaints scheme in England and Wales.
"Amongst Jewish students, there is gradually a feeling that there are certain universities that you should avoid," she said.
Universities where debates or events have raised concerns over anti-Semitism were "not so popular" with Jewish students "because of things have happened there", she added.
Baroness Deech cited incidents at Oxford University's Labour club, which voted to endorse Israel Apartheid week, as well as in Exeter University where students wore t-shirts featuring anti-Semitic slogans.
The UJS said Baroness Deech's claim "completely ignores the positive contributions that Jewish students make to their campuses every day".
It said the view did a "disservice to the thousands who are able to freely express their Jewish identities".
The UJS, which represents some 8,500 Jewish students, added that UK universities have "active and open Jewish student populations".
It said: "There is no university that we would discourage Jewish students to apply to on the basis of anti-Semitism."
Jewish societies at Manchester and Oxford Universities, both of which Baroness Deech named in the article, voiced concern about the problem of anti-Semitism on British campuses.
But both denied that their universities were no-go zones for Jewish students.
Nicola Dandridge, chief executive of Universities UK, said: "We want our universities to be tolerant and inclusive places."
She explained that universities have a "difficult balancing act" to play between protecting students from abuse and allowing free speech.
"This is particularly relevant when Israel and Palestine are being discussed," she said.
The Magpies had been managerless since sacking John Sheridan on 2 January, with former Leyton Orient boss Nolan, 34, taking charge as player-manager on Thursday - less than 24 hours after the club was taken over by Alan Hardy.
And while Nolan left himself out of his first squad, Notts County did enough to warrant a first point since drawing with Luton on 29 October.
In the first half, Mansfield's Ben Whiteman fashioned the only goalscoring chance when he meandered into the box and saw his shot bounce off a Magpies defender and loop into the air before being scrambled away by alert home goalkeeper Adam Collin.
Notts skipper Michael O'Connor saw a rifled shot closed down by a visiting defender after the restart, before Mansfield's Yoann Arquin inexplicably prodded wide just a few yards in front of goal to ensure the spoils were shared in front 11,328 supporters - Meadow Lane's biggest crowd of the season.
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Match ends, Notts County 0, Mansfield Town 0.
Second Half ends, Notts County 0, Mansfield Town 0.
Corner, Notts County. Conceded by Danny Rose.
Richard Duffy (Notts County) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Richard Duffy (Notts County).
CJ Hamilton (Mansfield Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Notts County. Alan Smith replaces Adam Campbell.
Foul by Curtis Thompson (Notts County).
Malvind Benning (Mansfield Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Mansfield Town. James Baxendale replaces Joel Byrom.
Delay in match Adam Collin (Notts County) because of an injury.
Michael O'Connor (Notts County) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Michael O'Connor (Notts County).
Danny Rose (Mansfield Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Robert Milsom (Notts County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Benjamin Whiteman (Mansfield Town).
Attempt missed. Michael O'Connor (Notts County) right footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
Hand ball by Rhys Bennett (Mansfield Town).
Substitution, Mansfield Town. Danny Rose replaces Yoann Arquin.
Substitution, Mansfield Town. Pat Hoban replaces Matt Green.
Thierry Audel (Notts County) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Malvind Benning (Mansfield Town).
Attempt missed. Michael O'Connor (Notts County) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
Curtis Thompson (Notts County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Malvind Benning (Mansfield Town).
Richard Duffy (Notts County) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Yoann Arquin (Mansfield Town).
Foul by Curtis Thompson (Notts County).
Yoann Arquin (Mansfield Town) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Corner, Notts County. Conceded by Rhys Bennett.
Jon Stead (Notts County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Hayden White (Mansfield Town).
Attempt missed. Matt Tootle (Notts County) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
Attempt missed. Krystian Pearce (Mansfield Town) header from the centre of the box misses to the left following a corner.
Corner, Mansfield Town. Conceded by Richard Duffy.
Attempt blocked. CJ Hamilton (Mansfield Town) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
Attempt blocked. Robert Milsom (Notts County) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
Attempt missed. CJ Hamilton (Mansfield Town) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
Foul by Curtis Thompson (Notts County).
CJ Hamilton (Mansfield Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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The 28-year-old has agreed a three-year deal and will join the Pittodrie club ahead of next season.
The Dons failed with a bid for the same player 14 months ago.
"He is a player we have admired for a long time and he will be a very welcome addition to the squad here at Pittodrie," manager Derek McInnes told the Aberdeen website.
"He is a confident player, exactly the type of player we want to see at our club. There is more to come from Greg and I'm sure we will provide the perfect platform for him to develop."
The Pittodrie club are still in talks with captain and midfielder Ryan Jack and defender Ash Taylor, who are out of contract in the summer.
Forward Niall McGinn is also nearing the end of his deal, the Northern Ireland cap having scored 13 goals at club level this season.
Tansey, a scorer on seven occasions this season, follows left-back Graeme Shinnie and winger Jonny Hayes in joining Aberdeen from Inverness while Dons striker Adam Rooney also previously played for the Highlanders.
He is in his second spell with Caley Thistle and has also featured for Stockport County, Altrincham and Stevenage.
The Scottish Tourism Economic Assessment Monitor (STEAM) statistics compared the first half of 2016 to the same period the year before.
It is the first time in 10 years that every category saw improvement.
The company which produces STEAM data said the most likely source for the rise in tourism activity in the Borders and Midlothian was the railway.
The railway was officially opened by the Queen in September 2015.
Among the details revealed by the figures in the Borders were:
In neighbouring Midlothian some of the key findings were:
Scottish Borders Council's Stuart Bell said: "Tourism is absolutely vital to the Scottish Borders' economy, and that is why this substantial rise in tourism activity in the first half of 2016 is so important.
"For the first time in a decade, the Borders have shown improved results in every STEAM category - the only area of mainland Scotland to do so for this period.
"The introduction of the railway has undoubtedly contributed to these figures."
Midlothian Council's Jim Bryant said the railway was introducing more people to the area's "wonderful scenery and world-class attractions".
"We were always confident that Borders Railway would bring new jobs, more tourists and significant economic opportunities to the area," he said.
"These figures are testament to the fact, these benefits are already under way."
Transport Minister Humza Yousaf added that the opening of the railway had been "cause for celebration" in the area.
"We were always confident that, in time, it would deliver major economic opportunities and attract new investment," he said.
"It is therefore very pleasing to see strong evidence that visits are up significantly, alongside spending, as a direct result of the railway."
Danny Cusick, director of tourism at Scottish Enterprise, said it had "always been confident" the line would attract visitors.
VisitScotland Chief Executive Malcolm Roughead said the figures were evidence that the "enormous tourism investment" was having a "real impact on the local economy".
Alasdair Smart, the ScotRail Alliance's tourism manager, said it was proud to play its part in creating a "positive Borders Railway experience".
Alphonse Le Gastelois lived on a tiny reef for 14 years after being the target of a hate campaign.
Jersey Police arrested Mr Le Gastelois in 1960 while hunting for a serial sex offender nicknamed the Beast of Jersey.
After 14 hours of questioning they found nothing to connect him to the attacks on women and children.
But his name was released to the press and he became the subject of a hate campaign in Jersey.
He was forced to flee to Ecrehous, a tiny reef between Jersey and France, and only returned when the real offender, Edward Paisnel, was caught and sentenced.
In 1999, the States agreed to pay Mr Le Gastelois £20,000 in compensation.
Jean Le Maistre was a States member at the time, and voted in favour of giving him the money.
He said: "I think there was a genuine concern of injustice that had been done and it was probably a token of support to redress the injustice.
"Whether the figure was right I'm not sure... for him it would have been a lot of money and it would have gone some way to say sorry on behalf of the community."
Mr Le Maistre added: "I think as time passes we tend to forget what the level of concern and fear was at that time.
"There were a number of stories circulating of how youngsters who had been assaulted in their bedrooms, with an individual breaking into the house without waking parents.
"This went on for years and this is why perhaps Alphonse had the finger pointed at him and the community were very quick to judge."
Mr Le Gastelois died on Sunday at the age of 97. His family said he would be sadly missed.
A considerable amount, as it turns out - and each lesson is important ahead of VW Britain's first public appearance next week to account for the deliberate manipulation of vital environmental and health tests.
Paul Willis, the UK managing director of VW UK, will appear before the Transport Select Committee in Parliament on Monday.
He will then appear before the Environmental Audit Committee on Thursday.
It is to be hoped that the MPs on both ensure that Mr Willis is as revealing as his counter-part in America.
Michael Horn, the chief executive of VW US, gave evidence for two hours yesterday. He made some major admissions that Mr Willis should be pressed on.
First, Mr Horn appears to have been kept wholly in the dark about the "defeat device" that was secreted into VW's 2.0 litre diesel engine to make it appear less polluting than it actually was.
After rumours that VW's American arm could have been behind the software code change, Mr Horn's testimony throws the focus squarely on Wolfsburg, VW's German headquarters.
And this raises serious questions about an internal culture at VW that appears to have allowed an engineering department in Germany to operate in secret and outside the control of the business.
The question now is, did senior executives deliberately turn a blind eye?
Mr Horn said that his own company in Germany deceived him, after failing to admit that the "cheat" was the reason there was such a discrepancy between laboratory tests and on-the-road performance.
One question that was left hanging was why Mr Horn did not inquire further about why - when driven in the real world - VW's cars were pumping out up to 40 times more nitrogen dioxide than the laboratory tests suggested.
The second big lesson from yesterday came when Mr Horn laid the blame for VW's actions on "pressure in the system to get resolutions and also cost pressure" - a key issue (why did they do this?) which Mr Willis should be pressed on and asked whether he agrees.
"It is wrong to put corporate profits before people," Mr Horn said, saying the software change was down to a "couple of engineers".
Members of the energy committee - when they had stopped boasting about their first VW car - said that the "couple of engineers" defence stretched credulity.
It was an opinion Mr Horn seemed to agree with.
"I agree it's very hard to believe," he said. "Personally I struggle as well."
Mr Horn said that fixing the emissions problem on its cars in America could take "1-2 years" and each car could take between five and 10 hours to upgrade.
Mr Willis needs to be crystal clear about the impact of the emissions scandal on the 1.2 million cars and vans that VW has said could have contained the device in the UK.
Customers here are still in the dark about whether their cars are polluting the environment more than is necessary.
And what the impact of any "fixes" might be on the performance and value of the car they bought on trust.
It is to be hoped that Mr Willis is as forthcoming about VW's woes as Mr Horn was.
Though I'm not sure an understanding of the VW buying habits of MPs will be wholly necessary.
Similar powers over the gas drilling technique are already devolved to Scotland.
A number of exploratory drilling applications have been approved in the Vale of Glamorgan and surrounding area.
However the Welsh government is changing its advice to local councils on fracking - effectively putting existing plans on hold.
Speaking before Labour's conference in Swansea, Shadow Welsh Secretary Owen Smith said: "It is right that decisions like these are taken close to the communities that might be affected."
Meanwhile Planning Minister Carl Sargeant said he would stop "any local planning authority approving any planning application for fracking".
Earlier in February the Welsh government voted to back a Plaid Cymru motion in the Senedd calling for an effective block on fracking.
At its Welsh conference in Swansea's Brangwyn Hall on Friday, Labour will announce plans to speak to half a million voters in Wales ahead of May's general election.
"We cannot outspend the Tories in this election but we will out organise them," a party spokesman said, claiming to have more activists than in 2010.
It may be Valentine's Day on Saturday, but expect plenty of blood and thunder from Labour this weekend as party members gather in Swansea.
As with any pre-election conferences, it will be the big opportunity to rally an expected turnout of 600 troops.
Behind the scenes, party officials say the Tory war on Wales - as it's called by them - has helped mobilise support from the grassroots prepared to get out and knock on doors.
That so-called war is of course based on a number of longer waiting times in the Labour-run Welsh NHS than in England.
One question is whether Labour will suffer as a result - even though health is devolved and this is a general election - or whether it can be successful in persuading people that the Conservative criticism has gone too far.
Labour has 26 of the 40 seats in Wales. It lost four at the last election and has set itself the target of winning eight this time round. Ambitious it may be - but also achievable - that's the message from the party.
Labour is aiming to win Aberconwy, Arfon, Cardiff North, Cardiff Central, the Vale of Glamorgan, Carmarthen East and Dinefwr, Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire and Preseli Pembrokeshire.
Of those, the two Cardiff seats, the Vale of Glamorgan and Aberconwy are felt by the party to be the most winnable.
The 26-year-old joined from Lokomotiv Moscow for £13.5m but has failed to score in his 152 minutes on the pitch.
The Senegalese has not appeared in any of Everton's pre-season fixtures.
Winger Aiden McGeady, forwards Conor McAleny and Leandro Rodriguez and defender Luke Garbutt are also among those not assigned a number.
Republic of Ireland international McGeady featured briefly in Everton's first two pre-season games, but did not travel to Germany for the club's two fixtures in Dresden.
He spent the final four months of last season on loan at Sheffield Wednesday.
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A survey by Citylets found nearly a third of them could leave the private rental sector (PRS) or cut back on their portfolio of properties if the grounds for repossession are changed.
Another alliance of professionals in the sector is warning against rent controls in city "hot spots".
They were responding to reform proposals from the Scottish government.
Ministers want to change the standard tenancy arrangements, which allow landlords to repossess homes after a fixed term let has ended.
It would still be possible to repossess the home for other reasons, including owners wanting to live in the property themselves.
The planned changes would allow tenants to challenge rent rises through arbitration, and ministers could cap rent rises if the market overheats in limited areas.
The proposals from ministers are expected to lead to legislation later this year.
The Citylets survey found 31% of urban landlords would leave the sector or cut back on their investments if the "no fault" grounds for repossession are removed.
Some 39% of the 500 landlords surveyed said they are likely to leave or cut back if rent controls are introduced in city "hot spots".
Of those with five or more properties, more than half said they would pull back their involvement. And 73% of all those responding said they feel "vilified" by policy-makers.
Thomas Ashdown, founder of Citylets, said: "I no longer see how it is possible to contend that the current plans are consistent with the oft-stated aim to see the private rented sector made better without deterring investment and threatening supply. Even allowing for some cooling off of sentiment, the findings are clear.
"There is clear inevitability of unintended consequences to what is being proposed. This seems set to exacerbate the housing crisis and create more homelessness, not less."
Another group, known as PRS4 Scotland, highlighted the impact of rent controls, claiming the proposed legislation is "anti-tenant as well as anti-landlord".
David Alexander, of the DJ Alexander agency, argued: "Potential landlords will be scared off from entering the sector while many existing ones are likely to disinvest, which can only lead to a reduction in stock.
"At a time when young couples are finding difficulty in raising the large deposits required by mortgage lenders, what we need are more, not less, homes for rent. Politicians and pressure groups who believe that rent controls are a panacea should be careful what they wish for."
He also said that "hot spots" will be hard for ministers to define, as cities have different markets within them.
"How will the boundaries of hot-spots be measured?" he asked. "Who will decide if one street is part of a hot-spot while another is not?
"It seems like a very difficult exercise for civil servants to carry out as well as being costly for the Scottish taxpayer."
The Scottish government consultation is due to end on May 10.
When publishing the proposals, housing minister Margaret Burgess explained: "These changes to existing tenancy laws are designed to improve security for tenants and provide safeguards for landlords, investors and lenders.
"Our vision is for a private rented sector that provides good quality homes and high management standards, inspires consumer confidence, and encourages growth through attracting increased investment.
"By creating a new and simplified system we will have better property management, while tenants and landlords will be provided with more clarity and a better understanding of what the tenancy agreement means for them."
She added: "Tenants will have more security and can no longer be asked to leave their home simply because their tenancy agreement has reached its end date. They can assert their rights without fear of eviction."
The Claim: Owen Paterson made a speech this week saying that many of the refugees who have arrived in Germany will be able to get German passports and then travel freely around the EU, including to the UK.
Reality Check verdict: We don't know yet how many refugees in Germany will successfully claim asylum let alone become German citizens, but it is true that anyone who holds a German passport can travel freely throughout the EU.
That same year, there were 476,510 formal asylum applications in Germany, according to the EU statistics agency Eurostat. It takes quite some time for these to be decided.
The German Embassy in London told us that in 2015, 282,726 cases were decided, many of which would have been applications from previous years. Out of these, around half were granted asylum.
Mr Paterson said that Germany's asylum amnesty would attract 3.6 million people by 2020, according to estimates by "Federal Ministries". Given recent statistics that's not an implausible projection.
We asked Mr Paterson's office for the source of his claim and were directed to this report from the Reuters news agency, citing unnamed German government officials.
The German Embassy told us that it could not confirm Mr Paterson's figure and that there were no German government forecasts for the number of refugees coming to Germany for 2016, or any of the following years.
A refugee granted asylum who has lived in Germany for six to eight years can apply for German citizenship if they fulfil a number of conditions. You need citizenship to be able to apply for a German passport, which would allow you the freedom to live, work and move anywhere in the European Union. Becoming a German citizen means a person has to give up their citizenship of another country, unless they have special permission to keep it.
Germany has recently toughened up its asylum laws, speeding up deportations and suspending family reunions for two years; 22,000 people were deported in 2015.
Along with other EU countries, Germany is trying to slow the flow of migrants to Europe through the EU-Turkey deal, but it remains to be seen how successful it will be.
Read more: The facts behind claims in the EU debate
The then prime minister also believed there was a danger of the government favouring "the coloured Commonwealth" at the expense of the UK if it did so.
The newly-released file covers immigration policy from 1982 to 1986.
The document shows the issue of admitting second wives created constant difficulties for Thatcher's government.
It was worried about how Commonwealth countries, the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg and its own MPs would react to changes in policy.
It discussed the merits of introducing visas for Commonwealth immigrants in order to control numbers, and to move the queues of people wanting to enter the UK from Heathrow to their countries of origin.
And it discussed new powers to take action against exiles in the UK "plotting the violent overthrow of foreign governments" including those of Libya, Iraq and Iran.
The file, now at the National Archives in Kew, also reveals that in October 1985 immigration facilities at Heathrow came close to being overwhelmed by an unexpected surge of young men from Bangladesh seeking entry to the UK.
It shows that a little-known scheme to pay immigrants who wanted to return to their country of origin - used by 100 or 200 people a year - had been rebranded "assisted return" because its original name, "voluntary repatriation", had sounded too like the kind of repatriation called for by Enoch Powell.
And it reveals that at one stage the home secretary of the day, Douglas Hurd, even contemplated breaking the law over the issue of polygamous wives.
In March 1986 he wrote arguing for a change in the law to make it possible to refuse such women entry.
"There is no way in which the issue of entry clearance applications by polygamous wives can be made acceptable to public - or Parliamentary - opinion," he wrote.
Until the law changed he was prepared to "postpone compliance with his legal obligation" to admit second wives, he said.
The attorney-general Sir Michael Havers soon put a stop to that, writing: "Such unlawful action by the government cannot be contemplated."
But in pressing for the change Mr Hurd - who called the admission of polygamous wives "a mischief" - had the prime minister on his side.
A note from one of her advisers says she "strongly shares the Home Secretary's view that an early change in the law is required".
When Mr Hurd suggested making future polygamous marriages invalid but recognising existing ones, she wrote in the margin: "We do not recognise polygamy at all."
And on the very last document in the file - a memo from the Foreign Secretary Geoffrey Howe outlining the difficulties involved in changing the law - she wrote, with multiple underlinings: "The country would be with us on this.
"We are crazy to discriminate in favour of the coloured Commonwealth against the UK."
REME is moving from Arborfield Garrison to Lyneham, Wiltshire.
A new £121m Defence College of Technical Training is currently being built at the former RAF base, which closed in 2012.
The move is part of changes across all three services of the armed forces.
Wokingham has had a military presence for more than a century - the Army first established a horse depot at Arborfield in 1904.
The parade saw the 300-strong contingent march down Peach Street.
Led by its brass band, it was then met by an inspection party on Broad Street, which included the town mayor Philip Mirfin.
The new college at Lyneham is the first stage of a £230m transformation of the airbase.
REME training will cease at Arborfield and also Bordon Garrison, in Hampshire, in September, and is due to begin at Lyneham by November.
Wokingham Borough Council plans to construct a secondary school at the Arborfield Garrison site, as the first phase of a "village-style suburb".
Hamilton led every lap of a race that started under the safety car in wet conditions but dried, to take his fourth career win at Silverstone.
Rosberg in the other Mercedes was left to battle back to second past the Red Bull of the impressive Max Verstappen.
But Rosberg was demoted to third after an illegal radio transmission.
With five laps to go, Rosberg hit a problem which required him to reset systems in the car and then avoid seventh gear - shifting straight from sixth to eighth.
He hung on in second place but lost it after race stewards handed him a 10-second penalty after the detail of the help Mercedes gave him over the radio, which transgressed limitations on the amount of help drivers can be given by teams.
Listen: Rosberg penalised over radio advice
Rosberg had said immediately after the race: "It was a very critical problem because I was stuck in seventh gear and about to stop on track."
Hamilton's win sent the 135,000 fans packed into the famous old track into paroxysms of joy as they cheered Hamilton's progress to the flag on the last lap.
The world champion went over to celebrate with the fans at Club corner after parking his car up at the end of the race before soaking up their cheers on the podium.
It was an intoxicating race, with action throughout the field, featuring wheel-to-wheel racing and a number of spins and off-track moments as drivers struggled on the tricky track surface.
"I am so grateful," said Hamilton. "We've got the best fans here, thank you so much. The good English weather came out. It was so tricky in those conditions. But that's what I love about this race - something always happens."
Listen: Hamilton wins British GP
Hamilton drove impressively throughout on a track made treacherous by a heavy downpour about 15 minutes before the start.
The sun had come out before the race got under way, but the track was drenched and it was five laps before race director Charlie Whiting felt the conditions were safe enough to let the drivers off the leash.
Listen: Verstappen overtakes Rosberg
This triggered a series of pit stops on successive laps as drivers swapped 'extreme' wet tyres for intermediates.
Hamilton pulled out three seconds on Rosberg in the first half-lap after the start as a bunch of midfield drivers pitted immediately and he, Rosberg and Verstappen then pitted after two laps.
The Dutchman closed on Rosberg, catching him by lap 15, and he passed him with a superb move around the outside of the daunting Becketts swerves on lap 16.
Verstappen held on to second despite making his pit stop for dry-weather 'slick' tyres a lap later than the Mercedes drivers, rejoining about five seconds ahead of Rosberg on lap 18.
Both Hamilton and Verstappen were among a series of drivers who fell prey to a wet patch on the entry to the fast Abbey corner but were able to continue without damage to their positions.
Rosberg inched closer and closer to Verstappen until he was on his tail by lap 30, with 22 still to go.
But it took the German another eight laps to get close enough on the exit of the Becketts swerves to close up on Hangar Straight and sweep past the Red Bull around the outside of the fast Stowe corner.
Verstappen, ultimately, recovered the place, after Rosberg was penalised.
Daniel Ricciardo made it a three-four for Red Bull but he was out-driven by another starring performance from Verstappen, while Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen had a wild race, losing control at Abbey three times but still managing to pass Force India's Sergio Perez for fifth place in the closing stages.
The Finn's team-mate Sebastian Vettel, who also spun at Abbey, was 10th, after being hit with a five-second penalty for forcing Williams' Felipe Massa off the track while overtaking him.
Jenson Button finished 12th for McLaren, one place ahead of team-mate Fernando Alonso, who was challenging Massa for ninth when he became one of many to fall victim to Abbey.
"Ever since 2007 I have felt the energy from the fans here, the best crowd in the world - the success speeds up that connection. Every time I made it through certain corners I could see the fans in the corner of my eye.
"In the closing laps, I could see them shouting. I am very honoured. It is a very humbling experience to be in this sport, particularly in a time of difficulty in the world and see so much love in the world.
"On this day, we come together and it is a beautiful thing."
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Big-power politics apart, the step was entirely logical within the dynamic of the evolving and mutating conflict in Syria.
The Russian intervention is a game-changer which opens a new chapter in the ever-escalating Syrian saga and lifts it to a yet higher level of crisis.
It carried a clear message: Russia will not allow the regime of Bashar al-Assad to collapse, although Moscow insists it is not wedded to him in person.
Until the Russians threw him this lifeline, it seemed as though the embattled Syrian leader was doomed.
The tide began to turn early this year. The Western-backed regional powers supporting the anti-Assad rebels - mainly Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Turkey - started working more closely together.
On the ground, the rebel groups similarly began pulling more closely together.
The Americans - in addition to their ill-conceived and ill-fated "train and equip" programme - began pumping in more money and hardware.
As a result, by the spring, the rebels had made significant advances in both the north, (Idlib province) and the south.
In public speeches, President Assad acknowledged that his forces suffered a crippling manpower problem that meant they would have to give up some areas in order to protect more important ones.
The stage seemed set for a steady erosion of the parts he controls, with his diminished domain coming under increasing pressure - perhaps to the point of collapse.
He had already pulled all the obvious rabbits out of his hat nearly three years ago when he was similarly strapped and on the brink.
His Iranian allies stepped in then with increased military support and encouraged their Hezbollah and other Shia militia allies to join the fighting on the ground, where they have played a key role in some areas.
Russia also stepped up military supplies.
But that survival seam was limited. Hezbollah's resources are not infinite.
Neither the Iranians nor the Russians seemed able to come up with enough to tilt the balance back the other way.
For the West, this opened the tantalising prospect that Moscow and Tehran, desperate not to lose their massive strategic investment in Damascus, might agree to make the necessary sacrifice for a settlement - the removal of Mr Assad and his inner circle - and come to terms on a transition of power that would leave state structures in place but under new, if perhaps not dissimilar, management.
But the Russian intervention has turned that into wishful thinking. It is clearly aimed at redressing the balance that was skewed over the past year by the Americans and their allies, regional and outside.
That doesn't necessarily mean a settlement is ruled out, but if it happens, it won't have the built-in assumption that the regime was on the verge of defeat.
The Russian move is more likely to tilt the balance back to an even playing field, to hold the line, rather than to turn the advantage heavily in the other direction.
To do that, large numbers of quality ground troops would be needed, something Moscow has ruled out.
Which could mean an even lengthier period of destructive stalemate lies ahead.
The Russians will likely use their air power to supplement the Syrian air force in support of embattled Syrian army forces wherever they are most under pressure, playing a role similar to that of the US and its allies in support of the Iraqi and Syrian Kurds.
The latter are combating so-called Islamic State militants, but that is hardly Russia's priority, whatever it may say.
If it was, its jets would be hitting Raqqa in concert with the Western coalition, not the towns north of Homs where regime forces are locked in battle with non-IS rebels, some of them backed by the West.
The manner of the surprise Russian intervention clearly shocked Washington and its allies, and set back any prospect of productive settlement talks for the moment.
But it's worth remembering that the two sides have some shared strategic objectives.
Both want to contain, and preferably altogether destroy, the militants of IS.
Neither wants a regime collapse and rebel victory that would inevitably mean Islamic militants taking over Damascus, even if the flags had different shades of black.
But it's a big jump from that to agreement on a diplomatic way forward out of the daily bloodbath.
And at the core of the knot, as ever, is the future of Bashar al-Assad - not just his own person, but everything he stands for, and what kind of Syria his departure would make way for.
Mr Dolan, 18, from County Tyrone, was struck by a van in Belfast in 2014.
David Lee Stewart, 31, of Gray's Park Avenue, Belfast, was jailed on Wednesday.
Stewart was sentenced to three and a half years in prison and another three and a half years on licence.
His parents had said after the judgement that they were "disappointed and disgusted" at the length of the sentence.
On Thursday, Peter Dolan, Enda's father, told the Stephen Nolan Show, that he "wouldn't rule out" asking for the sentence to be appealed.
"You can imagine what happened yesterday, it was all a bit of a shock," he said.
"We just have to sit back, reflect and take a bit of advice on it and take a look at it."
Mr Dolan said he was "speechless" over the sentence given to Stewart.
"This guy drinks and drives, kills somebody and gets three and a half years in prison. That is not a deterrent for anybody in my opinion."
Meanwhile, Enda's mother Niamh Dolan told Good Morning Ulster on Thursday morning that she remained "devastated and heartbroken" from his death.
"It's very hard to explain our loss. The most difficult thing I find is to go about your normal day-to-day activities and we have to do that because of the other children," she said.
"No matter how devastated you feel, you have to put a brave face on, pull yourself together and go out with the others - that's a very hard thing to do sometimes.
"I was lucky, really lucky, that I had a brilliant relationship with Enda. We were very, very close.
"Sometimes I think I'm almost being punished for that. If I hadn't have known my son so well, and got on with him so well, it might have been easier to cope with him not being here."
The 27-year-old - also convicted on multiple counts of attempted murder - had been studying for a PhD in neuroscience at the University of Colorado at Denver, although he was about to quit.
"He basically was socially awkward, but not to the degree that would warrant suspicion of mass murder or any atrocity of this magnitude," said Billy Kromka, a research assistant at a lab where he spent several months.
The FBI said he had no significant criminal record - local police said he had a speeding ticket from 2011 - and no links to terrorism.
As well as killing 12 people, he had injured 70 others when he slipped into a midnight screening of Batman film, The Dark Knight Rises, armed with a semi-automatic rifle, a shotgun and a pistol on 20 July, 2012.
The prosecution said he was listening to loud techno music on headphones during the assault "to block out the screams" as he opened fire.
He was born on 13 December, 1987 in San Diego County, California, where he spent at least part of his childhood.
In 2006, he graduated from Westview High School in the upmarket district of Torrey Highlands, where his parents still live. A yearbook showed he had played football for the school's junior varsity, or "B" team.
A former classmate, Breanna Hath, said Holmes was extremely quiet, "really sweet, shy" and "didn't have any creepy vibe about him at all".
"There were no real girls he was involved with," she told the Washington Post. "It seemed he was really into a video game group that hung out together."
Intellectually gifted, Holmes won a scholarship to study at the University of California at Riverside, where he gained a bachelor's degree in neuroscience in 2010.
"He had the capability to do anything he wanted academically," Timothy White, the university's chancellor, told reporters.
After graduation Holmes returned to San Diego, where he is said to have struggled to find a job. Eventually, he got part-time work at McDonald's.
In June 2011, he enrolled in the doctoral programme at the University of Colorado at Denver and moved into an apartment building near the Anschutz Medical Campus in the eastern suburb of Aurora.
In his application to rent the apartment, he described himself as "quiet and easy-going", according to the Denver Post.
Gabriel Macias, another resident who works at a nearby factory, said Holmes was "always wearing camouflage pants and a hat".
"We did not know him well because he talked to nobody. He was always locked up behind his door," he told the AFP news agency.
Lab colleague Billy Kromka said he had been one of the quieter people, and had spent much of his time occupied with his computer, often participating in online role-playing games.
By the spring of 2012, Holmes had begun to struggle with his studies and failed a key exam.
He was also the patient of Dr Lynne Fenton, a university psychiatrist, whom he sent a notebook days before the attack.
The notebook never reached Dr Fenton, but US media reports have said it included drawings of a violent attack.
Prosecutors have said the doctor-patient relationship ended in June, weeks before the shooting.
His defence lawyers claimed he was mentally ill and one schizophrenia expert testified he was psychotic and legally insane.
But two state-appointed doctors found otherwise.
Holmes' university supervisors had planned to give him remedial instruction, an unnamed faculty member told the Washington Post, but he instead decided to end his studies in early June. The university confirmed he had been "in the process of withdrawing".
In the 60 days leading up to the cinema attack, he legally bought four weapons at local gun shops - an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle, two .40-calibre Glock handguns and a 12-gauge Remington shotgun.
Chief Dan Oates of Aurora police said he had also purchased more than 6,000 rounds of ammunition on the internet, including 3,000 rounds for the rifle, 3,000 for the Glocks and 300 for the shotgun.
The month before the attack, the owner of a gun range rejected Mr Holmes' application after hearing a "bizarre - guttural, freakish" message on his voicemail.
On 20 July, the suspect was arrested in the car park of the Aurora multiplex cinema where the shootings were carried out.
He was in possession of several firearms, and surrendered without incident.
Mr Holmes' hair had been dyed red in an apparent reference to the Joker, a Batman villain.
He had booby-trapped his apartment with explosive chemical and incendiary devices linked by wires, intended to distract emergency responders from the cinema shooting.
The devices were later defused by a police bomb squad.
From the 3,000 Toffees fans inside Anfield on Saturday who had been singing about his costly slip in last year's title race, to the media who have questioned all week whether he is a spent force, there have been plenty of people voicing their opinion about the Liverpool captain of late.
No wonder he wanted to listen to what they thought now.
True, Gerrard's 31st Merseyside derby would still ultimately end in disappointment thanks to a sensational injury-time equaliser from Phil Jagielka, who himself has come in for some stick recently.
But after Gerrard's form, and indeed his future for his club in a withdrawn midfield role, came under scrutiny this week following his poor performance against West Ham, his was still a timely response.
"Steven Gerrard sticks a free-kick in the net and a middle finger up to those that write him off," tweeted Match of the Day host Gary Lineker.
After the game, Gerrard would echo those comments - although he was a bit more polite in the way he did it - and clearly enjoyed being able to.
"I can take constructive criticism, but people go one step further and say you are finished and can't run anymore," Gerrard told BT Sport. "So it was nice to remind people that, at the age of 34, I can still play, I can still run and I am still around and I can still compete with the best players around."
He can still score too, of course, and his goal against Everton came from his only shot of the game. It was his 10th Merseyside derby goal, making him the highest scorer in that fixture in the Premier League era.
Impressive stuff. But then, as another BBC pundit, Robbie Savage, said this week, you should look beyond raw statistics when you evaluate Gerrard as the player he is now, because they only tell half the story.
That was the case at Anfield on Saturday. Everton offered so little going forward that we did not get to see if there was any improvement to the defensive aspects of his game. Instead of seeing Gerrard under pressure, we only found out if he could still help apply some.
Yes, his pass completion rate was 100% in the first half, almost 20% better than at Upton Park, but far more important to his team's attacking cause was the way he organised and - occasionally - berated those around him as Liverpool tried to find a way through Everton's well-drilled defence.
Right-back Javier Manquillo got a piece of Gerrard's mind on one occasion for not venturing far enough up his flank to give his captain the option of playing one of his trademark diagonal through-balls to a wide runner.
Instead, he had to play the ball sideways to one of his centre-backs, helping give him those impeccable stats at the break.
They reflected a more cautious approach, rather than a return to the expected standards in his trademark range of attacking passing, although he did manage two equally accurate raking balls out to Manquillo and Raheem Sterling before the break.
And it was all part of a performance that, while showing what Gerrard still has to offer as he kept up his record of playing of every minute of Liverpool's Premier League campaign, was also a reminder of what he is now unable to give.
No longer is he the man making driving runs forward. That job went to Jordan Henderson, who twice advanced to the edge of Everton's area, forcing Tim Howard into action with a stinging shot and setting up Sterling to do the same.
Gerrard, as we have become accustomed, stayed far further back.
And, even on a good day for the former England midfielder, Everton were often able to replicate the tactic already used by Aston Villa and West Ham this season, which is to use a player - in this case Steven Naismith - to deny Gerrard the space he needs deep in midfield to pick out players further up the pitch.
Do that, and you largely negate his influence from open play. That just leaves the sort of set-pieces that saw him provide the corner for Adam Lallana's dangerous header in the first half, and, of course, his own curling free-kick past Tim Howard.
No wonder his manager is keen for him to take more, with Rodgers explaining afterwards: "Steven is selfless and would rather let other people have the opportunity.
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"He let Mario Balotelli take a few free-kicks in the first half and I was screaming on for him to take them because he has so much quality.
"When he did take one, it was a wonderful free-kick and he scored a goal that should have won the game. His performance was outstanding."
It was certainly a display that justified Rodgers' decision to stand by Gerrard, and he says he cannot understand the criticism his captain has been getting.
"The bits and pieces that I have heard I find remarkable," the Reds boss said.
"This is a player who, at 34, is still at a high level of football. He is at such a level in his game that players are man-marking him, so that shows you the influence that he still has in his game.
"When he is called upon to deliver, this is a guy who delivers continuously for this football club."
Undeniably, Gerrard did that again in the derby but, like the man himself, the question marks over his suitability for his current role are not going to just go away.
Gary Taylor-Fletcher smashed home from 30 yards to give the home side a deserved first-half lead.
Rovers doubled their lead with 10 minutes left when James Norwood registered his 10th goal of the season.
Torquay got one back from a late far-post Shaun Harrad header but Rovers held on for a third straight win.
Adama Barrow is due to be inaugurated as the new president on Thursday, and West African military forces are poised to move in.
Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz met Mr Jammeh for last-minute talks before flying on to meet Senegal's President Macky Sall.
Mr Barrow won elections last month.
Senegalese troops remain stationed at the Gambian border, as the deadline for Mr Jammeh to stand down passed at midnight.
The threat of military action is supported by Nigeria and other states in the region.
However Gambian army chief Ousman Badjie said his troops would not fight Senegalese forces should they enter into the country, AFP news agency reports.
"We are not going to involve ourselves militarily, this is a political dispute," he said. "I am not going to involve my soldiers in a stupid fight. I love my men."
Mr Jammeh has ruled The Gambia since taking power in a coup in 1994.
Wednesday was meant to be his last day in office but parliament granted him three more months in the post.
Mr Barrow, who was said to be preparing to be sworn in as president "on Gambian soil" on Thursday, remains in neighbouring Senegal.
At least 26,000 Gambians, fearful that violence could erupt, sought refuge in Senegal this week.
Meanwhile, thousands of UK and Dutch tourists continue to be evacuated from the tiny West African state on special charter flights. Gambia is a popular beach destination among European holidaymakers, especially in winter.
Mr Jammeh initially accepted that Mr Barrow had won the election but later reversed his position and said he would not step down.
He declared a 90-day state of emergency calling for "peace, law and order" after what he said were irregularities in the election process.
He said that along with errors made by the electoral commission, some of his supporters were turned away from polling stations.
The commission later accepted that some of the results it initially published contained errors, but said they would not have affected Mr Barrow's win.
Mr Jammeh has said he will stay in office until new elections are held.
Retaining power would also ensure he was not prosecuted in The Gambia for alleged abuses committed during his rule.
Ecowas, the Economic Community of West African States, mandated Senegal because it almost surrounds The Gambia.
Col Abdou Ndiaye, a spokesman for the Senegalese military, said Ecowas had decided on the deadline to try to achieve a diplomatic solution.
"Things are getting into place and Ecowas forces are ready to intervene if needed after midnight if we can't find a diplomatic solution to the Gambian crisis," he said.
The Ecowas force is seeking UN Security Council endorsement to use "all necessary measures" to help remove Mr Jammeh.
The Gambia's entire armed forces are made up of only about 2,500 troops, making it difficult to see how they can defeat a regional force if it moves in, says BBC Africa Monitoring security correspondent Tomi Oladipo.
Nigeria says it sent fighters and other aircraft, along with 200 personnel, to Senegal on Wednesday morning.
Nigerian navy vessels are also on standby and a warship that sailed from Lagos on Tuesday will have the task of evacuating Nigerian citizens while putting on a show of force.
Ground troops are also being provided by Ghana.
Lord Prescott said the "Miliband period" was over and David should get on with his international job rather than commenting on the Labour Party.
It comes after David, who was beaten to the Labour leadership by his brother Ed, criticised its election campaign.
The former MP said the party was backwards-looking and out of touch.
However, Lord Prescott said his recent interventions were "terrible" and the former foreign secretary should keep his opinions to himself.
"He should shut up," he told BBC 2's Daily Politics programme.
"Look, we've gone through that period, the Miliband period is now gone. We're not looking to a period where he emerges with another Miliband interpretation
"I don't think that's possible... Get on with your international job. Don't come over here telling us what we do."
David Miliband was widely tipped to become the leader of the party in 2010, but he was beaten to the job by his younger sibling.
He ended up quitting parliament in 2013 to work for the International Rescue Committee charity in New York.
But since Labour's election defeat, he has made several interventions on the party's performance and future prospects.
In a critical assessment of Labour's campaign, he said voters "did not want what was being offered".
And he said the leadership had allowed itself to be portrayed as "moving backwards".
But the former MP has said he finds "no consolation in any sense of vindication" about Labour's performance.
Ed Miliband resigned as Labour leader in the aftermath of the defeat, which saw Labour reduced to its lowest number of MPs since 1987.
Lord Prescott told the Daily Politics show that Mr Miliband should not have resigned, saying it was "the job of the leader to carry through the period of transition".
"If you lose it you take the hammering but you don't run away. But that's what he did. That was wrong," he said.
A contest to replace him is under way, with Andy Burnham, Liz Kendall, Yvette Cooper, Mary Creagh and Jeremy Corbyn vying for the job.
Lord Prescott said he thought the contest was "too limited" and that there should be more candidates on the ballot to allow "a wider debate".
The winner will be announced before the party conference in September.
The Robins, who scored three first-half goals in their opening league win over Barnsley on Saturday, hit the ground running quickly against Argyle too.
Jens Hegeler's strike, Nathan Baker's header, Korey Smith's curler and teenager Freddie Hinds' powerful hit put the hosts 4-0 up at the break.
Winger Jamie Paterson bent in a late fifth to complete the rout.
Mark Vartanyan, 29, developed and distributed the Citadel Trojan, which lets criminals steal bank account details and hold files to ransom.
US prosecutors said it had infected about 11 million computers worldwide.
He pleaded guilty to one count of computer fraud, in a court in Atlanta, after being extradited from Norway.
Launched in 2011, Citadel was marketed on invitation-only, Russian-language internet forums used by cybercriminals.
Its users had targeted the computer networks of major financial and government institutions around the world, prosecutors said.
Vartanyan admitted to the "development, improvement, maintenance and distribution" of Citadel between 2012 and 2014 while living in Ukraine and Norway.
Operating under the alias Kolypto, he uploaded "numerous electronic files" that consisted of Citadel malware, components, updates and patches, as well as customer information.
Earlier in March, David LeValley, special agent at the FBI Atlanta Office, said Vartanyan's arrest removed "a significant player" from the resources available to cybercriminals.
"We must continue to impose real costs on criminals who believe they are protected by geographic boundaries and can prey on the American people," he said.
Vartanyan agreed to cooperate with prosecutors in exchange for a reduced prison term. He will be sentenced in June.
In September 2015, a US court sentenced Russian citizen Dimitry Belorossov to four years and six months in prison after he admitted distributing and installing Citadel on to computers.
The Department of Justice said its investigation into the creator of Citadel continued.
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All the big gaming companies including Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony are showing off what they've been working on.
Virtual reality usually involves putting on some glasses that contain video screens.
The specs give you the impression you're in a totally different world, that changes as you look around the room.
For years, virtual reality has been tipped as the next big thing in technology - but now it looks like it might finally be ready for action.
Watch Martin's report to find out more.
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The 'Batzilla' community page has already garnered more than 155,000 likes.
Denise Wade, a co-ordinator at Queensland's Bat Conservation and Rescue group, set up the page to highlight the plight of Australia's bats and flying foxes.
"It functions primarily as an education tool, something I can use to highlight the truth about bats and to dispel misinformation about their species," Ms Wade told the BBC.
"I also hope the truth will speak for itself: that bats are incredibly beautiful and intelligent animals."
Native bats and flying foxes are protected in Australia, but urban bat populations are a source of controversy.
Urban development is encroaching on bat habitats and residents worried about disease, noise and odours have sought to move bat colonies away from their houses.
Ms Wade hopes to convert more people into bat lovers.
"More bats are moving into urban areas and this could cause conflict with humans," she said.
"We need to understand them more and we can only do so by changing the way we do things so we can all live in harmony."
She said the name 'Batzilla' did not carry any meaning. "It was just something fun I came up with."
Many of the page's fans come for the pictures of baby bats, which are often photographed wrapped in thick blankets.
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Ms Wade has expanded her social media footprint with a YouTube account, which features videos of her baby bats and flying foxes.
She praised her "wonderful group of followers".
"I spend as much time as I can with updates as I think social media can be a very important education tool," she said.
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Most of the sand on Achill Island disappeared in 1984 after spring storms washed it away, forcing almost all the local hotels, guesthouses and cafes shut down.
But now the beach has returned after hundreds of thousands of tonnes of sand were dumped there by storms over 10 days in April.
People that live there are hoping the beach will stick around for long enough to bring the tourists back.
Take a look!
The sandstone cave under the property in Bridgnorth, Shropshire features vaulted ceilings and pillars.
Artist Antony Dracup transformed the house before his death in 2002. His son Dennis said his father had chiselled much of the basement by hand.
"His persistence was rewarded with noticeably stronger chest muscles and extra living space," he said.
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Mr Dracup said his father had created the features after deciding to extend a small, existing cave in the back garden.
"In true Colditz style - a little every day, but persistently - he chiselled away," he said.
Estate agents Nock Deighton said: "The key feature is the wonderful cave, which forms a stunning lounge/living space with ornate vaulted pillars and unlike anything else you are likely to see."
The Spaniard, 31, who has not lost a set to Gasquet since 2008, won 6-3 6-4.
Roger Federer's withdrawal from the tournament means on Monday Nadal will return to world number one for the first time since July 2014, taking over from Andy Murray who is also injured.
Meanwhile, Alexander Zverev's 10-match winning streak ended with defeat by unseeded American Francis Tiafoe.
Zverev, 20, has moved up to seventh in the world rankings following victory over Roger Federer in Montreal.
But he lost 6-4 3-6 4-6 to 19-year-old Tiafoe, the world number 87.
Zverev arrived in Cincinnati having won back-to-back titles in Washington and Montreal, and he will start among the favourites when the US Open gets under way on 28 August.
"I'm not a machine. I'm tired. There was no hiding it. There's a physical limit to all of us and I've reached that now," Zverev admitted.
"This match is already forgotten. But it's something that's normal. It happens to all of us."
Nadal, who won a record 10th French Open in June, will next face fellow Spaniard Albert Ramos-Vinolas.
"I work every day to play better. It's obvious that was an important start for me, a good one."
In the women's event, world number nine Venus Williams was knocked out in the second round by Australian qualifier Ashleigh Barty.
Barty, ranked 48 in the world, beat the Wimbledon finalist 6-3 2-6 6-2 to earn her first victory over a top-10 player.
Williams, 37, served up six double faults in an error-strewn performance.
Barty, 21, will play world number five Caroline Wozniacki in the third round.
"It's an honour to walk out on the the same court as Venus, to play against her and share the court with her," Barty said.
"She's a genuine champion of the game and has, I think, paved the way for us young players coming through so to play like I did, I'm really excited."
Dane Wozniacki, one of four women who could replace Karolina Pliskova as world number one if results go her way this week, beat Russia's Elena Vesnina 6-2 6-4 to progress.
But German Angelique Kerber, who could have moved up from third to first in the rankings, was beaten in a third-set tie-break by Russian Ekaterina Makarova, who converted her eighth match point to win 6-4 1-6 7-6 (13-11).
Simona Halep and Elina Svitolina, the final two women in contention for the number one spot, are yet to play their second round matches.
Elsewhere, American Madison Keys saw off Russia's Daria Kasatkina 6-2 6-1, to set up a match against Wimbledon champion and fourth seed Garbine Muguruza of Spain.
In the men's event, Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov recorded his 30th match win of the year to knock out Spain's Feliciano Lopez 7-6 (7-5) 6-4 and will next face Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina.
Del Potro, who on Tuesday upset 10th seed Czech Tomas Berdych, defeated American qualifier Mitchell Krueger 6-4 6-4 in a hard-fought encounter.
The world number 30 saved five break points at 3-3 in second set and clinched victory on his fourth match point.
Australian Nick Kyrgios saw off Ukraine's Alexandr Dolgopolov 6-3 7-6 (8-6) to advance to the third round, where he will face unseeded Croatian Ivo Karlovic.
Kanhaiya Kumar from Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) was arrested following a rally against the 2013 hanging of Mohammed Afzal Guru at which anti-India slogans were allegedly used.
University teachers have criticised the arrest as "excessive police action".
Afzal Guru was convicted over a 2001 plot to attack India's parliament.
He had always denied plotting the attack, which was carried out by Kashmiri militants and left 14 dead.
Tuesday's protest against Afzal Guru's execution angered many of India's politicians.
Home Minister Rajnath Singh wrote on Twitter: "If anyone raises anti-India slogans and tries to raise questions on the nation's unity and integrity, they will not be spared."
Meanwhile, Education Minister Smriti Irani said: "The nation can never tolerate an insult to Mother India."
Police are searching for more students who attended Tuesday's protest.
Mr Kumar, who has been placed in police custody for three days, has reportedly denied the charges against him.
"I dissociate myself from the slogans which were shouted in the event. I have full faith in the Constitution of the country," he said, quoted by the Times of India.
The JNU Teachers Association has urged police to withdraw from campus and release Mr Kumar.
"We strongly believe that current excessive police action is totally uncalled for, and it has only aggravated situation." it said in a statement.
Correspondents say there has been a sharp rise in the number of sedition cases in recent years.
Last year, folk singer S Kovan was held on sedition charges after writing songs that criticised the local government for not banning alcohol sales.
And in 2014, the authorities in Uttar Pradesh brought sedition charges against a group of Kashmiri students, saying they had cheered the country's arch rival Pakistan in a cricket match. The charges were later dropped.
The retailer's debts top £1.3bn and include a pensions deficit of £571m. Some 11,000 jobs are now under threat.
BHS was bought by billionaire Sir Philip Green for £200m in 2000, but he sold it last year for just £1.
New owners Retail Acquisitions, a consortium of financiers, lawyers and accountants, have failed to raise £160m in fresh capital to reverse losses.
"This has awful echoes of the demise of Woolworths," said Nick Hood, business risk advisor at Opus, an insolvency practice. "It's a disaster."
BHS has lost money for each of the past seven years, and had asked creditors to agree to a Company Voluntary Arrangement (CVA).
In effect, this would have been a compromise financial deal that depended on the creditors accepting reduced rents.
BHS had previously said this effort would be vital to turn around the business. But news that the company is filing for administration shows those attempts have failed.
BHS has operated an international franchise business for more than 30 years. Its current partners operate stores in more than a dozen countries across Europe, the Middle East and Central Asia.
The retailer had recently divided its 164 UK stores into three groups - depending on their profitability.
The company's turnaround plan called for the rents at 77 stores to remain unchanged, while for another 47 stores the company was "seeking a reduction in rent to market levels."
The company had hoped the 40 least-profitable locations would continue to trade for a minimum period of 10 months, while the discussions over "substantially" reduced rents continued.
BHS had also been in talks to address its £571m pension deficits with the Pension Protection Fund (PPF), the government-supported rescue agency, as well as the Pensions Regulator and the BHS pension trustees.
BHS recently maintained it would continue to meet its payment obligations for roughly 20,000 pension holders, and any new buyer of the company would be required to take on this significant deficit.
But in the BHS CVA submission, company directors indicated they were hopeful the two pension schemes would be transferred into the PPF, leaving the firm without further funding liabilities.
As recently as late March, BHS warned it needed extra funding to continue trading and was trying to raise £100m.
They sold their Oxford Street lease in London for £30m but it was far less than they hoped for. And they also sold the lease on a Sunderland store to Sports Direct's Mike Ashley for £2m.
A big thank you to all those who sent them in on Twitter via the hashtag #AskStewie.
Q) If Chris Tremlett gets back fit, do you see him getting into England's Ashes team and if so, who will he replace? (@stehoare)
I know England are desperate to have Chris Tremlett back in their Test squad because he adds something to the mix. As he proved in the last Ashes series down under, he is a world-class performer when fit and firing. With his pace and bounce he can trouble the very best batsmen.
He has worked exceptionally hard this winter after a serious injury and, after speaking to him at The Oval, he wants to get back playing for Surrey and force himself into England contention.
The question of who he replaces is an impossible one to answer because it depends on which bowlers are fit and showing top form at that specific time.
Q) Could Chris Woakes bat at number six for England? (@DanJukes9)
"Kevin Pietersen's knee injury setback is a major concern for England ahead of such an important summer. The initial prognosis of bone bruising did not sound too serious but it is worrying that after a period of rest, with the knee in a brace, there has been no improvement.
"The priority for Pietersen must be getting fully fit for the Ashes and there has to be a question mark over his participation in the Champions Trophy in June. He would need to prove himself in four-day cricket for Surrey before he can be considered for England duty and he won't want to take a risk until his knee is fully back to normal.
"You can't rush these things but I'm convinced Pietersen will be getting the best possible medical advice to get him ready to take on the Aussies."
Not currently, no. I'm not quite sure why you would want him to bat at six when you have someone of the calibre of Matt Prior, who is more than capable of batting there if England want to play a fifth bowler.
Woakes is a promising young bowler who is developing nicely at Warwickshire. If he continues to make progress he could yet be an option at number seven for England as a bowling all-rounder. This would be a great addition to England's armoury because they are yet to find a replacement for Andrew Flintoff in that role.
Q) Apart from Michael Clarke I'd have no Aussies in the England team. How poor is this Australia side and are we right to write them off? (@simonturner)
I am certainly expecting England to win the Ashes but I think the Australia seam bowling attack will surprise a few people. In Mitchell Starc, James Pattinson, Peter Siddle and Patrick Cummins they have a quartet who have all proven themselves in Test matches and could be a handful in English conditions.
Clarke aside, their batting is severely lacking in experience but every Australian side will be a battling one. They are a proud cricketing nation and won't go down without a fight.
Q) What changes would you make to the domestic Twenty20 competition? (@D1PZ)
I want to see as many people coming through the gates as possible and I'm delighted that next season the Twenty20 competition will be spread out over a longer period, with matches played on the same days each week. This has to be an improvement on the current situation where all the matches are crammed into a short period and one match just blends into the next. Last year Surrey had four home matches in seven days which is really tough on the players and spectators. To expect anyone to pay £25 four times in a week was just ridiculous.
I would also like to see a certain number of games planned when England players are available so that you could see exciting match-ups between international players. Imagine Graeme Swann and Stuart Broad playing for Nottinghamshire against a Yorkshire side featuring Tim Bresnan, Jonny Bairstow and Joe Root.
Every match needs to be an occasion and you do that by making sure your best players are available as often as possible.
Q) After you, is Adam Gilchrist the best wicketkeeper-batsman of all time? (@moreland79)
Adam Gilchrist is the best keeper-batsman I've seen bar none. He was a very competent gloveman but it was his batting that made him special. Whether Australia were 300-5 or 120-5 when he walked in, he would still impose himself on the opposition. I was there in Perth in 2006 when he took Monty Panesar apart in scoring the second-fastest Test century of all time. He was such a clean striker of the ball and could hit it wherever he wanted.
In his time, Gilchrist was without parallel in the game but Matt Prior and AB de Villiers are now getting very close to his level.
Q) What is the best innings you ever witnessed from behind the stumps? (@seo1990)
Although I was in the field rather than keeping, it is hard to look beyond Brian Lara's 375 for West Indies against England in Antigua in 1994. Over more than 12 hours at the crease he was a man in total control of what he was he was doing in attack or in defence. It takes a phenomenal level of concentration and fitness to bat for that length of time and he never looked like getting out.
Obviously it was frustrating and demoralising to watch at the time but you look back and think you were a part of history because you had one of the best seats in the house for one of the great moments in the game.
Q) What was the best country to chill out in after a Test match? (@Spurs4u)
I thoroughly enjoyed playing in the Caribbean where the lifestyle is as laidback as you'll find anywhere in the world. But to be honest, if I'd won the match, I was happy wherever I was.
Q) What's the worst captaincy decision you ever made? (@englishgiant83)
As a captain you always make decisions because you believe they are right at the time but there are one or two selections I was involved in that I would reconsider with the benefit of hindsight.
One was not picking Nick Knight in the 1999 World Cup to open the batting. We went for Nasser Hussain instead because Nick was not in the best of form at the time. On reflection, we should probably have looked beyond his short-term slump and trusted him to rediscover the match-winning talents he had shown previously.
Similarly, leaving out Andy Caddick for the 1998-99 Ashes series after he had taken 100 wickets for Somerset is something I would look at again, given what Caddick went on to achieve. We decided to keep faith with the squad that had just beaten South Africa at home.
Q) Have you ever thought about full-time coaching? (@MohmedSheikh)
I've not considered full-time coaching because I enjoy the variety of still being involved in the game as opposed to just having the one role. If you are going to be a coach, you have to throw all of your efforts into it, which is something I would not be able to do at present because of my various working commitments. I would never say never but it's not something I'm seriously considering at the moment.
Q) Who would win a fight between you and Michael Atherton? (@Smokesniper)
That would be a total mismatch, but he would beat me at Mastermind, that's for sure.
Alec Stewart was talking to BBC Sport's Sam Sheringham.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) has served six PCs with misconduct notices over their actions prior to 35-year-old Lisa Moller's death.
The supervision of the officers by two sergeants is also being investigated.
Her body was found at a house in Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, on 31 August.
The night before her death, South Wales Police were called out twice by a neighbour to reports of domestic abuse at the house.
Officers attended again at about 09:30 BST but could not make contact with Ms Moller on any of the occasions.
Her body was discovered at 10:50 BST.
The IPCC launched its investigation in September following a referral from South Wales Police.
Investigators have completed house-to-house inquiries in Barry and identified witnesses. Call logs from 31 August and radio transcripts have also been examined.
IPCC Commissioner for Wales Jan Williams said: "We have kept Ms Moller's family updated and continue to have every sympathy for them at this difficult time."
The watchdog said serving a police office or staff member with a notice meant their conduct was subject to investigation but the move was not judgemental in any way.
Ms Moller's death is still being investigated by South Wales Police.
The six-year-old girls were "touched inappropriately" by a man at a playground in the theme park in Windsor, Berkshire on August 11.
One of the parents said she had not expected an adult to be inside the pirate-themed Castaway Camp play area.
Thames Valley Police released an e-fit of a suspect last month.
A reconstruction will be broadcast on BBC One's Crimewatch at 21:00 BST, followed by a police appeal.
The assaults happened between 12:15 BST and 12:30 in the Pirate Shores area of the attraction on a day when about 14,200 attended the theme park.
One of the mothers told the programme: "I wasn't concerned about them being in there, I was concerned with one of them running out and getting lost."
"You just wouldn't even think that there was an adult in there."
The other mother said: "They did a bucket and spade list of what they wanted to do in the summer holidays, Legoland was on the bucket and spade list."
A man in his 20s, from Bracknell, was arrested on suspicion of sexually assault but was released without charge on 31 August.
The Irish Business and Employers Confederation (Ibec) said that if Britain left the customs union, it would "massively disrupt" trade, leaving Irish firms "exposed".
It said the cash would help firms trade through "any adjustment period".
It also urged the EU to take a softer line on the UK in Brexit negotiations.
Britain is Ireland's largest trading partner, with business between the countries supporting 400,000 jobs and generating 60bn euros, according to the British Irish Chamber of Commerce.
But Ibec, which represents 7,500 Irish businesses, said the relationship was at risk as the UK government headed towards an "economically calamitous Brexit divorce" by quitting the customs union.
"If the UK insists on such a policy of self harm, a long transition period that maintains existing trading rules will be needed to allow companies time to adapt," chief executive Danny McCoy told senior EU policymakers on Wednesday.
He said that any new trade deal must recognise the "unique economic and political challenges that Brexit presents to Ireland".
This would need to include provisions on travel and labour market rights, while also addressing the challenges presented by a potential customs border on the island of Ireland.
Mr McCoy urged the EU not to punish the UK, calling on it to restate the 'New Settlement' offer of revised EU membership terms made to the UK before the referendum.
This offered the UK the power to limit some EU migrants' benefits and also included a treaty change so the UK would not be bound to "ever closer union".
He also said the EU needed to show Britain that revisiting the Brexit decision "remained attractive and feasible".
In the event of a "fraught exit", he said a temporary EU state aid framework would be needed, as was the case after the financial crisis.
He said 1bn euros, spread over three years, would help Irish firms to "innovate, diversify into new markets, train staff and invest for the future".
"The task now is to minimise the risks," said Mr McCoy. "But we need to forge a new, positive relationship with the UK, and business will support these efforts."
A fourth man has been arrested on suspicion of sexual assault, in connection with inquiry, the Met said. Officers urged women to be "vigilant".
Nine women were attacked in Clapham and Brixton between 9 and 31 October.
All of the victims were white, in their 20s and 30s, and described the suspect as having a Mediterranean or Middle-Eastern appearance.
Updates on this story and more from London
The fourth suspect, a 24-year-old man, was arrested in the Brixton Hill area on Monday and is being held at a south London police station.
Metropolitan Police Commander Simon Letchford said: "It may well be that we have one attacker, it may well be that we have copycat individuals, but we certainly will keep an open mind."
He said the force had received more than 30 calls about the attacks and additional uniformed officers were patrolling the area.
"We are certainly keeping an open mind as to whether he has committed other offences anywhere across London and I would encourage anyone who has been a victim, or who recognises this male, to contact us as soon as possible," he said.
Two men, aged 34 and 30, have been arrested in connection with the attacks and bailed, while a third man, aged 32, was arrested on Monday morning and remains in police custody.
The 32-year-old joined the Bees in July but has scored just once in 27 appearances, which have mostly come from the bench.
The Frenchman has scored 45 goals in the Football League, for clubs including Grimsby and Shrewsbury.
Akpa Akpro is unavailable for Tuesday's League Two match against promotion-chasers Plymouth Argyle.
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Shares fell by 4.6% to €30.13 as investors said they wanted more detail.
The bank will close up to 200 High Street branches by 2017 and leave or reduce its presence in some countries.
It also plans to sell off its retail business Postbank through a stock-market listing by 2016 as well as shrink its investment banking arm.
Deutsche said it would invest more in its equities trading and wealth management operations.
However, the speed, scope and level of detail of the proposed changes have disappointed some investors.
"Some investors would have wanted a more radical choice and perhaps we've disappointed that segment of investors," Anshu Jain, co-chief executive of Deutsche Bank, said at a news conference in Frankfurt.
"It is possible that the market expected more detail."
Omar Fall, equity analyst at Jefferies, agreed with that suggestion, saying that it had not disclosed sufficient detail on restructuring costs and capital in particular.
While Deutsche Bank has disclosed its plans to sell off Postbank, it is less clear what it will do with some of its other assets.
Deutsche Bank has said it will give more details on its plans within 90 days.
On Sunday, Deutsche Bank said that net income for the first quarter had fallen by 50% to €559m due to legal costs and regulatory fines.
The results came just days after the bank was fined €2.3bn for trying to manipulate inter-bank lending rates.
Firefighters were called to Park Road at about 20:00 GMT on Friday and spent the night working to protect pensioners' bungalows from flooding.
The River Corcrain burst its banks overnight and about an inch of water flowed into the houses.
Pensioner Brendan McCann said every room in his house was affected.
He said the river level was rising from noon on Friday and started to flood the street outside his home.
The water started to come into his bungalow at about 04:00 GMT.
"All floors are flooded - bedroom and kitchen and the whole lot," Mr McCann said.
A number of other residents told the BBC their furniture had been damaged, as they gathered bags of belongings and left their flooded homes.
The Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service (NIFRS) said their crews used specialist equipment, including high volume pumps, in a bid to divert water away from the bungalows.
Portadown-based firefighters were assisted by crews from Lurgan, Pomeroy, Armagh and Belfast.
The police, staff from the Northern Ireland Housing Executive, Rivers Agency, Transport NI and emergency planners from the local council were also present throughout the night.
The Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service (NIFRS) has issued a flood safety warning to members of the public.
They advised people to "exercise extreme caution entering flood water", either in a vehicle or on foot, for any purpose due to the high risk and unpredictability in these circumstances".
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The Ulster champions were deserving winners against a fancied St Vincent's team, outscoring the Dubliners by seven points to four in the second half .
Chrissy McKaigue was the star, and outscoring Dublin forward Diarmuid Connolly by four points to one.
Slaughtneil will play Dr Crokes of Kerry in the final at Croke Park.
The team from Killarney beat Galway club Corofin 2-11 to 0-8 in Saturday's second semi-final.
Eight of the Slaughtneil team are excepted to play for the club's hurlers in their All-Ireland semi-final on 25 February.
The club are on course for a remarkable hat-trick of All-Ireland titles as the camogie team are already into their final.
Of all the victories they have managed in hurling and football in the last three years, this was perhaps Slaughtneil's finest moment.
They played as a team with a collective spirit and hunger that left the Dublin champions trailing in their wake.
McKaigue was immense, choosing his moments to drive forward and landed three monster scores in the second half with the wind.
This was not the outcome St Vincent's had expected and they lost their discipline in the last quarter with black cards for Brendan Egan and Cormac Diamond, while Connolly and Ger Brennan were also booked in that spell.
Connolly had spells at full-forward against Brendan Rogers but mostly at centre half-forward against Chrissy McKaigue.
He found both to be tough customers, and most of the scoring damage in the opening half was done by Mayo's Enda Varley who scored two points from play and converted two frees.
Christopher Bradley scored the opening point for Slaughtneil after four minutes but Vincent's had a good first quarter and led by 0-3 to 0-1, with Nathan Mullins and Connolly scoring from play.
An accomplished defensive spine has helped Slaughtneil to the top of the pile in Ulster, and they grew in confidence as they came to terms with Vincent's attacking strengths.
Chrissy McKaigue showed great leadership to surge forward, throwing off the tackles to shoot from 40 metres and his shot into a strong wind curled inside the far post.
The Dublin champions got a lot of men behind the ball forcing Slaughtneil to shoot from distance, which they did with mixed success.
Five first-half wides and Paul Bradley's poor 25m free which dropped short were tempered with Christopher Bradley's tremendous left-footed point to tie the scores at five points each.
Varley dropped the shoulder and his left-footed point edged Vincent's back in front, 0-6 to 0-5, at the break.
Slaughtneil outscored St Vincent's by five points to one in a 13 minute spell after the interval, McKaigue with two points and Christopher Bradley and Shane McGuigan also finding their range.
Vincent's go-to men were being bottled up by Slaughtneil's well-drilled defence but Gavin Burke found the space and accuracy to score twice with his left foot.
Vincent's carved out the game's only goal chance with Shane Carthy flicking the ball towards goal but goalkeeper Anton McMullan dived to his left to turn the ball round the post.
Varley pointed his only score of the second half but Vincent's couldn't get back on level terms. Slaughtneil confidently played out the clock and Paul Bradley's injury-time free was the insurance point to see them through in search of a first All-Ireland crown.
Slaughtneil: A McMullan; F McEldowney, B Rodgers, K McKaigue; P McNeill, C McKaigue (0-4), K Feeney; Patsy Bradley, P Cassidy; Shane McGuigan (0-3, 2f), Paul Bradley (0-2, 2f), M McGrath; C Bradley (0-3), Se McGuigan, C O'Doherty
Subs: R Bradley for Se McGuigan (54), B McGuigan for K McKaigue (BC, 64)
St Vincent's: M Savage; M Concarr, J Curley, C Wilson; B Egan, G Brennan, Cameron Diamond; N Mullins (0-1), S Carthy (0-1); G Burke (0-2), D Connolly (0-1), Cormac Diamond; R Trainor, E Varley (0-5, 2f), T Quinn
Subs: A Martin for Trainor (46), J Feeney for Cormac Diamond (BC, 61), K Golden for Cameron Diamond (67), F Breathnach for Mullins (58), S McCusker for Egan (BC, 62)
Referee: Paddy Neilan (Roscommon)
Frankie Boyle's Tramadol Nights is a six-part series described as "no-holds-barred stand up with pre-filmed sketches".
Peep Show also returns for a seventh series, making it the longest running comedy in Channel 4 history.
One of its stars Robert Webb will also front a show offering an alternative take on the week's online news.
Comedian Boyle, a former panellist on BBC 2's Mock The Week, was criticised for several controversial jokes he told on the comedy news quiz.
Unknown comic Morgana Robinson has also been handed a five-part sketch show on the back of a taster tape of her material.
Channel 4's head of comedy Shane Allen described Robinson as "warm, daft and infectious" with a style of performance "reminiscent of Kenny Everett in his prime, but without the beard".
The season also features docu-soap Seven Days in Notting Hill, in which viewers will be able to follow the lives of people as they actually happen, and Wedding House, where a team of experts take over a country manor house to host wedding ceremonies for 50 couples.
New drama includes William Boyd's adaptation of his novel, Any Human Heart, starring Jim Broadbent and Matthew Macfadyen, and Shane Meadows' TV debut This Is England '86.
The channel has also bought the rights to screen new US conspiracy thriller drama The Event.
Chef Gordon Ramsay returns with a new food series hunting for the UK finest restaurants and Jamie Oliver will front a new series, Jamie's Thirty Minute Meals.
Channel 4 documentaries is promising "unprecedented access" to four police forces, a Peter Tatchell profile of the Pope and a four-part Katie Piper series on disfigurement.
Julian Bellamy, acting chief creative officer said: "This is an exciting time for Channel 4 as we enter a period of creativity and innovation with more freedom to try new things."
Two rooms in the former hospital were affected by the fire on 8 June but no-one was injured.
Police previously said a boy aged 13 had been charged.
A further eight youths - two girls aged 12 and 16, and six boys between 14 and 17 - have also now been charged in connection with wilful fireraising.
A member of a heritage group found the wheel while exploring sands near Mumbles at the weekend.
Once the wheel has been cleaned, experts said it might have the name of the ship it belonged to on it, or a serial number to identify it.
The wheel will go through a preserving process for the next few years and then hopefully be displayed in the city.
Paul Huckfield from Arfordir Coastal Heritage project said he had sent messages out to groups along the coast following the storms to be watchful for uncovered artefacts.
"It's been a double-edged sword. Some sites have been destroyed and some new ones exposed," he told BBC News.
"Because we're about to come up to another high tide this weekend, in order to recover the wheel we decided to get it out now.
"It's a tangible link to the heritage of the area and we don't want it to be lost again."
He believes the wheel could date from anywhere between the late 1800s and the 1940s.
It is possible it could be part of a ship which has sunk off the coast of south Wales.
"That section of coastline has a large number of wrecks so it may have come from one of those," Mr Huckfield said.
The wheel will be placed in a tank containing salt water at the Glamorgan-Gwent Archaeological Trust offices, which runs the heritage project.
Over the next three or four years, the water will slowly be replaced by clean water to draw the salt out of the wood in order to be able to preserve it for the future.
Then it is hoped the wheel will go on display at a museum in the city.
The recent storms have led to a rash of discoveries along the Welsh coast.
Two ships were exposed on Cefn Sidan beach near Kidwelly in Carmarthenshire along with the remains of petrified forest further west in Newgale, Pembrokeshire.
Two ship's cannon came to light in Porthcawl, Bridgend county, which are believed to date from Georgian times.
Mr Huckfield said further investigations on Pink Bay in Porthcawl had revealed a load of timber on the beach.
"We think that could be the wreck the cannon came from," he added.
Members of the Kenfig heritage group are now doing research on the cannon's origins along with Porthcawl museum.
In addition to the two finds, a further wreck on Kenfig beach which was last exposed in the 1980s has been uncovered.
Both the Kenfig and Llanelli wrecks would remain in situ, Mr Huckfield added.
Former West Ham striker Simone Zaza opened the scoring for the hosts with a spectacular strike and Fabian Orellana doubled the lead before Cristiano Ronaldo pulled a goal back.
Ronaldo could have snatched a point late on, but failed to hit the target with his looping header.
Zinedine Zidane's side remain one point clear of Barcelona with a game in hand.
Italian Zaza, 25, failed to score in 11 appearances for the Hammers and broke down in tears at the weekend after his first goal since May. His fourth minute strike against Real at the Mestalla was brilliant, spinning in the area and shooting into the top corner.
Just five minutes later, Orellana finished off a flowing counter-attack, but just before the break Ronaldo's towering header - on his 700th club appearance in his career - from Marcelo's cross gave Los Blancos hope.
Welshman Gareth Bale came off the bench for just his second appearance after a three-month injury layoff for the final half hour and nearly scored, but his point-blank header was blocked by Enzo Perez.
Victory allows struggling Valencia to move up to 13th in the table, with boss Voro their third manager of the season.
Match ends, Valencia 2, Real Madrid 1.
Second Half ends, Valencia 2, Real Madrid 1.
Corner, Real Madrid. Conceded by João Cancelo.
Corner, Real Madrid. Conceded by Carlos Soler.
Offside, Valencia. Daniel Parejo tries a through ball, but Munir El Haddadi is caught offside.
Offside, Real Madrid. Marcelo tries a through ball, but Cristiano Ronaldo is caught offside.
Attempt missed. Marcelo (Real Madrid) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Daniel Carvajal.
Attempt blocked. Gareth Bale (Real Madrid) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Toni Kroos with a cross.
Corner, Real Madrid. Conceded by José Gayá.
Daniel Parejo (Valencia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Toni Kroos (Real Madrid) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Daniel Parejo (Valencia).
Attempt missed. Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Sergio Ramos.
Attempt missed. Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
Foul by Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid).
Diego Alves (Valencia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Offside, Real Madrid. Casemiro tries a through ball, but Gareth Bale is caught offside.
Offside, Real Madrid. Cristiano Ronaldo tries a through ball, but Gareth Bale is caught offside.
Foul by Lucas Vázquez (Real Madrid).
Daniel Parejo (Valencia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Offside, Real Madrid. Cristiano Ronaldo tries a through ball, but Sergio Ramos is caught offside.
Attempt blocked. Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Mario Suárez (Valencia).
Foul by Gareth Bale (Real Madrid).
João Cancelo (Valencia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Casemiro (Real Madrid) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
Substitution, Real Madrid. Lucas Vázquez replaces Luka Modric.
Foul by Luka Modric (Real Madrid).
Daniel Parejo (Valencia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Luka Modric (Real Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by José Gayá (Valencia).
Substitution, Valencia. Mario Suárez replaces Simone Zaza because of an injury.
Substitution, Real Madrid. Nacho replaces Raphael Varane.
Attempt blocked. Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Toni Kroos.
Offside, Valencia. Daniel Parejo tries a through ball, but Simone Zaza is caught offside.
Foul by Luka Modric (Real Madrid).
Carlos Soler (Valencia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Karim Benzema (Real Madrid).
Enzo Pérez (Valencia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Four men on two motorcycles used axes and sledgehammers to smash the windows at Grey-Harris jewellers in Princess Victoria Street, in Clifton, Bristol.
Police said a "significant amount of high value jewellery" was taken during the raid on Monday lunchtime.
The two men, aged 25 and 22, arrested on Monday evening, continue to be questioned by detectives.
A force spokesman said officers are searching for the other two men, but added there was no description of the suspects as they were wearing masks.
The motorbikes, one blue and white and the other yellow, believed to have been used in the robbery, were found in the Sneyd Park area of the city.
Tess Baker, 35, of the Millbrook Inn at South Pool, Devon, was nine months pregnant when she played Mary.
But unlike the virgin birth, Mrs Baker's baby daughter Lola was born next to the A379 at Ermington on the way to hospital on New Year's Eve.
"We had a huge party the next day," said husband Charlie, 33.
More on 'Mary' who gave birth in a lay-by, and other stories
Many in the village had jokingly expressed their hope Mrs Baker would give birth during its nativity play, echoing the famous Vicar of Dibley TV episode.
But it was not until 12 days later, at about 04:00 GMT on New Year's Eve, she went into labour.
Mrs Baker had hoped to have a home birth, but after seven hours' labour midwives ordered an ambulance to take her to Derriford Hospital in Plymouth.
About half way to the hospital, they told the driver to get into the nearest lay-by.
"It was quite dramatic and not what we expected," said husband Charlie, who helped the midwives and ambulance crew with the birth of Lola Misty Blue, weighing 7lb 8oz.
"Mother and baby were checked over and we were driven home."
Lola is the couple's second daughter after Juno, who is two.
Mr Baker added: "Lots of locals suggested we call her lay-by, but that would have been over the top.
"Nevertheless it will be quite special for us every time we go down that road."
Mr McGovern died after being attacked on a night out in Omagh, County Tyrone, on New Year's Eve in 2012.
Mark Donnelly, 23, from Greencastle had pleaded not guilty to manslaughter.
He now faces trial for a fourth time after two juries could not agree and a third trial was aborted for legal reasons.
The jury indicated to Dungannon crown court on Friday that they were unable to reach a majority verdict after more than four hours of deliberation.
The judge commended the jurors for the careful attention they had paid throughout the trial and the dutiful way they had made efforts to reach a verdict.
The prosecution claimed Mark Donnelly, of Greencastle Road, Omagh, threw the punch that knocked Mr McGovern to the ground.
The teenager had suffered a fractured skull and was found dead at a friend's house later that day.
Mark Donnelly claimed he was the victim of mistaken identity.
He will return to court on June 19 when he will find out if the Public Prosecution Service will seek another retrial.
Jamie Healey, 22, who had his spleen and kidney removed after the attack in Tamerton Foliot, Devon, told Plymouth Crown Court he was "hit from behind".
Another man, Tanis Bhandari, 27, died after being stabbed twice in the back.
Ryan Williams, 22, pleaded guilty to murder, wounding and assault. Donald Pemberton, 21, denies murder, wounding and actual bodily harm charges.
In a video interview recorded the day after he left hospital, Mr Healey told police how he put his hand to his back and saw a "trickle of blood".
He said he remembered his mother being beside him as he lay on the floor "bleeding out".
"I just remember mum shouting at me, 'I'm here, I'm here'," said Mr Healy, who underwent three operations.
"I remember saying to her, please don't let me die."
Also giving evidence was George Walker, 21, who suffered cuts to his arm and neck in the attack.
He told the court how he had seen one of the men "waving a knife around" in front of his girlfriend and had "jumped in to protect her".
"I was just thinking of getting in between so she didn't get hurt," he said.
He told the jury: "I thought he was going to kill me. He just wasn't going to stop until I was dead."
Mr Williams, 22, of Haydon Grove, St Budeaux, Plymouth, changed his plea halfway through the trial and pleaded guilty to murder, three counts of wounding with intent, and one count of assault occasioning bodily harm.
Mr Pemberton denies murder, three counts of wounding with intent, and one count of actual bodily harm, in relation to four other men who were injured.
The case continues.
They said the incident happened in the city's West Pilton Park on Tuesday between 23:00 and midnight.
Officers said they have been following a positive line of inquiry following the incident.
The area has been cordoned off as forensic investigations continue. Police Scotland are appealing for witnesses.
Gray, 25, had been charged by the Football Association for bringing the game into disrepute over homophobic posts he made on Twitter in 2012.
He apologised and asked "for forgiveness" for the posts, saying he was now a "different person".
Both the club and the player have accepted the ban.
Gray's ban starts with Monday's Premier League game against Watford at Turf Moor and he will miss further fixtures against Arsenal, Everton and Southampton.
He has also been fined £25,000.
"We believe this charge, regarding historical social media posts, should now also serve as a warning to all professional footballers, and participants in the wider sporting field," Burnley said in a statement.
The tweets, which also contained offensive terms, were posted when Gray was playing for non-league Hinckley United.
They came to light on 20 August, the day he scored his first top-flight goal as he helped Burnley to a 2-0 win over Liverpool at Turf Moor.
The 23-year-old has been handed a two-year contract at Dens Park.
Dundee say Teijsse, who scored 31 goals this season, is a player they "monitored closely from the beginning of the 2015-16 season".
His twin, left-back Kenny, plays for Go Ahead Eagles, who defeated De Graafschap in their play-off to win promotion to the Dutch top flight.
Having begun his senior career with Pancratius, Yordi Teijsse moved to VV Ter Leede before joining Quick Boys in 2014.
He becomes Dundee manager Paul Hartley's third summer signing.
Inverness Caledonian Thistle midfielders Danny Williams and James Vincent signed pre-contract deals earlier this year.
Mahad Abdi Abshir, 28, from Camden, died from head injuries after he was found in Castlehaven Road.
Police were alerted by a London ambulance crew at 05:40 BST on 2 May. He was taken to hospital where he died two days later.
Mustafa Abdulla, 23, will appear at Hendon Magistrates' Court on Monday charged with Mr Abshir's murder.
In a statement Mr Abshir's family said he would be dearly missed.
"Mahad was a loyal, kind-hearted, forgiving man and was very much loved by his wife and family."
A number of reasons have been cited for the plans for the Cockburnspath site.
Eyemouth Medical Practice blamed the design of the building, lone working, unreliable IT provision and a GP shortage in rural areas.
Mr Lamont said he hoped more than 200 patients affected would be supported during the closure.
Practice administration partner Dr Kirsty Robinson said: "We wish to reassure patients that the medical practice will continue to provide you with the usual general medical services from our other two premises in Coldingham and the newly refurbished Eyemouth Health Centre.
"Both locations are accessible via public transport and home visits, where deemed clinically appropriate, will continue to be provided to eligible patients.
"Over recent years, we have established an arrangement with the local shop in Cockburnspath to hand out dispensed prescription medication to patients who have signed up for this service."
She said that would continue on a weekly basis following closure of the surgery.
NHS Borders medical director Cliff Sharp added: "Patients who are registered with the Cockburnspath branch surgery have received a letter from Eyemouth Medical Practice advising them of the intention to close the surgery in August, for a number of practical, safety and quality of care reasons.
"I am supportive of this intention, but appreciate that it may cause some anxiety for patients, who have been invited to discuss any questions or concerns they have regarding this decision with us here at NHS Borders by Friday 21 July."
Mr Lamont said the move was part of an "ongoing trend" of a decline in the number of GP surgeries.
"This is a really disappointing decision which will make it more difficult for some to access GP care," he said.
"To announce a closure with only a month's notice is far from ideal and the priority must be to ensure that patients are properly supported during this time."
Dr Jayaram Pai, from Conquest Hospital in St Leonards-on-Sea, denies three offences of sexual assault on a girl then aged 16.
The allegations relate to February 2013, Hove Crown Court was told.
Dr Pai, 46, of Battle in East Sussex, claims his actions were an appropriate part of a proper medical examination.
Jeffrey Lamb, for the prosecution, told the court the patient had been complaining of pains to her side and was taken to the hospital by her father.
The consultation began without him after her father had trouble finding a parking space, the court was told.
Following a brief examination of her chest, she said Dr Pai had asked if he could unbutton her trousers.
Mr Lamb said: "Dr Pai began to unbutton her jeans, asked if it was okay to do so, having done so he pulled down her underwear and began to feel her in the area of her pubic hair, in her words she used 'down there'."
In a video interview, the patient said: "He asked if he was making me uncomfortable, he said I was really pretty, I was gorgeous, I didn't really say anything.
"I was shaking at the time, I didn't know what he was capable of. He leaned in to kiss me and began to kiss me on the cheek, he said 'I am so sorry, have I done anything I shouldn't have', he asked if I was going to say anything. I was too scared to say anything."
She continued: "I was so scared, I wasn't sure what he was capable of, if I stopped him, if I tried leaving the room, would he attack me."
Mr Lamb earlier told the court the consultation had continued after her father arrived and he was asked to stand behind a curtain.
He said it was at this point she said Dr Pai groped her breasts.
The patient said: "As soon as we got out of the main door I burst out crying, my dad asked me what was wrong, I said 'he just sexually assaulted me'."
The trial continues.
The crash happened on the Omagh Road in Drumquin on Monday morning.
Twenty-seven people were taken to Altnagelvin Hospital in Londonderry and 25 to the South West Acute Hospital in Enniskillen.
It is not thought any of them had serious injuries
Rosemary Watterson, from the Western Education Board, said all those treated at the South West Hospital had been discharged, as had a significant proportion of those at Altnalgelvin.
The bus was travelling from Castlederg to secondary schools in Omagh.
"The vast majority need to be checked because of their age," Ambulance service spokesman John McPoland said.
Mr McPoland said six people had "slightly more than minor injuries".
He said this would have included children who banged their heads off the bus windows, but he said no-one went through any windows.
Mr McPoland said three of the patients had been brought to hospital by ambulance service A&E crews due to the nature of their injuries, which, although not serious, required further assessment.
The children and the occupants of the car were taken on two Translink buses to the South West Acute Hospital and Altnagelvin Hospital.
They were accompanied by paramedics.
Both the bus and the car ended up on their sides in a field.
Katie Devlin, 18, who was on the bus, said it had been "really scary".
"We are all very lucky that it wasn't any worse," she said.
"I wasn't even worried about myself, it was everybody else, I was worried for them.
"I was checking everybody was OK and then I realised I was sore myself. It was just like your life flashing before your eyes."
Everybody is still very shaken up. Emergency services were excellent."
Local councillor Frankie Donnelly, who visited the scene of the crash, said it was fortunate that "everybody has come out of it relatively unscathed".
"On that stretch of road that I travel every day early in the morning, a bright sunny morning, there would be a very low sun there and that may have been a factor in this accident," he said.
The bus involved in the crash was operated by Translink.
In a statement, the company said: "We can confirm that an incident has occurred involving an Ulsterbus carrying school pupils and a car on the Drumquin Road, County Tyrone, at approximately 8.20am.
"Emergency services were called to the scene and an investigation is under way."
Education Minister John O'Dowd said: "My department will be engaging with all schools involved to ascertain if we can be of further assistance and ensure that any help that can be provided will be provided."
The Western Education and Library Board said its critical incident response team had been in touch with the schools to offer support.
Lord Scarman led a five-month inquiry into the unrest in south London.
The files, released by the National Archives, cover the period after the Scarman Report's publication in 1981.
A handwritten note by Mrs Thatcher on a summary of the report reads: "I'm afraid the report seems highly critical of the police."
The home secretary at the time, Willie Whitelaw, presented it to the Commons in a statement on 25 November 1981.
At the time it was positively received by a cross-section of MPs from different parties.
The rioting which erupted in Brixton, in the south London borough of Lambeth, shocked the nation.
For three days, rioters - predominantly young, black men - fought police, attacked buildings and set fire to vehicles.
Tensions in the area had been heightened early that April by Operation Swamp - an attempt to cut street crime in Brixton which used the controversial "Sus law" to stop and search more than 1,000 people in six days.
More than 300 people were injured in the riots and the damage caused came to an estimated value of £7.5m.
The public was shocked by the unexpectedness of events, because it seemed to many at the time that black people were well integrated into the fabric of UK society.
Mr Whitelaw described Lord Scarman's recommendations as "a statement of philosophy and direction for the future", adding: "I accept and endorse this statement of philosophy."
Mr Whitelaw paid particular attention to - in his words - "the need to develop formal arrangements in every police force area for consultation between police and community".
Less than a year later, in June 1982, Lady Thatcher received a briefing telling her of the home secretary's intention to introduce a statutory duty on police to consult the community.
This would have the advantage, the Home Office note said, of "increasing the flow of information between the Police and the community which Scarman felt to be essential".
Lady Thatcher wrote in response: "I confess to being very worried about this.
"It will soon be said that the police cannot prosecute or search without consultation. I cannot see what they are going to be compelled to consult about."
Her government later made arrangements for community consultation as part of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984, after Willie Whitelaw had been replaced as home secretary.
The Foxes say they received "numerous complaints" and "will not accept the safety of our supporters, players, and staff being compromised".
Lions fans ran on the pitch after the League One side's 1-0 FA Cup victory.
Millwall said they were "disappointed" the complaint was not made on Saturday.
Mounted police were deployed after the game to keep the home fans away from the Leicester enclosure.
The FA says it intends to speak with the Premier League champions over the issue.
A Leicester City spokesman said: "We have personally congratulated Millwall on a merited victory and wish them every success in the sixth round.
"However, following receipt of numerous complaints relating to the constant abuse, provocation and intimidation of our players, staff and supporters from our arrival at the stadium, throughout the match and in its immediate aftermath, we have registered our dissatisfaction with the FA. We are awaiting their response."
A Millwall spokesman said: "We have been made aware of these allegations today and are extremely disappointed that Leicester City, as is the professional protocol in such instances, did not raise them on the day of the game itself.
"This morning we received an email from Leicester thanking Millwall Football Club for the hospitality extended to them so are surprised that these serious allegations, which should have been discussed on the day, have come to our attention in the manner they have."
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Ranjit Power was reported missing on 14 May, a week after he went to India on business.
His daughter Emma Power said: "I'm trying my very, very best to not think the worst."
BBC Midlands Today's Giles Latcham reports.
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Mark Drakeford said he thought the Betsi Cadwaladr and Hywel Dda health boards were the ones "most likely to struggle to live within their means".
But he said he was unwilling to repeat the NHS bail-outs of previous years.
Three health boards overspent by a total of £50m in 2014-15 despite an extra £240m given to the Welsh NHS to cover the cost of winter pressures.
On Thursday, Mr Drakeford told AMs on the health committee he would not give LHBs "extra money at the end of the year to make it look as if they have lived within their means".
The health boards which overspent in 2014-15 were:
Mr Drakeford said he was very hopeful that the Aneurin Bevan, Cwm Taf and Powys health boards, as well as the Velindre NHS Trust, had the ability to improve their financial situations.
But he said he was "a little less confident" about the Cardiff and Vale health board, and Abertawe Bro Morgannwg.
In December 2013, Welsh health boards were given approval to balance their books over a three-year period rather than annually.
A spokesman for the Betsi Cadwaladr board said it expected a deficit of £19.7m for 2015-16, or 1.5% of its budget.
"While clearly disappointing, this represents the significant operational challenges affecting the Health Board, including those unique circumstances which have resulted in the Health Board being placed in special measures," he said.
"The appointment of a permanent Chief Executive, along with developing a medium term strategy for safe and sustainable clinical services, will be critical to enable the Health Board to balance over future years."
Hywel Dda chief executive Steve Moore said it was "working closely" with Welsh ministers on its finances and grateful for their support "in meeting some of the issues that we face, particularly our significant workforce challenges".
"We acknowledge the need to live within our means and have saving plans in place to demonstrate improvement and progress towards our three year Integrated Medium Term Plan," he said.
Conservative Shadow Health Minister Darren Millar added: "Despite assurances that there will be no bailouts this time, it remains concerning that at least two health boards are going to struggle to break even this year.
"This dire state of affairs is symptomatic of Labour's failure to protect the health budget in recent years, and highlights the lack of progress being made at Betsi Cadwaladr health board."
In England, the NHS overspent by £930m in three months in 2015, and is on course for an annual deficit of at least £2bn, in what regulators described as its worst financial crisis in a generation.
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The 23-year-old has been recovering from a shoulder injury after undergoing surgery in July.
Lee, who played in all three Tests for Wales in New Zealand in June, was expected to be sidelined for 12-16 weeks.
"He's looking good," said Scarlets head coach Wayne Pivac.
"There's been consultation (with Wales) and everyone is happy with his testing.
"He's training with us today and he's stepping it up. He'll have more involvement next week."
Scarlets suffered a second successive Pro12 loss when they were beaten 20-9 by Edinburgh at Murrayfield on Friday.
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Cloning pioneer Dr Tony Perry told the BBC that advances in genetics posed a "wonderful opportunity" for eliminating diseases such as cystic fibrosis.
Last month, a group in China announced it was the first to successfully edit the genome of a human embryo.
Other scientists say it is unnecessary and a line that should not be crossed.
The breakthrough at Sun Yat-sen University in Guangdong, China, showed the errors in the DNA that led to a blood disorder, beta thalassaemia, could be successfully corrected in non-viable embryos.
It worked in seven out of 86 attempts and marked the latest development in one of the most exciting fields in science - Crispr.
It is the most precise tool for editing our DNA that has yet been developed, was named one of the top breakthroughs in 2013 and is already used in thousands of laboratories.
Any clinical applications are a distant prospect, but the arguments about it have already started.
UK law would allow embryos to be modified for research purposes, but not for implantation into a woman. Any change to the law would almost certainly face fierce ethical and religious opposition.
In an interview with the BBC News website in January, Dr Perry from the University of Bath warned this technology would have huge implications for society as genetically modified designer babies were no longer HG Wells territory.
Dr Perry was part of the teams to clone the first mice and pigs and says the new technology should be embraced.
He told the BBC: "My view is this is such a wonderful opportunity to remove horrible diseases that it would be unethical not to explore it.
"I think it is a sin of omission, if you have a method where you can prevent someone suffering and you don't take that opportunity then it is wrong, it is unethical.
"But that needs to be in context of a full debate."
He called on government and research bodies to fund such research.
However, there is much disagreement about the next step and if there should even be one.
In a statement, the director of the US National Institutes of Health, Dr Francis Collins, has made it clear his organisation will not fund such research.
He said: "The concept of altering the human germline in embryos for clinical purposes has been debated over many years from many different perspectives, and has been viewed almost universally as a line that should not be crossed.
"Advances in technology have given us an elegant new way of carrying out genome editing, but the strong arguments against engaging in this activity remain."
One question around genetic modification has been whether there is any point at all.
Some argue that screening for genetic diseases as part of IVF would be a better method of preventing disorders being passed down through the generations.
Prof Peter Braude, from King's College London, said: "When you look at the eggs or the sperm there is always a very high proportion of those naturally that don't carry the disease.
"One does not manipulate the genes in any way, simply decide which of the embryos can be implanted into the woman safely in the knowledge they will not carry on that genetic disorder."
Although he acknowledges that it is "very clever and very precise and very remarkable technology that we're going to hear an awful lot more about".
Dr Perry counters: "But then people might have qualms as you've got to generate human embryos you know you are going to destroy as they will carry the mutation."
However, he does acknowledge there is an element of a Pandora's box about the field including genetic engineering for non-medical purposes.
"We have to grow up, we have to say, 'Look we have something potentially enabling, but it can be potentially misused, should we just cower in the corner?'"
He said it was possible for society to accept the technology for medical purposes, but draw the line at "a population of Lara Crofts and Jason Bournes".
Instead 1,200 young people from around the globe gathered to compete for medals in the World Skills competition.
Limbering up for the UK was Robert Johnson, in the Plastering and Drywall category.
He left school at 16 to work for his dad's plastering company in Middlesbrough.
"I've been practising three or four days a week as well as helping my dad keep the family business going," says Robert, who has six years plastering experience.
Alongside building skills, under 25 year olds are displaying their talents in trades as diverse as landscape gardening, plumbing, electronics, carpentry, graphic design, robotics, baking and beauty therapy.
As at any championship team morale is vital.
The New Zealand team start every morning with the Haka and the Swiss team have a 600 strong supporters club who follow their finalists around the world.
And companies turn up to assess the potential talent for recruitment.
"Like sport stars we need to reward technical people," says Dr Ji Oh Song, Executive Vice President of Samsung. He has been coming to this event for 9 years.
"This is a more important area than sports. This is related to the productivity and wellbeing of people."
In his home country, Korea, World Skills finalists are treated like stars, with winners receiving gifts including cash and houses.
Team USA were invited to meet the President at the White House and the French finalists went to the Élysée Palace. Here in the host nation, Brazil, winners will have their university fees paid for them.
By contrast the UK team got sandwiches and a speech from the Dragon's Den entrepreneur, Theo Paphitis.
Governments who don't really get behind the games here are missing a real opportunity to make a difference on home soil, according to Jet Bussemaker, the Minister of Education, Culture and Science in the Netherlands.
The Netherlands plans to put their finalists' faces on posters at bus stops all over the country.
"What these guys are doing here is very, very difficult but it is very much needed for the economy of tomorrow," she says.
After four intense days the competitors put the finishing touches to their works.
Florists are completing their colourful arrangements and fresh bakery smells waft from the kitchen area.
Robert the young plasterer from Middlesbrough, has made a globe out of plaster and surrounded it with mirrors to give the impression it is suspended mid-air.
Welder, Reece Taylor, has battled through the competition with a broken arm, refusing to get a cast put on in case it rules him out of the competition.
There's a consensus however that although team UK have given it their all, more needs to be done at home to recognise their efforts.
"If you compare it to the Olympics we get nowhere near the recognition that the athletes get there," says George Callow, who won gold for cabinet making at the World Skills final in Leipzig in 2013.
"Everyone competing here is an athlete in their trade and they're at the top of the game in the world."
Allan Cook, chairman of Atkins, one of the biggest engineering companies in the UK tends to agree that Britain is failing to inspire a young generation of vocational workers.
"We think we need 1.8 million engineers; graduates, technicians, apprentices into our industry by 2020. Without them we will struggle," he says.
Here in São Paulo, the results are in and as expected the big winners of the night were Korea and Brazil, but it's been a good competition for Team UK with three gold, four silver and two bronze medals.
Cabinet maker Edward Harringman, beauty therapist Rianne Chester and plumbing and heating finalist Gary Doyle all came top of the shop. The landscape gardeners and aircraft maintenance lads are chuffed with their silver medals too.
Robert, the plasterer, didn't quite make the podium but did get a medallion of excellence and can now officially say he is one of the best plasterers in the world.
The Republican presidential nominee said the women making the allegations were "horrible liars" and the media was colluding with rival Hillary Clinton.
Several women say he groped them or forcibly kissed them.
First Lady Michelle Obama earlier said Mr Trump's boasts about groping women were "shocking and demeaning".
"Leaders should meet a basic standard of human decency," she said during a campaign appearance in New Hampshire.
Seeing Mr Trump make lewd comments about women, on a video leaked last week to the Washington Post, "has shaken me to my core in a way that I cannot have predicted," Mrs Obama said, her voice cracking with emotion.
The rally was packed with students from across the political spectrum, including a young Republican who told me he was disgusted by Donald Trump, but yet to be convinced by Hillary Clinton.
As Michelle Obama entered the room, the deafening screams were at the sort of ear piercing level, usually reserved for rock stars.
And it was to this backdrop, the First Lady expressed her revulsion at Donald Trump's comments about women, as heard on that recently released tape.
She spoke with emotion, energy, and from the heart, but didn't name Mr Trump once - referring to him instead, as the candidate.
But aside from expressing her distaste at the Republican nominee's tone this election- she had another important message to those in the room.
That they must vote. Turnout, she said, was key. It's what helped her husband win this state of New Hampshire, and will be crucial for Hillary Clinton too.
In some precincts her husband won by an average of only 66 votes. Every ballot can make a difference, she urged the crowd.
If Mrs Obama really is a secret weapon for the Clinton campaign, then the true measure of how powerful her sermon was, will be tested in how she manages to rally the Democratic base.
Two women told the New York Times that the Republican presidential candidate groped or kissed them.
A People magazine reporter also said she was forcibly kissed, while another woman said Mr Trump grabbed her bottom.
Making his first public appearance since the allegations were made, Mr Trump told a rally in West Palm Beach these stories were "a conspiracy against the American people" by the political and media establishment.
He said he had evidence the accusations were unfounded and would release that at the "appropriate time".
The media, he said, "will seek to destroy your career and your family".
He has threatened to sue the New York Times, which published accusations from two women on Wednesday evening.
The newspaper has responded by saying it would welcome the opportunity to make its case in court.
Asked during last Sunday's televised presidential debate whether he had kissed or groped women without their consent, Mr Trump said: "No, I have not", and stressed that he respected women.
Many of the women said Mr Trump's denial during the second presidential debate prompted them to come forward.
Last week's emergence of a video tape in which Mr Trump boasted that his fame meant he could "do anything" to women has sparked a crisis that has engulfed his campaign.
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Dominic Manfredi put the visitors eight points up with two early tries.
Albert Kelly reacted first to Terry Campese's kick to touch down for Rovers before the break, and second-half tries from Thomas Minns and Mitch Allgood put them 10 points ahead.
Anthony Gelling went over in the corner to reduce the deficit, and Tomkins crossed to win it for Wigan.
Warriors remain two points behind leaders Hull FC, whose victory at Warrington saw the Wolves slip to third.
The hosts, who are now five points off the top eight with five games left before the Super Eights phase of the season begins, thought they had taken the lead inside three minutes when Kieran Dixon went over in the corner, only for the officials to rule that the winger had gone into touch.
Manfredi scored his first try in similar circumstances moments later, with the 22-year-old this time ruled to have stayed inbounds before going over.
Wigan started the second half on top, but a string of errors and strong Rovers defence prevented them from adding to their lead, before Minns put the hosts ahead against the run of play.
Allgood ran over untouched from 10 metres out, but Wigan's late fightback ensured the ninth-placed Robins' wait for successive wins in Super League this season continued.
Hull KR coach James Webster:
"It's was a really gutsy effort. We made too many errors. We were unbelievably tough to repel our tryline for 80 minutes. To lose in that manner was gut-wrenching.
"We had players out there who wanted to come off but we didn't have enough players to do so.
"We'll fight to the death... we'll go to St Helens with whoever we can put out.
"The other teams might win three or four games and take it out of our hands. If they don't win those games, we have to be good enough to capitalise."
Wigan coach Shaun Wane:
"We put ourselves under a lot of pressure with 16 errors and kicking the ball out on the last play so many times. I'm ecstatic to have got the win in the end.
"I felt we could snag the game if we showed a bit of composure. We showed we can grind games out and it was a great effort to finish the game the way we did.
"We were way off our best - but we still found a way to win."
Hull KR: Marsh, Sio, Minns, Thornley, Dixon, Campese, Kelly, Tilse, Lunt, Walker, Blair, Clarkson, Greenwood.
Replacements: Allgood, Mulhern, Green, Boudebza.
Wigan: S. Tomkins, Charnley, Gelling, Sarginson, Manfredi, Williams, Smith, Crosby, Powell, Flower, Sutton, Isa, J. Tomkins.
Replacements: Mossop, Tautai, Burke, Bretherton.
Referee: Ben Thaler (RFL)
Former Southampton midfielder Harley Willard almost got Jay Saunders' Maidstone tenure off to a flying start, but his long-range shot could only clip the bar after beating Maidenhead goalkeeper Carl Pentney after 14 minutes.
Newly-promoted Maidenhead did well to keep it goalless to the break, but Joe Pigott broke the deadlock for the hosts with a well-placed free-kick from the edge of the area after 51 minutes.
Pigott hit the bar as the hosts threatened to run away with it in the second half, but Sam Barratt headed home the equaliser from a corner with two minutes remaining.
Match report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Maidstone United 1, Maidenhead United 1.
Second Half ends, Maidstone United 1, Maidenhead United 1.
Goal! Maidstone United 1, Maidenhead United 1. Sam Barratt (Maidenhead United).
Substitution, Maidstone United. Harry Phipps replaces Jack Paxman.
Substitution, Maidenhead United. Jake Goodman replaces Ryan Upward.
Substitution, Maidenhead United. Sam Barratt replaces Harry Pritchard.
Substitution, Maidstone United. Tom Wraight replaces Harley Willard.
Stuart Lewis (Maidstone United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Substitution, Maidenhead United. Adrian Clifton replaces Dean Inman.
Alan Massey (Maidenhead United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Goal! Maidstone United 1, Maidenhead United 0. Joe Pigott (Maidstone United).
Second Half begins Maidstone United 0, Maidenhead United 0.
First Half ends, Maidstone United 0, Maidenhead United 0.
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
Facebook chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg made the announcement on Tuesday.
Contractors will have to provide 15 days leave and child benefit payments.
White House spokesman Josh Earnest said the move is an example of leadership on the topic of pay.
"This broader group will include workers who do substantial work for Facebook and who are employed by companies based in the US with more than 25 employees supporting Facebook," Ms Sandberg wrote in her blog.
"Research also shows that providing adequate benefits contributes to a happier and ultimately more productive workforce," she added.
But for years already, the country has been struggling with another form of isolation - depression and suicide.
A new report by Unicef contains a shocking statistic - New Zealand has by far the highest youth suicide rate in the developed world.
A shock but no surprise - it's not the first time the country tops that table.
The Unicef report found New Zealand's youth suicide rate - teenagers between 15 and 19 - to be the highest of a long list of 41 OECD and EU countries.
The rate of 15.6 suicides per 100,000 people is twice as high as the US rate and almost five times that of Britain.
There's a combination of reasons, and it's important not to only focus on one statistic, warns Dr Prudence Stone of Unicef New Zealand.
The high suicide rate ties in with other data, showing for instance child poverty, high rates of teenage pregnancies or families where neither of the parents have work.
New Zealand also has "one of the world's worst records for bullying in school", says Shaun Robinson of the Mental Health Foundations New Zealand.
He explains there is a "toxic mix" of very high rates of family violence, child abuse and child poverty that need to be addressed to tackle the problem.
New Zealand's own statistics also reveal that suicide rates are highest for young Maori and Pacific Islander men.
"This shows us there are also issues around cultural identity and the impact of colonisation," he says.
According to the most recent data of 2014, the suicide rate among Maori men across all age groups is around 1.4 times that of the non-Maori.
"It is alarming to see - and perhaps it is an indicator of the level of institutional and cultural racism in our society," says Dr Stone.
"There is no research for us to say that conclusively but it certainly suggests as much."
Beyond the bleak numbers there's another possibility that some cite as a possible cause for the troubling situation.
Health and support services across all Western countries have for years been fighting the stigma attached to depression perceived as weakness.
And this might in fact be more of a problem in New Zealand than in other countries.
"There is a tradition of the hardened-up mate culture within New Zealand," says Dr Stone. "It puts pressure on men to be of a particular mould, pressure on boys to harden up to become these tough beer-drinking hard men. "
She says there's been a slight change in recent years, with musicians and film makers emerging as role models for a different kind of New Zealand male - people that are "not your typical All Black big tough type" but show there can be a playful approach to masculinity.
"A lot of the Western world does really take an attitude: 'I'm just gonna grin and bear it,'" agrees Briana Hill, spokeswoman for Youthline, a phone helpline specifically aimed at young people.
"But I think there definitely is an added stoicism in the New Zealand psyche around 'I'm just gonna work through this myself' which you might not experience as much in other countries."
It's not that there's no support system to address the issue but the problem is that it's completely over-stretched.
Demand for services has shot up by 70% over the past decade, explains Mr Robinson, while the number of suicide-related callouts by police have gone up by 30% in the past four years alone.
It is a problem that Briana Hill of Youthline is only too familiar with. There are too many calls that they are simply not able to take, she says, because they don't have the capacity.
The unanimous sense among the expert community is that there needs to be more funding to help the services that address the problem.
But equally important is a more general focus to create awareness of the problem and to prioritise it.
"The country is not doing a good job of supporting its young people to be able to manage the pressure, the stresses, the emotional and mental challenges that they are facing," says Shaun Robinson.
The persistence of the problem, though, over the years has already pushed it higher up the agenda of policy makers.
It has, for instance, become a topic in political debates ahead of the country's general election in September this year.
In April, the government published a draft for a national suicide prevention strategy which currently is up for public consultation.
While there is a lot of debate around the draft, even those who say it falls short agree that it's an important step towards shifting the country's sky-high suicide rates more into the public focus.
If you are feeling emotionally distressed and would like details of organisations in the UK which offer advice and support, go online to bbc.co.uk/actionline. In New Zealand, you can find similar information at Youthline and Lifeline.
Trips will resume in February 2018, after the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) eased its travel advice.
The FCO previously advised avoiding all but essential visits following the June 2015 beach attack, which killed 38 people, including 30 British tourists.
Thomas Cook said safety was its "first priority" in its sales to customers.
Carol MacKenzie, Thomas Cook's head of customer welfare, said the firm followed government advice on where it offered flights and holidays, since "they are the experts in security".
But she said holidaymakers had been asking when Tunisia resorts would be back on sale.
"We also listen to our customers in where they want to go on holiday," she said.
"Taking your loved ones anywhere is a serious decision and ultimately of course it's up to you where you choose to go on holiday," she added.
Thomas Cook did not stop selling trips to French, German and Belgian holidaymakers after the Sousse attack as their governments did not recommend against visiting Tunisia.
In an update on 26 July, the FCO said it had "carefully reviewed conditions" in the country, including the terror threat and improvements in the Tunisian security forces.
But it waned that terrorists were "still very likely to try to carry out attacks in Tunisia", telling people to avoid certain parts of the country.
Tunisian officials said they expect the number of foreign tourists to increase to 6.5 million this year, up about 30% from 2016 - but down from the 6.9m peak in 2010.
Some 440,000 people from the UK visited Tunisia in 2014, according to the Office for National Statistics.
Her tweet was immediately shared by thousands of users, including her husband Bill, as news of her bid to become president spread around the world.
The overwhelming Democratic favourite, she had been expected to declare her candidacy for months.
Her daughter Chelsea was one of the first people to post a supportive tweet.
Former French President Nicholas Sarkozy also wished Mrs Clinton well in the battle for the White House.
Madeleine Albright, who was the first woman to hold the position of US secretary of state, seemed pleased.
Celebrities publicly backed the Clinton campaign too. Actress and writer Lena Dunham sent a tweet accompanied by a famous picture of Mrs Clinton checking her blackberry.
Singer Carole King's message was short and to the point.
Her critics also used the social networking site to voice their opinions on the news.
Senator Rand Paul, who is seeking the Republican nomination, tweeted a satirical animation purporting to show Mrs Clinton's email contacts. They included the Bank of Saudi Arabia and Barack Obama.
Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, who is also seeking the Republican nomination, urged voters to sign a petition to "Stop Hillary".
Another presidential hopeful, Ted Cruz, posted two video clips on his official Twitter account, directly aimed at Mrs Clinton.
He said she represented "failed policies of the past" and encouraged Americans to opt for "strong Conservative leadership".
US academic Zephyr Teachout, who lost out on the Democratic nomination for governor of New York last year, voiced her frustration at the lack of content in Mrs Clinton's campaign video.
Steve Diamond's side completed a double over Leicester last season.
Tom Brady replaces injured JP Pietersen and starts on his Leicester debut against the side he left in the summer.
George McGuigan starts at hooker, with captain Tom Youngs dropping to the bench alongside prop Logovi'i Mulipola, who is set to make his debut.
With Youngs among the replacements, lock Ed Slater takes over as captain.
Dan Cole, Mike Williams and Ben Youngs - Leicester's three uninjured players who were named in Eddie Jones' 37-man training England squad ahead of the autumn Tests - are set to start for the Tigers at the AJ Bell Stadium.
Sale director of rugby Steve Diamond told BBC Sport:
"They're a good side as we know, a top-four team so we've got to be at our very best to challenge.
"We've been a bit inconsistent to be honest but we're probably no further away than we were the same time last year.
"We lost at home to Gloucester which we don't do very often and it has hurt us a little bit."
Leicester Tigers director of rugby Richard Cockerill told BBC Leicester:
"We have the same approach this week. I don't think anything has to change - we can tweak our strategy for each team that we play.
"What set us apart at the weekend (beating Bath 34-14) was our physicality, our mindset, our passion and emotion around the game, which is hard to bring every week.
"We have to make sure that the players that take the field know their responsibilities playing for Leicester."
Sale Sharks: McGuigan; Edwards, Addison, Leota, Odogwu; MacGinty, Phillips; Harrison, Briggs, Longbottom, Evans, Mills, Neild, Seymour, Beaumont (capt).
Replacements: Lewis-Roberts, Aulika, Ostrikov, Pearce, Mitchell, Mugford, Bedlow.
Leicester Tigers: Veauinu; Thompstone, Betham, Tait, Brady; Williams, Youngs; Genge, McGuigan, Cole; Slater (capt), Fitzgerald, Williams, O'Connor, McCaffrey.
Replacements: Youngs, Mulipola, Bateman, Barrow, Kitchener, Kitto, Burns, Smith.
"I was first up to speak and I had a bit of a headache after a night out with friends. So I took a 600mg dose, just to be sure, and I found it was very effective."
Now 92, Dr Adams remembers the years of research, the endless testing of compounds and the many disappointments before he and his research team pinpointed ibuprofen as a drug with potential more than 50 years ago.
It has since become one of the world's most popular painkillers. No medicine cupboard in the modern home is complete without some ibuprofen.
Got a fever? Headache? Back pain? Toothache? Then ibuprofen is most likely to be the drug of choice because it's fast-acting and available over the counter.
Its popularity for treating aches and pains is not just a UK phenomenon however. In India, for example, it is the preferred treatment for fever and pain and in the US, it has been an over-the-counter drug since 1984. It is also used to treat inflammation in conditions like arthritis.
And as Dr Adams himself discovered on a trip to Afghanistan in the 1970s, even remote village pharmacies along the Khyber Pass were selling his wonder drug.
But, he says modestly, the discovery didn't change his life at all.
It all started with a 16-year-old boy from Northamptonshire, who'd left school with no clear plan for his future.
He started an apprenticeship in retail pharmacy at Boots and the experience whetted Stewart Adams' appetite for a more challenging career.
This led to a degree in pharmacy at Nottingham University followed by a PhD in pharmacology at Leeds University, before he returned to the research department at Boots Pure Drug Company Ltd in 1952.
His mission at that time was to find a new treatment for rheumatoid arthritis which was as effective as a steroid but without any of the side-effects.
He started looking at anti-inflammatories and, in particular, the way aspirin worked, which no-one else appeared to be doing.
Aspirin was the first non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug to be developed, in 1897.
Although aspirin was commonly used as a painkiller at the time, it had to be given in very high doses so the risk of side-effects, such as an allergic reaction, bleeding and indigestion, was high. This meant that by the 1950s it was falling out of favour in the UK.
In the search for an alternative, Dr Adams recruited chemist Dr John Nicholson and technician Colin Burrows to help him test the potency of more than 600 chemical compounds. The key was to find a drug that would be well tolerated.
From the front room of an old Victorian house in the suburbs of Nottingham, the small team patiently tested and re-tested compounds until they found something worth trying on patients in the clinic.
Dr Adams realised his chances of success were minimal but he and his staff persevered over 10 long years.
"I did think we would succeed eventually - I always felt we would succeed."
And he was always prepared to act as guinea pig, testing two or three compounds on himself.
That would never be allowed now, he admits, but they were careful to carry out toxicity tests beforehand.
"It was important to try them out and I was excited to be the first person to take a dose of ibuprofen," he remembers.
During that time, four drugs went to clinical trials and failed before, in 1961, they settled on one called 2-(4-isobutylphenyl) propionic acid, later to become ibuprofen.
A patent for ibuprofen was granted to Boots in 1962 and it was approved as a prescription drug seven years later.
According to Dave McMillan, former head of healthcare development at Boots UK, ibuprofen was an extremely important drug to the company.
"It saved Boots, helped it to expand into the US and all round the world. It was Boots' number one drug."
An incredible 20,000 tonnes of ibuprofen are now made every year by a range of different companies under many different brand names. There are different forms of it too, including liquid forms specifically designed for children.
Dr Adams has been honoured for his research, with an honorary doctorate of science from the University of Nottingham, and two blue plaques from the Royal Society of Chemistry. He remained with Boots UK for the rest of his career, becoming head of pharmaceutical sciences.
What he is most pleased about is that hundreds of millions of people worldwide are now taking the drug he discovered.
It was a long road - but a very important one. And it all began with a sore head.
It is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug or (NSAID). Because it has a different chemical structure to steroids, it is not as toxic.
It reduces pain by targeting compounds called prostaglandins which cause inflammation in the body.
Inflammation can bring on swelling, heat, redness, loss of function, fever and pain.
The painkilling effect begins soon after a dose is taken, but it can take longer for the inflammation to reduce.
Ibuprofen's success has been in treating minor aches and pains.
NHS Choices says it should be taken at the lowest possible dose for the shortest possible time because it can cause side-effects such as nausea and vomiting.
1950s - Work starts to find a drug to treat rheumatoid arthritis that has no side-effects
1958 - After hundreds of compounds are made and screened for activity, a compound called BTS 8402 is given a clinical trial but it is found to be no better than aspirin
1961 - A patent is filed for the compound 2-(4-isobutylphenyl) propionic acid - later called ibuprofen
1966 - Clinical trials of ibuprofen take place in Edinburgh and its anti-inflammatory effect is seen in patients
1969 - Ibuprofen is launched in the UK on prescription only
1983 - Ibuprofen becomes available over the counter because of its safety record
Charlie Flanagan said Brexit could be "painful" for the UK and his country, which he added should not be "placed in a position of more disadvantage".
He also urged negotiators to keep the Common Travel Area between Northern Ireland and the Republic.
The comments come after Prime Minister Theresa May met European Council President Donald Tusk in London.
Mr Flanagan told BBC's Newsnight it was "absolutely essential" there was no return to a hard border on the island of Ireland - which is expected to be a key element of Brexit negotiations between the UK and EU.
"The Good Friday Agreement remains the foundation stone of our peace, and anything adverse to that agreement will not be acceptable," he said.
However, despite his criticism of the decision to leave, the Irish minister said he believed there was no intent to punish Britain among EU members, adding that the relationship between the UK and the Republic of Ireland was its "warmest ever".
He said: "I believe [Brexit] was a bad decision, but of course as a democrat I fully respect and recognise the will and wishes of the British people. We've got to deal with that now.
"The Article 50 process has commenced, and I believe it's essential now that we get through the negotiations in such a way that the end result can be as close as possible a relationship between the European Union and the United Kingdom, albeit with the UK gone."
On Friday, Mrs May and Mr Tusk met at 10 Downing Street for the first time since Article 50 was triggered, with Gibraltar at the heart of the talks.
In its draft negotiating guidelines, published last week, the EU said decisions affecting Gibraltar - a UK overseas territory - would have to be taken with the agreement of the Spanish government.
This led to former Conservative leader Lord Howard saying the prime minister would defend Gibraltar in the same way Margaret Thatcher defended the Falkland Islands.
Mrs May laughed off the prospect of war with Spain, but after her meeting with Mr Tusk, a Number 10 spokesman said she had been clear she was determined to achieve the "best possible deal" for Gibraltar as well as the UK.
"The PM also made clear that... there would be no negotiation on the sovereignty of Gibraltar without the consent of its people," he added.
EU sources told the Press Association it had been a "good and friendly" meeting.
One source added: "They agreed to stay in regular contact throughout the Brexit process to keep a constructive approach and seek to lower tensions that may arise, also when talks on some issues like Gibraltar inevitably will become difficult."
The re-enactment on Thursday evening sparked outrage among Thais at the shrine and online.
Executives at Nation TV have since acknowledged it was insensitive and disrespectful to the dead.
The bomb blast on Monday evening killed 20 people and injured scores more. Police are hunting for the suspect.
Nation TV presenters read out an apology on television on Thursday night.
An evening news editor with the station said in a statement posted online (in Thai) a team was sent out to re-enact the bombing at around 18:00 local time on Thursday (11:00 GMT Thursday).
A member of staff was dressed up to look like the suspect, the statement said. The team stopped filming when people at the scene "expressed frustration" at them.
The president of Nation Broadcasting Corporation Adisak Limprungpatanakij said separately that the plan was made "without consideration for the sensitivity of the public and with disrespect for the dead," reported AP news agency.
He added that the station would consider disciplining those responsible.
Twitter user BoyOfHeaven posted pictures on Thursday evening which appeared to show the Nation TV staff during the re-enactment.
"There is an unidentified TV crew, they have someone dressed as the suspect in the shrine. Police have asked him to leave the scene and people are shouting 'terrible' at him," he said in a tweet that was later shared thousands of times online.
The incident was the second controversy involving identification of the suspect in the days following the blast.
Australian actor Sunny Burns, who teaches English in Bangkok, was mistaken as the main suspect earlier this week after a Thai journalist pointed out that Mr Burns resembled him.
Mr Burns said he later found that private details including his home address were being spread online.
He went to the police to give a statement on Tuesday, and posted a picture of himself at the station "to share any evidence in case something went wrong", he said. He later posted CCTV video stills showing he was at his apartment building at the time of the blast.
Thai police have released a sketch of the suspect and say that he is a foreigner.
Two other men earlier identified as suspects in the bombing have since been cleared of involvement.
Traditional critics of US foreign policy, like the media in China, Russia and Iran, use the report to accuse Washington of not having the "moral right" to condemn the human rights records of other states.
Some commentators suspect the Democrat administration in the White House of making the revelations public just in order to attack its Republican opponents during whose rule the interrogations took place.
"Perhaps the US government should clean up its own backyard first and respect the rights of other countries to resolve their issues by themselves," suggests China's state-run Xinhua news agency. "America is neither a suitable role model nor a qualified judge on human rights issues in other countries… including China," says the commentary.
Although the story features prominently mainly in the international news sections rather than on the front pages, criticism of CIA actions is outspoken. "The report will be powerful evidence that will totally unveil the ugly human rights face of the US and will serve a heavy blow to its credibility and international image," predicts pro-Beijing Hong Kong paper Ta Kung Pao.
"CIA torture report reveals chilling torture techniques," says a headline in the Peninsula Morning Post.
In Russia, state-run Channel One TV said in its news bulletins that the Senate report "makes people shudder". "This is a real bomb," added a reporter, detainees "were tortured with an inquisitor's ingeniousness".
Some media are suspicious of the White House's true intentions for revealing CIA torture techniques.
"This belated report has finally been released thanks to Obama's support, because of his need to attack his opponents in the Republican Party and thanks to letters by human rights experts at the UN," opines a commentator in Hong Kong's Ta Kung Pao.
Russian state-owned news TV channel Rossiya 24 also highlights differences between President Obama's Democrats and their opponents. The TV showed former Republican President George W Bush praising the CIA and saying that if the report diminished the contributions of "patriots", then "it is way off base".
The end result of the senators' work is "a document that fails to assign any blame for the abuse of detainees," quipped a presenter on Russian English-language international broadcaster RT.
Iran's international-facing English-language Press TV also stated in its news bulletins that "despite the report, the US Justice Department says it will not reopen criminal investigation into CIA torture".
"A confrontation between the Obama administration (Democrats) and his critics (Republicans) over making the report public and the danger of its subsequent fallout in other countries has begun," states Iranian daily Vatan-e Emruz.
Iranian media in general use the word "shocking" to describe the findings of the Senate investigation. "Torture, surveillance, shooting - the three pillars of American human rights," reads the front-page caption of Tehran's Hemayat. "It puts a question mark over… American human rights," the paper adds.
Most of the press in other Middle Eastern countries, however, do not comment on the CIA report, preferring instead to focus on the results of the Gulf Co-operation Council summit in Doha.
Praise for what some analysts see as brave step by the White House to reveal torture committed by its intelligence agency can be found mainly in the media of countries that are US allies.
"Obama's admission of guilt is a sign of national greatness," say a commentary in the German daily Bild. "The country that cuts itself loose from these crimes deserves the highest respect. America's conscience has gained a victory," the article declares.
For Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, "the public airing of scandals and errors is one of the basic pillars of democracy". The newspaper argues that this is particularly important in the case of the United States. "The country that sees itself as a moral world power needs such steps to win back the confidence that the Bush administration squandered with this part of its 'war against terror'."
An article on Radio France Internationale's website, however, terms the Senate report "a complicated exercise in democracy", while the French press openly condemns the methods used by the CIA. The United States faces a "dark era" in its history, announces the daily Le Monde. "Lies and torture," adds L'Express in its headline.
In Spain, an editorial in El Pais argues that after the revelations, the US can no longer present itself as "a beacon of freedom".
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Benny Collins, 40, died at Three Cliffs Bay on Gower in July 2015 - the third person to die there in two years.
The physiotherapist at Morriston Hospital's A&E department was flown to hospital where colleagues tried to save him.
Acting coroner Colin Phillips said his death was accidental and called it "a terrible tragedy".
Mr Collins' son Harry was taken to hospital, but released later.
The hearing was told Mr Collins and his son were like "two peas in a pod" and had gone to spend some "quality time together" at Three Cliffs Bay.
They ran into the sea together holding hands, but once in the water, a wave knocked them off their feet.
Harry was carried back towards shore but Mr Collins was swept out to sea by a strong riptide.
The inquest in Swansea heard Mr Collins was a passionate sportsman and a good swimmer.
Michael Hanby, an off-duty paramedic, ran into the water to help three people who were calling for help as they struggled against the strong current at the same time.
He said it took 35 minutes to help two girls and a man out of the water and described a young boy being distressed about his dad still being in the sea.
Mr Collins was eventually pulled from the water on the third attempt by a Coastguard helicopter team before being taken to Morriston hospital at 15:14 where he was pronounced dead despite numerous attempts to resuscitate him.
In a tribute, Mr Collins' wife Mel said: "Benny was such a kind and lovely man and was loved by everyone who knew him."
The month before Mr Collins drowned, Jason North from Macclesfield, Cheshire, died trying to get his children out of the water.
In August 2013, Wendy Phillips of Swansea also died at the same spot.
13 August 2016 Last updated at 14:35 BST
That makes them the world's longest-living vertebrates - or animals with spines.
So we've been taking a look at some of the other ancient living things that we share the planet with.
The handover to US Marines marks the end of the British mission in Sangin, after four years and more than 100 UK lives lost.
''It makes no difference," said Sangin resident Wali Shah. "They are both the two ears of the same horse. They don't care about us because they are more concerned about securing their own interests."
British forces fought a bitter counter-insurgency campaign against the Taliban in Sangin.
But Abdul Manan, a shopkeeper in the dusty market town of Sangin, which shares the name of the wider district, did not think the UK mission had changed much for the better.
''British troops didn't have any major success or a significant achievement," he said. "They came and made big promises but brought violence and displaced a lot of people.''
Sangin - situated around 100km (62 miles) north-east of the provincial capital, Lashkar Gah - is a hotspot for insurgent violence and opium production.
"The security situation was much better before the arrival of British forces," said Khairullah, a local farmer. "We couldn't go to work. We hope that it will get better soon."
However, tribal elder Muhammad Khan says British troops were mindful of local culture, and treated people well.
''The former infidels [British] were better than these new ones [Americans]," said Mr Khan.
"Britons were respectful of our culture and traditions. They wouldn't search someone on a motorcycle with his wife in the back seat.
''But American troops don't care. They stop us and search both man and his woman. This is what we know of Americans.''
A number of residents have reservations about the arrival of US forces.
Gul Muhammad, from Sangin town, said: ''I liked the way British soldiers conducted operations.
"After they were attacked, they would go to the exact house and target the very attacker without harming others."
Another resident expressed his concerns about civilian casualties.
''Americans behave differently," said Aazar Gulalai. "They attack indiscriminately and target everybody in the vicinity after they are targeted by the Taliban, or suffer casualties in a mine explosion.
''All of them shoot at us. They all target us. We and the Taliban become the same for them after they are attacked.
''We are civilians. We don't have any animosity with the Taliban, or government.''
Sangin is one of the most heavily populated districts in Helmand, with a population of around 150,000.
But a number of people left the town of Sangin in recent years as a result of fighting. One of them, Abdul Wali, hopes that he will be able to return home soon.
''We left Sangin because of continual attacks and fighting," says Abdul Wali. "I hope Americans will bring security with them and schools will be opened."
Over the past few months, Americans have already taken on security responsibility for many other districts in Helmand, including Nawa, Garmsir, Marjah, Khanshin and Nawzad.
A number of people in these districts claim that British forces failed to bring security there because they did not want to risk fighting the Taliban.
''Americans are serious," says Muhabbat Khan, a resident of Nawa district. "Security is much better now here. The British were only concerned about their on security.
''British troops couldn't handle casualties. They used to retreat all the time and this would further embolden the Taliban.''
A few residents of Sangin expressed hope that Americans would bring not only security to their district, but much needed development and jobs for the people.
''We are poor people and fighting has destroyed our businesses and livelihoods," said Haji Naik Muhammad, a tribal elder in Sangin district.
"The British didn't have money to spend. How can they kill the thirst of others if they are thirsty themselves?
''We hope America will spend a lot of money to improve our lives.''
All names in this article have been changed to protect anonymity.
The animals were rehabilitated at a primate centre by East Sussex charity, International Animal Rescue (IAR).
Charity workers monitored their behaviour, health and eating as they returned to their natural, wild state.
The slow lorises were rescued from traders in Western Java last September.
The creatures are being kept for a month in an enclosed area, and they have radio collars around their necks for monitoring after their release.
Co-ordinator Bobby Muhidin said: "Our team will monitor the lorises for about a year."
IAR ran a celebrity-backed Tickling is Torture campaign last year to expose the cruelty involved in keeping the shy, nocturnal primates as pets.
It followed an online craze where YouTube clips showed pet slow lorises with their big eyes, soft fur and slow movements being tickled and handfed.
But IAR said when a slow loris was tickled it raised its arms as a defensive gesture to activate a venomous gland - not because it was enjoying it - and given the chance would give a serious bite.
It said most rescued slow lorises had dehydration, malnutrition - and stress exacerbated by having their teeth cut.
The charity's latest slow loris release comes one year after its campaign launch, but Alan Knight, chief executive of the Uckfield charity, said the illegal trade remained a "huge threat".
Thae Yong-ho and his family are under the government's protection, a South Korean official said.
Mr Thae was the ambassador's deputy and is thought to be the highest-ranking North Korean official ever to defect.
His main mission in London had been to spread positive perceptions of the North Korean leadership.
He had been due to return to Pyongyang with his wife and children.
Mr Thae had come under pressure from his government to quash growing criticism of North Korea's human rights record, sources say.
The BBC's diplomatic correspondent, James Robbins, says it now looks as if Mr Thae's heart may not have been in the task of defending North Korea.
In the past, Mr Thae had argued the British were brainwashed by their ruling class into believing "shocking, terrifying" lies about North Korea under its leader Kim Jong-un.
"If the people in this country, or in America, knew that there is a country in the world where there is a free education, free housing, free medical care, then they'd have second thoughts," he had said in one speech.
South Korea spokesman Jeong Joon-hee said: "On his reasons for defection, Minister Thae cited disgust with Kim Jong-Un's regime, admiration for South Korea's free, democratic system and the future of his family."
The 25-year-old, who can also play up front, has scored six goals in 17 games in all competitions this season.
Van de Donk joined the Gunners from Swedish side Goteborg FC in November 2015 and helped the north London side win the Women's FA Cup in May.
Arsenal have not disclosed the length of her new contract.
Marcin Dlugolecki, 33, from Poplar Avenue, Tividale, died at HMP Nottingham, the prison service has confirmed.
Mr Dlugolecki had denied arson at Birmingham Magistrates' Court and was due at crown court on 15 February.
An independent investigation by the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman will be carried out.
Mr Dlugolecki was found dead on 1 February.
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The fire took place in Small Heath on 16 January leaving some cars burnt out.
Martin O'Neill's side knew only a victory would secure a place in the knockout stage in France but had failed to find a way through the Azzurri's defence until Brady headed home Wes Hoolahan's cross in the 85th minute.
That sparked mass celebrations from the Republic players, bench and supporters under the closed roof at Stade Pierre Mauroy, which had largely been taken over by the Boys in Green.
Defeat made little difference to Italy, who already knew they would top Group C and made eight changes ahead of Monday's last-16 match with holders Spain.
But the Republic join them as one of the best third-placed sides - and will face the hosts on Sunday - after one of the most famous wins in their history that started a huge party in Lille.
Relive the Republic's victory over Italy
Euro 2016 is becoming known for its last-gasp goals so it was perhaps predictable there would be some late drama as the group stage came to a conclusion.
The army of Republic fans certainly never gave up hope, although it had seemed their side had, again, run out of ideas.
After managing only one shot on target in their first two group games - Hoolahan's goal against Sweden - O'Neill understandably went for a more ambitious approach on an all-or-nothing night for his side.
But with Jon Walters unfit and veteran striker Robbie Keane only having the legs for cameo appearances these days, the only way he could bolster his attack was by calling on Ipswich striker Daryl Murphy, who is at times prolific in the Championship but has never scored in 20 games for his country.
Yet the Republic did look more dangerous, particularly in the first half when Murphy saw a header tipped over and James McClean could, and probably should, have had a penalty when Federico Bernardeschi barged to the ground inside the box.
After the break, Italy had looked far more in control until the final few minutes.
Hoolahan wasted a golden opportunity when he was gifted the ball on the edge of the box, and it looked like the Republic's last chance in France had come and gone - until Brady proved otherwise.
Monday's encounter with holders Spain in Paris was clearly very much on Italy boss Antonio Conte's mind when he selected his side for this match.
That, plus the much-maligned - and soon to be re-laid - pitch in Lille was supposed to give the Republic extra hope of their first win over the Azzurri since their memorable triumph at the 1994 World Cup.
It soon became clear, however, that this second-choice Italy side were determined to keep their side's third clean sheet of the tournament.
Until the very end of the game they largely kept the Republic at arm's length, and despite showing little inclination to attack, also threatened at the other end when Simone Zaza volleyed over just after half-time and Lorenzo Insigne hit the post late on.
Their tournament gets a lot harder from here, however, starting with that rematch from the final of Euro 2012 that ended with Spain running out 4-0 winners.
Italy boss Antonio Conte: "[We played] against a side that played a lot of long balls, there were a lot of powerful tackles. The pitch definitely helped them more than us but they put a lot of grit into this game because it was life and death for them.
"Congratulations to the Republic of Ireland because they really wanted to go through and they were rewarded, perhaps more than they deserved, but they were rewarded nonetheless."
Republic of Ireland manager Martin O'Neill: "We deserved to win it. We dominated for periods of the game and played some phenomenal stuff.
"It is a very special evening. To come out of the group that we were in is a great achievement."
Republic of Ireland's Robbie Brady: "I grew up dreaming about this stage and to go and do it in front of my family is the best feeling in the world.
"We need to regroup and go again but I am absolutely flabbergasted by it all. Every single one of the lads were unbelievable tonight."
The Republic of Ireland's game against France will take place in Lyon at 14:00 BST on Sunday, 26 June, while Italy's match with Spain will be at the Stade de France at 17:00 BST on Monday, 27 June.
Match ends, Italy 0, Republic of Ireland 1.
Second Half ends, Italy 0, Republic of Ireland 1.
Foul by Simone Zaza (Italy).
Jeff Hendrick (Republic of Ireland) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Lorenzo Insigne (Italy) is shown the yellow card.
Substitution, Republic of Ireland. Stephen Quinn replaces Shane Long.
Simone Zaza (Italy) is shown the yellow card.
Foul by Simone Zaza (Italy).
Robbie Brady (Republic of Ireland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Goal! Italy 0, Republic of Ireland 1. Robbie Brady (Republic of Ireland) header from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Wes Hoolahan with a cross.
Attempt saved. Stephan El Shaarawy (Italy) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Lorenzo Insigne.
Attempt saved. Wes Hoolahan (Republic of Ireland) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Attempt saved. Aiden McGeady (Republic of Ireland) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Wes Hoolahan.
Attempt missed. Alessandro Florenzi (Italy) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Thiago Motta.
Substitution, Italy. Stephan El Shaarawy replaces Mattia De Sciglio.
Corner, Italy. Conceded by Shane Duffy.
Foul by Lorenzo Insigne (Italy).
Seamus Coleman (Republic of Ireland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Andrea Barzagli (Italy) is shown the yellow card.
Stefano Sturaro (Italy) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Robbie Brady (Republic of Ireland).
Lorenzo Insigne (Italy) hits the right post with a right footed shot from outside the box.
Substitution, Republic of Ireland. Wes Hoolahan replaces James McCarthy.
Thiago Motta (Italy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Shane Long (Republic of Ireland).
Mattia De Sciglio (Italy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Seamus Coleman (Republic of Ireland).
Substitution, Italy. Lorenzo Insigne replaces Ciro Immobile.
Attempt missed. Aiden McGeady (Republic of Ireland) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Robbie Brady.
Stephen Ward (Republic of Ireland) is shown the yellow card.
Attempt missed. James McClean (Republic of Ireland) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
Substitution, Republic of Ireland. Aiden McGeady replaces Daryl Murphy.
Foul by Simone Zaza (Italy).
Richard Keogh (Republic of Ireland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Simone Zaza (Italy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Richard Keogh (Republic of Ireland).
Foul by Shane Duffy (Republic of Ireland).
Ciro Immobile (Italy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Shane Duffy (Republic of Ireland) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
Foul by Andrea Barzagli (Italy).
The bridge has been closed on May Day morning since 2005 after 40 people were injured jumping into the river.
Traditionally, thousands of people gather on and around Magdalen Bridge to hear choristers sing hymns at dawn from the tower at Magdalen College.
The city and county councils and police have worked to "ensure a safe" event.
Last year, about 30 revellers ignored safety warnings and broke through barriers to jump from the bridge.
The water is shallow and the county council said the cost to the health service in 2005 was about £50,000.
Police urged people not to "abuse" the decision to allow pedestrians access this year.
Many other events will take place across the city, including morris men dancing in Radcliffe Square, Catte Street and Broad Street.
Oxford City Council and the county's cultural development agency, Oxford Inspires, are both working with an event producer responsible for other big occasions in the city.
The leader of Oxford City Council, Councillor Bob Price, said: "We have been working closely with the police and Oxfordshire County Council to ensure a safe and enjoyable event with Magdalen Bridge open, as it has traditionally been, and we are delighted that this collaboration has had a successful outcome."
Oxford commander, Supt Amanda Pearson, said: "Thames Valley Police supports the decision taken by the council to reopen Magdalen Bridge to the public for this year's May Morning celebrations, and will work closely with our partners to ensure this is done in a safe way.
"I would urge people to recognise this decision is one that has been made to further their enjoyment of this unique celebration, and not to abuse it."
Sean Buckley, 28, from Tonypandy, Rhondda Cynon Taff, denied murdering 17-month-old Finley Thomas and a charge of child cruelty.
His partner Chloe Thomas, Finley's mother, has admitted child cruelty after originally denying it.
The jury was sent home for the evening on Wednesday afternoon and will resume deliberations on Thursday.
The pair told Cardiff Crown Court that Finley had fallen from the top of the stairs when Ms Thomas was out.
He was taken to University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, on 23 September 2014 but died the next day.
Davies replaces Dan Evans who moves to the wing with Keelan Giles ruled out with a rib injury.
Only four players survive from the team which beat Grenoble 59-7 away.
Alun Wyn Jones and Justin Tipuric have been rested with Rory Thornton the only player to keep his place among the forwards.
Dan Biggar starts at fly-half and partners stand-in captain Brendon Leonard, who starts at scrum-half in place of Tom Habberfield.
Hanno Dirksen is among the replacements having been out since May with a knee injury.
Ospreys top Pool Two after the win France on 9 December, their third successive bonus-point win.
"Our next two games in the competition are at home, which gives us a real opportunity to make a statement and that's what we want to do," Ospreys head coach Steve Tandy said.
"It's important we realise that for all the good stuff we've seen so far, we haven't achieved anything in real terms yet and we need to ensure that effort isn't wasted."
Ospreys: Sam Davies; Dafydd Howells, Kieron Fonotia, Ashley Beck, Dan Evans; Dan Biggar, Brendon Leonard (captain); Nicky Smith, Scott Baldwin, Rhodri Jones, Lloyd Ashley, Rory Thornton, Olly Cracknell, Sam Underhill, James King
Replacements: Scott Otten, Gareth Thomas, Ma'afu Fia, Adam Beard, Rob McCusker, Tom Habberfield, Josh Matavesi, Hanno Dirksen
Grenoble: Clement Gelin, Pierre Mignot, Edward Dratai Sawailau, Nigel Hunt, Bastien Guillemin, Gilles Bosch, David Mele (captain); Alexandre Dardet, Etienne Fourcade, Walter Desmaison, Mathias Marie, Thomas Jolmes, Ben Hand, Kevin Kornath, Fabien Alexandre
Replacements: Paulin Mas, Denis Coulson, Dayna Edwards, Mickael Capelli, Loic Baradel, Lilian Saseras, Xavier Mignot, Chris Farrell
Referee: Luke Pearce (England)
Assistants: Dean Richards (England) & Roger Baileff (England)
Citing Commissioner: Iain Goodall (Scotland)
The seven must report to authorities until the next hearing on 11 September.
The journalists and managers are being held on charges of aiding a terrorist organisation.
A number of others remain in custody. Arrest warrants are out for two more who have fled the country. Supporters say the charges are political.
The seven people who have been released are Musa Kart, Bulent Utku, Turan Gunay, Onder Çelik, Kemal Gungor, Hakan Karasinir and Guray Oz.
They have been released under judicial supervision.
If found guilty, the defendants could face sentences of up to 43 years in jail.
"To be honest, it's possibly the hardest task I've ever had to undertake," says Melvyn Benn in an interview with the BBC about the One Love Manchester concert he is co-producing.
Benn, boss of Live Nation, is the man behind some of the UK's biggest music festivals, including Latitude, Reading and Leeds, Wireless and Download.
"We started the conversations on Friday evening, here we are on Wednesday and the concert is on Sunday. It's eight-and-a-half days to put it together. It's an incredible amount of work," he says.
One Love takes place at the Emirates Old Trafford in Manchester on Sunday, and will feature in its line-up Justin Bieber, Coldplay, Katy Perry, Miley Cyrus, Pharrell Williams, Usher, Take That and Niall Horan.
Ariana Grande will also perform for the first time since last Monday, when 22 people were killed and 64 injured in a suicide bombing after a concert she played a concert at Manchester Arena.
Free tickets are being offered to those who attended the original gig, with proceeds from sales to the general public raising money for Red Cross's Manchester Emergency Fund.
"Clearly there are some families suffering bereavement or who have family members in hospital, and we're trying to do as much as we can to look after them as a priority, as well as all the rest of the fans that came," Benn says.
"We felt offering free tickets to everybody that was there on that night was the minimum we could do. The rest of the people that are coming will be the people who will be providing the money for the fundraising, but for those fans that were there we felt this was a good way of honouring those that lost their lives."
The gig will naturally require a great deal of logistical organisation, but Benn says "everybody is pulling together".
"Greater Manchester Police, Trafford Borough Council, Manchester City Council, Transport for Greater Manchester, all pulling in the same direction to make this work, as well as the music industry and all the pop stars, it's incredible really," he says.
"The way Manchester has responded [to the attack] has been phenomenal, and I think that's been part of the inspiration for Ariana, to want to come back so quickly."
Benn added that Grande was "traumatised, absolutely traumatised immediately after the gig, in complete shock, but she knew she had to do something".
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The Australian made the perfect break in the sixth frame of the match in York - the third 147 of his career.
The pair traded century breaks in the first session leaving Robertson with a 5-3 advantage at the interval.
The next four frames were shared to make it 7-5, but Robertson won three in a row to take the title.
"As a kid, you always want to make a 147 on the BBC so it was a dream come true," Robertson, who claimed the 11th ranking title of his career and second UK triumph, told BBC Sport.
"In the end, it was about digging in and nicking frames."
The final featured two left-handers with contrasting personalities; the measured world number three Robertson and his eccentric Chinese opponent, who frequently played to the crowd and often slapped himself in the face.
Surprise finalist Liang, who moved into the top 16 by reaching the final, added: "There was pressure and I don't know why, I didn't concentrate. The pressure shots I didn't play very well."
Having seen Thailand's Thepchaiya Un-Nooh miss the final black on a maximum effort earlier in the tournament, Robertson went one better.
He needed to disturb a cluster of three reds to keep the break going and then kept his cool to pot the pink with the rest, before punching the air as he sunk the final black.
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Six-time UK champion Steve Davis described the break as "absolutely fantastic".
"It was a clinical break early on, he picked the balls off nicely," added Davis. "Doing it in a big final is a marvellous achievement."
Robertson took the first two frames but Liang soon settled in the match with a 110. The pair traded frames as the Aussie led 3-2, before compiling his brilliant 147 break.
The 2013 UK champion also took the next frame, but Liang hit back with a composed 86 to trail 5-3 after the first session.
The man from China reduced the deficit further with an 82 but Robertson responded with a break of 78 and also took the next to lead 7-4.
Liang showed his battling qualities to take the 12th frame, but it was all Robertson from then on.
2008 UK champion Shaun Murphy:
World number 25 Matthew Selt:
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The 23-year-old Senegal international, a target for the Red Devils, played the full 90 minutes as Saints drew 1-1 with Midtjylland in their Europa League play-off first leg at St Mary's.
"We're not selling any more players," said Koeman after Thursday's game.
"Write what you want to about the rumours until 1 September, nobody is going to leave Southampton."
Mane scored 10 goals in 32 appearances last season after joining Saints for £10m from Red Bull Salzburg, including the fastest ever Premier League hat-trick.
Koeman added: "The situation is so easy and we have to deal with it. I don't like it as maybe players are thinking they're not fully focused on what they have to do.
"There's no bid for any player. Not for Sadio Mane, not for Victor Wanyama.
"We have to deal with rumours among the press. There's no bid for any player and no contact from any club."
Midfielder Wanyama, 24, has been linked with Tottenham.
A 58-year-old man was found injured at a house in Jameson Close in the Cheetham Hill area at about 13:25 GMT on Sunday.
He was treated by paramedics for stab wounds but died shortly afterwards.
A 20-year-old man is being held in custody for questioning. Police are appealing for anyone with information to contact them.
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The 26-year-old Spaniard last featured for the Cottagers as a substitute in a 2-1 loss to QPR on 1 October.
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The story centres around a night of drunken debauchery by an elite Oxford dining society at a country gastropub.
"We really wanted to get our hands in again and bring it into absolutely now," said Wade, after the play's West End opening night on Wednesday.
The Royal Court production is at Duke of York's Theatre until 4 August.
Directed by Lyndsey Turner, the cast includes Leo Bill, Henry Lloyd-Hughes, Max Bennett and Harry Lister Smith.
Posh first opened at the Royal Court in 2010 in the run-up to the general election. It became one of the highest-grossing shows ever to play in the theatre.
Two years on, the script has undergone what Wade calls a "quite large rewrite" to reflect the new coalition government and the Greek economic crisis.
"Two years ago those characters were living under a Labour Government and now they're not, so they have different reasons to feel disenfranchised," she told the BBC.
"We wanted to add things that felt relevant to now but not those that were flash-in-the-pan - for example doing a 'pasty-gate' joke would have felt a bit cheap."
Critics have drawn parallels between Posh's Riot Club and the real-life Bullingdon Club (past members include David Cameron, George Osborne and Boris Johnson). But Wade is keen to point out that her characters are purely fictional.
She is currently working on adapting Posh into a feature film, with several drafts already completed.
A graduate of the Royal Court Young Writers Programme, Wade's first play for the Royal Court in 2005, Breathing Corpses, won her the Critics' Circle theatre award for most promising playwright.
So how posh does the Bristol university graduate consider herself?
"I'm not posh at all. I grew up in Sheffield but never managed to pick up the accent - which was careless because there'd be some cache now in being a northern playwright, but I missed out on that one.
"I think the interesting thing about the word 'posh' is that it is so relative, it's quite a provocative title because people have strong feelings about that word."
The Cat Survival Trust spent six hours trying to lure Rajah out of his cage at Borth Animalarium and into a transport box with a trail of meat.
Three people made several attempts to coax Rajah out but he was suspicious of the transport box.
Last year the zoo was fined and told the animals would be removed for not having the correct paperwork.
The team from the Cat Survival Trust in Hertfordshire, which looks after unwanted or surplus zoo cats, arrived at the animalarium at 0715 BST on Wednesday, and started work at 0900 BST.
It said it would plan another attempt to remove the animal, while owner Jean Mumbray has lodge an appeal against the leopard's removal.
The trust, which has been asked by Defra [the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs] to remove 15-year-old Rajah and two black and white ruffed lemurs, tried to coax the leopard from its cage into a rectangular-shaped box with a trail of chicken and rabbit.
Rajah ate most of the food near him, and at one stage three-quarters of his body was in the trap.
Terry Moore, the Cat Survival Trust's honorary director, said: "There are always one or two awkward cats and this and this was one of them.
"This leopard was really cautious and is one of the brighter cats in captivity.
"We did gain his confidence and it got three-quarters down the box. In the end he'd had enough food, but we're confident our next attempt will be successful."
Paperwork delays
The trust's first attempt to remove Rajah, in April, ended in failure after five hours when he refused to be enticed into a box with meat.
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Dyfed-Powys Police officers and a vet were also at the scene.
Jean Mumbray and her husband Alan have said they took on Rajah six years ago after his previous owner emigrated.
They claimed the leopard was born in the former Basildon Zoo, Essex, but delays in paperwork meant they were unable to prove his background until the court order had been granted.
Mrs Mumbray described the trust's latest attempt to move Rajah as "rather horrible", and said she had lodged an appeal against his removal and that of the lemurs.
A judge told Ian McGregor, 30, that his frenzied attack on Elspeth Burns, 57, at her Kelso home in October 2016 had been "cowardly and vicious".
The High Court in Glasgow heard that McGregor had been asked to leave the flat for telling an offensive joke but later returned and knifed his victim.
He was convicted after trial of attempting to murder Ms Burns.
Sentencing McGregor, Lord Summers told him: "You have been convicted of attempted murder.
"Your victim suffered multiple stab wounds to her body and throat. She was fortunate to live.
"She was alone and in bed when you carried out this cowardly and vicious attack."
McGregor left the flat after telling the joke, but returned later and attempted to kill Ms Burns as she lay in bed suffering from a migraine.
She suffered a punctured lung and an injury near her carotid artery in the attack.
McGregor had denied the attempted murder and claimed he was elsewhere when Ms Burns was repeatedly stabbed, but he was unanimously convicted.
He was also found guilty of attempting to defeat the ends of justice by trying to destroy evidence.
Unemployed McGregor said in evidence that the atmosphere in the flat "seemed okay" but accepted he had been asked to leave after telling a joke that was "quite offensive".
McGregor told defence counsel David Nicholson he had been diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome and suffered "crippling social anxiety".
He had eight pages of previous convictions including serious assault, assault, drugs offences and breach of the peace.
The court was told that McGregor continued to maintain his innocence.
Following the sentencing, Det Insp Keith Mackay said: "This was a vicious and unprovoked attack on a woman in her own home that left her fighting for her life.
"I am satisfied that our robust investigation led to Ian McGregor's prompt arrest and I would like to thank the community too for their co-operation and information that assisted our inquiries."
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The crowds were celebrating after Mr Barrow was sworn in as president in neighbouring Senegal, where he is for his own safety. They began chanting "CDS" - short for chief of defence staff - when he mingled with them.
Earlier Mr Badjie was quoted as saying that his men would not fight regional troops on a mission to oust long-time ruler Yayha Jammeh, who has refused to step down.
Under the headline DO NOT PUB Kirk Douglas Dies, the magazine accidentally posted a pre-written tribute to the actor, who turns 98 this month.
The post listed details about Douglas's life and career spanning six decades, including his 1956 Vincent Van Gogh biopic Lust for Life.
The obituary, which sparked reaction on Twitter, has been removed.
It is unclear whether the tribute, which had a date stamp of 29 September, had been online for two months.
It read: "Kirk Douglas, one of the few genuine box-office names to emerge just as TV was overtaking American culture in the years right after World War II, died TK TK TK. He was 97 (DOB 12/9/1916) and had been in good health despite having suffered a debilitating 1996 stroke that rendered his speech difficult."
Douglas starred in his first movie in 1946 - the classic film noir The Strange Love of Martha Ivers.
His other films include Gunfight at the OK Corral, Lonely Are the Brave and Cast a Giant Shadow.
The actor has received three Oscar nominations during his career, for Lust for Life, The Bad and the Beautiful and Champion.
Although he never won, Steven Spielberg presented him with an honorary Academy award in 1996.
It is common for media outlets to write obituaries of celebrities or important figures in advance.
In 2008, Bloomberg made a similar mistake when it reported Apple co-founder Steve Jobs had died, three years before his actual death in 2011.
People has yet to comment on its Douglas error.
Images published in a newspaper in the Maldives show several small objects it said had been found on one atoll.
But Malaysian Transport Minister Liow Tiong Lai said it was too soon to say if they were connected to flight MH370.
The Malaysia Airlines plane carrying 239 people veered off its course from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing in March 2014.
The plane is long believed to have crashed into the southern Indian Ocean - though no evidence was initially found despite a massive search operation.
The reports in the Maldives come just days after debris found on the remote French Indian Ocean island of Reunion were confirmed to be from the missing plane.
"We will be dispatching a team to the Maldives to view the debris as well as conduct preliminary verification of the debris," Mr Liow said in a statement on Monday.
"Undue speculation will only stress the families and loved ones, anxiously awaiting news on this matter," he added.
Experts have already cast doubt on the find, and a report in the Haveeru newspaper said the captain of a barge that capsized in February believed the debris was from his vessel.
"From the pictures of the debris found on most of the islands, I can almost certainly say that they are from the cargo we were carrying," Capt Abdulla Rasheed told the paper.
Meanwhile, the French authorities are continuing their search for debris around Reunion Island after part of the wing of the Malaysia Airlines jet was found last month.
Tests are still being carried out on that debris but Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said last week that experts had "conclusively confirmed" it was from MH370.
"We now have physical evidence that [...] flight MH370 tragically ended in the southern Indian Ocean," Mr Najib told reporters.
Australia has been leading the search for the plane in the area it is believed to have gone down, some 4,000km (2,500 miles) east of Reunion.
On Friday a judge ordered her release and set bail at about $10,500 (£6,200).
The girl, thought to be 14 years old but with a younger mental age, was arrested last month after a mob accused her of burning pages of the Koran.
Last week an imam was remanded in custody, accused of planting burned pages of the Koran in the girl's bag.
The case against the girl, known as Rimsha, has sparked international alarm and has been condemned by human rights groups.
Blasphemy is not a bailable offence but her lawyers pleaded that she was a juvenile.
The girl's lawyer said she had been released after two guarantors posted a bond against assurances that she would reappear in court, the AFP news agency said.
Pakistan's minister for national harmony said the girl was transported by helicopter to a safe location where she was met by her family.
Her father had previously said he feared for his daughter's life and for the safety of his family.
Rimsha's parents were taken into protective custody at an undisclosed location following threats. Many other Christian families fled the neighbourhood after her arrest.
Rights activists have long urged Pakistan to reform its blasphemy laws, under which a person can be jailed for life for desecrating the Koran.
In March 2011 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.
Blasphemy is a highly sensitive issue in Pakistan, where 97% of the population are Muslim.
In the past accusations of blasphemy have led to vigilante killings by mobs.
A pro-Basque independence and environmental group called Bizi has been given responsibility for the disarmament, according to one activist speaking to France's Le Monde.
The interior minister said Eta "won't get anything in exchange".
Eta declared a ceasefire in 2011 but is yet to relinquish its weapons.
The group killed more than 800 people over four decades of violence.
It was set up more than 50 years ago in the era of Spanish dictator General Franco to fight for an independent Basque homeland.
However, in recent years it has been sapped by the arrest of hundreds of members, including leadership figures, and the seizure of weapons caches.
"Eta has handed us responsibility for the disarmament of its arsenal and, as of the evening of 8 April, Eta will have completely handed over its weapons," Txetx Etcheverry, an activist with Bizi, was quoted as saying in Le Monde.
The 8 April date was also given by an unnamed source close to talks quoted by the AFP news agency.
No formal announcement has yet been made and the Spanish government has so far declined to make any detailed comment.
But in a tweet, Interior Minister Juan Ignacio Zoido said: "What Eta must do is dissolve itself and disappear. It has had time to disarm and it must know that it won't get anything in exchange."
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In 2014 the International Verification Commission of international inspectors said Eta had taken some of its weapons out of action, but the Spanish government dismissed the move as "theatrical".
Spanish media say recent seizures of arms have been quite small, which they say indicate Eta does not have many weapons left - giving its disarmament a predominantly symbolic character.
Coutinho stated his desire to leave via email. The club rejected the request.
On Wednesday, the Reds rejected a 100 million euros bid (£90m) from Barcelona for the 25-year-old, who is out of Saturday's trip to Watford with injury.
In a statement on Friday, the club's owners said its "definitive stance" was that "no offers will be considered".
Speaking at an earlier news conference previewing the league match at Vicarage Road (12:30 BST kick-off), Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp said the Brazilian would miss the season opener because of a back problem.
Klopp said he was also a doubt for Tuesday's Champions League play-off first leg at Hoffenheim as he had "not been in training since last Friday".
Coutinho, who scored 14 goals in all competitions last season, signed a new five-year deal in January that did not include a release clause. He joined Liverpool from Inter Milan for £8.5m in 2013.
Barcelona have also had a bid rejected for Borussia Dortmund's 20-year-old forward Ousmane Dembele since they sold Brazil forward Neymar to Paris St-Germain for a world record £200m last week.
The German club confirmed they met Barca representatives but the offer did not meet their valuation of the France international.
BBC Sport's Simon Stone
Less than three weeks before the end of the transfer window, Liverpool now find themselves in a very tricky position. The club are adamant they will not sell - but what about the player?
As I understand it, Coutinho does not want to fall out with Liverpool, or their fans, and spoil what has been an enjoyable four-and-a-half years at Anfield.
However, the brutal truth is Barcelona are currently a more successful club.
Almost as important is the fact that they, and Real Madrid, hold an attraction for most South American players that is difficult to resist, as Liverpool experienced with Luis Suarez.
Little wonder Coutinho is desperate to make the move.
BBC Radio 5 live's Ian Dennis
Liverpool's stance remains the same but this is significant with a change of attitude from the player.
Previously it seemed Coutinho was content to take an amicable approach. However, his request submitted via email is designed to try and force the issue.
The club are adamant that no offers will be considered but what are the repercussions regarding the relationship with Coutinho and the fans now?
Liverpool are resolute he's not for sale and are in a position of strength because he's under contract until 2022.
L/Cpl Craig Roberts, from Conwy county, died during the Brecon Beacons march on one of the hottest days of 2013.
L/Cpl Edward Maher and Cpl James Dunsby also collapsed and later died.
At their inquest on Tuesday, an SAS soldier rejected claims he told L/Cpl Roberts's family the march went ahead "to save on paperwork".
Coroner Louise Hunt has previously heard the family say the commanding officer, known as 9L, offered the response when asked why the date of the march was not changed.
"Those aren't the words that I recollect," he told the hearing in Solihull, West Midlands.
The soldier said his unit was "deeply shocked" and "deeply sorry" about the reservists' deaths.
However, he added: "I think it's fair to say we could not have seen this accident beforehand, if we could, we would have made changes."
Earlier, the soldier, who was in charge of monitoring and logging the participants' movements using GPS trackers, denied falsifying records.
Soldier 1C said his written log was handed over to special forces officials immediately after the march and stored at its headquarters in Hereford, Herefordshire.
When asked by the coroner if he had "created" handwritten timings after the tragic events to clarify what happened, he replied: "No, ma'am. This list was produced on the day when those times were."
The inquest heard each participant had a tracker which sent co-ordinates, or "pinged", back to a satellite every 10 minutes. These then appeared on a laptop.
Soldier 1C said he "can't remember" if a "slow-mover" alarm, which flags up when soldiers are stationary, was activated that day.
A map tracking the movements of L/Cpl Maher showed he became static at 14:16 BST, while soldier 1C said he had not noticed until 16:40.
"I can't concentrate on one specific student because we've got other students that are tired, fatigued, that I've got to keep an eye on too.
"The only thing I can say is we were sat watching the rest of the students," he added.
Soldier 1C told the hearing that directing staff had not said anyone was "under any duress".
The inquest also heard Cpl Dunsby's lack of movement went unnoticed for one hour and 23 minutes.
Soldier 1C said he had been monitoring the screen, with breaks, for nine hours, but pointed out he had previously undertaken 36-hour shifts while on operational duty.
L/Cpl Roberts, 24, from Penrhyn Bay, L/Cpl Maher, 31, from Winchester, Hampshire, and Cpl Dunsby, 31, from Trowbridge, Wiltshire, were carrying 50lbs (22kg) of equipment during the fatal march.
The inquest continues.
Stephen Calcutt, 52, captured images while using public transport in Birmingham for work.
Now his photos will be on show at the London Art Biennale from 29 March.
He said: "Some people might love it, some might hate it. But it's unique."
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Armed with his Sony A600 camera, the amateur photographer was inspired while waiting for a bus in the city about six months ago, looking through a scratched acrylic window.
"I was actually annoyed because it was ruining the view," Mr Calcutt, from Solihull, said.
But he snapped away anyway, and when he loaded his images on to a computer at home, he saw they had potential.
"Once I enhanced the colours, and played around with the shadow and contrast, they looked a bit like abstract paintings," Mr Calcutt said.
He entered some images to online gallery World Street Photography, and also contacted other galleries about his work, landing a spot in the annual exhibition of contemporary art in Chelsea, London.
Mr Calcutt travels around Birmingham for his job as a domiciliary care worker, and finds the richest spots for his photography in some of the busiest and noisiest urban areas.
One of his favourites is the Maypole area of the city on the number 50 bus route.
"I just take pictures of what I see. Maybe one day there will be an altercation and I'll capture that," he said.
Mr Calcutt knows his work might not be to everyone's tastes.
He said: "I look at some abstract art and I think, 'what is this'? These pictures have the same effect.
"The graffiti is blocking the view. It's vandalism. But I'm making something positive out of something I don't agree with."
Bakers, barristers and baristas will join the cabbies on a 100m (330ft) catwalk in Piccadilly Gardens.
The parade comes from an idea by artist Jeremy Deller and is the Manchester International Festival's opening event.
Many taxi drivers gave stranded people free lifts after last month's bombing.
They will be among 150 ordinary people who will walk down the runway, with hundreds more expected to watch.
Sam Arshad, co-owner of taxi company Street Cars, is among those taking part.
He was driving past the arena on the night of the attack on 22 May, and returned to the office to handle calls from survivors and their families.
"People were calling up with panicked voices," he said. "A lot of worried parents trying to get their children home safe.
"That's when we realised the severity of it all.
"At that point, I reached out to the drivers and said, 'We need to do our bit and to help these people in their time of need.'"
Mr Arshad predicted Thursday's catwalk show would be "a bundle of joy" - and joked that he had been watching Beyonce videos to get inspiration for some moves.
"It just shows that we're the faces of Manchester, aren't we?" he said.
"We're the first people who are going to be out there strutting our stuff, showing what kind of people we are and as a society how we can come together at a time like this to show the kindness and happiness that Manchester produces."
They will be joined on the catwalk by dancers, drag queens, football fans, a chef, a Syrian refugee, dog walkers and some famous faces - whose identities haven't been revealed.
"Rather than putting a bunch of models on it, we're putting the people of Manchester, and it's going to be a very beautiful celebration of the city," festival director John McGrath said.
"Each person who goes onto the runway in a way is an image and a portrait of Manchester - the people who make up the city, the people who make the city special, people you might know, people you might walk past on the street."
808 State musician Graham Massey will join forces with local buskers to create a live soundtrack.
The event, titled What Is The City But The People?, will kick off the sixth Manchester International Festival - the first with Mr McGrath as artistic director.
It begins at 18:30 BST on Thursday and will be streamed on the BBC's Manchester International Festival live page.
The catwalk show will be followed by the first of five concerts by Mancunian band New Order, playing in an installation created by artist Liam Gillick in a former Granada TV studio.
They will be joined by a 12-strong synthesiser ensemble from the Royal Northern College of Music.
The festival will continue until 16 July, with more music, art, drama and dance.
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Sid Rollason, who died aged 100 on 12 August, kept his service medals on display in the sitting room of his Bilston home.
He served in Africa, Greece and Italy during the conflict.
West Midlands Police confirmed it is investigating the theft.
The break-in is believed to have taken place between 09:00 on 18 August and 07:30 BST on 21 August.
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Aside from his wartime service Mr Rollason lived his whole life in Bilston, and was married to wife Dolly for 77 years until her death last year.
The couple had three children, five grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
His family has now launched an appeal on social media to find his medals.
Rory Rollason, from Coseley, said it was desperate to find his great-grandfather's decorations.
"They completely trashed the house and when we were down there we found they'd taken the World War Two medals," the 16-year-old said.
"It's shameful that they've been stolen like that."
Paul Rollason said his grandfather's wartime service was an important part of the family's history.
"[Dolly] always told a story of going to the cinemas and seeing him on the Pathe News - the only way she knew he was still alive," he said.
"We cannot believe that someone would break in. Obviously it must be someone who was aware of the situation."
"I don't know why people keep writing about this," said Spacey.
"I've been offered no role, I've never read a script, no, I am not doing the next James Bond movie."
Director Sam Mendes is returning to take charge of the 24th Bond film, following the enormous success of 2012's Skyfall.
"I don't know who started the rumour but stop it," Spacey told BBC News.
Skyfall became the highest grossing film of all time at the UK box office, and took more than $1bn globally.
Spacey worked with British director Mendes on the 1999 Oscar-winning film American Beauty and the pair reunited for the Bridge Project's 2011 staging of Shakespeare's Richard III.
"Obviously if he (Mendes) wanted me he would've offered me the role," Spacey continued.
"I don't even know if there is a role frankly."
Spacey's recent Shakespearean role, under the direction of Mendes, can currently be seen in the documentary Now: In the Wings on a World Stage.
The film tracks the cast of players of Richard III starting in London, taking in Doha, Singapore, Sydney, Naples and moving to other cities around the world before ending in New York.
The decision to make a cinematic documentary rather than film the stage play was a simple one, according to Spacey - who is currently on stage in the one-man show Clarence Darrow, which marks the end of his 10-year tenure as artistic director of London's Old Vic theatre.
"Well, it's not that we didn't want to film the play," he explained.
"We just couldn't raise the money. That's the honest answer to that."
The political drama House of Cards is also returning for a third series on Netflix, with Spacey in the lead role of Frank Underwood.
He has admitted to having "no idea" how long that series will continue but added he is "enjoying it very much".
"It seems that audiences are as well, so you know, I see no reason why it can't go on for a while."
Now: In the Wings on a World Stage is in cinemas from 9 June and available to download from 10 June via nowthefilm.com
SIMEC and Liberty House, two members of international industrials group GFG Alliance, expect their purchase to be completed in the next four weeks.
The purchase includes hydro power plants near the site and at Kinlochleven.
It involves more than 100,000 acres of land including Ben Nevis' foothills.
Liberty, which reopened the steel plate mill at Dalzell in Motherwell, and SIMEC is funding the deal with a mixture of equity and funds raised through a securitisation programme.
The companies said their investment in Lochaber was being backed by the Scottish government through a variety of business support mechanisms, in particular through support for a Liberty contract to purchase power from the hydro-electric plants.
SIMEC and Liberty said the smelter and its associated assets would fit in well with their other business interests.
Rural Economy and Connectivity Secretary Fergus Ewing, Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch MSP Kate Forbes and Highland Council have welcomed the announcement of the deal.
Mr Ewing said: "The sale of both the smelter and hydro power station increases the chance of the site having a viable, long-term future.
"This is great news for the whole local community and especially for the workers at the smelter.
"Subject to all necessary agreed processes, the deal implemented will safeguard 150 jobs and has the potential to create hundreds more."
He added: "I want to thank Rio Tinto for their positive engagement with ministers and officials throughout the process and I will be sorry to see the company move out of Scotland after such a long association."
Ms Forbes said: "My hope was always to preserve jobs and continue operations at the smelter, but I think that Liberty House's ambitions for the smelter could put Fort William in the driving seat of industrial expansion, career opportunities and sustainable economic growth.
"Innovation and community benefits were the foundation stones on which the smelter and the hydro scheme were first founded - new villages were built and electricity was generated in Lochaber before anywhere else in Scotland."
The smelter near Ben Nevis has been in existence for almost 90 years.
Rio Tinto announced in January that it was reviewing its operations there. Last month, the company confirmed it was in negotiations to sell the plant.
Murray lost the first set from 5-2 up and let a similar lead slip in the second before taking the tie-break, and going on to win 5-7 7-6 (7-3) 6-0 6-2.
The Scot, seeded second, will face holder Stan Wawrinka of Switzerland in the last four on Friday.
Third seed Wawrinka beat Spain's Albert Ramos-Vinolas 6-2 6-1 7-6 (9-7).
Murray has now won his last 10 matches, having won the Italian Open last month, and is through to his fourth French Open and 19th Grand Slam semi-final.
In the other half of the draw, rain delays mean the quarter-finals between Novak Djokovic and Tomas Berdych, and David Goffin and Dominic Thiem, will be played on Thursday.
Murray had won all four previous Grand Slam meetings with Gasquet but gave the Frenchman every opportunity to improve on that record.
The Briton earned a 5-2 lead before his early success with drop shots disappeared, and double faults at key times helped Gasquet run through five straight games.
A similar pattern followed in the second set, as Murray again failed to serve out from 5-2 and fell 3-1 down in the tie-break, but he gathered himself to finally take control with six straight points.
The Parisian crowd had been hoping their man could emulate Yannick Noah's title-winning run of 1983, but Gasquet's challenge faded dramatically in the third set.
After the first two sets took well over two hours, Murray raced through the third in 27 minutes, and a sharp forehand volley gave him the decisive breakthrough early in the fourth.
"Stop it!" shouted Murray after his fourth double fault of the afternoon but it did not signal another collapse, and the world number two reeled off 13 of the last 15 games to win in three hours and 23 minutes.
The poor weather in Paris meant Murray was playing for the first time since beating John Isner on Sunday, and he felt that was behind his inconsistent form in the early stages.
"It wasn't easy for me today," said the Scot. "I played two guys where you get zero rhythm, against [Ivo] Karlovic and Isner.
"Then a two-day break where you're barely hitting any balls because of the conditions. It was 30, 40 minutes of hitting.
"Then coming out and playing a completely different match today, I thought I did well for the most part in a tough atmosphere, too. It's not bad. I was playing some good stuff. I finished the match extremely well, I think."
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"It is unusual to see Murray concede a 5-2 advantage once, let alone twice, but Gasquet deserves huge credit for the way he played in the opening two sets. The drop shot had been Murray's trump card in the early exchanges, but Gasquet started to read it, and given the physical nature of the match, a two-set deficit would have been very hard to retrieve.
"With Gasquet visibly tiring in the third set, Murray dragged him from one side of the court to the other as he soon assumed complete control.
"Murray has now played 20 sets in 5 rounds, but both he and Wawrinka have the benefit of a day off which won't be afforded to the quarter-finalists in the other half of the draw."
Gatland says Wales can build on a big finish in which they scored two tries.
"The courage to carry on playing and not to drop their heads and give up, that's a big tick in the box," he said.
"We had 58% territory and possession tonight and that's a massive number for us against the All Blacks, we've never done that before."
Wales had led the first Test after an hour seven days earlier only for the All Blacks to score 21 unanswered points.
In Wellington, the scores were tied at 10-10 at the break with the hosts crossing four times before late Wales tries by Liam Williams and Jonathan Davies.
"I'm pretty proud of that performance," said Gatland.
"There were two or three key moments in the game and that's the difference.
"We're creating chances and the players are already aware of a couple of things that in the same situation next week they will do it a little bit different because they've learned from tonight and last week."
Gatland takes his side to Dunedin for the third Test next Saturday when Wales will be looking for a first win against the All Blacks after a 28-match losing streak stretching back to 1953.
New Zealander Gatland hopes his players can emulate the manner in which Steve Hansen's side secured their win.
"They are clinical and those are the small margins that we need to be better at," said Gatland.
"It's about freshening them up this week and having a real crack at the All Blacks in Dunedin."
After the first Test, Wales' midweek team lost 40-7 to the Chiefs in Gatland's home city of Hamilton.
"We've learned a lot about ourselves this week and some of the players," added Gatland.
"We'll be thinking that we can get better again for next week.
"The big thing for us is continuing to compete against the best team in the world.
"We'll learn a huge amount from this series."
The Wales coach was also pleased with how his side ended the game, having been blown away in the final quarter in Auckland.
"They tried to increase the tempo and what I was proud of was that we were the ones who stayed in the game towards the end," said Gatland.
"I was pleased with that last 20 and we can build on that for next week hopefully."
Gatland also praised full-back Rhys Patchell, who was winning his third cap after arriving down under as an injury replacement and playing against the Chiefs.
"I was pleased with the way he went. There were a couple of things defensively that he can work on. He showed some nice pace in that wide channel," said Gatland.
He was taken to hospital after being injured at 16:15 GMT in the Topshop store in the Oracle Shopping Centre, Reading.
The boy, who was in a life threatening condition, died later at the Royal Berkshire Hospital, Thames Valley Police said.
His death is being treated as unexplained but non-suspicious.
South Central Ambulance said three ambulances and two officers in a rapid response vehicle were sent to the scene and the shop was cordoned off to customers.
Police said the boy's next of kin had been informed and that further inquiries would take place.
Pte Sean Benton, 20, was found with five gunshot wounds at Deepcut Barracks, in June 1995.
His death was originally recorded as suicide, but a second inquest was ordered after a campaign by the family.
Its scope has been widened to look at all the circumstances of the death of the soldier, from Hastings, Sussex.
A pre-inquest hearing at the Old Bailey heard the full inquest, expected to be next January, would look at how Pte Benton died and whether there was "any third party action".
Pte Benton's "state of mind" will be probed, as well as how he was assessed and disciplined.
In addressing a 10-point list, the inquest will also look at whether he was "subjected to bullying and harassment".
The court heard the soldier's family wanted a jury because of concerns questioning of retired sergeant Andrew Gavaghan may be curbed.
For the family, Paul Greaney QC said: "There will be an attempt made on behalf of Sgt Gavaghan and MoD [Ministry of Defence] to restrict questions of his conduct only in respect of Sean himself.
"On behalf of the family, our submission is we must examine allegations of abuse or bullying of any recruit, not just Sean."
Nicholas Moss, for the MoD, stressed the officer would not be on trial.
Coroner Peter Rook QC said he would rule on whether a jury was needed in July.
Pte Benton's family have campaigned for years for a full investigation into his death amid claims he suffered prolonged bullying.
Represented by human rights group Liberty, Pte Benton's sister Tracy Lewis and his twin Tony Benton applied for a new hearing after using the Human Rights Act to access evidence held by police.
Their mother Linda, who also fought to see evidence about the circumstances of her son's death, died in 2015.
20-year-old Pte Sean Benton, from Hastings, was the first to be found dead in June 1995
18-year-old Pte Cheryl James, from Llangollen was found with a bullet wound to her forehead in November 1995
17-year-old Pte Geoff Gray, from Seaham, was found with two gunshot wounds to his head in 2001
17-year-old Pte James Collinson, from Perth, was found with a single gunshot wound through his chin while on guard duty in 2002
Who were the Deepcut four? Background to the deaths and timeline of events
The birds have "windows" for heat loss, around their eyes, shoulder joints, feet and legs.
This study, led by George Fox University in Oregon, US, is part of a Nasa-funded project to uncover the effects of climate change on the birds.
The results are published in the journal Royal Society Open Science.
Dissipating heat is complex in birds because feathers are such effective insulators.
Lead researcher Dr Donald Powers said many nest birds formed bare "brood patches" when sitting on eggs, "so that the eggs are not insulated from their warm skin by the feathers".
"We wanted to understand how hummingbirds, and birds in general, get rid of the extra heat."
As bright white patches on the footage reveal, hummingbirds - and, researchers say, probably birds in general - have special areas around their eyes, shoulders, and legs that have low feather density.
These serve as windows to rapidly dissipate heat during flight.
"As flight power requirement increases- it is highest when hummingbirds hover - the amount of heat generated increases," said Dr Powers.
"But these 'windows' are sufficient at moderate temperatures to dissipate all excess heat across the full range of flight speeds in hummingbirds."
The researchers are currently investigating whether these nimble, nectar-feeding birds will be able to avoid overheating as temperatures increase.
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Mr Goldsmith, who became a father again on Tuesday, was ousted as MP during a by-election in December.
He had previously left the Conservative Party in protest at the government's backing of a third Heathrow runway.
But on Wednesday night he beat Laura Ferris and Luke Parker to the Richmond Park and North Kingston nomination.
BBC London's political editor Tim Donovan, who was at the meeting, said Mr Goldsmith told the audience he would still oppose the third runway at Heathrow.
In his acceptance speech, he said "this is what it feels like to win an election".
Constituency chairman Georgina Butler said the party was "delighted" to have Mr Goldsmith reselected.
"After a resounding victory in the 2015 General Election, his absence from Parliament since last December has been a disappointment. He is widely regarded the best MP that Richmond Park and North Kingston has ever had, and we need him back to represent our residents effectively," she said.
Lib Dem Sarah Olney won the seat in a campaign focused on Brexit - the Remain-supporting seat voting to oust Leave-supporting Mr Goldsmith.
But local Tories insist Mr Goldsmith is not a "hardened Brexiteer" and would fight for the best deal for Britain.
Lib Dem chief whip Tom Brake said: "By standing as a Conservative after resigning over Heathrow, Zac Goldsmith has just lost his last shred of credibility.
"People in Richmond Park voted resoundingly against a hard Brexit and against Heathrow expansion, both backed by Zac Goldsmith's Conservative Party. Instead they voted for the Liberal Democrat Sarah Olney.
"Zac Goldsmith couldn't stand on a Conservative platform last time, so what's changed?"
He added that Ms Olney had beaten him once, and "would do so again".
It comes after a tumultuous nine days for his organisation, amid claims of "systemic and deep-rooted" corruption.
Seven Fifa officials were held in a dawn raid last week in Zurich as they gathered for a congress which saw Mr Blatter re-elected for a fifth term.
Four days later, Mr Blatter announced he would step down early from the post.
He said he would remain at work until Fifa had chosen his successor in the coming months.
As part of an indictment alleging widespread corruption within Fifa over a period exceeding two decades, the US Department of Justice has charged 14 Fifa officials and associates, including the seven held in Zurich by Swiss police at the behest of US authorities. There are no charges against Mr Blatter himself.
Thursday saw several developments in the story:
In a statement issued on Thursday evening from Fifa HQ in Zurich, Mr Blatter reported that he had held a "a good, constructive meeting to establish a framework for action and a timetable" with Domenico Scala, chairman of the organisation's audit and compliance committee.
The statement added that "president Blatter and Mr Scala are now working on the process to instigate meaningful reform of the administration and structure of Fifa".
It further quoted Mr Blatter as saying: "I want a comprehensive programme of reform and I am very aware that only the Fifa congress can pass these reforms. Furthermore, the executive committee has a particular duty to share the responsibility of driving this process."
Mr Blatter tweeted a picture of himself "working hard at reforms".
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Mr Warner resigned from all football activity in 2011 amid bribery allegations and later stepped down as Trinidad and Tobago's security minister amid a fraud inquiry.
In a TV address, he said: "At the age of 72 I have no intention of allowing them to deprive me of my freedom. I reasonably fear for my life. I have decided I will no longer keep secrets.
"I have compiled a comprehensive series of documents, including cheques and corroborated statements, and have placed them in different and respected hands.
"These documents detail my knowledge in the following matters: the link between Fifa, its funding and me; the links between Fifa, its funding and the United National Congress [Trinidad's governing party].
"These documents also deal with my knowledge of certain transactions at Fifa including, but not limited to, its president Sepp Blatter."
Mr Warner, who denies the charges against him but faces extradition to the US, was released on bail after handing himself in to police in the Trinidad and Tobago capital of Port of Spain last week.
Jack Warner: The US charge sheet
Another former top Fifa official and key witness, American Chuck Blazer, has admitted accepting bribes.
The US justice department alleges the 14 people charged worldwide accepted bribes and kickbacks estimated at more than $150m (£97m) over a 24-year period. Four others have already been charged, including Mr Blazer.
Mr Warner's address came hours after the details of Mr Blazer's 2013 plea bargain came to light, including the admission that he and other officials had accepted bribes in connection with the 2010 World Cup bid, which saw the tournament awarded to South Africa.
Mr Blazer was the second highest official in Fifa's North and Central American and Caribbean region (Concacaf) from 1990 to 2011 - serving as general secretary while Mr Warner was president - and also served on Fifa's executive committee between 1997 and 2013.
In addition to the US case, Swiss authorities have launched a criminal investigation into how the 2018 and 2022 World Cups were awarded to Russia and Qatar respectively.
A law enforcement official quoted by Reuters news agency said the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), in addition to examining events during Mr Blazer's time at the helm of Concacaf, was also looking into how the 2018 and 2022 World Cups were awarded. Both countries have denied any wrongdoing in the bidding process.
The authorities in Qatar say they are confident they will not be stripped of their right to host the 2022 tournament.
The project aims to take a snapshot of current trends and map out the ways the public engage with music.
It is hoped the survey will help measure live music's cultural and economic value and identify future challenges and opportunities.
The 24-hour survey began at 12:00 on Thursday in Glasgow, Newcastle, Oxford, Leeds, Southampton and Brighton.
It has been commissioned by UK Music, the campaigning and lobbying group that represents the recorded and live music industry, and is being led by the universities of Edinburgh, Glasgow and Newcastle.
Prof Martin Cloonan, professor of popular music politics at Glasgow University, said: "What is being proposed has never been done before and is set to reveal the true state of the UK's live music industry.
"Live music is a vital cultural and economic asset and it is important to monitor its health and to support it.
"The results will help to provide the clearest picture of the Glasgow live music scene yet, illustrating that vibrancy while also show issues which need to be addressed."
According to UK Music, the music industry is worth an estimated £3.5bn to the UK economy and creates almost 101,600 jobs.
The group said that despite the value of live music to the economy, the full picture of what the public is listening to and how they listen and interact has never been fully and accurately surveyed.
Dr Matt Brennan, from Edinburgh University, is leading the UK Census project.
He said: "Venues around the country have been telling us that they already operate on thin margins, so proposed increases in rateable values of up to 55% in some cases will have a significant impact.
"The UK Live Music Census will be very important in identifying challenges that the industry faces, such as rising rates and other issues.
"It will give us a detailed picture of what exactly it means to be venue owner, a musician, and a live music lover in 2017. Our hope is that the census will be a vital tool in strengthening a much-loved part of the UK's culture."
The census aims to cover 70 music events in Glasgow alone. Hundreds more will be covered at the five other cities in England.
The survey team will also talk to audiences, venue staff and musicians.
Its findings will be supplemented by a nationwide online survey for musicians, venues, promoters and audiences that will be open until 8 May.
The cause of the widespread extinction has provoked much debate, with climate change being one theory.
However, scientists studied dung samples from 130,000 and 41,000 years ago, when humans arrived, and concluded hunting and fire were the cause.
The extinction in turn caused major ecological changes to the landscape.
The scientists looked at pollen and charcoal from Lynch's Crater, a sediment-filled volcanic crater in Queensland that was surrounded by tropical rainforest until European settlement.
They found Sporormiella spores, which grow in herbivore dung, virtually disappeared around 41,000 years ago, a time when no known climate transformation was taking place.
At the same time, the incidence of fire increased, as shown by a steep rise in charcoal fragments.
It appears that humans, who arrived in Australia around this time,hunted the megafauna to extinction, the scientists said.
The megafauna included three-metre tall giant kangaroos and marsupial lions, as well as giant birds and reptiles.
Susan Rule of the Australian National University in Canberra and her colleagues concluded that vegetation also changed with the arrival of humans.
Mixed rainforest was replaced by leathery-leaved, scrubby vegetation called sclerophyll.
But these changes to the landscape took place after the animal extinctions, indicating that they were the result of the extinction and not its cause, they said.
Human-lit fire - deliberately targeted and more frequent than lightning - had a devastating effect of plants that had previously been protected.
"Any climate change at those times was modest and highly unlikely to affect the outcome," author Matt McGlone wrote in Science.
Lead research author Chris Johnson, from the School of Zoology at the University of Tasmania, said the research raised further questions about the ecological impact of the extinction.
"Big animals have big impacts on plants. It follows that removing big animals should produce significant changes in vegetation."
The removal of large herbivores altered the structure and composition of vegetation, making it more dense and uniform, he said.
"Getting a better understanding of how environments across Australia changed as a result of megafaunal extinction is a big and interesting challenge, and will help us to understand the dynamics of contemporary Australian ecosystems."
Dr John Alroy, from the Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science at Macquarie University, New South Wales, said the debate about whether humans contributed to widespread extinction should "be over now".
"But it has dragged on for nearly a half-century now because the idea that stone age hunters could cause such utter havoc across three entire continents over very short time spans strikes many people as incredible.
"Like it or not, though, it's the truth, and it's time for us to all confront it."
However, Gavin Prideaux, a lecturer in vertebrate palaeontology in the School of Biological Sciences at Flinders University, South Australia, said further research was necessary.
He said the latest study "supports a mounting number of studies that have argued that climate change was not primarily responsible for the Late Pleistocene extinctions in other parts of the continent.
"To test the inferences from this paper we might look at similar lake records from other regions of Australia and seek fossil deposits in the northeast that preserve bones of the giant animals themselves."
David Walsh, 45, was found badly injured on Canon Cockin Street in Hendon just after 23:00 GMT on Friday, and died later in hospital.
Three men, aged 19, 36 and 40, have been remanded in custody charged with Mr Walsh's murder. They will appear before Newcastle Crown Court in the next 48 hours.
Three others arrested on suspicion of murder have been bailed, police said.
A fourth has been released with no further action.
The boy was hit by a white Skoda Octavia taxi on Barry Road opposite Llewellyn Street at about 22.30 GMT.
He is being treated at the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff.
The road was closed for about four hours while investigations and vehicle recovery too place.
Police said no other vehicles were believed to be involved. Officers have appealed for witnesses to contact them.
During a difficult winter for the NHS, January appears to be the worst performing month in the past 13 years.
The figures also suggest record numbers of people waited longer than 12 hours for a hospital bed once seen in A&E.
The BMA said the prime minister could no longer "bury her head in the sand" over increasing pressure in the NHS.
And it accused the government of failing to grasp the seriousness of the situation.
But a spokesman from the Department of Health said the vast majority of patients were seen and treated quickly, and busy periods in hospitals were supported by an extra £400 million of funding.
The figures come from a document compiled by NHS Improvement, a regulator in England.
It appears to show that from a total of more than 1.4 million attendances at A&E during January:
It comes as official NHS figures for December show that 86.2% of A&E patients in England were dealt with in under four hours.
December A&E figures for Scotland are much higher at 92.6% while Wales and Northern Ireland's figures are lower than England's.
January's leaked figures for England are provisionally the worst monthly figures on record since the four-hour target was introduced in 2004.
The situation in England has worsened since last January when more than 51,000 people had "trolley waits" of between four and 12 hours in A&E and 158 people had waits of more than 12 hours.
Jennifer's 95-year-old mother went into Norwich Hospital A&E with a bad chest infection at 9am and was still waiting for a bed until after 10pm on the same day.
She ended up in a ward, where she stayed for a couple of days - but not before being moved three times during the night.
"At the time I was very upset because there was no care or anything. I was so angry," Jennifer said.
"Previously she'd been to A&E on Monday 30 January but got sent home.
"It wasn't getting any better on the Wednesday, so the ambulance was called again.
"I know the NHS is in a bad way but it doesn't help a 95-year-old."
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt recently suggested the four-hour target could be changed to apply to urgent health problems in A&E, rather than more minor ones.
A spokesman from the Department of Health said they did not recognise the figures.
"It is irresponsible to publish unverified data and does a disservice to all NHS staff working tirelessly to provide care around the clock."
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But the Royal College of Emergency Medicine said their figures backed up those seen by the BBC.
Vice-president Dr Chris Moulton said: "While increasing numbers of doctors is vital, the more pressing problem is a lack of beds.
"We simply do not have any more room to put patients - we have the lowest number of acute beds per capita in Europe."
"As a result, bed occupancy is at dangerous levels and exit block is putting lives at risk."
President Dr Taj Hassan, told the BBC's Today programme that the more crowded emergency departments were, the higher the risk that patients could die.
"The care being delivered results in patients being compromised - because of delays in getting pain relief in time, getting antibiotics in time," he said.
"Delays to assessment will also compromise care," he added.
Dr Mark Porter, who chairs the British Medical Association council, said doctors had reported that this winter had been "extraordinarily tough" in hospitals.
"When social care isn't available, patients experience delays in moving from hospital to appropriate ongoing care settings - preventing patients being admitted at the front end in A&E," Dr Porter said.
And he said the long trolley waits were a sign of a system under too much pressure.
"The government have so far failed to grasp the seriousness of the situation," Dr Porter said.
"The prime minister cannot continue to bury her head in the sand as care continues to worsen.
"The government must urgently look at the long-term funding, capacity and recruitment issues facing the system as a whole if we are to get to grips with the pressures the NHS faces year in, year out, but which are compounded during the winter months."
Chris Hopson, chief executive of NHS Providers, which represents hospitals, said it had already called for an urgent review of winter pressures on the health service.
"These figures have not been verified and should therefore be treated with caution, but they are in line with the feedback we have been getting from trusts.
"NHS staff have responded magnificently to increased winter pressures, but the situation has become unsustainable.
"The rise in long trolley waits is particularly worrying, as there is clear evidence they can lead to worse outcomes for patients."
Jim Mackey, chief executive of NHS Improvement, said the current level of demand in England's hospitals was causing real problems.
"Such intense pressure on emergency services has had a real impact on elective services and patients are having to wait longer for non-emergency treatment and this is also adding to the financial pressures being felt by NHS providers," he said.
"Even with these pressures, the NHS continues to outperform health systems in other major nations."
A week of coverage by BBC News examining the state of the NHS across the UK as it comes under intense pressure during its busiest time of the year.
The new Edinburgh routes include Baden, Budapest, Carcassonne, Eindhoven, Hamburg, Katowice, Nantes, Prague, Szczecin, Toulouse, Venice, Valencia and Wroclaw.
The two new Glasgow routes are to Krakow and Madrid.
The new routes will mean a 20% growth for Ryanair in Scotland.
They will go on sale later this month.
Ryanair's Michael O'Leary said: "We are pleased to launch our biggest ever Scotland winter schedule, with 15 new routes and 20% growth which will deliver over five million customers per year and support 3,750 jobs at Ryanair's four Scottish Airports."
The collection includes three Military Cross awards, believed to be one of only 25 examples such gallantry was recognised in one person.
They belonged to Sir Peter Hilton, who fought at Dunkirk, El Alamein and D-Day, then became Lord Lieutenant of Derbyshire and a veterans' campaigner.
The buyer made a "substantial" direct offer to the owners, auctioneers said.
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Valued at up to £10,000, the collection also featured a journal Sir Peter wrote to his wife Winifred when he was sent abroad shortly after they married.
Sir Peter was part of the British Expeditionary Force that had to be evacuated from the beaches of Dunkirk in 1940.
After marrying he was sent to the Middle East, where he was involved in the battle of El Alamein in 1942 and won the Military Cross and bar, as well as needing hospital treatment after being wounded.
His third award of the Military Cross came with the D-Day landings of June 1944.
In charge of a raft bringing vital tanks to the invasion beaches, he struggled against heavy gunfire and a failed engine.
He managed to flag down a landing craft to get a tow, only to discover it was commanded by his brother. He later was caught in a landmine explosion, in which he suffered a fractured skull and lost an eye.
Sir Peter stayed in the army for some years after the war but also served as Lord Lieutenant of Derbyshire from 1978 to 1994 and was president of the Normandy Veterans' Association.
He was knighted in 1993 and died in 1995.
Adrian Stevenson, militaria specialist at auction house Hansons, said: "Before the auction a buyer came forward and made a substantial offer to the owners.
"We are assured the medals will stay in Derbyshire and it is hoped to have them on public display."
Lady Winifred served in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) and was also involved with charities and voluntary organisations. Seven of the medals in the 19 strong collection came from her.
She died in 2010.
The Military Cross is the third highest award for bravery against the enemy, after the Victoria Cross and Distinguished Service Cross.
Elizabeth Album took the pictures of director Billy Wilder and members of the cast in June 1969 while she was working for BBC show, Film 69.
The Loch Ness Monster made for The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, sank while being towed by a boat.
A new survey has found the prop 180m (590ft) down in the loch.
Mrs Album said: "I was working for Film 69 and we went up to Inverness to film the filming.
"The monster was still there. It was out on the water buzzing around behind a small motor boat.
"It was June and I remember it was boiling hot. It was very exciting at the time."
The 30ft (9m) model of the legendary monster has been seen for the first time in images captured by an underwater robot, called Munin and operated by Kongsberg Maritime.
Loch Ness expert Adrian Shine said the shape, measurements and location of what was shown in the sonar images pointed to the object being the lost prop.
Released in 1970, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes was made in the US and UK, where filming was done at Loch Ness and also in a studio.
The film tells of the detective investigating the disappearance of an engineer. The case takes him to Loch Ness and an encounter with a monster.
Sir Robert Stephens played Holmes, Colin Blakely was Dr Watson and Sir Christopher Lee was the sleuth's brother, Mycroft Holmes.
Talented special effects artist Wally Veevers, whose other work included 2001: A Space Odyssey, Superman and Local Hero, led the building of the monster model.
Wilder is said to have comforted Veevers after watching his creation disappear into the loch.
The director had a new monster made - but just its head and neck - and moved the filming to a large water tank in a film studio.
The new liaison officer at Raigmore will assist other staff in arranging transport and accommodation at the city hospital for expectant mums.
The role has been set up following changes to the provision of maternity services at Caithness General in Wick.
A new midwife-led community maternity unit was introduced in January.
Maternity services were previously led by consultant obstetricians.
However, Caithness General has no facilities for on-site specialist neonatal paediatric support or adult intensive care.
NHS Highland has also said that the majority of births at the hospital in Wick can be handled by midwives only.
Pregnancies involving complications are handled at Raigmore, as they have been for a number of years.
But the changes at Caithness General were also brought in on the back of internal and external reviews of the maternity services. The reviews followed two "potentially avoidable" deaths of five babies.
NHS Highland is setting up of the new liaison officer role in addition to plans by the health board and the Scottish Ambulance Service to invest in increasing ambulance provision in Caithness to better meet demand for hospital transfers.
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The referee brought a halt after four minutes of the first round with Craig unable to defend himself from a series of elbows from the Australian.
Pedro dominated from the first bell, trapping Craig against the cage and connecting several times with his knee.
Craig had some success with a few uppercuts but was hurt by a right hand before Pedro finished it on the floor.
Light-heavyweight Craig had defeated Henrique da Silva in his Ultimate Fighting Championship debut in December.
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Marcelino has signed a two-year contract with the two-time Champions League finalists.
Interim boss Voro will remain in charge of the Spanish club for the last two games away to Espanyol on Saturday and at home to Villarreal on 21 May.
Valencia are 13th in La Liga, closer to relegation than a European spot.
They started the season with former Liverpool assistant Pako Ayestaran in charge but he was sacked with the side bottom of La Liga after losing their opening four games of the season.
Marcelino, 51, had been a candidate to replace Ayestaran.
However, league rules do not allow coaches to manage more than one club in the same season and Marcelino was deemed to have started the campaign at Villarreal, although he was sacked before their first game of the season in August.
Former Italy boss Cesare Prandelli, 59, took charge of Valencia instead but resigned after 10 games in charge.
Voro led the team to safety but has since confirmed he will leave at the end of the season.
Former Manchester United and England defender Gary Neville, 42, was sacked by Valencia after less than four months in charge in March 2016.
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Former Villarreal and Sevilla boss Marcelino Garcia Toral will take charge of Valencia, the sixth coach hired by owner Peter Lim in two years.
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George Michael Swindells was swimming off the Mediterranean island of Elba when the incident happened on Tuesday.
Local news reports suggest the 85-year-old, from Wiltshire, suffered a medical problem about 300ft from land, and died despite rescue efforts by two German tourists and a passing policeman.
The Foreign Office confirmed the death of a UK national and said it was "providing assistance to the family".
Mr Swindells, who was reportedly visiting Elba with his wife and friends, drowned at about 15:30 local time on Tuesday.
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Last year the Polish government approved a threefold increase in logging in the protected Bialowieza forest, home to bison and rare birds.
Unesco, EU officials and green activists protested against it.
The European Commission, which is taking legal action against Warsaw, asked the European Court of Justice to impose the provisional ban.
Environmental activist group ClientEarth welcomed the decision, saying continued logging would cause "serious and irreparable damage to this priceless natural environment".
The group's lawyer said: "In the history of the EU, emergency measures like this ban have only been used three times in nature conservation issues.
"So far there is no case in which an interim measure of the court was not respected. If Polish authorities do not follow that decision, it will be a serious conflict with the EU law."
Poland's Environment Minister Jan Szyszko says the logging could help to curb a bark beetle infestation.
The European Commission says it puts endangered species at risk.
If Poland loses the main ongoing case, it will be liable for multimillion euro fines.
The court will meet in a few months to determine whether the injunction will remain in place while the European Commission's case on the matter continues, a spokeswoman told the BBC.
The forest is a Unesco world heritage site that straddles Poland's border with Belarus.
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Europe's top court has ordered Poland to immediately stop large-scale logging in Europe's oldest forest.
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He said he had not meant to offend Israeli Arab voters.
In a Facebook message directed at supporters on election day, he warned that "right-wing rule is in danger" as left-wing organisations were bringing Arabs to vote "in buses".
The Joint List alliance of Arab-dominated parties rejected the apology.
The prime minister had feared his voters would stay at home, but won against expectations.
Mr Netanyahu now says he hopes to form a new governing coalition within two or three weeks.
Apologising for his comments he said: "I know the things I said a few days ago hurt some Israeli citizens.
"My actions as prime minister, including massive investment in minority sectors, prove the exact opposite.
"I think, similarly, that no element outside the state of Israel should intervene in our democratic processes."
Ayman Odeh, leader of the Joint Arab List - an alliance of Israeli Arab-dominated parties that united for the first time and secured 13 seats at last week's election, told Israel's Channel 10: "We do not accept this apology.
"It was to a group of elders and not to the elected leadership of Israel's Arabs. I want to see actions, how is he going to manifest this apology? Will he advance equality?"
Mr Netanyahu's comments on election day drew criticism from the White House, which said it was "deeply concerned" by "divisive rhetoric" that sought to marginalise Israeli Arabs.
Ahead of the vote, Mr Netanyahu also said he would not allow the creation of a Palestinian state if re-elected.
His centre-left opposition, the Zionist Union, had promised to repair ties with the Palestinians and the international community.
Mr Netanyahu has since watered down this position in an interview with MSNBC.
But White House adviser Denis McDonough said on Monday that "we cannot pretend that these comments were never made."
Israeli Arabs, descendants of the 160,000 Palestinians who remained after the State of Israel was created in 1948, represent about 20% the Israeli population.
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It also features a claim by the former Lord Speaker that many peers contribute "absolutely nothing" to Parliament.
Baroness D'Souza claimed one peer kept a taxi running outside while signing in to collect the £300 allowance.
The Lords said it was an "active and effective revising chamber" with a "robust" code of conduct.
Meet The Lords, which is shown on Monday at 21:00 GMT on BBC Two, combines interviews and fly-on-the-wall footage of the Upper House.
One of the interviewees, Lib Dem constitutional spokesman Lord Tyler, jokes: "It is the best day care centre for the elderly in London, families can drop in him or her and make sure that the staff will look after them very well nice meals subsidised by the taxpayer, and they can have a snooze in the afternoon in the chamber or in the library."
Lord Tyler told the BBC the Lords was "not very representative", with more peers aged over 90 than under 40.
Baroness D'Souza suggested the "sense of honour" that used to come with being a member of the House of Lords had been lost.
She said there was a "core" of peers who work "incredibly hard", but "many, many, many" who do not.
"I can remember one occasion when I was leaving the House quite late and there was a peer - who shall be utterly nameless - who jumped out of a taxi just outside the peers' entrance, left the engine running.
"He ran in, presumably to show that he'd attended, and then ran out again while the taxi was still running.
"So I mean that's not normal, but it is something that does happen and I think that we have lost the sense of honour that used to pertain, and that is a great, great shame."
Two former cabinet ministers, Labour's Lord Blunkett and Conservative Lord Tebbit, said too many people were given peerages for offering support to the government of the day.
"Far too many people have been put in here as a sort of personal reward," Lord Tebbit said.
"You wouldn't have imagined Mrs Thatcher wanting to give a peerage to Denis Thatcher's tailor or something like that.
"But we have come pretty close to that in recent years."
A House of Lords spokesman said: "The House of Lords is an active and effective revising chamber that considered 3,678 amendments to legislation in the last session, and members contribute to that work in a wide variety of ways."
He said that in the 2015-16 Parliamentary session, 710 members spoke in debates, 779 voted and 321 were members of select committees.
Members can be suspended where they are found to have claimed an allowance without carrying parliamentary work, he added.
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The Israel international, 24, revealed pep talks with manager Ronny Deila helped convince him to persevere.
A lack of first-team opportunities last year had left him frustrated, but he is now a regular in Deila's team.
"Sometimes in your career you go through tough moments, but I'm happy that I went through it," said Bitton.
"I'm happy that I stayed, happy I signed a new contract. I'm the happiest man in the UK now."
Bitton started his career with Ashdod in his homeland and joined Celtic in 2013.
But he was in and out of the team and often left on the bench before becoming more established in the starting line-up in the second half of last season.
So far this term, the midfielder has made 20 appearances, scoring four goals.
"The main reason I signed is the club," he said. "When you play in front of 40,000 or 50,000 fans, there is nothing better than that. Sometimes it's better than money."
Bitton has become one of the Glasgow club's most consistent performers and puts that down to adjusting to the game in Scotland and taking heed of his manager's advice.
"Like everyone saw, I didn't play much even in the first year with Neil Lennon as manager," he said.
"I moved from Israel and the tempo of the game there is not the same as here. It's totally different.
"I just needed to settle in and understand what the expectation was here and, as soon as I did, I knew I could continue.
"I had a good conversation with the manager last year. Before, I didn't realise why I didn't play and when you don't know you cannot do anything about it.
"After the conversation with the gaffer, I tried to change. I tried to show him that I deserve to play and I got my chance."
Bitton has scored three times in Europe this season and feels Celtic will have to produce a performance similar to the one against Aberdeen at the weekend if they are to beat Molde on Thursday night and keep alive their chances of progressing in the Europa League.
"At the end of the day, it's just a football game," he said. "We just need to do the same things we did the past two years.
"Like every game we play at Celtic Park, we try to go 100% from the beginning, but we need to be careful because they are a very strong counter-attacking team and they hurt us in the last game."
Demonstrators have been rallying in Istanbul, Ankara and other cities for a week, with many calling for the three-term prime minister to quit.
A police officer died on Thursday after falling off a bridge in Adana province the previous day, reports said.
Three other people have been killed and thousands injured in the unrest.
The protests mushroomed after police cracked down on activists defending an Istanbul park from developers.
Mr Erdogan has called the protests undemocratic but his deputy apologised for police violence and met representatives of the protesters from Istanbul's Taksim Square.
In the Black Sea port of Rize, a large crowd of government supporters attacked a smaller group of young people who were holding a protest on Wednesday. Police had to step in to protect them.
It appears to be the first clash between rival groups since the unrest began.
Before leaving for his tour of North Africa on Monday, Mr Erdogan had predicted the protests would be over by the time he returned.
But on the eve of his return, police in the capital Ankara used tear gas and water cannon on protesters who had erected barricades and set them on fire. Rioting was also reported in the city of Tunceli.
The deputy leader of Mr Erdogan's Justice and Development Party (AKP), Huseyin Celik, went on TV to urge supporters not to flock to the airport to welcome Mr Erdogan back.
"The prime minister does not need a show of power," he said.
Protest representatives who met Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc on Wednesday presented demand which included the dismissal of police chiefs, a ban on the use of tear gas, the release of detained protesters, the sacking of Istanbul's governor, and the scrapping of the plans for the redevelopment of Gezi Park.
The plan to redevelop the park, which is part of Taksim Square, is the issue that sparked the protests.
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"The powers-that-be continue to counter with violence, pressure and prohibitionist policies... demands which are being expressed in a peaceful and democratic manner," a spokesman for the activists said after the meeting.
In Istanbul, thousands of striking workers joined the demonstrations on Wednesday. They held banners addressed to Mr Erdogan reading: "This nation will not bow to you!" and "Taksim Square is everywhere!"
The protests continued into the night but no violence was reported in Istanbul.
In a gesture that correspondents said showed solidarity between different groups of protesters, secularist demonstrators in Taksim Square joined devout Muslims for prayers on a traditional Turkish feast day on Wednesday.
"Oh great Lord, heed the calls of the demonstrators who have been resisting in this square," an imam proclaimed.
Many demonstrators, who oppose the policies of Mr Erdogan's Islamist-rooted party, refrained from drinking alcohol in respect of religious sensitivities.
It was confirmed on Wednesday that a third person had died as a result of the unrest. Ethem Sarisuluk, 26, was wounded in the head during clashes in Ankara, the Turkish Medical Association told reporters.
Abdullah Comert, 22, received a fatal head wound in the southern city of Antakya on Monday while Mehmet Ayvalitas, 20, was hit and killed by a car in Istanbul on Sunday.
Initial reports had said Mr Comert was killed by a bullet but this was corrected after a post-mortem examination.
Then on Thursday, the Hurriyet newspaper reported that a police commissioner had died in hospital of his injuries after falling off a bridge while chasing protesters in Adana province on Wednesday.
In the coastal city of Izmir, protesters demanded the release of about 30 people arrested for posting "misinformation" on Twitter.
Relatives said those detained - young men and women, mostly in their early 20s - had posted as few as two tweets informing protesters of the location of police activity and roadblocks in the city. They feared they would be charged with criminal incitement.
The prime minister has called the micro-blogging site a "menace" used to spread "lies".
Demonstrators accuse Mr Erdogan's government of becoming increasingly authoritarian and trying to impose conservative Islamic values on a secular state.
Mr Erdogan has said the demonstrations are organised by "extremists".
The AKP has governed Turkey since 2002, winning a series of election victories.
Spitfires, Hurricanes, Chinook helicopters and Strikemasters were among the aircraft taking part at City Airport, Eccles.
The event was last held in 1994, when the site was called Barton Aerodrome.
Nick Duriez, of City Airport, said people had "fond memories" of the airshow and it was time for a return.
He said: "Last year we put on a few flying displays and it went really well, it was really popular - so many people were asking, 'bring back the airshow'.
"We then had a think about it and had a look to see if it was possible."
Despite early sunshine, the event concluded earlier than planned due to heavy rain showers.
The 34-year-old former Arsenal and Reading keeper made 129 appearances during four years with the Bees.
Barnet boss Martin Allen wanted Stack to be back-up to Jamie Stephens, while continuing to coach the other keepers at The Hive.
"Having been offered the chance to stay, I feel it is time for a new challenge," Stack posted on Twitter.
I would argue, with Winston Churchill, that, for all its defects and annoyances, democracy does offer a good working system for modern states, leaving citizens free to develop while providing a safety valve and the chance of peaceful changes of government.
It cannot stand alone - independent rule of law and a certain degree of tolerance are also essential.
In the case of China, the reality is that some essential building blocks are absent were the country to wish to head in the direction of competitive democracy.
The idea of the independent rule of law is lacking - rather, China has long embraced the creed of legalism, which means using the law to implement the decision of the rulers rather than enabling it to be a means of challenging top-down authority.
Then the historical backdrop is missing - the only quasi-free national elections ever held in China were in 1912 and ended with the leader of the ruling party being assassinated, after which a military strongman exerted his grip on the country.
When the Communist Party talks of democracy, what it means is internal procedures to make its rule more effective.
Village elections are held, but the list of candidates is closely vetted.
At the other end of the scale, the choice of members of the ruling Politburo and its supreme Standing Committee is decided behind closed doors at a party congress every five years.
Some commentators see this in a positive light. China, they hold, does not need the messy business of open democracy and is better served by the rule of an elite selected by the monopoly party which, they add, is far more efficient than Western governments.
That argument hardly holds water on closer examination away from the usual cliches about China's Confucian system.
China has, indeed, amazed the world by its economic growth since the 1980s.
Combining abundant cheap labour, cheap capital and welcoming export markets, it has pulled more people out of poverty in a shorter time than any country in history.
In the process, Deng Xiaoping's target of ensuring continuing one-party rule by making the Communist machine the vehicle by which growth was delivered gave the regime a new legitimacy after the shambles of the Mao Zedong era.
But now the leadership under Xi Jinping, who is both Party General Secretary and State President as well as holding five other top jobs, faces a different kind of challenge to the one confronting Deng when he won out in the power struggle that followed Mao's death in 1976.
The 1980s equation of cheap labour, cheap capital and export market no longer works - wages have gone up; so has the cost of credit; and demand from developed markets is not what it used to be.
China's financial system cannot cope with the size of the economy.
There is huge excess capacity. Deflation is a major constraint.
Political reform is off the agenda - dissidents have been jailed and official media thunder against allegedly Western-inspired threats to the system.
But it is neither around the economy nor the political sphere that the powerful current leadership may face its biggest test.
Chinese society has evolved hugely with material growth.
So have everyday problems, exacerbated by the lack of effective controls as crude growth has been the leitmotif of official policy and promotions of officials.
As a result, China has developed the worst environmental crisis of any major economy.
Life expectancy in northern cities affected by bad air is estimated to be 5.5 years fewer than in cleaner southern centres.
Nobody would think of drinking from the tap - water is so toxic in some areas that it cannot be used for industry. Major lakes are clogged by algae.
Behind the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze, a huge stagnant reservoir is clogged with waste from up-river.
Deposits from factories and river-borne pesticides have led to an estimated 10% of farmland being unsafe for crop cultivation.
Food safety is a constant cause for concern, affected by everything from sausages containing putrid meat and poisoned baby milk formula to water melons exploding because of chemicals pumped into them.
Safety standards are low and often not enforced.
Citizens lack means of recourse through accountable bodies or the law.
The current major anti-corruption campaign has shown just how enormous graft had become - the associates of one major former official are said to have amassed assets of $30bn (£20bn), while it took investigators more than a week to count the wealth of a former senior general.
People increasingly ask the "Why?" questions: "Why do I have to wear a face mask when I go out, why can't I drink water without boiling it, why is imported food less dangerous than domestic products?"
Such concerns are felt in particular by the younger generation of the urban middle class.
Social media - China has some 600 million web users - and foreign travel - the Chinese make 100 million visits abroad each year - spur such questioning.
That leads logically to the question of whether crude economic expansion is enough or if, having achieved so much, China needs to deal with the problems spawned by growth.
That is likely to be a major challenge for Xi Jinping as he tightens his grip on political power.
Given his insistence on Communist Party supremacy, his answer will not be a lurch towards competitive democracy in which citizens will be given their say over who rules them.
It will be a hybrid response, but the clock is ticking. Finding policies that satisfy the population will be key to social stability.
This is not democracy, but shows that, even in a top-down one-party state, popular concerns matter - and cannot be waved away by simplistic assertions that China has found a superior way of running the state and that its past ensures its future.
The proof will be in the party's ability to deliver on the social and quality-of-life front - and that is one of the biggest tasks for any ruling administration on Earth.
Jonathan Fenby is author of Will China Rule the World?, Tiger Head, Snake Tails: China Today and the Penguin History of Modern China.
Stephen David John McFarlane, from Glenville Park in Newtownabbey, appeared at Belfast Magistrates' Court on Saturday.
He was charged with attempting to kill a 26-year-old woman.
He was also accused of breaking into her home on the Ashgrove Road in Newtownabbey.
The court was told that Mr McFarlane launched "a frenzied knife attack" on the mother-of-two, allegedly inflicting a total of 27 stab wounds.
The woman remains in hospital, where her condition is described as stable.
Defence solicitor Matthew Higgins said he was not applying for bail and District Judge Bernie Kelly remanded McFarlane into custody to appear again on 19 February via video-link.
The alleged attack sparked a nationwide manhunt as police searched for Mr McFarlane.
The PSNI released his name and his car details as they sought to track him down.
Mr McFarlane is also charged with breaching a court imposed non-molestation order on 13 January.
He is further charged that on the following day he stole two sets of number plates, made off without paying for £40.01 of fuel and that on 15 January, he drove dangerously on the Doagh Road in Newtownabbey and failed to stop, remain or report an accident where damage was caused.
The hunt ended in a high speed pursuit, which stretched from the Doagh Road in Newtownabbey and culminated in Welland Street, a cul-de-sac close to the junction of the Newtownards and Holywood roads in east Belfast, where he was arrested.
The blaze at St Michael's Hospice, in St Leonards, meant patients, staff and the fundraising operation had to be moved quickly to other temporary sites.
Irene Dibben, chairwoman of the hospice, said the consequences of the 11 July fire had been "quite major".
Rodney Smith, 67, of Quarry Hill, St Leonards, was charged with arson with intent to endanger life.
During the blaze 23 people had to be evacuated.
Two patients, Jill Moon, 62 and David Denness, 81, suffered smoke inhalation and died later in hospital.
Ms Dibben said: "The difficulty is that it took out all of the power, the boilers were lost, the servers for IT was lost and smoke damage was extensive.
"Although people might look at the building and think it was a limited fire, the consequences for us have been quite major."
County's chairman might have felt that sense of reflection, too, as he watched long-standing members of staff, some of whose parents worked for the club before them, celebrate on the pitch at the national stadium after the team's 2-1 win over Hibernian.
Their Scottish League Cup triumph was a story of so many individuals, yet it all seemed to gather around MacGregor himself.
Jim McIntyre, the victorious manager, described his chairman as "Mr Ross County" and spoke afterwards of his delight at being able to deliver a first major trophy for him.
The two shared a long embrace as the cup was being paraded around by the players. If there was a symbolic moment, though, it was when MacGregor lifted up his grandson and the two were cheered and applauded loudly by the County supporters.
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MacGregor was bashful then, but he has long insisted that County operate as a community club and with a strong sense of family values.
He has driven County's progress, shaping and enabling it with his personality and his wealth. For perspective, it is worth recalling that in 1985, County were bottom of the Highland League.
This moment, of glory, of joy, of sheer exuberance, belonged to all at County, but most fittingly to MacGregor.
"We've been on a journey together," he said. "This isn't the end of the journey."
He seemed appreciative of the values that McIntyre applies. The manager insisted that the celebrations in the dressing room would be curtailed, since there is training on Monday and a vital match against St Johnstone on Wednesday. A top-six finish is County's ambition, and so the parties would have to wait.
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MacGregor, a deeply religious man, built a global engineering business but strongly believed that his focus should be on his local community.
He joked that Dingwall, with its population of around 6,000, would have been emptied as more than 9,000 Ross County fans descended on Hampden.
If the game itself was a struggle at times for County - Hibs dominated possession for long spells in the first-half - the victory was littered with uplifting moments.
Jackson Irvine was a tireless figure in midfield, with his long legs eating up the ground as he ranged across the pitch, but also sliding in to steal the ball from opponents. He also had the nous to create the opening goal for Michael Gardyne.
Irvine's boots bore the name of his grandfather, who first introduced him to football and coached him for four years in Irvine's native Australia, and the player paid for his parents and sister to fly over from Melbourne for the final.
The winning goal was symbolic, too. Brian Graham made a significant impact as a substitute, allowing County to become more competitive with his presence and movement up front.
In the 90th minute, it was Graham who won the ball in the centre of the pitch to allow Gardyne to scurry down the left.
Earlier in the half, it looked as though an injury would force Gardyne off, but he soldiered on, driven by the desire to deliver the best of himself in the final. His cross was cleared by Liam Fontaine, but only to Alex Schalk, who had been prone through cramp moments before.
After tapping the ball over the line, Schalk sprinted towards the County fans to celebrate. County's players had suffered at moments during the game, but they prevailed nonetheless.
The winning goal was cruel on Fontaine. The Hibs defender had equalised in the first-half and was so desperate to atone for the second County goal that he pushed upfield and his overhead kick in time added on was pushed over the bar by Gary Woods.
Fontaine looked distraught at the end, and several Hibs players looked to be in tears. They had brought so much to the game - in particular Liam Henderson with his energy and running, John McGinn's scheming and Darren McGregor with resolute defending - but they fell short.
Alan Stubbs said his side had been the better team. That was true for much of the first-half, but it still has to be made to count.
Hibs lacked composure in the final third, with Jason Cummings and Anthony Stokes often seeming estranged up front rather than an effective partnership.
The major call had been made by McIntyre, though, since he sent his side out with a back three for the first time this season. It could have failed badly, and it might be said that County toiled as they tried to impose themselves on the game since the players were unused to the shape. Yet still they won.
MacGregor's financial and personal investment, and McIntyre's management, combined to deliver a historic moment for County. In a sense, too, it is a triumph for football in the Highlands, where on Saturday, Ross County face Inverness Caledonian Thistle in the Premiership.
Right now, it is those two clubs that hold the trophies for the two major cup competitions in Scotland. That thought would make MacGregor smile even more.
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The World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) has extended the period in which athletes who test positive may not be punished.
Those found to have low levels of meldonium in tests before 30 September can now be cleared.
Studies have shown the drug takes longer to be cleared from the system than previously thought.
Athletes who test positive in the new period will be cleared via a "no-fault finding" if less than one microgram per millilitre is detected.
Meldonium was added to Wada's list of banned substances in January 2016.
A study in March said up to 490 athletes may have taken meldonium at the 2015 European Games in Baku.
The new guidelines do not apply to Russian tennis player Maria Sharapova, who is appealing against a two-year suspension after admitting taking the drug after 1 January.
Meldonium increases blood flow and is typically used to treat heart conditions.
Spain international Llorente, 31, joined from Sevilla on a two-year deal.
He made his debut in the 1-0 win at Burnley and after his late header was saved by Tom Heaton, Leroy Fer struck to score Swansea's winner.
"Fernando has that physical presence that can help us in difficult times," Fabianski said.
"For me personally it's a bit easier. When we're under pressure and I have to kick a longer ball. I know he can do the job for us."
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Llorente and fellow Spanish striker Borja have bolstered Swansea's forward options following the departures of Andre Ayew, Alberto Paloschi, Eder and Bafetimbi Gomis.
Fabianksi, who played in four of Poland's five games at Euro 2016, was pleased with the win and a clean sheet in their Premier League opener at Turf Moor.
He also hailed the performance of central defenders Federico Fernandez and Jordi Amat, coming only days after Ashley Williams' departure to Everton.
"It's a confidence boost for the centre-backs," Fabianski added.
"I think they've done a really good job, especially playing against very physical opponents.
"We stood up to them physically and we can be happy with that.
"It's always great to start with a win, especially playing away from home.
"It always gives you that confidence for the next game and tells you the work you did in pre-season was good work and it paid off."
Indeed, closing the gap between what the government spends and what it takes in taxes was the government's main mission.
But it has proved harder than Mr Osborne had hoped. He would blame circumstances beyond his control which - again - threaten to push his targets further back.
His critics on one side would say the initial pace of the cuts are what dragged the recovery down - a self-defeating object.
Critics on the right would say in fact he's lacked the courage to go far enough.
In the febrile atmosphere less than 48 hours before a Budget, there is agreement on one thing - whether fast or slow, the most straightforward cuts, practically and politically, have gone.
Former head of the Home Civil Service Lord Kerslake, who was until recently one of the most senior officials involved in the hunt for savings, says clearly: "It's hard to see where the easy choices are now."
He told me: "The savings that have to be found will require very substantial changes in the way things are delivered - or, indeed, the offer made."
In other words, public services will have to be delivered much more cheaply, or the public will have to accept very different levels of provision.
And with Mr Osborne significantly behind on his own original targets from 2010, by accident or design, Lord Kerslake told me: "We've still got some way to go, no more than half on the numbers.
"The important thing to say is that the second half is much harder because the sense of crisis that drove the savings in the coalition government has ebbed, the wider economy is growing so people can't see a comparable position there and people just get exhausted by the process.
"The easy savings have been done. So where do you go?"
Well, the chancellor is likely to announce further squeezes on welfare spending - the government has already outlined taking another billion out of the budget allocated to disabled people.
There are likely, by 2020, to be cuts of an extra £4bn a year by 2020. To raise revenue, there could possibly be a rise in fuel tax - politically difficult but lucrative for the government coffers - maybe hikes in insurance premiums, and what one Tory MP described as "nibbles here and there".
With the European referendum bearing down on Numbers 10 and 11 there is a desire not to stir up too much controversy, not to distract too much from their main task in hand.
But as Lord Kerslake warns, taking anything else out of government budgets that have already been slimmed down is tricky - a task almost bound to cause complaint in itself.
The Swiss team will not take part in next week's post-British Grand Prix test at Silverstone, stating it was to "consider cost effectiveness".
They also missed the first in-season test in May as they had no test driver and a lack of car upgrades.
Sauber are last in the constructors' standings before Sunday's race at Silverstone, having failed to score a point so far this season.
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Sports scientist Dr Sherylle Calder has been brought in by England head coach Eddie Jones as the team's visual awareness coach.
Asked if rugby players use mobile phones too much, she told BBC Radio 5 live: "Yes they do, we all do don't we?
"And elite players more than others because they have more spare time."
Dr Calder worked with the World Cup-winning England squad in 2003 and her native South Africa, who won the 2007 event.
She has also worked in numerous other sports including with professional footballers, golfers and cricketers.
"You're really looking in onto a small little screen," she added. "If you think about what they do on this huge field, having to make decisions on what they see, it's not ideal to do that.
"You're losing awareness and we really live in an age of distractions. One of the skills that is really deteriorating is the ability to concentrate and that's probably one of the first skills any coach asks of a player; make sure you concentrate in the first five minutes of a game.
"Because we're in distraction mode all the time and the phone has a role to play in that, that ability to concentrate has deteriorated."
England's Six Nations campaign begins against France on 4 February and Dr Calder has asked players not to use the mobile phone as much, adding: "We would advise them closer to competition on what they should be doing, what habits and behaviours to have.
"The science offers quite a lot of knowledge in that respect."
The government motion was passed 397 to 223 after a 10-hour debate in the House of Commons. Below is the breakdown of how each MP voted.
Find out how your MP voted
Find out which constituency you live in
*The Commons is made up of 650 MPs but the Speaker and his three deputies cannot vote while Sinn Fein's four MPs do not take their seats and did not take part.
*There is also currently no MP for Oldham West and Royton, with a by-election taking place on Thursday.
Conservatives:
Adam Afriyie (Windsor)
Alan Mak (Havant)
Alberto Costa (South Leicestershire)
Alec Shelbrooke (Elmet and Rothwell)
Alex Chalk (Cheltenham)
Alistair Burt (North East Bedfordshire)
Alok Sharma (Reading West)
Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan)
Amanda Milling (Cannock Chase)
Amanda Solloway (Derby North)
Amber Rudd (Hastings and Rye)
Andrea Jenkyns (Morley and Outwood)
Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire)
Andrew Bingham (High Peak)
Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire)
Andrew Griffiths (Burton)
Andrew Jones (Harrogate and Knaresborough)
Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield)
Andrew Murrison (South West Wiltshire)
Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole)
Andrew Rosindell (Romford)
Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire)
Andrew Stephenson (Pendle)
Anna Soubry (Broxtowe)
Anne Main (St Albans)
Anne Marie Morris (Newton Abbot)
Anne Milton (Guildford)
Anne-Marie Trevelyan (Berwick-upon-Tweed)
Antoinette Sandbach (Eddisbury)
Ben Gummer (Ipswich)
Ben Howlett (Bath)
Ben Wallace (Wyre and Preston North)
Bernard Jenkin (Harwich and North Essex)
Bill Wiggin (North Herefordshire)
Bob Blackman (Harrow East)
Bob Stewart (Beckenham)
Boris Johnson (Uxbridge and South Ruislip)
Brandon Lewis (Great Yarmouth)
Byron Davies (Gower)
Caroline Ansell (Eastbourne)
Caroline Dinenage (Gosport)
Caroline Nokes (Romsey and Southampton North)
Caroline Spelman (Meriden)
Charles Walker (Broxbourne)
Charlie Elphicke (Dover)
Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West)
Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham)
Chloe Smith (Norwich North)
Chris Davies (Brecon and Radnorshire)
Chris Grayling (Epsom and Ewell)
Chris Green (Bolton West)
Chris Heaton-Harris (Daventry)
Chris Philp (Croydon South)
Chris Skidmore (Kingswood)
Chris White (Warwick and Leamington)
Christopher Pincher (Tamworth)
Claire Perry (Devizes)
Conor Burns (Bournemouth West)
Craig Mackinlay (South Thanet)
Craig Tracey (North Warwickshire)
Craig Whittaker (Calder Valley)
Craig Williams (Cardiff North)
Crispin Blunt (Reigate)
Dame Angela Watkinson (Hornchurch and Upminster)
Damian Collins (Folkestone and Hythe)
Damian Green (Ashford)
Damian Hinds (East Hampshire)
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham)
Daniel Poulter (Central Suffolk and North Ipswich)
David Amess (Southend West)
David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate)
David Cameron (Witney)
David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford)
David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire)
David Jones (Clwyd West)
David Lidington (Aylesbury)
David Mackintosh (Northampton South)
David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale)
David Mowat (Warrington South)
David Mundell (Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale)
David Nuttall (Bury North)
David Rutley (Macclesfield)
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth)
David Tredinnick (Bosworth)
David Warburton (Somerton and Frome)
Derek Thomas (St Ives)
Desmond Swayne (New Forest West)
Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield)
Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton)
Edward Argar (Charnwood)
Edward Timpson (Crewe and Nantwich)
Edward Vaizey (Wantage)
Elizabeth Truss (South West Norfolk)
Eric Pickles (Brentwood and Ongar)
Fiona Bruce (Congleton)
Flick Drummond (Portsmouth South)
Gareth Johnson (Dartford)
Gary Streeter (South West Devon)
Gavin Barwell (Croydon Central)
Gavin Williamson (South Staffordshire)
Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (The Cotswolds)
Geoffrey Cox (Torridge and West Devon)
George Eustice (Camborne and Redruth)
George Freeman (Mid Norfolk)
George Hollingbery (Meon Valley)
George Osborne (Tatton)
Glyn Davies (Montgomeryshire)
Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West)
Graham Evans (Weaver Vale)
Graham Stuart (Beverley and Holderness)
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield)
Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells)
Greg Hands (Chelsea and Fulham)
Guto Bebb (Aberconwy)
Guy Opperman (Hexham)
Harriett Baldwin (West Worcestershire)
Heather Wheeler (South Derbyshire)
Heidi Allen (South Cambridgeshire)
Helen Grant (Maidstone and The Weald)
Helen Whately (Faversham and Mid Kent)
Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk)
Henry Smith (Crawley)
Hugo Swire (East Devon)
Huw Merriman (Bexhill and Battle)
Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford and Woodford Green)
Iain Stewart (Milton Keynes South)
Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater and West Somerset)
Jack Lopresti (Filton and Bradley Stoke)
Jackie Doyle-Price (Thurrock)
Jacob Rees-Mogg (North East Somerset)
Jake Berry (Rossendale and Darwen)
James Berry (Kingston and Surbiton)
James Brokenshire (Old Bexley and Sidcup)
James Cartlidge (South Suffolk)
James Cleverly (Braintree)
James Davies (Vale of Clwyd)
James Duddridge (Rochford and Southend East)
James Gray (North Wiltshire)
James Heappey (Wells)
James Morris (Halesowen and Rowley Regis)
James Wharton (Stockton South)
Jane Ellison (Battersea)
Jason McCartney (Colne Valley)
Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey)
Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford)
Jeremy Quin (Horsham)
Jeremy Wright (Kenilworth and Southam)
Jesse Norman (Hereford and South Herefordshire)
Jo Churchill (Bury St Edmunds)
John Glen (Salisbury)
John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings)
John Howell (Henley)
John Penrose (Weston-super-Mare)
John Stevenson (Carlisle)
John Whittingdale (Maldon)
Johnny Mercer (Plymouth, Moor View)
Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon)
Jonathan Lord (Woking)
Joseph Johnson (Orpington)
Julian Brazier (Canterbury)
Julian Knight (Solihull)
Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon)
Julian Sturdy (York Outer)
Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon)
Justine Greening (Putney)
Karen Bradley (Staffordshire Moorlands)
Karen Lumley (Redditch)
Karl McCartney (Lincoln)
Keith Simpson (Broadland)
Kelly Tolhurst (Rochester and Strood)
Kevin Foster (Torbay)
Kevin Hollinrake (Thirsk and Malton)
Kit Malthouse (North West Hampshire)
Kris Hopkins (Keighley)
Kwasi Kwarteng (Spelthorne)
Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury)
Liam Fox (North Somerset)
Lucy Allan (Telford)
Lucy Frazer (South East Cambridgeshire)
Luke Hall (Thornbury and Yate)
Maggie Throup (Erewash)
Marcus Fysh (Yeovil)
Marcus Jones (Nuneaton)
Margot James (Stourbridge)
Maria Caulfield (Lewes)
Maria Miller (Basingstoke)
Mark Field (Cities of London and Westminster)
Mark Francois (Rayleigh and Wickford)
Mark Garnier (Wyre Forest)
Mark Harper (Forest of Dean)
Mark Lancaster (Milton Keynes North)
Mark Menzies (Fylde)
Mark Pawsey (Rugby)
Mark Prisk (Hertford and Stortford)
Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin)
Mark Spencer (Sherwood)
Mary Robinson (Cheadle)
Matt Warman (Boston and Skegness)
Matthew Hancock (West Suffolk)
Matthew Offord (Hendon)
Mel Stride (Central Devon)
Michael Ellis (Northampton North)
Michael Fabricant (Lichfield)
Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks)
Michael Gove (Surrey Heath)
Michael Tomlinson (Mid Dorset and North Poole)
Michelle Donelan (Chippenham)
Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green)
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead)
Mike Wood (Dudley South)
Mims Davies (Eastleigh)
Nadhim Zahawi (Stratford-on-Avon)
Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire)
Neil Carmichael (Stroud)
Neil Parish (Tiverton and Honiton)
Nick Boles (Grantham and Stamford)
Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton)
Nick Herbert (Arundel and South Downs)
Nick Hurd (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner)
Nicky Morgan (Loughborough)
Nicola Blackwood (Oxford West and Abingdon)
Nigel Adams (Selby and Ainsty)
Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley)
Nigel Huddleston (Mid Worcestershire)
Nigel Mills (Amber Valley)
Nusrat Ghani (Wealden)
Oliver Colvile (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport)
Oliver Dowden (Hertsmere)
Oliver Letwin (West Dorset)
Owen Paterson (North Shropshire)
Patrick McLoughlin (Derbyshire Dales)
Paul Maynard (Blackpool North and Cleveleys)
Paul Scully (Sutton and Cheam)
Pauline Latham (Mid Derbyshire)
Penny Mordaunt (Portsmouth North)
Peter Aldous (Waveney)
Peter Bone (Wellingborough)
Peter Heaton-Jones (North Devon)
Peter Lilley (Hitchin and Harpenden)
Philip Davies (Shipley)
Philip Dunne (Ludlow)
Philip Hammond (Runnymede and Weybridge)
Phillip Lee (Bracknell)
Priti Patel (Witham)
Ranil Jayawardena (North East Hampshire)
Rebecca Harris (Castle Point)
Rebecca Pow (Taunton Deane)
Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham)
Richard Bacon (South Norfolk)
Richard Benyon (Newbury)
Richard Drax (South Dorset)
Richard Fuller (Bedford)
Richard Graham (Gloucester)
Richard Harrington (Watford)
Rishi Sunak (Richmond (Yorks))
Rob Wilson (Reading East)
Robert Buckland (South Swindon)
Robert Goodwill (Scarborough and Whitby)
Robert Halfon (Harlow)
Robert Jenrick (Newark)
Robert Neill (Bromley and Chislehurst)
Robert Syms (Poole)
Robin Walker (Worcester)
Rory Stewart (Penrith and The Border)
Royston Smith (Southampton, Itchen)
Sajid Javid (Bromsgrove)
Sam Gyimah (East Surrey)
Sarah Newton (Truro and Falmouth)
Sarah Wollaston (Totnes)
Scott Mann (North Cornwall)
Seema Kennedy (South Ribble)
Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire)
Sheryll Murray (South East Cornwall)
Simon Burns (Chelmsford)
Simon Hart (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire)
Simon Hoare (North Dorset)
Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown)
Sir Alan Duncan (Rutland and Melton)
Sir Alan Haselhurst (Saffron Walden)
Sir Edward Garnier (Harborough)
Sir Gerald Howarth (Aldershot)
Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire)
Sir Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex)
Sir Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire)
Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley)
Sir Peter Bottomley (Worthing West)
Sir Roger Gale (North Thanet)
Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire)
Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire)
Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon)
Stephen Metcalfe (South Basildon and East Thurrock)
Stephen Phillips (Sleaford and North Hykeham)
Steve Baker (Wycombe)
Steve Brine (Winchester)
Steve Double (St Austell and Newquay)
Stewart Jackson (Peterborough)
Stuart Andrew (Pudsey)
Suella Fernandes (Fareham)
Tania Mathias (Twickenham)
Theresa May (Maidenhead)
Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet)
Therese Coffey (Suffolk Coastal)
Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham)
Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East)
Tom Pursglove (Corby)
Tom Tugendhat (Tonbridge and Malling)
Tracey Crouch (Chatham and Aylesford)
Victoria Atkins (Louth and Horncastle)
Victoria Borwick (Kensington)
Victoria Prentis (Banbury)
Wendy Morton (Aldridge-Brownhills)
Will Quince (Colchester)
William Cash (Stone)
William Wragg (Hazel Grove)
Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park)
Labour:
Adrian Bailey (West Bromwich West)
Alan Campbell (Tynemouth)
Alan Johnson (Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle)
Alison McGovern (Wirral South)
Angela Eagle (Wallasey)
Angela Smith (Penistone and Stocksbridge)
Ann Coffey (Stockport)
Anna Turley (Redcar)
Ben Bradshaw (Exeter)
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South)
Caroline Flint (Don Valley)
Chris Bryant (Rhondda)
Chris Leslie (Nottingham East)
Chuka Umunna (Streatham)
Colleen Fletcher (Coventry North East)
Conor McGinn (St Helens North)
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central)
Emma Reynolds (Wolverhampton North East)
Frank Field (Birkenhead)
Gareth Thomas (Harrow West)
Geoffrey Robinson (Coventry North West)
George Howarth (Knowsley)
Gisela Stuart (Birmingham, Edgbaston)
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield)
Graham Jones (Hyndburn)
Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham)
Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East)
Helen Jones (Warrington North)
Hilary Benn (Leeds Central)
Holly Lynch (Halifax)
Ian Austin (Dudley North)
Jamie Reed (Copeland)
Jenny Chapman (Darlington)
Jim Dowd (Lewisham West and Penge)
Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse)
Joan Ryan (Enfield North)
John Spellar (Warley)
John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness)
Keith Vaz (Leicester East)
Kevan Jones (North Durham)
Kevin Barron (Rother Valley)
Liz Kendall (Leicester West)
Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside)
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree)
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central)
Margaret Beckett (Derby South)
Margaret Hodge (Barking)
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood)
Mary Creagh (Wakefield)
Michael Dugher (Barnsley East)
Neil Coyle (Bermondsey and Old Southwark)
Pat McFadden (Wolverhampton South East)
Peter Kyle (Hove)
Phil Wilson (Sedgefield)
Ruth Smeeth (Stoke-on-Trent North)
Simon Danczuk (Rochdale)
Siobhain McDonagh (Mitcham and Morden)
Stella Creasy (Walthamstow)
Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth)
Susan Elan Jones (Clwyd South)
Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland)
Tom Watson (West Bromwich East)
Tristram Hunt (Stoke-on-Trent Central)
Vernon Coaker (Gedling)
Wayne David (Caerphilly)
Yvette Cooper (Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford)
DUP:
David Simpson (Upper Bann)
Gavin Robinson (Belfast East)
Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry)
Ian Paisley (North Antrim)
Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley)
Jim Shannon (Strangford)
Nigel Dodds (Belfast North)
Sammy Wilson (East Antrim)
Lib Dems:
Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland)
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West)
John Pugh (Southport)
Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam)
Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale)
Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington)
UUP:
Danny Kinahan (South Antrim)
Tom Elliott (Fermanagh and South Tyrone)
UKIP:
Douglas Carswell (Clacton)
Independents:
Lady Sylvia Hermon (North Down)
Labour:
Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test)
Albert Owen (Ynys Mon)
Alex Cunningham (Stockton North)
Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish)
Andrew Smith (Oxford East)
Andy Burnham (Leigh)
Andy McDonald (Middlesbrough)
Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith)
Angela Rayner (Ashton-under-Lyne)
Barbara Keeley (Worsley and Eccles South)
Barry Gardiner (Brent North)
Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield)
Bill Esterson (Sefton Central)
Carolyn Harris (Swansea East)
Cat Smith (Lancaster and Fleetwood)
Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North)
Catherine West (Hornsey and Wood Green)
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central)
Chris Evans (Islwyn)
Christian Matheson (City of Chester)
Christina Rees (Neath)
Clive Betts (Sheffield South East)
Clive Efford (Eltham)
Clive Lewis (Norwich South)
Daniel Zeichner (Cambridge)
David Anderson (Blaydon)
David Crausby (Bolton North East)
David Hanson (Delyn)
David Lammy (Tottenham)
David Winnick (Walsall North)
Dawn Butler (Brent Central)
Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth)
Dennis Skinner (Bolsover)
Derek Twigg (Halton)
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North)
Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington)
Edward Miliband (Doncaster North)
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury)
Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields)
Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East)
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough)
Gavin Shuker (Luton South)
Geraint Davies (Swansea West)
Gerald Jones (Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney)
Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South)
Graham Allen (Nottingham North)
Graham Stringer (Blackley and Broughton)
Grahame Morris (Easington)
Harry Harpham (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough)
Helen Hayes (Dulwich and West Norwood)
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore)
Iain Wright (Hartlepool)
Ian C. Lucas (Wrexham)
Ian Lavery (Wansbeck)
Ian Mearns (Gateshead)
Ian Murray (Edinburgh South)
Imran Hussain (Bradford East)
Ivan Lewis (Bury South)
Jack Dromey (Birmingham, Erdington)
Jeff Smith (Manchester, Withington)
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North)
Jess Phillips (Birmingham, Yardley)
Jessica Morden (Newport East)
Jim Cunningham (Coventry South)
Jo Stevens (Cardiff Central)
John Cryer (Leyton and Wanstead)
John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne)
John Mann (Bassetlaw)
John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington)
Jon Cruddas (Dagenham and Rainham)
Jon Trickett (Hemsworth)
Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South)
Jonathan Reynolds (Stalybridge and Hyde)
Judith Cummins (Bradford South)
Julie Cooper (Burnley)
Julie Elliott (Sunderland Central)
Justin Madders (Ellesmere Port and Neston)
Karen Buck (Westminster North)
Karin Smyth (Bristol South)
Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East)
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston)
Kate Hoey (Vauxhall)
Kate Hollern (Blackburn)
Kate Osamor (Edmonton)
Keir Starmer (Holborn and St Pancras)
Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North)
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East)
Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West)
Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill)
Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South)
Lisa Nandy (Wigan)
Liz McInnes (Heywood and Middleton)
Louise Haigh (Sheffield, Heeley)
Lyn Brown (West Ham)
Madeleine Moon (Bridgend)
Margaret Greenwood (Wirral West)
Marie Rimmer (St Helens South and Whiston)
Mark Hendrick (Preston)
Mark Tami (Alyn and Deeside)
Mary Glindon (North Tyneside)
Matthew Pennycook (Greenwich and Woolwich)
Meg Hillier (Hackney South and Shoreditch)
Melanie Onn (Great Grimsby)
Mike Kane (Wythenshawe and Sale East)
Naz Shah (Bradford West)
Nia Griffith (Llanelli)
Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe)
Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East)
Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent)
Nick Thomas-Symonds (Torfaen)
Owen Smith (Pontypridd)
Pat Glass (North West Durham)
Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central)
Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme)
Paul Flynn (Newport West)
Paula Sherriff (Dewsbury)
Peter Dowd (Bootle)
Rachael Maskell (York Central)
Rachel Reeves (Leeds West)
Rebecca Long-Bailey (Salford and Eccles)
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield)
Richard Burgon (Leeds East)
Rob Marris (Wolverhampton South West)
Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South)
Roberta Blackman-Woods (City of Durham)
Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Hall Green)
Ronnie Campbell (Blyth Valley)
Rupa Huq (Ealing Central and Acton)
Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow)
Ruth Cadbury (Brentford and Isleworth)
Sadiq Khan (Tooting)
Sarah Champion (Rotherham)
Seema Malhotra (Feltham and Heston)
Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood)
Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West)
Sir Alan Meale (Mansfield)
Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton)
Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow)
Stephen Kinnock (Aberavon)
Stephen Pound (Ealing North)
Stephen Timms (East Ham)
Stephen Twigg (Liverpool, West Derby)
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak)
Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton)
Sue Hayman (Workington)
Teresa Pearce (Erith and Thamesmead)
Toby Perkins (Chesterfield)
Tulip Siddiq (Hampstead and Kilburn)
Valerie Vaz (Walsall South)
Vicky Foxcroft (Lewisham, Deptford)
Wes Streeting (Ilford North)
Yasmin Qureshi (Bolton South East)
Yvonne Fovargue (Makerfield)
SNP:
Alan Brown (Kilmarnock and Loudoun)
Alex Salmond (Gordon)
Alison Thewliss (Glasgow Central)
Angela Crawley (Lanark and Hamilton East)
Angus Brendan MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar)
Angus Robertson (Moray)
Anne McLaughlin (Glasgow North East)
Brendan O'Hara (Argyll and Bute)
Callum McCaig (Aberdeen South)
Calum Kerr (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk)
Carol Monaghan (Glasgow North West)
Chris Law (Dundee West)
Chris Stephens (Glasgow South West)
Corri Wilson (Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock)
Deidre Brock (Edinburgh North and Leith)
Douglas Chapman (Dunfermline and West Fife)
Drew Hendry (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey)
Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan)
Gavin Newlands (Paisley and Renfrewshire North)
George Kerevan (East Lothian)
Hannah Bardell (Livingston)
Ian Blackford (Ross, Skye and Lochaber)
Joanna Cherry (Edinburgh South West)
John McNally (Falkirk)
John Nicolson (East Dunbartonshire)
Kirsten Oswald (East Renfrewshire)
Kirsty Blackman (Aberdeen North)
Lisa Cameron (East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow)
Margaret Ferrier (Rutherglen and Hamilton West)
Marion Fellows (Motherwell and Wishaw)
Martin John Docherty (West Dunbartonshire)
Martyn Day (Linlithgow and East Falkirk)
Mhairi Black (Paisley and Renfrewshire South)
Mike Weir (Angus)
Neil Gray (Airdrie and Shotts)
Owen Thompson (Midlothian)
Patricia Gibson (North Ayrshire and Arran)
Patrick Grady (Glasgow North)
Paul Monaghan (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross)
Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire)
Peter Grant (Glenrothes)
Philip Boswell (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill)
Philippa Whitford (Central Ayrshire)
Richard Arkless (Dumfries and Galloway)
Roger Mullin (Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath)
Ronnie Cowan (Inverclyde)
Stephen Gethins (North East Fife)
Steven Paterson (Stirling)
Stewart Hosie (Dundee East)
Stewart Malcolm McDonald (Glasgow South)
Stuart Blair Donaldson (West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine)
Stuart C. McDonald (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East)
Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh (Ochil and South Perthshire)
Tommy Sheppard (Edinburgh East)
Conservatives:
Andrew Tyrie (Chichester)
David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden)
Gordon Henderson (Sittingbourne and Sheppey)
John Baron (Basildon and Billericay)
Julian Lewis (New Forest East)
Philip Hollobone (Kettering)
Stephen McPartland (Stevenage)
Plaid Cymru:
Hywel Williams (Arfon)
Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr)
Liz Saville Roberts (Dwyfor Meirionnydd)
SDLP:
Alasdair McDonnell (Belfast South)
Margaret Ritchie (South Down)
Mark Durkan (Foyle)
Lib Dems:
Mark Williams (Ceredigion)
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk)
Independents:
Michelle Thomson (Edinburgh West)
Natalie McGarry (Glasgow East)
Greens:
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion)
Conservatives:
Adam Holloway (Gravesham)
Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight)
Christopher Chope (Christchurch)
John Redwood (Wokingham)
Kenneth Clarke (Rushcliffe)
Martin Vickers (Cleethorpes)
Sir Edward Leigh (Gainsborough)
Labour:
Jo Cox (Batley and Spen)
Khalid Mahmood (Birmingham, Perry Barr)
Rosie Winterton (Doncaster Central)
Steve Reed (Croydon North)
Virendra Sharma (Ealing, Southall)
Conservatives:
John Bercow (Buckingham) - Speaker
Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest) - Deputy Speaker
Labour:
Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley) - Unable to attend
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland) - Unable to attend
Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley) - Deputy Speaker
Mike Gapes (Ilford South) - Unable to attend
Natascha Engel (North East Derbyshire) - Deputy Speaker
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire) - Unable to attend
Thangam Debbonaire (Bristol West) - Unable to attend
Sinn Fein:
Francie Molloy (Mid Ulster)
Mickey Brady (Newry and Armagh)
Pat Doherty (West Tyrone)
Paul Maskey (Belfast West)
Shamima Begum and Amira Abase, both 15, and Kadiza Sultana, 16, flew from London to Istanbul on 17 February.
Tasnime Akunjee, who represents their families, told the BBC they had been in contact to say they were safe and were no longer together as a trio.
Two of the girls made contact by internet and one by phone.
It comes as Sky News interviewed a woman who claims she met, looked after and taught the Bethnal Green Academy schoolgirls when they arrived in Syria in February.
Sky News said the 22-year-old woman, who calls herself Um Asmah, recently defected from Islamic State where she was a senior female commander.
The broadcaster also said the woman confirmed that IS planned to send foreign recruits back to the countries they came from to carry out attacks.
But she said she believed the girls would not return home to Britain and might die in Syria or Iraq.
Officers had previously spoken to the three schoolgirls in London in December, after their 15-year-old friend Sharmeena Begum, also from Bethnal Green, ran away to the region of Syria controlled by IS.
Police spoke to them again at the beginning of February and gave them letters to take home to their parents asking permission for counter-terrorism detectives to take handwritten statements about their friend's lifestyle and beliefs.
The girls disappeared three weeks later, having never shown the letters to their parents.
They flew from London's Gatwick Airport to Turkey after saying they were going out for the day.
Their families later criticised police for not passing on the "vital" information before they disappeared.
Scotland Yard said the girls had not been seen as a flight risk.
At least 700 people from the UK have travelled to support or fight for jihadist organisations in Syria and Iraq, British police say.
New research published on Thursday suggests young women travelling to Syria sometimes become involved in IS propaganda and recruitment, but often end up "domestically isolated in severe conditions".
The joint report by the Institute for Strategic Dialogue and the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation at King's College London also said recruits are increasingly younger and come from comfortable and educated backgrounds.
An estimated 4,000 Westerners have joined IS, including some 550 women.
The 79-year-old will undergo surgery by the middle of next week to replace a defective aortic valve, Alberto Zangrillo told reporters in Rome.
Berlusconi served as prime minister four times but has since been convicted of tax fraud and bribery.
His political influence has waned since he left office in 2011.
Dr Zangrillo said Berlusconi had "arrived at the hospital in a severe state".
"He risked his life, he risked dying and he knew it... We have identified in an exact and certain way a pathology of aortic valve that is called aortic insufficiency," the doctor said.
"There's only one way to correct it, which is the substitution of the aortic valve."
The physician added that his patient had been shocked by the news.
"At the beginning he didn't want to believe it," he was quoted as saying by Reuters news agency.
"For a man who wants to live to be 130, this is a very unpleasant jolt."
Berlusconi, a billionaire businessman who leads the Forza Italia party, was taken into hospital for tests in his home city, Milan, earlier this week.
A spokeswoman for the party said at the time his condition was not life-threatening.
Along with his various legal battles in recent years, he was ejected from the Senate in 2013 after a conviction for tax fraud.
His preferred candidate in Rome's mayoral election on Sunday, property tycoon Alfio Marchini, made such a poor showing that he failed to make the run-off round.
Berlusconi's business interests include the Mediaset TV company and football team AC Milan.
News that was in hospital pushed shares in Mediaset up 2%, Reuters reported on Tuesday.
Traders said the episode might induce the family to make succession arrangements that could provide new investment opportunities for the market.
Nissan, a 22-month-old male, was being moved to Yorkshire Wildlife Park near Doncaster when the four men climbed aboard the truck in slow traffic.
They were described as "shocked" to see the animal, but three of the four remained with the unusual cargo.
French police were alerted and the men were ordered off of the lorry.
Simon Marsh, animal collections manager at the park, said Nissan's transfer from Moscow to Doncaster had gone to plan apart from the issue in northern France.
"There was a slight hiccup at Calais," he said. "Nissan had some unexpected guests in the back of the lorry.
"Obviously he was in a crate, so it was all very safe and secure, but I think they were a bit surprised when they saw a polar bear."
Nissan arrived at the wildlife park in South Yorkshire after his unscheduled overnight visit and staff are preparing to introduce him to the park's two other polar bears, Victor, 16, and Pixel, 2.
Strict welfare regulations were in force throughout the 1,800 mile (3,000 km) journey from Moscow to Doncaster via Frankfurt in Germany, by road, sea and air.
The bears will be introduced over the next few weeks in the purpose-built 10-acre Project Polar reserve designed to replicate their Arctic habitat.
Nissan was born at Izhevsk Zoo, in Russia, on 12 December 2013 and has been moved to the UK as part of the European breeding programme.
County accepted Gills' request to speak to Edinburgh about succeeding Peter Taylor, who was sacked in December.
But Gillingham chairman Paul Scally refused to pay the six-figure sum stipulated in Edinburgh's contract.
County have now informed the League One team they are willing to accept a lower figure for the former Tottenham player.
Gillingham were originally told to more than double their initial offer for the man who in 2013 guided Newport back into the Football League.
The 45-year-old was due to take County training again on Friday before Saturday's League Two trip to AFC Wimbledon.
But club bosses hope to bring a quick end to an episode that has been hanging over the club for three weeks when the team have lost three successive games.
The Exiles board will discuss the situation on Friday morning.
Despite telling County he wants to leave Rodney Parade, it had looked likely that Edinburgh was going to be in the dugout for the Wimbledon match.
Assistant Jimmy Dack will now take charge for that game, with an announcement on Edinburgh's future expected on Friday.
"Justin is at home. I don't know too much about it as it's at board level," said Dack.
"I know it sounds like I'm sitting on the fence, but I genuinely don't know.
"I spoke to him after training, he wants to get something sorted either way so we can move on."
Dack did confirm he would not be joining Edinburgh at Gillingham whatever happens and pledged to stay at the club until at least the end of the season, "unless told otherwise," by the club.
"Justin's in charge of his destiny," said Dack.
"I'm a big boy and I'm in charge of my own decisions.
"I'm a loyal person, this club's been great to me and I will see the job through.
"We've come this far and I truly believe the job's not done yet and we can go up."
Edinburgh's current contract expires in the summer of 2016, but he recently verbally agreed a contract extension until 2017 after being linked to Gillingham following the sacking of Taylor.
County made an excellent start to this season, but have faltered recently, failing to score a goal in their last three games.
Gillingham sit 18th in League One, four points above the relegation zone.
Edinburgh has said speculation about his future has affected his players' performances, though Newport are still in the League Two play-off zone.
Airport chairman Sir Roy McNulty said its predicted passenger figures for Gatwick were "10 years out".
In his first detailed response since the commission's report, he said that meant the economic case was "flawed".
He also told the BBC that "we have not considered a judicial review at this stage", but he did not rule out legal action in the future.
The report said that Heathrow would make a lot more money for the economy.
The Gatwick chairman said he had been raising objections for the past two years, but the final report, published earlier this month, had still ignored them.
In a statement, Gatwick said the report by the independent commission, chaired by Sir Howard Davies, was "flawed".
Out of three possible choices on the table, the commission backed the idea of building a new third runway at Heathrow, at a cost of £18.6bn.
An expansion of Gatwick was also on the table, at a cost of £9.3bn.
Sir Roy said: "The many strengths of Gatwick and the many challenges of Heathrow are underplayed, leading to a conclusion which we believe is flawed.
"We are confident that when they [the government] do make their decision, they will choose Gatwick as the best option for the economy and the environment, and - most importantly - after decades of delay, the option that is actually deliverable."
In June, Gatwick reported that it had the busiest year in its history, while Heathrow reported its busiest June on record.
Heathrow also stated: "The commission found that Heathrow's new plan for expansion can be delivered while reducing local and environmental impacts and that expansion at Heathrow is the only solution which can help British businesses compete for global growth, and support a truly national recovery built on exports, skills and investment."
The government should make a final decision before Christmas.
It's obvious that Gatwick won't be happy with the Airports Commission report, because in the end, it recommended their rival.
But the chair, Sir Roy McNulty, told me this isn't just a case of sour grapes, it's based on measurable economic facts.
His biggest bugbear is the Commission's predictions on passenger numbers. It forecasts Gatwick at 40 million passengers by 2024. But the airport says it'll hit that number this year.
Why is that so important? Well, the more people going through your airport, the more money you make for the economy. And that is a critical factor in where you build your new runway.
Sir Roy also told me they weren't considering a legal challenge. Not yet. But he wouldn't rule it out either.
The incident, which involved two vans and a 4x4 that was towing a caravan, happened on the A91 at Mawcarse at about 15:15.
A 63-year-old van driver died as a result of his injuries. No-one else was injured.
The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service sent two appliances to the scene. A Police Scotland spokesman said investigations were ongoing.
Anyone who witnessed the incident is asked to contact Tayside Police on the 101 number.
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The defender, signed from Werder Bremen in August 2011, played only twice last season because of injuries.
Arsenal have announced that he will start working with the academy this season to prepare for his next role.
"Per is an exceptional character who is a great example for young players," manager Arsene Wenger said.
"He is a deep thinker about the game and committed to helping players fulfil their potential."
Mertesacker returned from injury to lead Arsenal as they beat Chelsea at Wembley in May to win the FA Cup.
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A member of the studio audience on BBC's Question Time said Theresa May had been warned of the dangers of cutting in frontline police numbers.
It had undermined the ability to gather intelligence on possible threats, it was claimed.
Ms Rudd said most intelligence came from community leaders rather than the police.
She said: "I have asked the head of counter-terrorism whether this is about resources. It is not.
"We must not imply that this terrorist activity may not have taken place if there had been more policing."
Police numbers have declined by 19,000 in England and Wales since 2010.
As of September 2016, there were 122,859 police officers working in England and Wales.
Up until 2010, spending on policing had been increasing for at least 15 years, rising most sharply between 2000 and 2010 when it went up by around 30%. But since then, spending has come back down significantly.
Although the Conservatives pledged to protect police budgets in real terms in 2015, this came off the back of five years of deep cuts amounting to 18% in real terms.
The home secretary said good counter-terrorism was based on a close relationship between the police and intelligence services.
"That is what we have. That is why the UK has a strong counter-terrorism network.
"It's also about making sure we get in early on radicalisation. But it's not about those pure numbers on the street."
But Andy Burnham, Labour's Greater Manchester's metro mayor, also speaking on Question Time, said a debate was needed about police numbers.
He said: "Neighbourhood policing is the first building block of an effective intelligence system - the eyes and the ears on the ground in those communities feeding information back - and if you allow neighbourhood policing to become too eroded, and there aren't enough police on our streets, then that does become a problem."
Ms Rudd said another key was the Prevent strategy, which works to build links with community groups, not through the police.
She said Prevent had helped stop 150 people - including 50 children - from leaving Britain to fight in Syria in the last year.
Mr Burnham also called for a review of Prevent, which he said had alienated members of Britain's Muslim community, who felt picked on.
Speaking on the BBC Radio 4 Today programme, Security Minister Ben Wallace said the government had invested heavily in counter-terrorism measures.
"When you fight terrorism it is not just boots on the ground," he said.
A former independent reviewer of terrorism legislation has criticised the decision to axe control orders to monitor and restrict freedom of movement of people suspected of terrorist activity.
The measure was scrapped in 2012 amid civil liberty concerns, in favour of less restrictive terrorism prevention and investigation measures (TPIMs).
How can police stop terror suspects travelling?
Lord Carlile, an independent peer, told Today the powers "may have saved dozens of lives" between 2005 and 2011.
He said: "It was a grave mistake by the coalition government to remove control orders and to produce something more dilute."
UKIP has said it would beef up security by increasing numbers of police officers, troops and border guards.
Former Liverpool trainee Flynn, 27, has agreed a two-year deal after five years at Sheffield United.
Flynn, who is an ex-Scotland Under-19 international, has agreed a two-year contract with the Latics.
Dutch defensive midfielder Klok, 23, joins on a six-month deal after his spell at Bulgarian side Cherno More.
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Money Advice Trust (MAT) said it helped 150,000 people with household bill debts last year - up 140% since 2007.
But fewer people reported problems with traditional credit products, such as loans and overdrafts, MAT said.
Meanwhile, a BBC survey has found that the most adults in debt have not asked for advice on managing their problem.
Joanna Elson, chief executive of the MAT said: "The gradual erosion of some families' surplus income in the face of rising prices has led to a new generation of debt problems, one to which more people are vulnerable, one which is harder to resolve, and one which has no definitive solution.
"We're hearing from more people in serious debt difficulty as a result of debts totalling less than £5,000. When there is little room in a household budget to meet basic expenses, paying off debts can seem impossible.
"Recent government announcements such as an increase in the minimum wage are a positive step towards helping these families, but more can be done."
However, a survey for BBC North, conducted by Comres, has found that people are hesitant to seek help.
The survey found that 69% of British adults in debt had not asked for advice on managing their debts. The poll surveyed 1,000 respondents between 23 and 25 May 2014.
More than a fifth of women born in the 1970s may remain childless, compared to an average of 15% in northern Europe and 18% in western Europe.
Factors including a precarious labour market and lack of family-friendly work policies help explain the rise in involuntary childlessness, it says.
But the report points out childlessness was also very high about a century ago.
Some 17-25% of women born in the first decade of the 20th Century remained childless, due to factors including the deaths of many men of marriageable age in the First World War, the emigration of other young men in poor countries, and the effects of the 1929 Great Depression.
Since then the average European childless trend, says France's National Institute of Demographic Studies, has formed a U-shape.
Childlessness reached very low levels among women born in the 1930s and 1940s - the parents of the "baby boom" generation which enjoyed post-war prosperity such as low unemployment and generous state welfare systems.
In eastern Europe, the boom in births lasted longer than the west, the report says, bolstered by a lack of the contraception that was becoming available in the west.
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But childlessness began to rise among women born in the 1940s (in the west) and the 1960s (in the east) - due, the report says, to a complex combination of personal and external factors.
"Most of the economic and cultural trends of the last half-century appear to have steered women and men away from having children.
Very few women, it says, plan never to have children - instead, most end up "perpetually postponing parenthood" until it is too late.
"Reliable contraception, delayed union formation and childbearing, greater family fragility, demanding careers and job instability, as well as general economic uncertainty, are likely to foster childlessness".
The report cites high unemployment, "inadequate family policies" and "persistent gender inequalities in the division of domestic work and childcare" as important factors.
"While childlessness has broadly stabilised in western and northern Europe, it is likely to continue rising fast in southern Europe, where up to one quarter of women born in the 1970s may remain childless," the report concludes.
"Childlessness will also continue rising in central and eastern Europe."
But it is not the kind of science you see in TV dramas such as CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.
Dr Rodrigo Guerrero is the mayor of Cali, Colombia's third largest city, and a Harvard-trained epidemiologist.
By applying the tools of his trade he has, during his second time in office, once again managed to cut down the city's staggering murder rate.
"I estimate that, by the end of the year, it will be 58 or 59 per 100,000 inhabitants," says Dr Guerrero, who first served as Cali's mayor from 1992 until 1994 and returned to office less than two years ago.
"It still is a terrifying rate, but last year's was 81. And we're confident things will get better," he tells the BBC.
Forensic work and the latest technology - CSI style - have certainly a role to play in what Dr Guerrero is trying to achieve.
But he says he is mainly "using the method we epidemiologists use when we face unknown diseases", as he also did 20 years ago.
"We always assume there are multiple causes," explains the mayor.
"The secret, then, is to identify the different risk factors in order to deal with them. And to keep evaluating the results."
It sounds like common sense. But before the mayor of Cali started doing so in 1992, nobody here had thought about approaching urban violence as an epidemic.
Back then the city's murder rate was a massive 126 per 100,000 inhabitants. And it was widely assumed than most deaths were linked to drug cartels.
A careful analysis of all murder cases, however, allowed for the identification of other risk factors: alcohol and guns.
So Dr Guerrero decided to tackle those two problems head on.
"There's a study, published in the American Journal of Epidemiology, that shows that during the periods in which we imposed restrictions on gun carrying and alcohol sales murder rates dropped by 35%," says Dr Guerrero.
"Bogota then replicated the experience, with the same results," he recalls.
After leaving office, the epidemiologist went to work with the Pan-American Health Organisation and the Inter-American Development Bank, which helped him to replicate the model in some 18 countries throughout the region.
But, during that time, Dr Guerrero's home city stopped applying the method "judiciously", he claims.
That meant that, once he got back in office, in January 2012, he had to start working on a new diagnosis.
"What we've found this time is that a large proportion of murders are linked with organised crime: there was premeditation, the killings usually involved automatic guns, etc," he explains.
"So we got in touch with the central government and convinced them we needed to apply the same strategy used to dismantle the drug cartels 20 years ago."
This involved setting up specialised taskforces, involving both the police and the judiciary, in order to fully dismantle the criminal groups.
And after two years of work the first results are starting to show.
"Of course, not all the violence is crime related," acknowledges the mayor, who says the fight against inequality is fundamental to solve the problem in the long term.
"But there's a lot that can be done in the meantime," says the epidemiologist, who estimates the work being done in Cali has already saved more than 400 lives in the past 12 months.
The approach championed by Dr Guerrero also earned him the first ever Roux Prize, awarded last week by the University of Washington's Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation.
But he has some more important victories in mind.
"When I got re-elected mayor of Cali I promised to cut down the murder rate to 60 per 100,000. But that's already done, so my new goal is to bring it down to 45 or 40," he says.
"There's room for improvement. And if we continue working hard we'll get results. No doubt about that."
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Meri Huws said that Welsh language provision on the site had "deteriorated astonishingly" since its 2012 launch.
She said that the issue was a "major concern" and that she had raised the matter with UK ministers.
The Wales Office said it was working with other UK government departments to ensure that Welsh services improved.
Ms Huws told the assembly's Culture, Welsh Language and Communications committee: "Services provided by UK government have weakened over this past period and that is a major cause of concern for me.
"I have contacted the Wales Office and raised it with ministers in Westminster too and the main reason is the introduction of gov.uk, which means that provision that was once strong from agencies such as the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) has deteriorated astonishingly," Ms Huws said.
"We haven't seen a slowdown, we have seen a galloping backwards in terms of provision from Westminster and in seeing the figures that did cause me major concern and we will be following that up."
"Over the past year I have seen agencies of the Westminster government approaching us complaining about the Cabinet Office and gov.uk and saying that it is now hampering their work and they are concerned that the strong bilingual services that they have put in place have been hampered by gov.uk," she added.
The website gov.uk was intended to create a single domain for government.
Responding to the criticism, a Wales Office spokesperson said: "The UK government is committed to the Welsh language.
"The Wales Office notes the Welsh language commissioner's concerns and is working with other government departments to ensure that provision is improved."
A Wales Office spokeswoman said: "The UK government is committed to the Welsh language, the Wales Office notes the Welsh Language Commissioners concerns and is working with other government departments to ensure that provision is improved."
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Sock had appealed for help to find the boy after an incident at the end of his first-round win over Chile's Christian Garin on Tuesday.
He threw his towel towards a supporter, leading to a tug-of-war between two spectators.
That led to a campaign that captured the attention of the US Open, the Australian Open and social media.
"If anyone knows who this kid is who had the towel ripped out of his hands by the elderly man, comment his name so I can be sure to get him his own towel," Sock said on Instagram.
The players' agent said on Wednesday that the young fan, who has not been named, had been found.
"The boy messaged Jack directly on Instagram and is from Ireland," Mary Jane Orman said in a statement.
"He is gone home now but Jack invited him to his matches and said he will send him a towel."
It is a common Wimbledon gesture for a player to throw his official towel into the crowd for a lucky fan.
The younger supporter appears to ask 17th seed Sock for the towel, but it is not clear if his rival fan knew it was for the boy.
After Sock chucks his towel, both fans grab it - with the older male winning the brief tug-of-war, keeping the souvenir.
The man has been strongly criticised for seizing the towel on social media, while the fan who lost out has received sympathetic messages from fans.
The US Open replied to Sock's tweet: "If you find out, we'd like to send him a US Open towel. Australian Open, Roland Garros, maybe send one of yours as well for a Slam sweep?"
The Australian Open quickly replied "no sweat", while fans added tweets of well-wishes for the disappointed youngster.
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Crews from 771 squadron have carried out more than 40 years of rescue operations from RNAS Culdrose near Helston, saving thousands of lives.
Maritime and Coastguard Agency contractor Bristow Helicopters will run the service from Newquay airport.
The US-based company won a 10-year, £1.6bn contract to run rescue services around the UK.
The red and grey Sea Kings of 771 Squadron will be replaced by Bristow's new Agusta Westland and Sikorsky helicopters.
Twenty two helicopters will operate 24 hours-a-day from 10 locations and the government says the service "will be able reach a larger area of the UK search and rescue region within one hour".
In 2004, as the Cornish village of Boscastle was overwhelmed by flooding, crews from 771 spent hours airlifting people to safety from rooftops.
In the 1985 Fastnet yacht race, a team from 771 helped saved Duran Duran singer Simon Le Bon and 19 others from the yacht Drum after it overturned off Falmouth.
Some of the crew will join Merlin helicopter squadrons at Culdrose training crews for the navy's new aircraft carriers while others have transferred to Bristow.
Pilot Lt Andy Watts said: "We as individuals get a huge amount from the job, it teaches you about making life and death decisions on the fly and weighing up all the balances and you don't get that on other flying that you do."
Mark Coupland, Bristow Helicopter's chief pilot at Newquay, said: "We are keen to acknowledge the past and where a lot of the new coastguard team have come from. Many of the Newquay team have been trained by the Royal Navy and we are massively proud of the lives that 771 has saved over the years."
Salcombe RNLI tweeted: "Thank you @RoyalNavy Rescue 193, 771 Squadron from RNAS Culdrose for exceptional service for over 40 years #proud."
Elsewhere in the south west region, operations at Royal Marine Barracks (RMB) Chivenor relocated to St Athan in Wales in 2015.
The refund agreement settles long-standing complaints over in-app purchases made by children without their parents' consent.
Apple will also be required to change its billing procedures to make sure customers have given consent before they are charged for in-app purchases.
The company said it had settled rather than take on a "long legal fight".
"This settlement is a victory for consumers harmed by Apple's unfair billing, and a signal to the business community: whether you're doing business in the mobile arena or the mall down the street, fundamental consumer protections apply," said FTC Chairwoman Edith Ramirez in a statement.
"You cannot charge consumers for purchases they did not authorize."
The FTC's complaint alleged that Apple failed to inform parents that by entering a password they were approving a single in-app purchase and also 15 minutes of additional unlimited purchases their children could make without further consent.
It also said that Apple often presented a password prompt screen for parents to enter their details without explaining that this would finalise any purchase made in the app.
The FTC also noted that Apple received at "least tens of thousands of complaints" about unauthorised in-app purchases by children.
One woman said her daughter had spent $2600 in one app.
This refund settlement only covers customers who have made purchases through Apple's US app store but the BBC's technology editor Rory Cellan-Jones says Apple has previously almost always refunded parents in the UK who have complained about big bills from their children's in-app purchases.
The changes to Apple's billing process, which means express consent must be obtained before in-app charges are made, must be in place by 31 March, said the FTC.
In an internal email obtained by the website 9to5Mac, chief executive Tim Cook told Apple employees that the FTC's proposals were in line with the company's own intentions.
"The consent decree the FTC proposed does not require us to do anything we weren't already going to do, so we decided to accept it rather that take on a long and distracting legal fight," he said.
He also explained that Apple began setting out a process to refund customers last year.
"We wanted to reach every customer who might have been affected, so we sent emails to 28 million App Store customers - anyone who had made an in-app purchase in a game designed for kids.
"When some emails bounced, we mailed the parents postcards.
"In all, we received 37,000 claims and we will be reimbursing each one as promised."
Apple's App Store offers many games for children, a large number of which allow in-app purchases to be made. These purchases can include virtual items or currency, and typically allow faster progression in the game.
In-app purchases can range in cost - from 99 cents to just under $100.
NHS Improvement, which monitors care providers, said it was "not continuing" the switching of services to Bridgewater Community Healthcare (BCH) from Liverpool Community Health Trust.
The former was rated as "requiring improvement" by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) in 2016.
BCH chief executive Colin Scales said the news was "extremely disappointing".
He said the CQC had rated the majority of its services as "good", patients had told the watchdog that care was delivered "with kindness and compassion", and NHS Improvement had known about the ratings when the initial decision was made.
The decision to scrap the transfer of community health services comes a month after NHS Improvement put the process on hold pending a detailed review.
NHS Improvement said: "Following our work to assess the impact of the 'requires improvement' rating on that proposed transaction, we have decided not to continue the transaction with Bridgewater."
It added the decision was "no reflection" on the services delivered by Bridgewater.
Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, with support from Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust, will manage services in the short-term.
West Lancashire MP Rosie Cooper said: "NHS Improvement have confirmed they were wrong to appoint Bridgewater Community Healthcare in the first place."
"It is by NHS Improvement's own hand that we now have the evidence that Bridgewater Community Healthcare were not up to the job of delivering this contract safely within the finance available," added the Labour MP.
"I think it also proves that NHS Improvement are not up to the job either."
Richard Kemp, leader of the Lib Dem group on Liverpool City Council, called for the NHS England's chief executive to intervene following this "botched and bungled tendering process".
Concerns over BCH - which is used by 1.5 million people annually in Bolton, Oldham, Southport, Halton, St Helens, Trafford, Warrington and Wigan - centred on the CQC inspection last summer which measured 40 areas.
While one aspect of the trust was rated as outstanding, and 27 as good, 12 areas were highlighted as requiring improvement.
Inspectors found unsafe practice in the management of medication and end-of-life prescriptions,
Urgent care centres were found not to be following national guidance.
Overall, the trust was given a rating of "requiring improvement".
A spokesman for the Royal College of Nursing said following the decision, the organisation remains concerned about the long term future of services in Liverpool and "the impact on the people who use these services and the staff that work in them".
Wales is also last in the UK again, behind England, Scotland and Northern Ireland in all three subject areas.
POLITICAL RESPONSE
The Welsh Conservatives said the results marked a "decade of underachievement" and represented a "scandal of monumental proportions".
Education spokesman Darren Millar AM said: "In spite of all the tough talking and promises to do better from the first minister, today's figures place us, yet again, in the bottom half of the global education league table and re-confirm Wales' status as the worst performing school system in the UK."
Plaid Cymru said the results showed Labour had "failed, failed and failed again when it comes to our children's futures".
Education spokesman Llyr Gruffydd AM urged new Education Secretary Kirsty Williams to show "clarity of vision and an unstinting focus on delivery".
He added: "I urge her to stay on course in order to push through the proposed reforms and rebuild an education system fit for the next generation."
Mark Williams MP, leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats, called the results "extremely disappointing" but "sadly it is not a surprise".
"We are playing catch up and cannot afford to waste a single moment in raising standards for all pupils and schools," he said.
"It is no easy task, but Kirsty Williams and the Welsh Lib Dems have already proved ourselves up to the job."
Nathan Gill of UKIP said: "This Welsh Labour Government are guilty of many things - but their failure to equip our children for an ever more competitive 21st Century must count as one of their greatest crimes".
EDUCATION EXPERTS
Andreas Schleicher, director of education at the OECD, said: "It's true there is a big performance gap but there are signs of improvement, if you look at the latest mathematics results - they're going in the right direction.
"But Wales could have been where England is today - there's no reason why Wales is so far behind but I see many things in place now that are putting it on a more promising track."
He said the country was building a new curriculum and moving from "reform fatigue" to people taking ownership of change, which was an important ingredient for success in the long run.
Dylan William, of the UCL Institute of Education, urged caution on the results for Wales - saying changes took a long time to filter through and it could be another decade before rankings would reflect what was happening in today's classrooms.
Gareth Evans, director of education policy at the Institute of Education, University of Wales Trinity Saint David, said the Pisa results were not as good as hoped for but not unexpected and reforms would take time to take effect.
"Pisa is important but it must be taken in the round," he said.
"Other performance indicators suggest Wales' education system is on the right path and we must hold our nerve.
"The Welsh Government has embarked on an ambitious transformation agenda that has the potential to make a real difference - but we must not be blown off course
TEACHING PROFESSION
David Evans from the National Union of Teachers (NUT) counselled against a new raft of reforms in response to the results.
"We must ensure that we learn one of the major lessons from the highest performing nations in Pisa, and ensure the education system of our small nation has clarity of vision and consistency of approach.
"Too often in Wales, frequently in reaction to Pisa, we have seen knee jerk reactions which have actually hindered educational progress.
"Indeed the OECD itself has criticised the Welsh Government in the past for establishing and creating 'reform fatigue' in Wales.
"With the proposals around the new curriculum, new qualifications and potential changes to the way we train teachers and utilise the supply sector, there are already big reforms on the horizon which will have positive impacts."
Rex Philips, national officer for the NASUWT Wales accused the former education minister Leighton Andrews of turning the Pisa results of 2010 into a "disaster zone" for the Welsh Government.
"Huw Lewis attempted to repair the damage caused by his predecessor by acknowledging that moving to a curriculum fit for Pisa was going to take some time," he said.
He added Kirsty Williams "would do well to just note the Pisa outcomes and decide whether to continue in the quest for a curriculum fit for Pisa or stand up for a curriculum that is fit for purpose for Wales."
Rob Williams, director of policy for the head teachers' union, NAHT Cymru, said: "We would urge the Welsh Government to now stick to the current policy path for curriculum reform and investment in the profession.
"With the right level of committed resource, accountability that values progress and no additional initiatives on top of what school leaders are already contending with, children and young people of Wales will have the best opportunities to succeed."
Ywain Myfyr, policy officer with Welsh teaching union UCAC said although Pisa was an international measure it was still "a very narrow indicator" and the results needed to be put into context.
"We certainly shouldn't let them distract us from the crucial reforms that are already in progress," he said.
Rachel Curley acting director of ATL Cymru, said: "This is not the time for hand wringing or panic in response to the Pisa results. It would have been naive to expect major improvements since the last set of results four years ago".
Tim Pratt, director of the Association of School and College Leaders Cymru said it was "far from the doomsday scenario expected".
"While Wales may not have gone rocketing up the rankings, it has also not slipped far behind. A rise in the maths scores has offset a slight fall in science and reading. Some other nations have fared far worse."
BUSINESS
Neil Carberry, CBI director for people and skills policy said the drop in performance in Wales was a concern.
"The most effective response to today's findings is focusing on what works across reading, mathematics and science - high-quality school leadership and great teachers delivering an engaging curriculum which includes strong basic skills, attitudes and behaviours that can equip young people to succeed," he said.
"In recent years, the Welsh Government has made big efforts to turn this around - business supports these efforts, and today's results show that the government must continue its focus on delivery."
The 18-year-old was attacked in Dallas Chicken in Brixton by three masked men armed with knives and belts.
He was stabbed four times and needed an operation on his abdomen following the assault on 2 January.
One man was later arrested on suspicion of possession of a knife and the Met has released CCTV to help find four other suspects.
The footage shows at least three men whipping, punching and kicking several people.
One of the attackers can then be seen drawing a knife and thrusting it forward while holding a mobile phone in his other hand.
The teenager was hit in the face with a belt then stabbed several times by one of the suspects.
When he fell to the floor one of the suspects stabbed him again before kicking him in the head.
He has since been discharged from hospital but requires further surgery.
Det Con Remy Smith said: "This is a shocking and brutal assault that has left the victim very distressed from his ordeal. "
Scottish Labour and the Lib Dems both highlighted the issue at regional conferences in Inverness.
The government wants to create a new Scotland-wide enterprise board which would oversee management of HIE.
MSPs voted to "reverse" this plan for HIE, and the government has pledged to "reflect carefully" on that.
The proposals, based on a recent education and skills review, would see a new statutory board to co-ordinate the activities of groups including Scottish Enterprise, HIE, Scottish Development International, Skills Development Scotland and the Scottish Funding Council.
Opposition members have claimed this would be the "death knell" for the organisation as it stands, and evidence of an SNP "obsession with centralisation".
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon told MSPs that "even the proposals as they are at this stage would see HIE retaining its chief executive, based in Inverness; retaining its headquarters, based in Inverness; retaining control of all staffing levels; and continuing to operate from its headquarters in Inverness."
HIE supports businesses and promotes economic growth in the Northern Isles, Western Isles, Highlands, Moray and Argyll.
It began as the Highlands and Islands Development Board 50 years ago, becoming HIE in 1990. The CairnGorm Mountain ski resort and its funicular railway is among the assets it manages.
Opposition MSPs united behind a Holyrood motion saying the government should "reverse" its plans and allow the group to retain its own board.
Speaking at Labour's Highlands and Islands conference, leader Kezia Dugdale said "I give this warning to the first minister today.
"The establishment of a development agency in the Highlands, run by people who live and work here, with decisions taken here, is a day marked in Scotland's history.
"Any attempt to roll back this progress will be remembered here as the day the SNP gave up its claim to speak for all of our nation. And as the day the SNP's representatives here betrayed the people they claim to represent.
"That is why it was so important that the Scottish Parliament voted against the government to make absolutely clear that we would not stand for this."
She added: "Nicola Sturgeon is quick to use the will of parliament when it suits her own argument. On this issue, she must now set her pride aside and listen to the people's representatives in parliament who have said this decision should not stand."
Lib Dem leader Willie Rennie, also convening a regional conference in Inverness, said the move would hit the SNP's chances in local government elections in the area.
He said: "The proposals would have diluted the ability of HIE to effectively support local businesses and communities.
"The Scottish parliament rightly voted against such a move but we are yet to see a proper response from the Scottish government.
"Despite the outcry from local constituents, SNP MSPs decided to put their party first and it will be local SNP councillors that will pay the price in the upcoming council elections in May. Local residents are becoming fed up of having an SNP cheerleader for a councillor who will stand by their party come what may."
The changes have been defended by current HIE chairman Lorne Crerar, who insisted the group would not be "in any way diminished" by them.
Following the vote, Economy Secretary Keith Brown said he was "committed to the services and support that HIE provides", adding that he would "meet with MSPs from across the chamber in order to discuss the way forward".
He said: "I believe that everyone shares a commitment to HIE and to retaining its key role in the future. We are actively engaging with all four enterprise and skills agencies, their existing boards and other experts in developing the detailed scope, potential structures and functions for the new board.
"That is why I will listen carefully to and work closely with them and MSPs from across the chamber to explore constructive ideas about how we can deliver better economic and social outcomes for the highlands and islands and for all of Scotland."
They fear the changes "signal a retreat" in government plans to move towards localised renewable energy.
This week, the High Court ruled that a plan to halve subsidies for solar panels was "legally flawed", and MPs' committees said it was "panicky".
The church and the charity want a UK target for community energy.
Both organisations have tried to take a leadership role in developing community energy schemes.
They believe this type of project is being unfairly penalised by proposed changes to the feed-in tariff (FiT), the scheme that pays householders and communities a subsidy for producing solar electricity.
Their letter, to Climate Change Minister Greg Barker, is also signed by think-tank Forum for the Future and charitable consultants Carbon Leapfrog.
"I don't think anyone could argue with the fact that the way FiTs were set up created a bit of a market bubble, and economies had to be made," said Patrick Begg, the National Trust's director of rural enterprises.
"But the way the government has chosen to change the models has really shaken confidence - and it's very difficult to be certain that when commitments are made about support for renewables, they're going to stick," he told BBC News.
The letter contrasts the "sudden lurches" in policy and support that the UK has seen with the long-term stability that underpins the success of community-scale solar electricity in Germany.
"Twenty years of solid support has led to 18% of [Germany's] national energy supply now coming from renewable sources, with 45% of schemes owned by co-operatives and farmers," it reads.
"In the UK, this is just 1.5%."
The organisations are urging the government to establish and maintain higher FiTs for community schemes.
The National Trust has about 150 renewable energy projects across the properties it owns, and has set a target of supplying half of its energy needs through renewables by 2020.
It is particularly concerned that in villages it owns, where communities have come together on insulation projects, enthusiasm for extending into solar power has rapidly waned.
The Church of England, meanwhile, says that about 300 churches have so far invested in solar energy, many spurred by the FiTs.
"It's not always straightforward, but a lot of churches thought it was a good opportunity to get involved, to be a good example to the local community," said David Shreeve, environmental adviser to the CoE's Archbishops' Council.
"The changes could affect the financial implications for churches going ahead."
The extent of support for household and community FiTs is currently unclear, with the government having said it would challenge Wednesday's High Court ruling.
It was planning to drop the subsidy from 43p per kilowatt-hour (kWh) to 21p from 12 December. The cut will probably come, but at a later date.
A consultation on other changes closes today.
Among other things, it proposes toughening the criteria on home insulation necessary to qualify for FiTs - a move that was described on Thursday, in a joint report from the Environmental Audit Committee and the Energy and Climate Change Committee, as likely to deal a "fatal blow" to the UK's domestic solar power industry.
Meanwhile, a report from consultants Cambridge Modelling predicts that the changes to FiTs mean it will take longer for solar systems to become competitive with electricity supplied from the national grid.
"In the absence of the changes, small solar photovoltaic installations are set to achieve grid parity by 2019," said Mark Hughes, the organisation's director.
"The changes to the scheme will delay grid parity and extend the need for feed-in tariff support by approximately three years."
Critics have said the cut in solar power support undermines the coalition's claim to be the "greenest ever government".
Mr Begg agreed that it does raise the question.
"The government set out quite a good agenda; and this kind of thing does start to shake our confidence that they are going to make good on their agenda," he said.
In a recent YouGov opinion survey, solar emerged as the UK's most popular energy technology, with 74% of respondents wanting the government to increase the amount in use.
The figure for wind was 56%. Only 16% wanted the use of coal to increase, while 43% preferred a reduction.
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An experiment built in a vast slab of Antarctic ice has doubled its count of "cosmic neutrinos" from outer space, by searching for arrivals passing through the planet from the north.
The same team this week announced the highest-energy neutrino ever detected.
Meanwhile, a detector in Italy reported the first firm evidence for neutrinos produced beneath the Earth's crust.
These "geo-neutrinos" carry much less energy but can inform scientists about the radioactive processes generating heat deep within our planet.
The fast-moving neutrinos from space, by contrast, offer clues about mysterious, violent sources of radiation beyond our own galaxy.
Neutrinos are subatomic particles with no charge and almost no mass, which very rarely interact with anything. This means they can practically cross the Universe in a straight line, passing through entire planets undeflected - and undetected.
But the IceCube collaboration has laced a cubic kilometre of ice beneath the South Pole with light sensors, to record the flashes created when a neutrino very occasionally bumps into an atom.
In 2013 IceCube announced the first ever detection of neutrinos from outside the Solar System: 28 of the particles were caught moving at speeds far beyond the reach of humanity's best particle accelerators.
Since then, the count of such "cosmic neutrinos" has climbed above 50.
At a conference in the Netherlands this week, the team announced a record-breaking event that their icy instrument witnessed in June 2014.
They have evidence for a neutrino arriving with at least 2,600 trillion electronvolts (teraelectronvolts, TeV) of energy - hundreds of times more than protons inside the Large Hadron Collider, even after its historic revamp.
And that figure is only a minimum. The neutrino itself never made it into the detector; what IceCube glimpsed was a different particle called a muon - the product of a "muon neutrino" (one of three different flavours) arriving from the north.
"It was made by a neutrino that came through the Earth somewhere below our detector," said IceCube's principal investigator Francis Halzen, of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
By doing what Prof Halzen calls "back of an envelope" physics calculations, his team can reconstruct the neutrino interaction that spat the muon into the ice, where it dumped those 2,600 TeV.
For a slippery, near-massless particle, this neutrino packed a punch.
"Using standard model physics, the energy of this neutrino is somewhere around 5,000-10,000 TeV, with the most likely value somewhere in the middle," Prof Halzen explained.
"This neutrino packs about 1,000 times the energy of the LHC beam. It is spectacular."
In fact, this type of evidence is what IceCube physicists have used to double their overall count of cosmic neutrinos. They have been busy re-analysing the same two-year tranche of data that has already yielded more than 50 such galactic interlopers, all of which were electron or tau neutrinos (the other two flavours) arriving directly from the southern sky.
In a paper to be published soon in Physical Review Letters, the team turns its attention to the north - revealing a similar number of muon neutrinos which flew into the planet in the northern hemisphere. Eventually, each one bumped into something and blasted a muon into the ice, just like the June 2014 record-breaker.
"This new method gives us muon neutrinos of similar numbers, so our count is up well above 100 now," Prof Halzen told the BBC.
Importantly, muons are comparatively heavy - so when the sensors in the ice glimpse them rumbling past, their trajectory can be reconstructed. That turns IceCube into a telescope, peering northwards through the planet to see neutrinos arriving from the Universe's most ferocious, far-flung corners.
"We can reconstruct the muon track to better than half a degree," Prof Halzen said. "This is totally going to change the astronomy we can do."
Neutrinos are also commonly produced with much lower energy, much closer to home.
Rather than a slab of ice, the Borexino experiment buried under Gran Sasso in Italy contains 200 tonnes of specialised oil, filling an immense, spherical vat that is similarly studded with light sensors.
Borexino was built to catch low-energy neutrinos spat out by the nuclear reaction at the heart of the Sun. And it was successful - but the international team has now used seven years' worth of data to look inside the Earth itself.
Our planet's interior generates vast amounts of heat: about 20 times the combined output of all the world's power stations. Much of it is radioactive heat - but scientists don't know exactly how much.
"The only way to really understand how much heat comes from radioactivity is to measure the neutrinos coming from inside," explained Aldo Ianni, a member of the Borexino collaboration.
Detectors like Borexino or Super-K in Japan have glimpsed many such "geo-neutrinos" already, along with countless stray neutrinos produced by nuclear power stations right across the globe.
But in a paper due for publication in Physical Review D, the Borexino team presents ground-breaking evidence for neutrinos coming from beneath the Earth's crust, in the layer called the mantle.
The huge data set contained 77 candidate neutrinos, of which Dr Ianni said some 24 were calculated to come from the Earth and not from nuclear reactors.
And within those 24, the team is almost - but not completely - certain that some arrived from the mantle. This is because there is uncertainty attached to each stage of the calculation.
"It's at 98%, the confidence level - which means there is still a small probability that there is no signal from the mantle," Dr Ianni said. That small probability is too large for an official "discovery" according to the usual rules of particle physics.
"It's small, but in terms of physics it should be much smaller."
Dr Jeanne Wilson is a particle physicist at Queen Mary University of London who works on the T2K neutrino experiment in Japan. She agreed that the Borexino findings were preliminary but important.
"From previous results, we could say with good confidence that we were seeing geo-neutrinos - but the more you detect, the more information you can extract on where they're coming from.
"We're getting to the point now where you can start to do these analyses."
"I don't think there's anything in these models that contests the models we currently have for the Earth - but they're proving that we're getting to the point where neutrinos will actually help."
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Henderson sustained a "significant" hamstring tear and is now a doubt for the Six Nations.
Peter Nelson (dislocated foot) is out for the rest of the season while Dan Tuohy, who fractured an ankle, will be missing for at least two months.
Darren Cave's should injury will keep the centre out for at least two games.
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Ulster back-row Roger Wilson had a back spasm before the Edinburgh game but he is expected to be available for Friday night's European Champions Cup encounter against Toulouse.
It's a grim injury toll for the Irish province resulting from the hard-fought 14-7 win over the Scots at Kingspan Stadium.
Henderson will be reviewed by a surgeon and a return date will be clearer after this consultation.
Full-back Nelson dislocated his left foot - it was relocated in the medical room at Kingspan Stadium and he will have surgery when the swelling subsides.
Tuohy also sustained ligament damage and the Ireland lock may require surgery while Cave suffered an AC joint injury.
Boro missed the chance to go top of the Championship as they lost 2-1.
"A lot of us have got to take a long hard look at ourselves. We should never lose a game because we didn't want it as much as the opposition and I don't think we did," Gibson told BBC Tees.
"We got bullied in a lot of areas on the pitch and we must be better."
After a five-game winless run, Boro recorded back-to-back victories against Cardiff and Fulham but remain third after their defeat at Ewood Park.
"There's no reason we should lose a game for want or desire or people needing it more than us, because we're the ones needing to get promotion and get out of this league," Gibson, 23, added.
"People have been saying we've got games in hand next to our name, when really they don't mean anything unless you get points on the board."
Boro's inconsistent form has allowed Burnley and Hull to leapfrog them in the table, but the Teessiders could return to top spot for the first time in almost a month if Hull slip up at Birmingham on Thursday and Boro beat Wolves at home on Friday.
Gibson continued: "We haven't taken advantage of the opportunity we had. We've got to turn it round quickly for Friday because it's a game we've got to win and get going again."
But what would happen to the value of sterling in the event of a vote for Brexit on 23 June?
According to Paul Hollingsworth, UK economist at Capital Economics, a vote to leave the EU could cause the value of sterling to fall between 10% and 20%.
The severity of the fall would be determined by what the opinion polls say over the next few weeks, he argued.
"If we see more of a shift towards Leave then clearly we could see some of that depreciation come before the vote [rather] than after it," Mr Hollingsworth said.
"However, if polls lean towards Remain and we still vote to leave, then there would be more of a shock factor, and that could hit the pound hard."
Meanwhile, Mike Amey, a managing director at Pimco, the world's largest bond fund, said the fall would be more like 5% to 10%.
Any recovery of sterling would depend on various factors. On the upside we could see the political rhetoric around Brexit change following the vote, and this might have a positive impact.
"I can't imagine the prime minister would say, 'This result is all doom and gloom,'" Mr Hollingsworth says.
That said, some have speculated David Cameron might have to resign in the wake of a Brexit vote. This would result in a Tory leadership contest and more political uncertainty, which could affect sterling.
It was not clear how long the process of leaving the EU would take.
"The negotiations could take two years or much longer, so it could potentially weigh on the economy for a number of years," says Mr Hollingsworth.
"However, it may not be as bad as some have said, because during the negotiations we would still have free trade and the free movement of people… We wouldn't wake up on the 24th and find ourselves outside the EU."
The Bank of England cannot comment on the impact of a potential Brexit as it is now in "purdah" - the period leading up to a vote during which government departments and public bodies refrain from making new announcements.
However, the Bank has said it would inject money into the banking system to compensate for shortages following the referendum.
In terms of monetary policy following a potential Brexit vote, inflation and a weakening economy could be big challenges for the central bank.
In response, some say it could keep interest rates on hold or cut them closer to zero.
But Pimco's Mr Amey believes the Bank would not go as far as introducing a negative rate, as we have seen in some countries.
"If they felt they needed to support economic growth more forcefully then they would re-engage in quantitative easing," he says.
With bated breath, it appears.
Brokerage ETX Capital, for example, plans to keep traders overnight to monitor the markets and handle trades.
"The result is going to be announced at an awkward time, in the middle of the night," said Joe Rundell, head of trading at ETX. "And we expect that whatever the result there will be significant movements on the FTSE 100, the sterling markets and in gold."
If the country votes to leave it could be the firm's busiest night of the year, he added.
"We are making contingency plans for a 40% move on the sterling market if there is a Brexit. It's not likely, but these sorts of things can happen."
JPMorgan Chase, RBS and Morgan Stanley are among other banks planning to have traders at their desks overnight as well, according to a Bloomberg report.
Some have argued that increased economic uncertainty following a vote to leave would trigger a sell-off in UK government bonds, or gilts.
But Mr Amey argues that gilts would rally, "largely because the market would expect an interest rate cut by the Bank of England and the UK financial markets would need a risk-free security to turn to.
"So if there was some volatility in other assets the gilt market would be sensitive to that and perform strongly."
A recent government paper questioned whether such shows were "distinctive" enough compared to commercial rivals.
"I don't know why entertainment has suddenly become a dirty word in the context of the BBC," said Cohen.
"The battle for Saturday nights between BBC and ITV has been going on for decades. It has driven standards."
The BBC's director of television was speaking ahead of his appearance at the Edinburgh TV Festival on Wednesday, where he said he would defend the issue "strongly".
"I believe that we should keep fighting for entertainment on Saturday nights on the BBC that reaches a wide range of people up and down the country, from all different sorts of backgrounds," said Cohen.
He said the corporation should be making shows for audiences who put entertainment "top of the list" of what they want from the BBC, rather than "niche" TV programmes that "get the seal of approval from opinion formers".
"A show like The Voice, it's really popular with young people, diverse audiences and less well-off audiences and it matters to them as much as Strictly, and we should make sure that we offer both," said Cohen.
BBC One's talent show The Voice was singled out in the government's consultation paper, due to be debated ahead of the BBC's Royal Charter renewal, for being "similar to ITV's X Factor".
Mr Cohen's comments came after BBC director general Tony Hall wrote in the Daily Mirror that some commentators were questioning "whether we should provide entertainment" at all.
Culture Secretary John Whittingdale said he was not among them. He said: "I've never questioned it, and as far as I'm aware nobody is questioning it. Nobody is talking about dismantling the BBC."
Speaking in Edinburgh, Mr Whittingdale praised The Great British Bake-Off as a show that was "not obviously a ratings winner" but has become "one of the most successful shows the BBC has done".
He added: "What they shouldn't do is produce programmes - and this is a personal opinion - which are absolutely indistinguishable from a populist commercially-driven programme."
The minister also questioned whether the corporation should compete with commercial rivals for the British rights to programmes like The Voice, which ITV also wanted to show.
"It was going to be shown on free to air anyway," he said. "Should the BBC get into bidding wars with another free to air broadcaster? I think that's an interesting question."
However Claire Hungate, managing director of Warner Brothers Television UK, told the TV festival that the BBC did not bid more than ITV for The Voice and the BBC won the rights "purely based on creativity" and because it was the best home for the show in the UK.
Most of these deaths are occurring in the rapidly developing economies of China and India.
The main culprit is the emission of small particles from power plants, factories, vehicle exhausts and from the burning of coal and wood.
The data was compiled as part of the Global Burden of Disease project.
Scientists involved in the initiative say the statistics illustrate how far, and how fast, some nations must travel to improve the air their citizens breathe.
"In Beijing or Delhi on a bad air pollution day, the number of fine particles (known as PM2.5) can be higher than 300 micrograms per cubic metre," explained Dan Greenbaum from the Health Effects Institute, in Boston, US.
"The number should be about 25 or 35 micrograms."
Breathing in tiny liquid or solid particles can increase the risk of heart disease, stroke, respiratory complaints and even cancer. And while developed nations have made great strides in addressing this problem these past few decades, the number of citizens dying as a result of poor air quality in developing countries is still climbing.
According to the study, air pollution causes more deaths than other risk factors like malnutrition, obesity, alcohol and drug abuse, and unsafe sex. The Global Burden of Disease project puts it as the fourth greatest risk behind high blood pressure, dietary risks and smoking.
In China, there are said to be about 1.6 million deaths a year; in India, it is roughly 1.3 million. This data is from 2013, the most recent year for which it is available.
The key sources of pollution concern are slightly different in each nation, however.
In China, the dominant factor is particle emissions from coal burning.
The project calculates this source alone is responsible for more than 360,000 deaths every year.
And even though China has targets to restrict coal combustion and emissions in the future, it may struggle to bring down the number of deaths because it is acquiring an aging population and these citizens are naturally more susceptible to the illnesses associated with poor air quality.
"So, we think more aggressive policies are urgently needed to reduce the emissions from coal combustion and other sectors," stated project researcher Qiao Ma, a PhD student at Tsinghua University in Beijing.
In India, the problem that draws particular attention is the practice of burning wood, dung, crop residues and other materials for cooking and heating.
This "indoor pollution" causes far more deaths than "outdoor pollution".
And looking at the broad economic trends in India, the research team says the country runs the risk of having even poorer air quality in the future.
Chandra Venkataraman, from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, in Mumbai, warned: "Despite proposed emissions control, there is significant growth in the demand for electricity as well as industrial production.
"So, through to 2050, this growth overshadows the emissions controls (in our projections) and will lead to an increase in future air pollutant emissions in 2050 in India."
Michael Brauer, from the University of British Columbia in Canada, said the statistics should make governments think hard about the scope of their anti-pollution policies.
They ought to spur greater ambition, he added.
"The trick here is to not take the 50 or 60 years that it took in the high income countries, and to really accelerate the process; and that's really where we think these statistics, the data, will come in handy," he told BBC News.
"In the US, we know that for every dollar spent on air pollution improvements, we can get between a $4-$30 benefit in terms of reduced health impacts."
The research team was presenting its findings here at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
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Four of the plant's six reactors have been in trouble. How great a danger do these problems pose for people in Japan and further afield?
Has there been a leakage of radioactive material?
Yes. Harmful levels of radiation have caused at least one temporary evacuation of staff at the power plant. Higher than normal, but harmless, levels of radiation have been registered in Tokyo, 140 miles (220km) away.
How much radioactive material has been released?
The World Health Organization's representative in China says there is no evidence of any significant international spread of radiation.
What type of radioactive material has escaped?
There are reports of radioactive isotopes of caesium and iodine in the vicinity of the plant. Experts say it would be natural for radioactive isotopes of nitrogen and argon to have escaped as well. There is no evidence that any uranium or plutonium has escaped.
What harm do these radioactive materials cause?
Radioactive iodine could be harmful to young people living near the plant. After the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster there were some cases of thyroid cancer as a result. However, people who are promptly issued with iodine tablets ought to be safe. Radioactive caesium accumulates in soft tissue, while plutonium accumulates in the bone and liver. Radioactive nitrogen decays within seconds of its release, and argon poses no threat to health.
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How did the radioactive materials escape?
In at least two ways. Some is known to have escaped as a result of steam and gas released from overheating reactors. There has also been a release from the fourth reactor's fuel storage pond, which was damaged in an explosion, and caught fire.
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Could radioactive materials have escaped by any other means?
The authorities have pumped seawater into three reactors. This water is likely to have been contaminated by its passage through the reactor, but it is currently unclear whether any of it has been released into the environment.
How long will any contamination last?
Radioactive iodine decays quite quickly. Most will have disappeared within a month. Radioactive caesium does not last long in the body - most has gone within a year. However, it lingers in the environment and can continue to present a problem for many years.
Has there been a meltdown?
The term "meltdown" is used in a variety of ways. Some of the metal encasing fuel rods have been damaged by heat, and may have partially melted (a "fuel-rod meltdown"). However, there is as yet no indication that the uranium fuel itself has melted. Still less is there any indication of a "China Syndrome" where the fuel melts, gathers below the reactor and resumes a chain reaction, that enables it to melt everything in its way, and bore a path deep into the earth. If there were to be a serious meltdown, the Japanese reactor is supposed to be able to handle it, preventing the China Syndrome from taking place.
Could there be a Chernobyl-like disaster?
Experts say this is highly unlikely. The chain reaction at all Fukushima reactors has ceased. The explosions that have occurred have mostly taken place outside the steel and concrete containment vessels enclosing the reactors. At Chernobyl an explosion exposed the core of the reactor to the air, and a fire raged for days sending its contents in a plume up into the atmosphere. At Fukushima the explosions have damaged mainly the roof and walls erected around the containment vessels - though it is feared the steel and concrete containment vessel of reactor number two has been damaged. Even if a reactor at Fukushima were to explode - according to the UK government's chief scientific adviser - it would send radioactive material only 500m into the air (rather than 9,000m) and the fallout would be concentrated within 20km or 30km of the site.
Could there be a nuclear explosion?
The explosions so far have been caused by hydrogen released from the reactors. At Chernobyl there may have been a nuclear explosion in the reactor, but this has not been confirmed.
What caused the hydrogen release from the reactor?
At high temperatures, steam can separate into hydrogen and oxygen in the presence of zirconium, the metal used for encasing the reactor fuel. This mixture is highly explosive.
How do iodine tablets work?
If the body has all the iodine it needs, it will not absorb further iodine. The tablets fill the body up with non-radioactive iodine, which prevent it absorbing radioactive iodine from contaminated milk, or other food sources.
What kind of radiation levels have been recorded at Fukushima?
Levels as high as 400 millisieverts per hour have been registered at the plant itself. A couple of hours exposed to this dose-level could cause radiation sickness. However, for long periods since the crisis began, the level has been at 10 millisieverts per hour or lower. (A spinal X-ray delivers roughly one millisievert of radiation, a CT scan of the abdomen and pelvis has an effective dose of 15 millisieverts.) On Monday morning the level was as low as 0.02 millisieverts per hour - only a few times more intense than the level of radiation experienced on a passenger jet flying at 40,000 feet.
Is any level of exposure to radiation safe?
In some parts of the world, natural background radiation is significantly higher than others - for example in Cornwall, in south-west England. And yet people live in Cornwall, and many others gladly visit the area. Similarly, every international air flight exposes passengers to higher than normal levels of radiation - and yet people still fly, and cabin crews spend large amounts of time exposed to this radiation. Patients in hospitals regularly undergo X-rays. Scientists dispute whether any level of exposure to radiation is entirely safe, but exposure to some level of radiation - whether at normal background levels or higher - is a fact of life.
The capabilities of the firm's Project Alloy headset, currently in development, were demoed at the CES tech show in Las Vegas.
Chief executive Brian Krzanich said Intel planned to license the technology to manufacturers by the end of 2017.
But one analyst said VR remained a difficult market to target.
The headset does not require a separate PC or a connection to a power source - both computer and battery are built in, noted Mr Krzanich as he introduced the latest prototype.
Two players in a mock living room demonstrated on stage how the headset could create a virtual replica of the room featuring scanned obstacles such as furniture.
Intel calls this "merged reality".
In the demo, the bookcases and coffee table were then replaced, digitally, by similar-sized scenery more suited to the game - a futuristic spaceship.
Project Alloy was first unveiled in August last year, but this was its most advanced demo yet.
"It was certainly interesting," said tech analyst Brian Blau at Gartner, who also praised the freedom offered by an "all-in-one" headset without a cable.
However, he said it would have been even more impressive had the living room been scanned by the headset itself.
"They did say [the room] was pre-scanned, so I was a little bit disappointed by that."
The device will not be manufactured by Intel, but instead it will offer the technology to other tech firms to build products around.
Intel hopes this process will begin in the final quarter of 2017. But the project's success may rely on others being willing to make content for it.
"They can enable all kinds of stuff but if it is not for the rest of those pieces they'll just have the parts out there," said Mr Blau.
The firm also showed off a variety of other uses for a wide range of VR headsets - including high definition 360-degree video captured at a waterfall in Vietnam.
Mr Blau said the use of volumetric video - which lets viewers peer around objects as though they were really present in the captured scene - was impressive.
"It is something we won't really see en masse for a long time because of its heavy data requirements," Mr Blau added.
Other chip makers besides Intel have been developing virtual reality headset technology.
Nvidia, for example, has been working on software and processors to power computing-intensive experiences.
AMD is developing its Sulon Q headset, which - like Project Alloy - incorporates a computer and battery onboard, meaning no need for tethers or cables.
There is some optimism around the potential for growth within the virtual reality market at CES.
US unit sales of VR headsets are predicted to reach 2.5 million in 2017, according to a presentation at the trade show by the Consumer Technology Association.
But during Intel's event, Mr Krzanich acknowledged that many were still unsure if the technology would become truly popular.
"A lot of people are questioning is virtual reality going to take off, is it going to go anywhere?" he acknowledged
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As part of the deal, 19-year-old Oxford defender Sam Long joins Conference side Harriers on loan until 1 January.
Dunkley, 22, came through the youth ranks at Crewe before joining Harriers in 2012 after a spell at Hednesford.
"It's a good move for myself. I'm over the moon the gaffer has taken a chance on me," said centre-half Dunkley, who has made 19 appearances this season.
"It's a big club and they are striving for big things and to get into League One.
"As it's a higher level it will be a faster tempo but it's up to me to come here and work hard and make sure I'm ready for the test."
Dunkley, who has agreed a two-and-half-year contract which will officially start in January, is determined to help the U's climb out of League Two.
"It's a big club and shouldn't be where it is at the moment," Dunkley told BBC Radio Oxford.
"There wasn't any need to sell me the club. The gaffer showed me the ambitions of the club. It was a no-brainer."
Harriers assistant manager Mark Creighton, who is a former U's defender, called Dunkley a "fantastic prospect".
Creighton added: "He is commanding in the air, attacks things in both boxes and scores a few. He is a fantastic professional and young so Oxford will get some good years out of him.
"He thoroughly deserves his opportunity to join a great club like Oxford. His key attribute is his willingness to win."
The data was compiled on Google's Map Maker tool, which allows users to contribute information mainly using satellite images or local knowledge.
Many landmarks are now labelled, as are the notorious prison labour camps and nuclear research sites.
The move comes a few weeks after the head of Google visited North Korea.
In the capital, Pyongyang, schools, theatres, government buildings and underground stops are now marked in Google Maps, as are statues, some embassies, an ice rink and the infamous 105-storey Ryugyong hotel, which has been under construction for more than 25 years.
The Yongbyon nuclear site is labelled, to the north, and a road called Nuclear Test Road, leading to a site north of Punggye-ri which is believed to be where Pyongyang is preparing to test a nuclear device.
There is little detail of much of the country but a number of grey sites are marked as being some of the many prison labour camps in North Korea, which some 200,000 people are thought to be held.
In the largest camp - Camp 22 - near the border with China, the map identifies an armoury, a food factory and a guard's rest room.
BBC technology correspondent Mark Gregory says the information given by the maps is likely to be of particular interest in South Korea, where many people have ancestral connections or family still living in the North.
But the citizens of North Korea itself will get little benefit from it, he adds, as only a few hundred are allowed access to the internet by their government.
A number of other detailed maps of North Korea are also available online, including the Digital Atlas on 38North, a website run by the US-Korea Institute at Johns Hopkins university.
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Launched in 2008, Map Maker data has been used to build maps in Google Maps for countries such as Iraq and Afghanistan.
The process uses data sent in by members of the public which are then fact-checked. In the case of North Korea, Google said satellite images were the main source.
"For a long time, one of the largest places with limited map data has been North Korea. But today we are changing that," said Jayanth Mysore, senior product manager at Google Map Maker.
"As a result, the world can access maps of North Korea that offer much more information and detail than before," he said.
Google said a large number of people in South Korea had contributed information to create usable maps.
However, at least one of the contributors was from Australia, and does not speak Korean.
"I wanted to go to North Korea and because it was not yet mapped I decided to start mapping so I could at least see how easy it would be to travel within the country," Sebastiaan van Oyen, who works as a risk manager for a financial trading firm in Sydney, told the BBC.
Mr van Oyen said he had used satellite images to get his data saying they "are good enough to cover the whole country, although the quality and date of the data varies".
"For a basic map you will be fine, but it will take time to get reliable street level navigation."
However, he said that the biggest obstacle towards creating a more detailed map was to get enough local knowledge to name all the features.
"Keep in the back of your mind that there are restricted areas and not much [readily available] local knowledge outside of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea."
Google's Chairman, Eric Schmidt, visited North Korea earlier this month, despite warnings from US leaders that it was "ill-advised" in the wake of Pyongyang's launch of a long-range rocket in December.
Mr Schmidt urged the country to end its self-imposed isolation and allow its citizens to use the internet, saying it would lag behind economically unless it embraced internet freedom.
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The Kurds already operate "autonomous administrations" in three enclaves bordering Turkey: Afrin and Kobane in Aleppo province and Jazira in Hassakeh.
The new federal region will also include mainly Arab and Turkmen areas captured from so-called Islamic State.
The declaration was dismissed by the Syrian government, which insisted that it would have no legal basis.
The US and Turkey, which is wary of anything that might encourage separatism by its own Kurdish minority, have also warned against such a unilateral move.
The plan to declare a federal system across much of northern Syria was approved by representatives of Kurdish, Arab and other parties at a conference in Rmeilan.
The region will reportedly be called "Rojava - northern Syria". Rojava is the term Kurds use to refer to western or Syrian Kurdistan.
On Wednesday, officials from the powerful Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) stressed they were not seeking to establish a Kurdish-only region, but one that included representation for all ethnic and religious groups.
The arrangement would also preserve Syrian national unity by preventing a country divided and devastated by five years of civil war from breaking up, they added.
"The federalism project is a model for all Syria," spokesman Nawaf Khalil told the Associated Press.
However, the Syrian government has ruled out the idea of a federal system.
The official Sana news agency cited a foreign ministry official as saying Thursday's declaration was "without any legal value and void of any legal, political, social or economic effect".
The main Western-backed opposition alliance, the National Coalition, meanwhile warned against "any attempt to form entities, regions, or administrations that usurp the will of the people".
The declaration comes as government and opposition representatives attend UN-brokered talks in Geneva aimed at finding a political solution to end the civil war.
The PYD was not invited to the talks, reportedly at the request of Turkey.
Kurds made up between 7% and 10% of Syria's population of 24.5 million before the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad began five years ago.
Although they were denied basic rights and suffered decades of political suppression by the Arab-led state, most Kurds avoided taking sides when a wave of protests swept the country.
When government forces withdrew from Kurdish areas to concentrate on fighting rebels elsewhere in mid-2012, Kurdish militias swiftly took control, led by the PYD's Popular Protection Units (YPG).
In January 2014, the PYD and other Kurdish parties created autonomous administrations based in the enclaves, or "cantons", of Afrin, Kobane and Jazira.
Since then, the YPG has emerged as a key ally of the US-led coalition against so-called Islamic State, leading the fight against the jihadist group on the ground in northern Syria.
With the help of US airpower, the YPG has taken control of an estimated 26,000 sq km (10,000 sq miles) of Syria, including a 400 km (250 mile) stretch of territory along the Turkish border.
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Surrey County Council's cabinet voted to charge £1 an hour from next year to park at Newlands Corner near Guildford.
The site is visited by 550,000 people annually but the council wants to spend £400,000 introducing a family play trail and improving the toilets.
The council said it wanted to make countryside sites "self-financing".
The parking charges would pay for the first phase of upgrading work to be completed.
A second phase would involve work to the current cafe and providing shopping and educational space in a new visitor centre.
Richard Harrold, who started the online petition, said it was "utterly unacceptable" to introduce the charges.
Vivianne Norris, from Chilsworth, who signed it, said: "There is no need to change what is already a successful amenity for all, especially for retired or disadvantaged people often with limited means."
Charlotte Haibrock, from Guildford, said: "It's a disgrace to charge people to enjoy nature. We do not want the place commercialised as proposed."
A spokesman for the council said the cabinet's decision was likely to be "called in" and looked at again by the Economic Prosperity, Environment and Highways Scrutiny Board. No date has yet been set.
"Our ultimate aim is to make countryside sites become self-financing due to the heavy strain on our budgets from falling roads funding and rising demand for adult social care and school places," he said.
The Kevin Bell Repatriation Trust was set up three years ago by the Bell family after a personal tragedy.
Colin Bell's 26-year-old son, Kevin, was killed in a suspected hit-and-run in New York in June 2013.
Since then, the charity has helped hundreds of families whose loved ones have died away from home.
The trust has been operating out of the new office for just three weeks. Until recently, it had carried out most of its work from Kevin's family home in Newry.
Mr Bell said the trust had "taken over" the house, with filing cabinets and boxes taking up space in bedrooms. They were offered an office in Rooney's Meadow at Whitegates Community Business Park in Newry, which is where I meet him early in the morning.
He shows me around and tells me that the new centre means they can "get everything done, park it and go home".
"If there's a repatriation ongoing we can do it over the phone, but we're not living with it 24/7," added Mr Bell.
It can cost several thousand pounds to repatriate bodies and, until the trust was established, families had to pay themselves because neither the UK or Irish governments cover the expense.
In the aftermath of Kevin's death, friends and people in Newry raised about £150,000 towards the cost of his repatriation from the US. However, after Kevin's American employers agreed to pay to transport his body home, the Bell family decided to use the money to help other families who faced the same situation.
Mr Bell said: "Whenever a family does get that devastating news - they don't know who to turn to and what we can do is take it out of their hands and we'll make the arrangements we'll get them home."
He described the trust as "Kevin's legacy" and said although the work can often bring back memories evoking the loss of his son, the work is "therapeutic" and keeps Kevin's name alive.
To date, the trust has arranged 217 repatriations to almost every county in Ireland.
One of those was 24-year-old Joe McDermott, from Omagh, County Tyrone, who died in a building site accident in Australia in December 2015.
His sister Laura said her family would never be able to repay the trust for helping them to get Joe's body back home.
"Joe was only out in Australia for four weeks when he passed away," Miss McDermott said.
"Within an hour of us hearing the news, the Claddagh Association in Perth phoned us to say everything was organised and that the Kevin Bell Trust would be paying for everything."
She had not heard of the trust before Joe's death, but described the help her family received as "such a relief".
"When you are in the midst of such heartbreak and grief the way we were, we just could not have coped with trying to organise something on that scale, and to know somebody out there was taking care of it and Joe was going to come home to us was such a relief," she said.
Her family have since raised money for the trust, in a bid to repay the Bell family for their generosity, but Miss McDermott said they will "never be able to repay them fully".
"We have a lovely relationship with them, and it's so nice to see my mum and dad speaking to them - two people who know what they're going through is so comforting.
"They do such extraordinary things. We'll never, ever be able to repay them, the only token of appreciation we can give is continue fundraising for them," she said.
Michael Douglas, from the Greater Shankill area of Belfast, also needed emergency financial assistance from the trust when his 30-year-old sister Heather died suddenly in the USA in November 2014.
He said his family wanted to get Heather home as soon as possible, but they were faced with immediate costs of between £8-10,000.
"Repatriation isn't an easy process, but Colin Bell was there," he said.
"To phone a man I've never spoken to before, on a Friday afternoon and spring that on him, my family probably could have gotten the money together but it wouldn't have been as quick.
"All I had to do was send him the details and she was on a flight to Belfast the next morning," said Mr Douglas.
He has since met Mr Bell and said his drive to help families who have gone through such a distressing experience is "amazing".
"It's the support they give - it's not just the financial side. It's the expertise and advice," he added.
"The trust is an essential thing, they'll help anyone."
The entire Bell family is involved in the trust and Colin Bell stressed that the support they get from all over Ireland - and the new centre in Newry - means they can continue helping families from every community who need it when tragedy occurs.
There is a photo of Kevin behind Mr Bell's desk in the new centre, and I ask him what he thinks his son would have made of the trust.
"Kevin always said he'd be famous, Kevin was a big character," Mr Bell said.
"He loved life, and he'd be proud that his name's being kept alive."
Six former pupils of The Royal School for the Blind in Liverpool have told the BBC about abuse dating back to the 1950s when some of them were just five.
The headmistress at the time, Margaret McLenan, has since died.
The school said it was "saddened" to hear the allegations and said such behaviour would not be tolerated today.
The six former pupils have never before spoken publicly about their experiences at the boarding school in Wavertree, which accommodated pupils from across the north-west of England and the Isle of Man.
The alleged abuse has also never been reported to, or investigated by, police.
There is no suggestion any of it was of a sexual nature.
Victims described how being beaten and shamed deprived them of their childhood and led to problems in later life.
Rachael Alcock, from Bury, told BBC Radio Manchester: "That woman should have been brought to justice, she should have been horsewhipped. She was evil right from top to bottom."
Mrs Alcock, who was called Catherine Smith at the time, added: "I am angry because my childhood was taken away from me by that horrible woman."
Another ex-pupil, Stephen Kingsberry, 66, from Manchester, said he had suffered a breakdown and spent six months in hospital as a result of being abused by Miss McLenan.
He said the attacks were made more traumatic because of the fact the children were blind.
"It was so horrific we couldn't see where it was coming from or when it was going to happen," he said.
A third former pupil, 64-year-old Stephen Binns, described how children were assaulted.
"I was six years old," he said. "She would line every child up, walking from one end of the dormitory to the other, smacking or beating every one of us."
Mr Binns is a community historian and honorary fellow of Liverpool John Moores University who was made MBE in 2004 in recognition of his contribution to heritage.
He said: "She would also humiliate them as if their crying was a serious offence."
Susan Todd, 65, also from Manchester, added: "It was absolutely terrifying... she would hit you on the head so your head would go back.
"It's a wonder we didn't suffer brain damage."
And David McWilliams, 71, from the Isle of Man, recalled another incident.
"Two boys were play fighting when she banged their heads together - you wouldn't get away with it now."
A sixth former pupil who spoke to the BBC and corroborated the accounts of abuse did not want to be identified.
Susan George, president of the Royal School for the Blind, told the BBC the charity was "saddened to hear of former pupils having such memories of their time at the school".
She added: "Such behaviour [as the former pupils allege] would not be tolerated in any school today."
Medical Detection Dogs chief executive Dr Claire Guest was training dogs to detect other cancers, when she said one of them "started to warn her".
She was subsequently found to have an early stage breast tumour.
Now in remission, Dr Guest is training dogs to recognise the cancer from a breath sample, in the hope an electronic nose can be developed.
Medical Detection Dogs is a charity that works with researchers, NHS Trusts and universities to train specialist dogs to detect the odour of human disease.
The charity was started in 2004 after a letter from Dr John Church to medical journal The Lancet claimed dogs could detect bladder cancer.
Dr Guest said stories of dogs finding their owners' cancer had been reported for a while.
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"We started to wonder that if dogs were finding it by chance then perhaps we could actually train dogs to do this reliably," said Dr Guest.
The charity started to work with dogs, and they can now pick out cancer samples from control samples, but research has been mainly limited to bladder and prostate cancer.
Dogs are now being taught to detect breast cancer from a breath tube, after an animal Dr Guest was training to detect other cancers started to warn her.
"I was a bit bemused as to what she was doing, but I was subsequently found to have a very early stage breast tumour," she said.
"It was very deep and had my dog Daisy not warned me, I was told it could have been very serious and life-threatening because by the time I felt the lump it would have been very advanced."
Now in remission, the scientist has joined forces with her surgeon and other cancer specialists to search for the clinical proof that breast cancer can be "sniffed out".
In particular, they are looking to see if dogs can recognise it reliably from a breath test.
"There is a huge amount of potential for this work, not only in finding out where cancer is present but also in the development of an electronic nose in the future," said Dr Guest.
"A dog is in fact a very, very specialist pattern recognition bi-sensor - but he has got a waggy tail.
"He can tell us when something is there and when it's not and how quickly it disappears [when a sample is in contact with the air] and they can tell us how difficult it is to find.
"If we can find out how the dog is doing it then we can make machines in the future that could screen our breath and our urine for cancer volatiles."
This research is at a very early stage and the next step will be a clinical trial with samples from local hospitals.
"We need to find out how reliably dogs can indicate this and also if they can reliably indicate early grade and stage, because that would be the key for survival," said Dr Guest.
Latest figures from Cancer Research UK show nearly 50,000 people are diagnosed with breast cancer each year in the UK and just under 12,000 die.
The hope is this research "has the potential to save thousands of lives".
"All our work with cancer is incredibly exciting," added Dr Guest.
"Everybody has a personal story [about cancer] and we know that anything that can assist in our fight against cancer is worthwhile, we know we can make a difference."
This follows hot on the heels of the Omar al-Bashir controversy, and the trials of Oscar Pistorius and Shrien Dewani.
Was the report a whitewash? Ferial Haffajee, editor of the weekend newspaper City Press, tweeted: "Sticking my neck out: I don't think 'whitewash' sticks."
Many South Africans took to social media to condemn the report, especially its recommendations.
They wanted to see a huge political figure, such as Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa, take responsibility for his actions.
At the time, Mr Ramaphosa was a shareholder in Lonmin, the owner of the Marikana mine.
But President Zuma was reading the commission's recommendations. These were not his findings.
Reports of this nature appear to be simple but they are full of legalese. A lot of the conclusions are left to interpretation or suggest another investigation.
One can sympathise with the people who lost loved ones three years ago and are utterly frustrated by the idea of yet another inquiry.
If an investigation is launched by prosecutors, the trial might drag for a very long time, meaning victims and relatives may never find closure.
While the report apportions some fault to the unions who took part in the wildcat wage strike, much of the blame is aimed squarely at the police.
Police Chief Riah Phiyega seems to be the highest-ranking person likely to take the hit.
Some of her junior staff are vulnerable too, such as the regional police chief of the North West province, Lieutenant-General Zukiswa Mbombo.
Just before police opened fire on the miners, Lt Gen Mbombo told the media: "Today is D-Day: we are ending this matter".
Last month, she announced she was retiring.
There does not seem to be any politician who is going to take responsibility for the killings of the 44.
There is no way President Zuma could afford to let his trusted deputy Cyril Ramaphosa shoulder some of the blame because that would jeopardise the current leadership succession plan.
If Mr Ramaphosa had to go to prison for sending emails asking the police minister to intervene at the mine during the violent wage strike, there would be a gaping hole in the post-Zuma ANC leadership line-up.
Once the dust settles, we will see whether the police chief will voluntarily step down or if she leaves the man who appointed her no choice but to fire her.
The sad part of this saga is that there are no talks of reparations for the miners who died and most of them were breadwinners.
Northern Territory police had been "seriously concerned" for the group amid what meteorologists called a twice-a-century weather event.
Four of the six were rescued by helicopter on Tuesday, while the remaining two were found on Wednesday.
The Christmas storm drenched the usually dry region, causing flash floods and turning the soil into mud.
The Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) said the conditions were extremely rare, creating waterfalls all over Uluru, also known as Ayers Rock, a site sacred to indigenous people at the heart of a famous Northern Territory national park.
The six were travelling in two cars when they became stranded on the way from the remote community of Kiwirrkurra, Western Australia, to Kintore, in the Northern Territory.
The pair rescued on Wednesday - a man, 30, and a woman, 27 - were trying to walk 28km (17 miles) from their car to Kintore, police said.
Both were receiving medical treatment while the four others were safe and well. Police said earlier reports an infant was among the group were incorrect.
"Many roads in the area remain impassable and police urge people to obey all signage regarding closed roads and to exercise extreme caution. If possible, please delay any travel in areas affected by floods," police said in a statement on Wednesday.
The conditions of the roads meant police were forced to use helicopters to search the area, which has no mobile phone signal.
Flash floods in Kintore - where more than 232mm (9in) of rain fell on Monday, more than double the record December rainfall - also forced the evacuation of dozens of residents.
Northern Territory police told Australia's ABC Network that up to 25 houses were flooded in the town, near the border with Western Australia.
Papunya, another town 250km from Alice Springs, was completely cut off, while the town square of Yulara - the nearest community to Uluru - was inundated.
Meanwhile, a car carrying two tourists near Alice Springs was washed off a road into a flooded creek. Police, who initially believed three people were in the vehicle, said both were safe.
Rangers closed the Uluru-Kata Tjuta national park at 09:00 local time on Boxing Day (23:30 GMT on Christmas Day), citing the risk of flooded roads and potential car accidents.
Parks Australia said on Tuesday that they had reopened the park but urged people to drive carefully as there was still surface water on the roads.
Uluru is a large sandstone rock in the outback sacred to the indigenous Anangu people, and one of Australia's top tourist attractions.
But the Pars still slumped to second bottom place in the Championship.
Allan Johnston's side have only managed two wins so far, against St Mirren and Dumbarton, which explains the position.
But they really should have taken full points from a fiercely contested Fife derby as they were the more impressive side going forward.
They certainly created the better of the few chances in a frantic first half lacking in composed football, but Farid El Alagui squandered the best of them in 39 minutes.
Joe Cardle danced clear of two challenges in a central area before sliding a pass that left the former Hibs striker with only Kevin Cuthbert to beat, but the Rovers goalkeeper blocked the parting shot.
Prior to that, strike partner Nicky Clark sliced a shot wide from the edge of the penalty area and, just before the interval, Cardle fired a drive past from 20 yards against a side lacking cohesion from middle to front.
In fact it took a spectacular diving headed clearance by Iain Davidson from underneath his own crossbar to prevent Kallum Higginbotham's driven cross from finding the net in 56 minutes.
It took an hour for the Kirkcaldy side to create a decent chance of their own after Mark Stewart broke clear on the right, but Ross Callachan was unable to convert the pullback from six yards.
The Rovers midfielder shot wide of the goal with 15 minutes left after goalkeeper Sean Murdoch made a mistake when coming off his line in an attempt to clear.
Overall, it was a typical derby clash and Rovers manager Gary Locke will be happy with the determination and commitment his players showed, especially the well-organised defence.
He will be concerned about the lack of quality link-up play from middle to front, while his Dunfermline counterpart will feel that, if they can strike the right balance between attack and defence, things can turn for them.
Dunfermline Athletic manager Allan Johnston: "It was the same at Dumbarton last week as we probably deserved the win but came away with just a point.
"The positive thing is we defended a lot better and looked solid, but you have to give Raith Rovers credit for the way they defended.
"Especially when Iain Davidson cleared from under his own bar in the second half as I don't know how he got that out.
"You can see the quality we have got in some of our play and if we keep producing that then we will get more wins."
Raith Rovers manager Gary Locke: "It was 100 miles an hour at times and the first half in particular was hectic. We created chances in the second half.
"Over the piece, a draw is a fair result and Iain Davidson shows what the boys are all about as he's not a right back, but he's been outstanding there for the team.
"Kevin McHattie also showed the character we are looking for as he got injured in the first half, but for us to be successful we need boys to put their bodies on the line and he did.
"He got a deadleg early in the match, but he carried on for the full 90 minutes showing real determination, which is what we need."
Match ends, Dunfermline Athletic 0, Raith Rovers 0.
Second Half ends, Dunfermline Athletic 0, Raith Rovers 0.
Nicky Clark (Dunfermline Athletic) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Rudi Skacel (Raith Rovers).
(Dunfermline Athletic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Declan McManus (Raith Rovers).
Corner, Raith Rovers. Conceded by Jason Talbot.
Substitution, Raith Rovers. Rudi Skacel replaces Mark Stewart.
Declan McManus (Raith Rovers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Andrew Geggan (Dunfermline Athletic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Declan McManus (Raith Rovers).
Lee Ashcroft (Dunfermline Athletic) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Declan McManus (Raith Rovers).
John Herron (Dunfermline Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Mark Stewart (Raith Rovers).
Attempt missed. Farid El Alagui (Dunfermline Athletic) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.
Corner, Raith Rovers. Conceded by Lewis Martin.
Substitution, Raith Rovers. Scott Roberts replaces Chris Johnston.
Attempt saved. Chris Johnston (Raith Rovers) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Attempt saved. Joe Cardle (Dunfermline Athletic) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Attempt missed. Ross Callachan (Raith Rovers) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
Foul by Nicky Clark (Dunfermline Athletic).
Kevin McHattie (Raith Rovers) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Joe Cardle (Dunfermline Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Chris Johnston (Raith Rovers).
Kallum Higginbotham (Dunfermline Athletic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Jordan Thompson (Raith Rovers).
Attempt missed. Ross Callachan (Raith Rovers) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
Attempt saved. Nicky Clark (Dunfermline Athletic) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Corner, Dunfermline Athletic. Conceded by Jean-Yves Mvoto.
Attempt blocked. John Herron (Dunfermline Athletic) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Attempt saved. Ross Callachan (Raith Rovers) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Foul by Nicky Clark (Dunfermline Athletic).
Kyle Benedictus (Raith Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Joe Cardle (Dunfermline Athletic) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Declan McManus (Raith Rovers).
Corner, Dunfermline Athletic. Conceded by Iain Davidson.
Corner, Dunfermline Athletic. Conceded by Jean-Yves Mvoto.
John Herron (Dunfermline Athletic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Jordan Thompson (Raith Rovers).
The man's body was found at a property on York Avenue in Portstewart shortly after 17:00 BST on Sunday.
A post-mortem examination is due to be carried out.
There are no further details.
Video footage emerged showing the woman clinging on to a window shouting: "I'm pregnant! Catch me if I fall!"
A man, who was also trying to escape the shootings, helped her back up when it seems she grew too tired to hang on.
Her friend tracked down the man on Twitter and put them in contact, he told the Huffington Post.
A total of 89 people were killed and more than 100 injured when gunmen stormed the Bataclan concert hall during a concert by US band Eagles of Death Metal on Friday.
The pregnant woman, who prefers to remain anonymous, could not thank her rescuer in the wake of the carnage at the Bataclan. So her friend, Frans-Alexandre Torreele, asked Twitter to help her find him:
"Thanks Twitter," Mr Torreele tweeted on Monday. "This pregnant woman is well and she found her saviour through Twitter."
"The man who helped my friend to climb in the window of the Bataclan was found," he said in another tweet. "The rest of the story belongs to them."
Mr Torreele told the Huffington Post that he had spoken to his friend to make sure it was the right person.
"She was saved thanks to a succession of small gestures, a little bit of attention, and, in this moment of total craziness, these minuscule gestures accomplished big things," Mr Torreele said.
"That's what my friend wants people to know. It's hard to imagine how merely holding out a hand, or putting a hand on a shoulder can save people. These people should thank each other, should hold each other in their arms."
The rescuer, a Frenchman known only as Sebastien, told French radio he was able to rescue her "by chance".
He had sought refuge from the hostage-takers through an emergency exit next to the stage, which led to a corridor, but realised there was no way through, only two windows, too far up to be able to jump from.
He found refuge in a ventilation shaft with his legs dangling on the outside of the building, about 15 metres above ground.
This is where he saw the pregnant woman hanging from the other window and who was calling down towards passers-by fleeing below her to catch her as she was going to jump.
But no-one was stopping because of all the shooting going on, he said.
"At one point, she said she was going to let go. In that case, you cannot watch someone die in front of your eyes, there had been too many already."
So he went back to the corridor and helped her up.
He said he found out on Monday that she was alive, and that they were due to speak to each other on Tuesday.
Sebastien said they had gone in separate directions soon afterwards, but five minutes later he had felt the barrel of a Kalashnikov against his leg.
He was held captive for some time, but says he managed to escape when police stormed the Bataclan.
A series of attacks in the hall, a stadium, restaurants and bars across Paris on Friday at least 129 dead and 350 wounded.
The Roses led 17-7 after a brilliant first quarter, and extended their advantage to lead 32-20 at half-time.
England, who lost 66-49 at London's Copper Box Arena on Tuesday, ended a dominant third quarter 47-32 up.
Jamaica never seemed likely to threaten, and England secured an impressive victory, setting up a decider in Coventry on Sunday.
He said the moves were the "biggest changes to pensions in 100 years".
People aged 55 and over will be given new powers to decide what to do with their retirement savings.
From Easter Monday, they can cash in Defined Contribution (DC) pension savings. But there have been warnings about potentially big tax bills.
Mr Osborne told Sky's Murnaghan programme: "What it means is that people who have worked hard and saved hard can have access to their pensions savings."
He also urged people to make use of the government's guidance scheme.
The Pensions Advisory Service (TPAS) will run the Pension Wise guidance service for those approaching retirement.
Pension changes 2015
Pension savers will no longer be required to use their pension pot to buy an annuity when they approach retirement.
Some 540,000 people will be able to take control of their savings from 6 April, according to the government.
But the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has said many people face paying tens of thousands of pounds in income tax if they cash in their pensions pots.
But the Treasury says they have consistently stated that 25% of people's pensions is tax free and the rest is taxed at the marginal rate.
There have also been concerns that some people may by hit by pension scams, or run out of money too early.
Labour have welcomed the new pension flexibilities, but say they have repeatedly warned that the government has not thought through the risks of "rip-off charges" being taken from people's savings.
"That's why we welcomed the announcement by David Blake's Independent Review of Retirement Income that they are studying the case for a new charge cap on pension products offered to savers by their pension provider to replace annuities," said a Labour spokesman.
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Up to 145,000 homes in Aberdeenshire, Angus, Ayrshire, Argyll and Bute, the Highlands and Shetland will have the chance to access faster connections.
The roll-out is part of the £410m Digital Scotland Superfast Broadband programme.
So far more than 3,400 km of fibre cable has been laid across the country.
Customers signing up to fibre broadband should be able to access download speeds of up to 80 Mbps and upload speeds of up to 20 Mbps.
Programme director Sara Budge said: "It is great to be celebrating the first year of deployment of the £410m Digital Scotland Superfast Broadband programme, while announcing that more exchanges will be included, with areas such as Portpatrick in the south of Scotland and as far north as Voe in the Shetland Islands being able to connect to fibre broadband for the first time.
"The project is developing a high-speed fibre network which is changing the face of broadband.
"By reaching out to those who would not have been covered through the commercial market - in towns and into some of our most rural areas - we are ensuring that the connections which are made will bring many benefits to the Scottish people at home and in business."
Brendan Dick, director of BT Scotland, said: "The roll-out of fibre broadband across Scotland is one of the biggest and most complex civil engineering projects taking place in the UK today and we're proud to be at the heart of it."
The 41 pupils and seven staff from Arthur Terry School, Sutton Coldfield, were kept "safe and well" and were with a British Embassy member, the school said.
The children were at Istanbul Ataturk airport where they were due to get a connecting flight to South Africa.
The school said the staff and children were now on their way to Cape Town.
A statement said the students were "delighted" to be carrying on with the trip, and were flying overnight on Sunday.
The Foreign Office has said that the situation in Turkey now "appears to be calming".
The children left for the Turkish Airlines flight on Friday morning for the two-week trip.
Head teachers Neil Warner and Richard Gill thanked parents for their "tremendous support".
A statement said: "It's great to know that many of you have had direct contact with your sons/daughters and know that they are safe, well cared for and in good spirits."
Andrew Mitchell, Conservative MP for Sutton Coldfield, has been speaking to the teachers, including one of the trip leaders, Sue Bailey.
He said it had been a "very scary and unpleasant experience" for the group.
"Parents were naturally extremely concerned," he said.
The school was able to quickly pass on information to re-assure them, he added.
Mr Mitchell said the children had been fed and been able to sleep at the airport.
Meanwhile, Turkish Airlines said "upon the call" of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, its operations at Ataturk airport were "back to normal and flights have begun".
The senior school said earlier the students were accompanied by "seven outstanding and experienced members of staff", including the assistant head teacher.
One mother appealed on Twitter for the Foreign Office, Turkish Airlines and media outlets to "please get our children out of Ataturk airport".
In South Africa, the group are planning to drive to a outward bound centre in Sedgefield on the Western Cape, where they are due to take part in community projects, working in two schools.
Information about the trip said it would provide a "real insight into a totally different culture and way of life". The students raised funds for their trip through events such as a fun run and raffle.
Turkey's PM Binali Yildirim said some 2,839 soldiers, including high-ranking officers, have been arrested over the attempted coup
Elizabeth Needs had been ordered to pay back £1,200 pounds she had stolen from Bunty Farrand while the octogenarian was having her leg amputated.
Perth Sheriff Court was told that Needs had failed to pay back the stolen money and had bought the vehicle instead.
The case was deferred for the 61-year-old to seek legal advice.
Sheriff William Wood had ordered Needs to pay compensation in December 2014.
She was charged with stealing £2,800 from her former friend, but admitted taking £1,200 between February and March 2013 after the Crown accepted she had spent a large sum redecorating Miss Farrand's living room.
Needs befriended her victim while her father lived next door to Miss Farrand in Blairgowrie.
She told the court: "I forgot all about it. I just don't have the money because I have had to buy stuff for myself.
"I have also got a heart condition now. I have had to buy myself a scooter so I can get about more than what I am.
"Without a scooter I would have to stay indoors all the time. They are not cheap things to buy."
Sheriff Wood told Needs: "What about the money you took from your victim?
"Are you going to pay it? The alternative is prison."
She replied: "I might get better health in there. I can't get near my own doctor."
Both parties plan to raise the NMW significantly if they are elected.
The IFS said at some point higher wages would hit employment, penalising workers who are supposed to benefit from higher pay.
Labour said its plan would increase living standards, while the Tories declined to comment.
A Labour spokesperson said: "Labour's £10 an hour minimum wage is in line with reputable forecasts of the wage needed to maintain a decent standard of living by 2020 and put an end to poverty pay."
Some Conservative MPs have said higher pay for workers is also good for businesses.
In its report, the IFS said increased wages for lower-paid workers has to be paid for by reduced profits, higher prices or lower earnings for the better-off.
"Crucially, there must also be a point beyond which higher minimum wages have substantial impacts on employment," it said.
There may be a case for gradual increases in the minimum wage, it argued, "but increases on the scale, and at the speed being proposed, create big risks".
Although the Conservative manifesto has not yet been published, the party's existing plan is to increase what it calls the National Living Wage (NLW) from £7.50 to as much as £9 an hour by 2020. Those between the age of 18 and 24 qualify for the NMW, while those over 25 qualify for the higher NLW.
When he was chancellor, George Osborne said the level should reach £9 an hour by 2020. However the Office for Budget Responsibility has estimated the figure will be £8.75, as the increase is linked to average earnings.
Labour plans to increase the NMW to £10 an hour by 2020. It also wants to extend that rate to all those between the ages of 18 and 25, except for those on the apprentice rate.
Currently those between 18 and 20 years old earn a minimum of £5.60 an hour, while those between 21 and 24 earn a minimum of £7.05.
The IFS calculates that both Labour and Conservatives are planning for a "dramatic" increase in the number of workers affected by the minimum wage.
Just 8% of those over 25 are paid the National Living Wage.
Under the Conservatives, this would rise to 12% by 2020. Under Labour, it would be 22%.
That is roughly comparable with what happens in France, which has the highest such level among OECD countries.
The IFS says both Labour and the Conservatives are moving away from the current arrangements, under which the Low Pay Commission recommends an appropriate level for the NMW.
When making its recommendation, it considers the effect on jobs.
Labrador retriever Toffee was spotted waiting under a hedge near his owner's house on Wednesday evening about two miles from where he went missing.
He was last seen at Oxford railway station on Monday and missing dog service DogLost launched an appeal.
Owner Ian Francis said: "I am over the moon. He walked in through the door as if nothing had happened."
It was thought Toffee, who is being trained as a cardiac alert dog for Mr Francis, had either got on a train or was still in the area of the station.
Mr Francis, who is registered blind and also has heart problems, said: "I just put some food out for him and left the front door open and in he came.
"He looked at me, wagged his tail and lay down on his bed."
A glossy ibis was spotted at the ruined Ormiclate Castle on South Uist in the Outer Hebrides on Saturday.
The bird has the body of a curlew and the legs of a flamingo and gets its name from the iridescent sheen on its wings.
It has become a regular winter visitor to the south of England, with young birds appearing in flocks from Spain.
The sighting comes a few days after a little swift was spotted in Scotland for only the fourth recorded time.
The bird was discovered at Thortonloch, near Dunbar in East Lothian, on Hogmanay.
The little swift, whose scientific name is apus affinis, breeds from Africa eastwards through southern tropical Asia to western Indonesia.
Travis Smith, 24, strangled Danny Wallis, 29, at his flat in Clarence Row, Gravesend, on 30 May.
He was arrested by police on their way to the scene the following evening after he phoned South East Coast Ambulance to report the body.
Smith, of Singwell Road, Gravesend, was convicted at Canterbury Crown Court after a 12-day trial.
Kent Police said he had claimed to acquaintances he killed his victim by accident during a fight.
Mr Wallis died from compression of the neck but had a number of other injuries, including two black eyes and cuts and bruising, police said.
The court was told detectives discovered Smith had made threats to kill his victim in the days leading up to the murder.
He later confessed to acquaintances he was responsible for the death but claimed he had been threatened with a knife and was acting in self-defence.
Smith was jailed for life and told he must serve at least 18 years before being considered for parole.
Following the trial Mr Wallis's family said: "No amount of justice will bring our son back.
"He was kind and loyal and is greatly missed by all the family."
Corrie McKeague, based at RAF Honington in Suffolk, was last seen in Bury St Edmunds following a night out.
CCTV images show the 23-year-old, believed to be from Dunfermline, Fife, walking through the streets of the town after he left friends.
Police said his disappearance was "out of character".
Mr McKeague was last seen in Brentgovel Street at about 03:20 BST.
He was reported missing to police on Monday afternoon.
Specialist search officers have been out in the area between Honington and Bury St Edmunds since his disappearance.
The National Police Air Service helicopter and Suffolk Lowland Search and Rescue have been assisting with the search.
A Suffolk Police spokesman said: "Since the missing report police have made numerous inquiries.
"This has included talking with friends and family, checking with local taxi firms and working to identify CCTV that may help piece together which direction he went in from Brentgovel Street.
"As time passes police are growing increasingly concerned for his welfare."
CCTV footage from Bury St Edmunds shows he briefly slept in a doorway before getting up and moving away.
Police believe he may have intended to walk home to the base at RAF Honington.
He is described as white, 5ft 10ins, of medium build, with short light brown hair.
He was wearing a light pink shirt and white jeans or trousers at the time he was last seen.
However the total amount owed continued to rise, reaching £1,621bn.
That amounts to 84% of the value generated by the UK economy - otherwise known as gross domestic product (GDP).
The measurement, which includes some forecasting, does not reflect the impact of the Brexit vote on 23 June.
The monthly borrowing figure for June was £7.8bn
By Andy Verity, economics correspondent
The government continues to spend more than its income - as it has done every year since 2002.
For the month of June, though, the overspend - also known as the Budget deficit - was less than expected. As a result the amount the government had to borrow to plug the gap dropped to £7.8bn - a lot lower than the £9.3bn economists had expected.
The new chancellor, Philip Hammond, seized on the news as reassuring evidence of the underlying strength of the economy:
"Ahead of the referendum monthly borrowing continued to fall, with the deficit in June the lowest it has been since 2007," he said.
"As our economy now adjusts to reflect the referendum decision it is clear we will do so from a position of economic strength."
The figures only cover one week of our new, post-Brexit economy. But the Bank of England, IMF and others said before the referendum that the economy was already slowing down because of uncertainty ahead of the vote.
In the first three months of the financial year, the income central government gets from taxes was up 3.3%. From VAT to income tax, receipts were up, with notable increases in stamp duty, up 15%, and national insurance, up 8.6%.
The research firm Capital Economics points out that while borrowing fell more than economists expected, it was still down just 8.3%.
At the last Budget, the Office for Budget Responsibility forecast it would fall by as much as a quarter. So the government is off course to hit the previous chancellor's goal for the year of borrowing no more than £55bn.
With income from tax receipts rising quickly, the puzzle becomes why the gap between income and spending isn't closing faster.
The answer, of course, is that spending is not actually being cut.
Spending by central government departments is down in the first three months of the year by 0.5% - partly because of lower contributions to the EU. And the government saved £100m because it is even cheaper for it to borrow money and service debt than it was last year.
But that was more than offset by increases in spending on welfare, notably, state pension payments, and capital expenditure.
Conservatives are putting Jeremy Corbyn at the centre of their Copeland by-election campaign.
His image is all over Tory leaflets, and their logic is very simple.
Copeland relies on the nuclear industry and Jeremy Corbyn has opposed new nuclear power stations.
It means that when a by-election date is set, the contest in Cumbria could reveal a lot about how national politics will play out in the coming months.
Tories will highlight an issue that divides Mr Corbyn and his colleagues.
But amid a huge local row about hospitals, Labour may discover how much damage troubles in the NHS have done to the Conservatives.
Chat to voters in the constituency and you hear two concerns: jobs and healthcare.
In the butcher's in Whitehaven, one customer, Geoffrey Boyle, says: "This spot's dead enough already. There's hardly any life around here now. If nuclear goes, this town will be dead."
The economy revolves around Sellafield, and job numbers are set to fall there as reprocessing work ends. A new nuclear power station is proposed.
Labour backs new nuclear energy, and local politicians certainly do. But Mr Corbyn has made plain in the past that he disagrees.
A policy document for his leadership campaign in 2015 says plainly: "I am opposed to fracking and to new nuclear on the basis of the dangers posed to our ecosystems."
In a 2011 speech in the wake of the Fukushima disaster he went further, suggesting existing nuclear power stations should be decommissioned.
Sources close to Mr Corbyn say he no longer believes that's practical but Tories campaigning in Copeland have seized on his words.
Councillor, local Labour party secretary and would-be candidate Gillian Troughton says: "Jeremy Corbyn is not the entire Labour party and Labour policy is for the green, low-carbon energy policy of which nuclear power is a key part."
UKIP, which came third here at the last election, boasts that it can take Labour votes. Fiona Mills - who has been UKIP's candidate in Carlisle - is hoping to contest Copeland. She says: "When I stood in the general election I definitely took voters away from Labour because people told me that."
But while people here are worried about nuclear jobs, many are furious about healthcare.
There is a proposal to move services, including a consultant-led maternity unit, from the hospital in Whitehaven 40 miles down a slow, twisting road to Carlisle.
Michelle, who works in the butcher's, says: "Why don't we stick a fellow in the back of an ambulance whose making these decisions and stick a monitor on him that creates the pain the same as labour and see how he feels about that?"
Labour's message is that only it will care for the local NHS.
Conservative councillor Kevin Beaty says what happens to the hospital is a decision for the local NHS and blames "a PFI in the north set up under the last Labour government that is really difficult from a financial point of view for them".
But with a decision about the hospital due in March, potentially before a by-election date, it's a clear and present danger to Tory hopes.
If the Conservatives win, it will be the first time since 1982 the governing party has gained a seat in a by-election. Should that happen, Jamie Reed - the departing Labour MP - will in prompting the contest have done deeper damage to Mr Corbyn than he ever managed in many months criticising his leader. If Labour fails here blame will be piled deep at the door of the party leader.
Yet speculation about an electoral upset has raised Tory expectations in a patch that has been Labour since 1935. Merely holding on to a seat that even Margaret Thatcher couldn't seize could yet wind up feeling like a win for Labour.
If it's successful, a Labour strategy of responding to relentless attacks on Mr Corbyn with an equally relentless focus on the NHS may provide a model for the opposition in the years ahead.
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US District Judge Richard Gergel said 22-year-old Dylann Roof's wish to be his own lawyer was "unwise", but nevertheless granted his request.
The surprise development came just as jury selection was set to begin.
Last week Mr Roof was deemed competent to stand trial in the shooting of nine Charleston parishioners in June 2015.
Wearing a grey jail-issue jumpsuit, he was sitting on Monday morning at his defence table after his lawyers moved to the side.
Judge Gergel told the court: "I do find defendant has the personal capacity to self-representation."
Addressing Mr Roof, he said: "I continue to believe it is strategically unwise (to represent yourself), but it is a decision you have the right to make."
Mr Roof smiled slightly and replied quietly: "yes, sir."
Acting as his own lawyer, Mr Roof could end up questioning family members of the victims and survivors in court.
His decision to represent himself comes months after he offered to plead guilty if prosecutors took the death penalty off the table.
From Monday, 516 potential jurors will be questioned individually by the judge; 12 will ultimately be selected to decide his fate.
As the judge began questioning potential jurors - the first 10 of whom were white - Mr Roof did not ask questions or make any objections.
Serial killer Ted Bundy, Washington-area sniper John Allen Muhammed and Fort Hood attacker Nidal Hasan also acted as their own lawyers, but ended up with death sentences.
Mr Roof faces 33 federal charges, including a hate crime count.
He has already been found competent in a state court, where he faces nine counts of murder, and prosecutors say they will seek the death penalty.
One juror was struck from the final panel by the judge after expressing reluctance to enforce the death penalty.
"You are playing little bit of God in there. That's what makes me hesitant," the female juror told Judge Gergel.
The judge also dismissed a male juror after he said he believed that all murderers should receive the death penalty if they are deemed sane to stand trial, the Post and Courier reported.
Federal prosecutors claim the mass shooting on a Bible study class at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston was racially motivated.
Mr Roof allegedly spared three people in the attack so they could tell authorities the shootings were because he hated black people.
Photos emerged online in the aftermath of Mr Roof holding the Confederate battle flag, sparking a backlash against the emblem, which critics see as a symbol of slavery.
Paul Morris was remanded in custody at Walsall Magistrates' Court on Tuesday.
He is accused of possessing a shotgun without a certificate as well as five charges relating to ammunition.
The 47-year-old, of Station Street, Bloxwich, was arrested on Friday in an operation that led to the evacuation of two nearby homes and part of a police station.
They said the homes were evacuated during a search of his property "on the orders of army bomb disposal experts".
Mr Morris is due to appear at Wolverhampton Crown Court on 19 February.
The full charges are possessing a shotgun without a certificate; possessing prohibited armour piercing ammunition, hollow-point ammunition, expanding ammunition and possessing ammunition for a firearm without a certificate.
Her fans may have noticed a sci-fi inspired theme in her recent performances and music, but now she wants to go a step further.
The performer has no interest in giving up singing - which she describes as her "lifeblood" - but said it was important to "keep educating yourself".
She was speaking to BBC Wales at the launch of its new music talent scheme.
"I want to go and do a degree in physics - I will have to do an A-level in physics and maths first though," she said.
"I just think it's important to keep the brain active and keep educating yourself.
"I have an interest in it and I should try to follow it. It's something I've been interested in for the last year or two."
She said much of her interest had been sparked by sound engineer and producer Gethin John.
"He was always explaining different theories and I became interested in it through him and started buying New Scientist and geeking out about it all!" she said. "Why not?"
Her performance in school before her musical career took over certainly bodes well.
She had a string of top grade GCSEs from Howell's School in Cardiff - including an A* in music, French and history, and As in geography, maths, English literature and English language.
And an interest in science is not unknown in the music industry with Professor Brian Cox swapping life in the band D:Ream to further pursue his love of physics.
He is not only an academic but is well known as a presenter of several science programmes for the BBC.
For now, Church is pressing ahead with her new music.
She has just released the fourth of a series of five EPs, and sported a sci-fi-inspired look when performing the new tracks at a colourful show earlier this month.
The show was called Entanglement, after the EP's main track and the scientific theory that inspired it.
Church has no plans of giving up her singing career despite the work a degree would entail.
"Music is in my veins so I'm going to have to carry on - it's my lifeblood which is brilliant," she said.
She spoke of her interest in physics while backing the Horizons music talent scheme which looks for 12 new artists in Wales to support over the next year.
BBC Wales and the Arts Council of Wales aim to "showcase the most exciting unsigned acts with the potential to make a real breakthrough in Wales and beyond".
The acts will be picked by a panel of music industry and radio music experts.
The Markinch-based company went into administration on Monday with the loss of 325 jobs.
Despite being 70% employee-owned, staff were given no warning about the situation.
A Scottish government taskforce was also due to meet to discuss what support it can give to the workforce.
About 150 workers are being kept on in the short term to process existing orders.
The news comes on the back of a wave of closures in Fife including Longannet power station and Velux.
Former staff have been invited to a recruiting event in Markinch on 6 May.
It has been organised by Partnership Action for Continuing Employment (Pace), the Scottish government's initiative for responding to redundancy situations.
It will feature about 20 exhibitors including a mix of support agencies, training providers and employers who are looking to take on staff.
The taskforce has been set up by the Scottish government and Fife Council with funds of £6m.
Business minister Fergus Ewing said the potential impact to the wider community "cannot be underestimated".
"Pace is a successful initiative which has helped many facing redundancy in the past and I am confident that next week's event will go some way to assist those who have been dealt this devastating blow," he said.
"We will bring support agencies, training providers and employers who are interested in recruiting together to help Tullis Russell staff back into employment.
"The taskforce, co-chaired by the deputy first minister and leader of Fife Council, will meet for the first time to agree next steps and determine the focus and priority of the £6m spend as part of the wider economic support for this community and the Fife economy."
The 24th film in the spy franchise, which sees Daniel Craig reprise his role as 007, earned $73m (£48.5m) between Friday and Sunday, according to early estimates.
But the film failed to beat the performance of the last Bond movie Skyfall, which took $88.4m in 2012.
The lower figure was partly due to this weekend's release of The Peanuts Movie.
The family-friendly adaptation of the beloved Charles Schulz comic strip, featuring Charlie Brown and Snoopy, took $45m (£29.9m).
Spectre still had the second-biggest opening weekend for a Bond film in the US and Canada.
"We never expected [Spectre] to open to the level of Skyfall," Rory Bruer, Sony's president of worldwide distribution, said.
"It was a very different scenario. The competition was different, the weekend was different. One thing I am certain of is that the Bond franchise is as healthy and strong as ever."
The rest of the top five was made up of previous releases The Martian, family horror Goosebumps and Tom Hanks film Bridge of Spies.
Three films hoping to score success this awards season also opened in limited release across five cinemas. They included Spotlight, about the Boston Globe's Pulitzer Prize-winning investigation into the sex abuse scandal in the Catholic Church, which took $302,276 (£200,700).
Saoirse Ronan's 1950s-set immigrant story Brooklyn made $181,000 (£120,200), while Bryan Cranston biopic Trumbo took $77,229 (£51,300).
The artist, known for his paintings of the industrial North East, lived at the house at 33 Bishop's Close Street, Spennymoor, both as a child and later with his wife and children.
Now the 1950s house is to be replicated at Beamish Museum's new £17m 1950s town and farm, along with Cornish's studio.
The museum said it was "honoured" to be recreating pieces of history.
Cornish started working in the mines when he was 14, but he was also sketching and painting and attended the Pitman's Academy for artists at the Spennymoor Settlement.
He left the pits in 1966 due to a back condition and became a full-time artist.
The Cornish family lived in Bishop's Close Street until 1967 when they moved to Whitworth Terrace in Spennymoor where they lived for the rest of their lives.
The museum said the replica building would tell the story of the painter and his family, as well as life in the town and the Spennymoor Settlement.
The settlement was set up in 1930, giving mining families access to the arts and Cornish was one of its most famous students.
It became known as the Pitman's Academy because its clubs nurtured the talents of people such as writer Sid Chaplin and artist Tom McGuinness.
Before his death at the age of 94 in August 2014, Cornish arranged for the contents of his studio, including some unfinished work, and some furniture from his home to be donated to the museum.
The collection includes almost 100 unfinished paintings, dozens of sketches and Mr Cornish's chair and paint-stained carpet.
Remaking Beamish project officer Lisa Peacock, said: "We're delighted to be sharing the story of Norman Cornish and the Spennymoor Settlement in our planned 1950s Town.
"We're honoured to have received these amazing pieces of history from the studio and home of Norman, who so skilfully captured everyday life in the North East."
He will become professor of the arts at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.
Sir Andrew said: "I feel I'm spending roughly half my time hiding in plain sight because I used to be something.
"And the other half of the time I feel still so hard pressed to the national bosom that I'm suffocating. So I'd quite like to go and live in America."
Sir Andrew, who was poet laureate between 1999-2009, was the first to retire rather than keep the title until death.
He will also stand down as president of the Campaign to Protect Rural England, for which he has campaigned about issues such as litter, wind farms and building on the green belt.
Speaking at the Imperial War Museum North in Manchester, he told an audience his new job is "amazingly interesting".
He said: "In a nutshell, I'm 62, I love England, so I'm not going in a snarly way at all, but I sort of figure I know what's going to happen, more or less, if I stay here for the next 10 years.
"And I think I would rather go somewhere where I don't quite know what's going to happen."
Sir Andrew's successor as poet laureate was Carol Ann Duffy, who has been criticised by some in the press for not composing a poem to mark the birth of Princess Charlotte of Cambridge.
Speaking about his time in the post, Sir Andrew said: "I'm not going to say this in a disrespectful way, but I did spend 10 years feeling quite often that I was being asked to write about things which I had no strong feeling about. And that's not easy.
"And I don't mean any disrespect. I signed up to do it, I was pleased to do it, [and] honoured to do it."
He will move to Baltimore in July. Quoting TS Eliot, he said: "Old men should be explorers... That's what I think."
He will follow the path taken by British synthpop pioneer Thomas Dolby, who was made Johns Hopkins University's first Homewood Professor of the Arts last year.
Sir Andrew said he had watched recent unrest in Baltimore following the death of Freddie Gray while in police custody "very interestedly and sympathetically".
The city "did something amazing" by charging six police officers in relation to the man's death, he added.
"[That] never happened in Ferguson, and never happened New York. So I sat watching that, thinking, 'Go Baltimore.'
"Of course what happens next is incredibly important but they've started very well in this process of, I hope, putting it back together. So it's going to be very interesting."
Sir Andrew was speaking at the Imperial War Museum North after the first public reading of a new poem inspired by the atomic bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945.
Darren Beddis of Gutsy Goose restaurant in Cathays, Cardiff, was found guilty of three charges relating to licensing.
Cardiff Magistrates' Court heard he had seven previous convictions for similar offences. He was fined £800 in June 2015 for illegally selling alcohol.
A council spokeswoman said he "chose not apply for a licence after he was caught and has been caught again".
In his defence, Beddis said he had sent a request for a transfer of the licence from the previous owner at the time but had not heard back from the council.
He confirmed the restaurant was no longer selling alcohol and he did not intend to apply for a licence.
Beddis was also ordered to pay £150 in costs and a £100 victim surcharge.
The public body authorises spending by the NHS on expensive new treatments.
In March it announced a new policy to hold back spending on new drugs that might cost more than £20m a year in any of their first three years of use.
Now, the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) will challenge this via a Judicial Review.
The ABPI's chief executive, Mike Thompson, said: "These new arrangements will delay access to cost-effective medicines and deny treatments to patients suffering from rare diseases."
"After many months of raising concerns with Nice, NHS England and the Department of Health and offering to work constructively on alternative proposals, we have applied to formally challenge these proposals in court," he said.
"We hope that the government will reverse the changes and work with us to find a solution that works for everyone," he added.
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Nice said it had no comment to make yet on the threat of a legal challenge.
But in April it explained that the point of the new system was not to place an absolute cap on spending on any new drug, but to stop new drugs suddenly hoovering up large chunks of the NHS budget to the detriment of other health services such as general practice or psychiatry.
"When the impact on budgets is very high, it makes sense for special arrangements to be put in place so that the NHS can manage the introduction of new drugs in a way that doesn't impact unfairly on other services," Nice said at the time.
The new system therefore allows for Nice and NHS England to negotiate with drug companies to persuade them to drop the cost of their new medicines if they look likely to breach the initial £20m-a-year limit.
If agreement cannot be reached, then the use of the new medicine will be phased in by the NHS in England - potentially over three years - instead of being made universally available for doctors to prescribe within the normal 90 days of the drug's formal introduction.
The ABPI said the new approach would affect one-in-five of all new approved medicines.
The trade body described the way Nice assessed drugs for very rare diseases as "inappropriate and unworkable" and wants the policy reversed.
They are produced in our atmosphere and in the cosmos's most violent processes, but the IceCube experiment has seen the first energetic "cosmic neutrinos".
It detected 28 of the exceptionally fast-moving neutrinos - but it remains unclear exactly where they came from.
The pioneering finds could herald an entirely new branch of astronomy.
The results were presented on Wednesday at the IceCube Particle Astrophysics Symposium in Wisconsin, US.
Researchers have gathered there to discuss the findings of the world's largest neutrino detector, occupying a cubic kilometre. It is made up of 86 strings sunk into the Antarctic ice, each with 60 sensitive light detectors strung along it like "fairy lights".
As neutrinos pass, they very rarely bump into the nuclei of atoms in the ice, producing a brief flash that the detectors can catch. With more than 5,000 detectors catching flashes at different times, the direction of the neutrinos' arrival can be determined.
IceCube is just one of a number of neutrino detection experiments around the globe. Low-energy neutrinos from the dying throes of a star were spotted by Japanese researchers in 1987 - the first-ever neutrinos from beyond our cosmic neighbourhood, leading to the 2002 Nobel Prize in physics.
They can also be produced in the Sun and our own atmosphere here on Earth - IceCube picks up about 100,000 of those a year.
However, previous attempts to associate higher-energy neutrinos with more far-flung cosmic processes, such as those described in April 2012, had turned up nothing.
But in April this year, the IceCube collaboration reported seeing two neutrinos - nicknamed Bert and Ernie - of energies greater than a "petaelectronvolt".
That is 150 times higher than the energy to which particles within the Large Hadron Collider can currently be accelerated.
Now the team reports 26 more events, each higher than 50 teraelectronvolts (a twentieth of a petaelectronvolt), which they expect will also be of cosmic origin.
But Francis Halzen, principal investigator on the IceCube experiment, said that "of course, there's much more to do".
"It's after you find them that the work starts; these events are very difficult to analyse," Prof Halzen told BBC News.
For centuries, stargazers have relied only on light of a wide range of wavelengths - many far beyond those we can see - to get pictures of the cosmos.
But these first cosmic neutrino detections open the possibility for doing astronomy instead using particles - developing pictures of the Universe's most active corners by analysing the directions and energies of the neutrinos they produce.
Prof Halzen recalled discussions with Frederick Reines, who shared the 1995 Nobel Prize in physics for first discovering the neutrino in the mid-1950s.
"He would tell me that as soon as he discovered that the neutrino was real, everybody had the idea that you had a particle that you could do astronomy with. In 1960, several people wrote rather detailed papers on how to do it."
Only later did it become clear that a detector as monumentally large as IceCube would be required to launch such a new era in astronomy - an era that for the first time seems to be taking shape.
"It is incredibly exciting to work with the final IceCube configuration," Prof Halzen said.
"It not only shows that we built the right detector, it promptly delivered results. What it means for astronomy is in our future, hopefully our very near future. The tools are in place and the first harvest of events is in."
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England recovered from losing the opening Test to beat Jamaica 63-50 and level the three-match series at 1-1.
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Major changes to UK pension rules come into force at midnight, in what Chancellor George Osborne has called "a revolution".
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More than 40 Birmingham pupils were stuck at an airport in Turkey as a result of an attempted military coup.
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In an interview with Fox News, Mr Trump brought up a story that recently appeared in the National Enquirer.
The tabloid published a photo that it says shows Rafael Cruz with Kennedy assassin Lee Harvey Oswald.
Ted Cruz's campaign called the article "another garbage story".
"His father was with Lee Harvey Oswald prior to Oswald's being — you know, shot. I mean, the whole thing is ridiculous," Mr Trump said on Tuesday.
Trump seeks to knock out Cruz in Indiana
"I mean, what was he doing — what was he doing with Lee Harvey Oswald shortly before the death? Before the shooting?"
"Trump is detached from reality and his false, cheap, meaningless comments every day indicate his desperation to get attention and willingness to say anything to do so," the Cruz campaign said in a statement.
Rafael Cruz, who is now a pastor, has campaigned for his son and is urging evangelical Christians to support the Texas senator's bid.
"Vote for the candidate that stands on the word of God and on the Constitution of the United States of America," Rafael Cruz recently said.
"And I am convinced that man is my son, Ted Cruz. The alternative could be the destruction of America."
Rafael Cruz fled Cuba in 1957 and initially supported Fidel Castro's revolution. He later disavowed communism and Mr Castro.
The National Enquirer hired photo experts who say Rafael Cruz appears in images with Oswald taken in August of 1963, a few months before Kennedy's death.
In August 1963, Oswald was working on behalf on a pro-Castro group Fair Play for Cuba Committee in New Orleans.
The tabloid does not corroborate the report in any other way.
In an interview with the Miami Herald, Gus Russo, an expert on the Kennedy assassination, was sceptical of the Enquirer's claims.
"It's very subjective. It's not proof. It's just an opinion" he told the Herald. "To charge something this big, you'd better have better proof than that 'it looks like him'."
The National Enquirer previously published a report claiming that Ted Cruz had several extra-marital affairs. The tabloid provided no evidence.
Mr Cruz said the story was false and claimed it was planted by the Trump campaign.
At the time, Mr Cruz also noted that Mr Trump and National Enquirer CEO David Pecker are close friends.
The National Enquirer also has endorsed Mr Trump for president, a first for the publication.
The tabloid often publishes fanciful articles, but has occasionally been credited with major scoops.
In 2004, the tabloid reported that presidential candidate John Edwards had fathered a child with a campaign aide. Mr Edwards later confirmed the report.
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In a statement, Mr Trump praised Mr Tillerson, 64, as among the "most accomplished business leaders and international dealmakers" in the world.
Mr Tillerson is said to have a good relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin, alarming both Democrats and some Republicans.
The nomination needs Senate approval.
Days ago it emerged that US intelligence agencies believe Russia acted covertly to boost Donald Trump in the election race.
The secretary of state is in effect the most senior US diplomat, responsible for enacting the government's foreign policy.
Under a Trump presidency, his in-tray could include everything from handling rows with China to revisiting the nuclear accord with Iran.
Rex Tillerson fits the profile of Donald Trump's emerging cabinet, which includes many rich businesspeople. But the choice of an oil executive for secretary of state is the clearest sign yet that Mr Trump plans to approach foreign policy like a business, sending out his top diplomat to get the best deals for America.
Whether that means Mr Tillerson will be prepared to open bedrock agreements to negotiation, as Mr Trump appears ready to do, is another question. He has been backed by stalwarts of the Republican foreign policy establishment who would see that kind of bargaining as dangerous to America's standing and alliances.
Neither is it clear what Rex Tillerson's close ties to Moscow might mean for Mr Trump's Russia policy. His contacts within the power structure, developed over two decades as Exxon's main man in Russia, could prove valuable in the State Department. But many lawmakers are already wary about the president-elect's calls for closer ties with the Kremlin, which they view as a global security threat.
And Exxon's business interests there could lead to conflicts of interest for the new secretary of state, especially when it comes to his role in maintaining the Western sanctions regime imposed after Moscow's annexation of Crimea.
Mr Trump has also selected former Texas Governor Rick Perry as his Energy Secretary, US media reported.
Mr Perry famously forgot the name of the energy department during a cringe-inducing gaffe at a 2011 Republican primary debate, when he said it was among the agencies he would eliminate if he was elected president.
The 66-year-old has also been a vocal critic of Mr Trump, calling him a "barking carnival act" and a "cancer on conservatism" before he dropped out of his second bid for the White House in 2015.
"Rex Tillerson's career is the embodiment of the American dream," Mr Trump said.
"His tenacity, broad experience and deep understanding of geopolitics make him an excellent choice for secretary of state."
Mr Tillerson said he was "honoured" by the nomination, adding that he shared Mr Trump's "vision for restoring the credibility of the United States' foreign relations and advancing our country's national security".
The announcement had been widely expected, with Mr Tillerson favoured over high-profile Republicans, including the party's 2012 presidential nominee, Mitt Romney.
Although he has no formal foreign policy experience, as Exxon chief Mr Tillerson oversees a company with 75,000 employees and business activities in more than 50 countries.
He has warned of the "catastrophic" impact of unchecked climate change, although his company has been accused of deliberately misleading the public about the role of fossil fuels in global warming.
But it is his connections to Russia that have drawn most flak.
He has forged multi-billion-dollar deals with Russia's state oil company, Rosneft, spoken out against international sanctions imposed on Moscow and in 2013 was awarded an Order of Friendship by the Kremlin.
As rumours of his nomination gathered pace in recent days, one of Mr Trump's rivals for the Republican nomination, Marco Rubio, said being "'a friend of Vladimir is not an attribute I am hoping for from" the next secretary of state.
Another Republican Senator John McCain expressed concern over Mr Tillerson's links to Mr Putin but promised he would get a "fair hearing" in the Senate.
Reacting to the nomination, Mr Putin's foreign policy adviser, Yury Ushakov, said all Russian officials and not just the president enjoyed "good, businesslike relations" with Mr Tillerson.
A Chinese foreign ministry spokesman said his country was "looking forward" to working with the nominee.
The Japanese firm expects a full-year loss as a result of the legal charges.
The loss will be its first since the company listed on the Nikkei in 1949.
Takeda is still defending the drug, however, saying the claims made were "without merit", and it has not admitted liability.
The company said the settlement would "reduce financial uncertainties for the company".
In a statement, the firm said: "Takeda's decision to settle does not change the company's continued commitment to Actos.
"Actos continues to be available as a treatment option in the US, Japan and other countries".
"Takeda stands behind the substantial data that confirm a positive benefit/risk profile for Actos, which includes more than 14 years of clinical and patient experience with the product."
The settlement fund requires 95% of litigants, or those with claims against Takeda, to join the accord. However, some former Actos users may still oppose the deal.
Takeda's settlement is one of the largest lawsuits in the US based on a drug's side effects.
The legal challenges began in 2011 after the US Food and Drug Administration warned that patients using Actos for more than a year could face an increased risk of bladder cancer.
The Osaka-based company has since been hit with more than 8,000 lawsuits in the US over claims it hid Actos' cancer risks.
The firm has also gone to trial at least nine times since 2013.
Last year, a US court ordered Takeda and its former partner Eli Lilly to pay a record $9bn to a former Actos user who claims the drug caused his bladder cancer.
The punitive damages were later reduced to $37m by the court's judge.
Actos used to account for up to a third of Takeda's revenues and has generated more than $16bn in sales for the company since its release in 1999.
However, the drug's patent has since expired and Takeda is struggling to maintain sales in the face of generic copies created by rival Ranbaxy.
The Dutchman, 18, successfully passed 49 other cars on his way to 12th place in the Formula 1 drivers' championship, with 49 points.
Toro Rosso driver Verstappen won praise in his first season for his judgement on track and his maturity off it.
The average number of overtakes per driver during 2015 was 26.8, according to F1 tyre supplier Pirelli.
Verstappen's team-mate, Carlos Sainz, achieved the second-highest number of overtakes with 45.
Despite the rookie pair's daring during the 19 races in 2015, there was a 10% drop in overtakes compared to 2014 - down from 639 to 509 in total.
In 2011 - the year Pirelli returned to the sport and the DRS overtaking aid was introduced - the number of on-track moves tripled compared to the previous year, but since then the total has fallen steadily.
BBC F1 analyst Eddie Jordan compared Verstappen to two of the sport's greatest drivers, Ayrton Senna and Michael Schumacher.
And 5 live commentator Allan McNish said of a move Verstappen pulled at a particularly difficult corner during the Belgian Grand Prix: "That is the first time I have ever seen someone go around the outside of someone at Blanchimont in my life."
Verstappen will again partner Spaniard Sainz for the 2016 F1 season, but has attracted attention from the bigger teams, including Ferrari.
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The case marks the first time that the invention-acquiring business has been awarded a payout by a jury.
Intellectual Ventures charges others for the rights to use the inventions it has purchased and created, but makes few products of its own.
Several critics have described it as "the ultimate patent troll".
But Symantec was barred by the judge in the case from making use of the term.
The ruling was not, however, a total victory for Intellectual Ventures.
It had originally sought close to $300m in damages after claiming that three of its software cybersecurity patents had been infringed by Symantec.
The Delaware jury ruled that only two of the patents had in fact been infringed:
While the jury recognised that a third patent - describing a way to detect spam - was also valid, it decided it had not been infringed by Symantec.
Furthermore, it rejected Intellectual Venture's demand for continuing royalty payments.
"We are grateful to the jury for their hard work and for confirming the validity of these patents," responded Melissa Finocchio, chief litigation counsel for Intellectual Ventures.
"We remain committed to defending inventor rights and protecting the interests of our investors and customers."
A spokesman for Symantec said: "We are pleased the verdict came back for substantially less than the amount that Intellectual Ventures was seeking, and are considering our options to reduce the damages even further."
Intellectual Ventures had already settled claims involving the same patents with Check Point and Intel's McAfee division.
But Trend Micro - another security firm - has also refused to pay. Its dispute is set to go to court in May.
California-based Intellectual Ventures - which was founded by Microsoft's former chief technology officer Nathan Myhrvold - initially avoided suing other companies directly.
Instead, for about a decade, much of its business model relied on licensing its inventions to others, so that they could use them defensively or offensively in their own disputes.
However, its strategy changed in December 2010, when it filed cases of its own against nine companies, including Symantec.
The first of these disputes, which was against Motorola Mobility - then owned by Google, came to court last year. But the judge ruled it a mis-trial after the jurors could not agree on a verdict.
Bloomberg Businessweek subsequently described Intellectual Ventures as "Silicon Valley's most hated patent troll", saying it hoarded ideas and wielded its intellectual property portfolio "like a weapon".
However, Mr Myhrvold has argued that his business benefits both the inventors it buys patents from and the researchers it employs itself.
"The world needs more inventions and my goal is to show that investing in invention is a good way of ensuring it gets them, provided you have the resources to scale this model up," he said.
In a separate development, Microsoft has announced that a patent dispute with Samsung over unpaid fees has been resolved.
The Windows-developer had claimed the South Korean firm had failed to pay it on schedule for the use of inventions that featured in the Android operating system.
Although Google leads development of Android, Microsoft lays claim to some of the processes the software uses and has successfully pursued dozens of manufacturers for payments.
Microsoft began legal action against Samsung in 2013. However, it has provided little detail about how the matter had been resolved.
"Samsung and Microsoft are pleased to announce that they have ended their contract dispute," it said it in a brief statement.
"Terms of the agreement are confidential."
A panel from the National Commission for Minorities visited the village of Bisada, near Delhi, where Mohammad Akhlaq, a Muslim, was beaten to death.
It said a Hindu temple had been used to plan the attack.
Government ministers from the Hindu nationalist BJP have said the incident was a spontaneous expression of anger.
In recent weeks three Muslim men have been killed by Hindus accusing them of eating or smuggling beef.
Mr Akhlaq's killing sparked furious debate about religious tolerance, with some criticising Prime Minister Narendra Modi for not condemning the attack sooner.
Two weeks later he called it "sad and undesirable".
Mr Akhlaq, a farm worker in the state of Uttar Pradesh, was asleep next to his son last month when a mob burst in wielding sticks, swords and pistols.
The villagers accused the nine-member family of having slaughtered and consumed a cow.
Mr Akhlaq and his son were beaten with bricks, kicked and stabbed repeatedly.
Hindus consider cows to be sacred, and for many, eating beef is taboo.
Some meat found in the fridge was held to be proof that beef had been eaten. Later, tests confirmed it was goat meat.
The team of investigators concluded in its report that the mob violence against Mr Akhlaq and his family had been planned and a Hindu temple was used "to exhort people of one community to attack a hapless family".
Mr Khan said an announcement by the temple that beef had been found provoked the assault.
The ability of so many people to amass within minutes "at a time when most villagers claimed they were asleep, seems to point to some premeditated planning," the report said.
There is a separate, ongoing police investigation into the case.
Muslims are the largest minority making up 13% of the country's 1.2bn people.
The visitor centre will close for about six weeks from New Year's Day to allow the improvements to take place.
Montrose Basin Wildlife Reserve is best known for attracting tens of thousands of wintering pink-footed geese each year.
Displays in the visitor centre will be replaced and screens showing footage of local wildlife will be installed.
The improvement project received the money through the Heritage Lottery Fund.
The visitor centre attracts about 12,000 visitors per year.
Manager Caroline Hendry said: "The centre opened in 1995 and our last refurbishment was nearly ten years ago, so it's a good time to refresh our displays and make the most of new technology that has developed since then.
"I'm positive people will love the changes we're planning to make.
"When we reopen in February visitors will be able to discover much more about the amazing variety of wildlife that lives on the basin."
The Championship club are looking to appoint an experienced, British replacement for Italian Walter Zenga, who was sacked after just 87 days.
BBC Sport understands Pearson, 53, has already been interviewed, having parted company with Derby on 8 October.
Allardyce, 62, left his job as England boss on 27 September after one match.
His departure followed a newspaper investigation claiming he offered advice on how to "get around" rules on player transfers.
Lambert, 47, left Blackburn Rovers at the end of last season having previously been in charge of Wolves' rivals Aston Villa.
With the trio all currently out of work, they are attractive to Wolves in terms of a lack of compensation - but it is a moot point whether Allardyce would go from the England job to a club near the bottom of the Championship table in the space of a month, when other Premier League options may soon be attracting him.
Wolves are 18th having won only four of their opening 14 matches this season, losing four of their last five.
The recruitment drive this time at Wolves will be headed by sporting director Kevin Thelwell, who was instrumental in bringing Kenny Jackett to Molineux three years ago.
Thelwell played little or no part in the hasty appointment of Zenga in July, but this time he appears to favour a British candidate with practical knowledge of the Championship.
Representatives of the Chinese owners, the Fosun Group, are in Wolverhampton on Friday checking progress with Thelwell, but the process is unlikely to be swift.
The interim manager Rob Edwards has impressed this week - with the players very supportive - but, at the age of 33, the current first-team coach may be seen as lacking the experience to satisfy the ambitions of the owners to get promoted quickly.
Pearson, Allardyce and Lambert all have promotion to the Premier League on their managerial CVs - Pearson with Leicester, Allardyce with Bolton and West Ham and Lambert with Norwich.
But luckily for Rhonda Vandermeer, a dog breeder from North Carolina, technology means she doesn't have to worry about her furry friends ever going missing.
If she ever wants to check on the whereabouts of her five-year-old English cocker spaniel Boz, she just taps on her mobile and can see his exact location.
Boz wears a smart collar with GPS tracking built in.
"He's always let off his lead and if he sees a squirrel, he's off, and I'm afraid he's going to keep running and we won't get him back," says Ms Vandermeer, who arranges for minders to look after her canine companions when she's away.
The Link AKC collar also pings her a notification if Boz has strayed beyond the boundaries she's set, which means she can quickly alert her local dog minders that he's escaped.
The collar also keeps track of the ambient temperature and how much exercise Boz has been doing.
"It's great for when I'm away and I can see how much exercise he does and what level of activity he's receiving a day," says Ms Vandermeer.
But isn't there a danger that such tech could make her a little obsessive?
"At first it was like a toy and I was always checking," she admits.
And did the dog minders feel like they were being spied on?
"I explained the tools to them. I never wanted them to think I was checking up on them," she says.
A smart fitness-tracking dog collar may sound like a gadget too far, but pet owners are splashing out on all kinds of gadgets to keep track of their feline and canine companions.
Pet tech is a booming industry, with the global market predicted to reach $2.36bn (£1.84bn) by 2022, according to Grand View Research.
"People think of their pets as a part of their family and with tech adoption growing, it makes perfect sense to innovate in this area," says Abhishek Sharma, analyst at market research firm Technavio.
Dan Makaveli, an academic tutor and director at Media Savvy, a digital training agency, uses FitBark, a bone-shaped collar sensor, to track his six-year-old doberman Diego's daily activity.
"He's well walked anyway but it gives you a little bit of an extra incentive to do it most days," says Mr Makaveli, who lives in Sunderland, north-east England.
"I know that by having it, it makes me determined to reach Diego's daily goal of exercise. So if he hasn't reached it and even if it's hail-stoning outside, I will take him for a run around the block."
With FitBark you can also sync your own fitness tracker with that of your dog's and compare results with other dogs of the same breed.
"My wife regularly syncs in with him and they can see where they are on the leaderboard," says Mr Makaveli.
Super-fit Diego even joined the couple when they took on Britain's Three Peaks Challenge last year.
If tracking your pet's fitness isn't enough, you can even order a 3D sculpture of it via a company such as Arty Lobster, watch it live through the Petzi Treat Cam, and organise a video conference with a vet via app-based vet practice Pawsquad.
And if you've ever worried about your pet getting a little bored while you're out of the house, EasyPlay could be the answer. It's a ball that works as both a pet monitor and an interactive toy.
Controlled by a smartphone, EasyPlay - which launches in July - allows owners to watch live video of their pets, talk to them, and remotely control a treats dispenser.
"EasyPlay is designed to enhance pet health and fitness in a fun and playful way, for both cats and dogs," says Adam Anderson, managing director of Gosh!, EasyPlay's parent company.
But do such devices simply make it more acceptable for owners to spend less time with their pets?
"The EasyPlay was not created to replace a personal, one-on-one relationship with your pet, instead it is a device that allows you to connect while away and improve your pet's mental wellbeing," says Mr Anderson.
And is all this tech really necessary, or just businesses being opportunistic?
"With the increasing awareness about pet health, owners around the world are more willing to spend on various types of tech to keep their pets safe," argues Mr Sharma.
"There has been an increase in pets being lost or stolen and hence it requires continuous monitoring to keep track of them."
But how about the animal itself? Are the gadgets always comfortable?
"Pets feel a little uncomfortable during the initial phase," says Mr Sharma. "Having said that, it is almost like getting used to a regular collar."
As for the future, given the rising adoption of the internet of things and smartphones, pet tech looks set to continue flourishing.
And for pet owners who like to keep tabs on their pets, that's just purr-fect.
Stewart White, of Thompsons Solicitors Scotland, said the council was responsible for injuries his clients had sustained while riding.
The injuries include broken jaws, cheek bones and collarbones as well as a broken foot from a bus driving over it.
He has urged cyclists to report falls to the council.
Mr White told the BBC Scotland news website: "There is massive under-reporting from cyclists who are falling off their bikes as a result of hitting tram tracks.
"Even if a cyclist is uninjured I would urge them to report the fall to the council so we can keep pressure on the council.
"Cyclists are not being considered as the most vulnerable road user, it's really frightening stuff."
He added that those claiming for cycling accidents included a senior police officer, a firefighter, a teacher, a professor, two doctors, a golf professional and an advocate.
The first test case is due to be heard at the Court of Session by November.
Mr White believes the design of tram lines and warning signs amounts to negligence by city transport authorities.
Individual payouts of up to £10,000 are possible if claims are successful, leading to a potential bill for the council of more than £500,000.
David Steele, 55, an elite cyclist and engineer who clocks up 7,000 miles a year on his bike, said he was in a lot of pain for six weeks after falling off his bike on 4 January at Haymarket.
He told the BBC that the way the road was marked forced cyclists to cross the tram tracks at an angle of 15 degrees.
He said: "You need to be crossing tram tracks at a 90 degrees. Less than a 45 degree angle should be avoided but at Haymarket you are forced on to them at a 15 degree angle, its criminal.
"I never fall off my bike but I couldn't see my back wheel and it caught in the tram tracks and I was off my bike before I knew what was happening.
"All my new cycling clothes I had got for Christmas were ripped, I ripped my shoulder, hurt my hip and elbow. For six weeks I had a very painful haematoma in my groin, which meant I couldn't sleep, ride my bike or wear underpants.
"I am very angry about this. I think it is negligent and criminal that the council haven't tested the system for cyclists."
Lesley Hinds, Edinburgh City Council's transport convener, said: "Obviously we cannot comment on a pending legal case as that is sub judice.
"Road safety is of utmost importance to the council and its partners, and we make every effort to communicate this to pedestrians, cyclists and drivers.
"With the launch of Edinburgh Trams, our 'careful now' campaign successfully targeted other road users to raise awareness of the new service and advise on how best to take precautions when travelling nearby.
"In terms of cycling, the council advises: 'Anyone cycling near to and around the tram tracks should take care while they get used to them, especially in wet weather conditions as the tracks will be slippery.
"It's best to cross the tracks as close to a right angle as possible and to take extra care to avoid getting wheels caught in between the rail grooves."
The Scotland fly-half, 23, has been out since suffering a severe head injury in Warriors' Pro12 semi-final loss away to Connacht in May.
"Finn's now trained two weeks full contact," said Townsend.
"He's worked really hard and can't wait to get back playing so he's playing for Ayr, his allocated club team."
Townsend also revealed Russell will wear a scrum cap this season as a precaution, with his rehabilitation being monitored closely by the Warriors medical staff.
"That'll be great for him playing down at Mansfield Park and it'll be good to see him back playing and see how he gets on," added Townsend.
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"If he gets through that game then I see him being in the selection mix for the Ulster game [on 23 September], but that will depend on how he reacts on contact and his match fitness - and what his form is like.
"To have him going into round four of the season is a real boost."
Nine transgender women employed with the Cochin metro had quit as they said no-one was willing to rent to them.
A senior spokesperson for Cochin Metro told the BBC that they had decided to provide hostel accommodation and transport at a nominal fee.
It is the first government agency to allot roles for transgender people.
Cochin Metro's Reshmi CR told the BBC that the company had asked the nine women who resigned to reconsider their decision, giving them until 5 July to decide.
If they decided not to rejoin, she said that their positions would be filled by other members of the transgender community.
The plight of the employees touched a chord in India, especially given that Cochin Metro employed them in the hope that it would pave the way for other firms to begin employing transgender people.
A video featuring all 23, in which they told people "not to pity them", was viewed more than one million times on social media.
The resignations came less than two weeks after the service was inaugurated.
Amritha, one of the transgender women working with the metro, earlier described the struggle to get accommodation to BBC Tamil's Sivakumar Ulaganathan.
''Many of us have stayed in private lodges and hotels so far, where we had to pay around 600 rupees [£7; $9] a day. That was unaffordable for us, given we only make around 9,000 rupees [£108; $139] every month," she said.
The new employees were ticket agents and cleaning staff.
The singer was due to bring her Unbreakable show to London, Manchester, Birmingham and Glasgow, but the gigs have now been called off.
"It is not possible to confirm new dates at the present time so we are refunding all ticket holders," an email from Ticketmaster told fans.
Further dates in Ireland, Germany and France have also been postponed.
Jackson, who returned to the top of the Billboard charts last year with her eleventh album, Unbreakable, has yet to issue a statement on the cancellation.
She had been in Europe since mid-February preparing for the shows and attending Paris Fashion Week.
On 13 February, she posted a video from London, telling fans: "I am so excited. We cannot wait to perform for you."
The star had been due to resume her tour in Birmingham on 30 March, having previously postponed 29 US dates after being advised to have surgery.
She later denied rumours that she had been diagnosed with cancer.
"I'm recovering. My doctors have approved my concerts as scheduled in Europe, and as I promised, the postponed shows will be rescheduled," she wrote in a statement. "Thank you for your prayers and love."
The postponed US dates were eventually rescheduled for July and August, giving British fans hope they will still get to see the star perform.
Although many were upset by the postponement, fans on Twitter also reacted with concern.
"Upsetting, but more importantly, I hope she's alright," wrote Alan Lynch on Twitter. "One of my all time favourite artists."
"I'm not mad about the UK tour - just hope you're well," added a user called Bu.
"We know that you are all feeling devastated at this time," wrote fan network Janet Jackson UK. "Let's pray Janet is ok."
Public Health England (PHE) said the majority of cases of the cryptosporidium bug confirmed since the beginning of June were in Wiltshire.
Other cases have been identified in Gloucestershire, South Gloucestershire, Somerset, Cornwall, Devon and Dorset.
The Oasis leisure centre swimming pool in Swindon remains closed after a number of cases were linked to it.
PHE said there had now been 34 cases confirmed in the Swindon Borough Council area, 27 in Wiltshire Council's area and 31 in Gloucestershire.
A total of 131 cases in the rest of the South West include 23 in Somerset, 20 in Devon and 19 in Bristol.
An investigation into the source of the predominantly waterborne disease is continuing, a spokesperson said.
Dr Toyin Ejidokun, from PHE South West, said "appropriate control measures" were being taken to help prevent further cases.
"Cryptosporidiosis is predominantly a waterborne disease and infection can be caused by drinking contaminated water or swallowing contaminated water in swimming pools or streams.
"It can also be acquired by animal and human contact."
She added that the anyone could get cryptosporidiosis, but it is "most common in young children aged between one and five years".
"We have had confirmed reports of Cryptosporidium infection amongst a number of people who visited the Oasis swimming pool in Swindon earlier this summer.
"The swimming pool is one of a number of possible exposures that we are exploring.
"At this point, there is no confirmed source of exposure."
Plants are being damaged by pollution and human disturbances such as mooring boats, according to researchers.
Surveys of 11 sites in England, Wales and Ireland found high nitrogen levels in water were affecting the health of seagrass meadows at all but two areas.
Seagrass, which is found in shallow waters of coastal regions, is declining globally at a rate of about 7% a year.
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In the 11 areas studied, even where conditions were good, seagrass faced damage from mooring or anchoring boats, said researchers Benjamin Jones and Richard Unsworth of Cardiff and Swansea universities.
Seagrass meadows are regarded as a valuable habitat on British shores, particularly as a nursery ground for fish.
The underwater plants face threats from human activities, including nutrient pollution, where nitrogen from agriculture and industry runs off land and enters the water.
Dr Richard Unsworth of Swansea University said seagrasses were like the "canaries of the sea" in that their condition can be used as an indicator of the health of coastal waters.
"We conducted the most extensive assessment to date of the environmental conditions of seagrasses in the British Isles, using techniques widely used to assess these important habitats in places such as the Great Barrier Reef," he told BBC News.
"All the sites in our study were found to be at risk from either pollution, boating, or both, even those in relatively remote locations."
He said the study showed action was needed to protect seagrasses in the British Isles.
"We've historically lost at least 50% of these habitats in the British Isles, losing more should not be an option," Dr Unsworth added.
Of the 11 sites monitored, the worst performing sites were three areas monitored in Wales and one of two sites in England, according to the research, published in the journal, Royal Society Open Science.
The sites were:
Five other areas all had nitrogen levels higher than the global average:
However, two remote seagrass meadows around the Isles of Scilly and Mannin Bay off Connemara, Ireland - were relatively healthy.
Writing in Royal Society Open Science, Mr Jones and Dr Unsworth said: "Our study provides the first strong quantitative evidence that seagrass meadows of the British Isles are mostly in poor condition in comparison with global averages, with tissue nitrogen levels 75% higher than global values."
Many of the meadows sampled were "in a perilous state", they concluded.
Dr Lyndsey Dodds, head of marine policy at WWF-UK, said seagrass is one of our most valuable ecosystems, helping to sustain the marine food chain.
"It's vital that the status of our seagrass improves to deliver benefits for people and nature," she said.
"WWF is calling on the UK Government to ensure seagrass is properly protected in effective Marine Protected Areas, where disturbance and pollution are minimised."
Seagrass is a group of flowering plants that live in shallow sheltered areas along the UK coastline where they form dense green meadows under the sea.
Because of where they grow they are vulnerable to damage from humans and are now a protected species.
The main plant in the UK is known scientifically as eelgrass, Zostera marina.
It is the most widespread marine flowering plant in the Northern Hemisphere, inhabiting the cooler ocean waters of the North Atlantic and North Pacific.
It needs sunlight to grow, and is threatened by pollution and increased amounts of sediment in the water, which block sunlight and prevent seagrass growth.
Seagrass beds are also affected by physical disturbances such as trampling, dredging, anchoring, and the use of mobile fishing gear on the sea bed.
Researchers in Wales are calling on the public to report sightings and information about the location and condition of seagrass at Seagrass Spotter - Home.
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Terry Lodge, 55, from Bassetlaw, said he was forced to work in a foundry, when he should have been in school.
Bassetlaw MP John Mann, who raised the case in parliament, paid tribute to Mr Lodge for his bravery.
Nottinghamshire County Council said the quality of care he received was "unsatisfactory".
Mr Lodge said he was sent to work on a farm when he was eight years old and to a foundry when he was 11.
He said he was forced to work by his original foster parents, up until the age of 15, and was beaten and sometimes starved while in their care.
He said when he complained no-one came to help.
Mr Lodge previously told the BBC that his childhood and adult life had been "spoiled".
Steve Edwards, the council's service director for children's social care, met Mr Lodge to apologise after the authority concluded he "suffered harm" after being placed in care more than 40 years ago.
He said: "There were opportunities to protect him which were sadly not acted upon.
"I would encourage anyone who has any concerns about the way they were treated while in care to come forward, no matter how long ago it was."
Mr Mann said: "It is right that Nottinghamshire County Council has now formally apologised and I pay tribute to the bravery of Terry Lodge in bringing this to light."
A spokesman for the NSPCC said: "Victims must be able to speak out no matter who their abuser was, or how many years have passed since it happened.
"Action must be taken when serious allegations like this are made by a vulnerable young person."
Firms in those cities show they sell a higher proportion of exports to customers within the EU, than the UK average, as does Newport as well.
The Centre for Cities said its research illustrates how the UK's cities are critically dependent on EU markets.
It found 61% of exports from Cardiff are sold to customers in the EU.
This compared with 17% to the United States and 1% to China.
Swansea follows a similar pattern: 60% to the EU, 15% to US and 2%, while Newport is not in the top 10 but still sells 56% of exports to EU, 17% to the US and 2% to China.
The report says that Welsh cities would need to dramatically increase their trade with parts of the globe beyond the EU to compensate from any downturn once the UK leaves the Single Market.
It suggest the UK would have to double exports to China or increase sales to the US by one third.
The industries most tied into the EU are particularly are interesting.
Iron and steel dominate, accounting for more than third of exports from Cardiff and Swansea, followed by insurance and financial services which account for about one sixth.
Paul Swinney, principal economist with Centre for Cities said the EU market was of "crucial importance" to Cardiff, Swansea and Newport.
"When it comes to Brexit and trade deals we have to prioritise getting the best possible deal with the EU compared with any other country in the world.
"It's right to be ambitious about trade deals with the US and China, but the EU still accounts for the vast majority of our exports, so we have to be thinking of getting that deal right first if we're going to protect and grow jobs in places like Cardiff and Swansea."
Welsh Secretary Alun Cairns, speaking after a meeting of the joint ministerial committee (JMC) in Cardiff, said there had been "positive engagement, particularly around international trade".
He said the Welsh Government's call for "full and unfettered" access to the single market was "not inconsistent" with the UK government's desire for a free trade deal without membership.
"We're determined to take every part of the United Kingdom with us as we negotiate to exit the European Union," he said.
The ceremony will also feature sets from Hozier, Jess Glynne and OMI, whose single Cheerleader was one of the songs of the summer.
Many of the acts will be backed by the BBC Concert Orchestra.
The ceremony, at Birmingham's Genting Arena, will be hosted by Chris Evans and Fearne Cotton.
More than 10,000 tickets are available for members of the public; while nominees for the awards will be announced in the run-up to the show on 10 December.
Launched in London's Earl's Court last year, the inaugural ceremony saw Pharrell Williams receive two of the four prizes on offer - best international artist and song of the year, for his exuberant, gospel-inspired single Happy.
Ed Sheeran was named British artist of the year, while newcomers Catfish and the Bottlemen won BBC Introducing award for best new act.
This year's show will add one further category: Best live performance, given to the band or artist who has delivered "the stand out live moment" on the BBC over the past 12 months.
The first seven performers were announced live on BBC Radio 1 and 2, both which will broadcast the award ceremony, alongside the TV screening on BBC One.
Jess Glynne, who has scored three number ones in the past year with songs like Hold My Hand and Don't Be So Hard On Yourself said she was "really excited" to be invited.
"I was there last year at the inaugural awards, performing with Clean Bandit, and it was a great night, with a brilliant performance from Ed Sheeran among my personal favourites."
Jamaican-American star OMI said: "I'm extremely excited as usual. I love being in the UK and feeling the British energy. I can't wait to perform for my fans."
Chris Evans added: "We had such a blast last year so I can't wait to get back on stage and relive this amazing musical year of 2015."
In the run-up to the ceremony, a week of live concerts will be held across Birmingham, showcasing new talent from the city.
A series of BBC Music workshops and seminars will also take place, providing advice and guidance to aspiring musicians - with topics including How To Make Money in the Music Industry and The Art of Song Writing.
For official BBC Music Awards ticket Information, the full line up, artist profiles and highlights from the 2014 ceremony, visit the BBC Music Awards website.
The Wednesday striker was in the right place to collect David Jones' volley and guide a shot past Alex Smithies just before half-time.
Conor Washington headed into the net for Rangers, but the effort was ruled out for a push, and Daniel Pudil's shot hit the post for the Owls.
Tom Lees then cleared Tjaronn Chery's shot off the line as the hosts held on.
Wednesday, who have won five of their seven league matches at home this season, almost went further ahead through Hooper and Adam Reach on the break, while Fernando Forestieri shot just wide.
The defeat ended QPR's five-match unbeaten run and dropped them to 13th.
Sheffield Wednesday boss Carlos Carvalhal:
"My players have been unbelievable this week, against very difficult teams. I'm very happy about what my players did; it was special today.
"The Championship is unique. The number of games, the crowds and the intensity - it is unique. And this is a situation we need to be able to play in.
"So far all the teams have lost games and this can happen. There is not a big value difference between any of the teams.
"We are resilient and reacting well all of the time. We are in a good way in the league."
QPR manager Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink:
"I think we deserved at least a point from the game but that's football.
"When anyone comes to Hillsborough they know they will be under pressure. They are a very good side, whoever comes here knows that.
"We had the pressure on us today but they didn't work our keeper too much, he did not have many saves to make throughout the game.
"But nor did we create much ourselves. My players played well but didn't create as many chances as we could have."
Match ends, Sheffield Wednesday 1, Queens Park Rangers 0.
Second Half ends, Sheffield Wednesday 1, Queens Park Rangers 0.
Attempt blocked. Massimo Luongo (Queens Park Rangers) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by James Perch.
Attempt blocked. Tjaronn Chery (Queens Park Rangers) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
Attempt missed. Fernando Forestieri (Sheffield Wednesday) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the left.
Offside, Queens Park Rangers. Nedum Onuoha tries a through ball, but Conor Washington is caught offside.
Offside, Sheffield Wednesday. Ross Wallace tries a through ball, but Steven Fletcher is caught offside.
Steven Fletcher (Sheffield Wednesday).
Niko Hamalainen (Queens Park Rangers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Niko Hamalainen (Queens Park Rangers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Ross Wallace (Sheffield Wednesday) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Niko Hamalainen (Queens Park Rangers).
Foul by Fernando Forestieri (Sheffield Wednesday).
Tjaronn Chery (Queens Park Rangers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
David Jones (Sheffield Wednesday) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Sebastian Polter (Queens Park Rangers).
Attempt missed. Fernando Forestieri (Sheffield Wednesday) right footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Ross Wallace.
Substitution, Sheffield Wednesday. Ross Wallace replaces Kieran Lee.
Sam Hutchinson (Sheffield Wednesday) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Sebastian Polter (Queens Park Rangers).
Nedum Onuoha (Queens Park Rangers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Fernando Forestieri (Sheffield Wednesday) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Nedum Onuoha (Queens Park Rangers).
Steven Fletcher (Sheffield Wednesday) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Niko Hamalainen (Queens Park Rangers).
David Jones (Sheffield Wednesday) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Sebastian Polter (Queens Park Rangers).
Substitution, Queens Park Rangers. Olamide Shodipo replaces Ariel Borysiuk.
Attempt blocked. Adam Reach (Sheffield Wednesday) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Fernando Forestieri.
Attempt missed. Fernando Forestieri (Sheffield Wednesday) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Barry Bannan.
Daniel Pudil (Sheffield Wednesday) is shown the yellow card.
Attempt missed. Daniel Pudil (Sheffield Wednesday) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Kieran Lee with a cross.
Fernando Forestieri (Sheffield Wednesday) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Ariel Borysiuk (Queens Park Rangers).
Offside, Sheffield Wednesday. Tom Lees tries a through ball, but Steven Fletcher is caught offside.
Substitution, Sheffield Wednesday. Steven Fletcher replaces Gary Hooper.
Substitution, Queens Park Rangers. Pawel Wszolek replaces Ben Gladwin.
Fernando Forestieri (Sheffield Wednesday) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Niko Hamalainen (Queens Park Rangers).
Corner, Queens Park Rangers. Conceded by Daniel Pudil.
The UN said it would name a successor "in due course" and "spare no efforts to relaunch the peace process".
The Moroccan diplomat is believed to have come under pressure to resign from Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states.
A Saudi-led coalition is conducting air strikes against Houthi rebels who forced the president to flee abroad.
The UN says more than 70 people have been killed in escalating violence since 26 March, but officials believe the actual death toll may be far higher.
The instability has been exploited by jihadist militants from al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), who on Thursday seized Riyan airport, near the south-eastern port city of Mukalla, officials said.
They briefly took over Mukalla, the provincial capital of Hadramawt province, earlier this month only to be driven back by local tribesmen.
In 2011, Mr Benomar brokered a Gulf Co-operation Council-backed political transition plan after a popular uprising forced long-time President Ali Abdullah Saleh to hand over power.
However, the transition gradually unravelled, and a dispute between Mr Saleh's successor, Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi, and the Houthis turned into a war.
After the Houthis swept into the capital Sanaa last September, toppling the widely unpopular transitional government, Mr Benomar negotiated a peace accord between the rebels and President Hadi that analysts say neither honoured.
In January, arguments over a draft constitution led to the Houthis taking full control of Sanaa and placing Mr Hadi and the prime minister under house arrest.
The president subsequently took refuge in Aden, but the rebels and allied army units loyal to Mr Saleh reached the southern port city at the end of March, prompting him to flee the country.
Western diplomats said Mr Benomar had faced mounting criticism from Saudi Arabia and other members of the GCC for his failure to persuade the warring parties to attend peace talks.
Both the Houthis and President Hadi had also grown impatient with him, Yemeni political sources told the Reuters news agency.
On Wednesday evening, a UN spokesman revealed that Mr Benomar had told Secretary General Ban Ki-moon that he was interested in "moving to another assignment".
"A successor shall be named in due course. Until that time and beyond, the United Nations will continue to spare no efforts to relaunch the peace process in order to get the political transition back on track," Stephane Dujarric said.
In December, a joint Spanish-Chinese operation busted what police said was a massive international phone scamming syndicate.
Although most of the 269 suspects arrested were Taiwanese nationals, Beijing asked for the entire group to be sent to China. Last month, the Spanish government approved the request.
Taiwan, which China sees as a breakaway province that will eventually be reunited with the mainland, has protested that the decision violates historical European human rights norms and the "principle of nationality".
But the reality is that it can do little to stop the transfer. Spain, like most countries, doesn't formally recognise Taiwan as a state.
Analysts say China's stance on the issue reflects the tougher line it has taken towards Taiwan since President Tsai Ing-wen, whose party leans towards formal independence, won elections in January last year.
The mainland has also spoken of its frustration with Taiwan, accusing it of failing to rein in thousands of its nationals who dupe Chinese people via phone scams from abroad.
From luxury villas in the cities of Madrid, Barcelona and Alicante, the mostly Taiwanese scammers are said to have called endless lists of telephone numbers in China.
Behind curtained windows and fuelled by energy drinks, members of the crime syndicate worked through the night, hoping to deceive victims on the other side of the world.
The scam, according to Spanish police, operated in three stages. First, a fraudster would call a would-be victim, presenting themselves as a neighbour or friend, and offering a seemingly well-meaning warning about a rising incidence of scams in the area.
Later, another operator would pose as a policeman, telling the person that they were a potential target for fraudsters or, in some cases, that they had already been defrauded.
Then the final ruse: Posing as a police or judicial investigator, a scammer would ask the victim to transfer money into a special bank account, so the "fraudsters" could be tracked.
Using this method, more than €16m (£13.9m; $17m) was stolen from thousands of victims in China. Seven people have committed suicide as a result, according to Chinese media.
The scam schemes vexing China and Taiwan
China claims jurisdiction in the case because the victims are mainland Chinese. This is what it stresses, rather than arguments about sovereignty.
"They are not necessarily making a nationality argument that the Taiwanese [suspects] are Chinese," says Ernest Caldwell, a Chinese law expert at London's School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS). "The lynchpin of their argument is that the victims are in China."
He adds that this is a common reason for extradition in many places, and what Spain is doing is permissible under international law. But China also cites the supposedly lenient treatment given to Taiwanese phone scam suspects when they are sent back home as another reason why the judicial process needs to occur in China.
Last year, a group of 20 alleged scammers arrested in Malaysia were returned to Taiwan, but quickly released by the authorities, who cited a lack of evidence.
Beijing reacted angrily, accusing Taiwan of hurting victims "a second time". Most of the suspects were then re-arrested, but the case allowed Taiwan to be pummelled in the Chinese press.
Spain signed an extradition treaty with China in 2005, becoming the first developed Western country to do so. Like most countries it follows a "one China" policy, and does not formally recognise Taiwan.
Spain's Justice Ministry, in a statement to the BBC, referred to all of the 269 suspects held as having "Chinese nationality".
What's behind the China-Taiwan divide?
Although the alleged crimes are not death penalty offences in China, there are human rights concerns. Amnesty International researcher Patrick Poon said China's conviction rate of up to 99%, questions about fair trial rights and longstanding fears about torture or ill-treatment should give Spain pause for thought.
Mr Caldwell adds that Spain actually does have the option of sending the suspects back to Taiwan, given they were presumably admitted to the country on Taiwanese passports. Spain says that judicial processes are continuing, and its National Court could still decide to block the extradition.
But the approval of the extradition request "does suggest that the Spanish government is trying to put commercial interests ahead of the human rights of those deported", said Dafydd Fell, a Taiwan expert at SOAS.
Before President Tsai won the election in January 2016, there was better cross-strait co-operation in tackling organised crime. In overseas fraud cases, the Chinese nationals were sent to China, and the Taiwanese to Taiwan, even if that was sometimes via China.
But Beijing scrapped this tacit agreement between the two sides last April. Police in Kenya forced 45 Taiwanese, some of whom had actually been acquitted of crimes, onto a plane to China. Taiwan called it an "illegal abduction".
Taiwan's first female leader: Shy but steely
The highly publicised episode was widely interpreted as Beijing heaping pressure on Ms Tsai to recognise, like her predecessor, that both sides are part of "one China".
China changed its policy because of "political factors", Chen Ming-tang, a deputy minister in Taiwan's ministry of justice, told the BBC.
He said that Taiwan's strategy now "is to be faster" than the mainland and get hold of Taiwanese criminal suspects abroad first before Beijing can.
"But China is now very actively trying to find them," he says. "It's not necessarily just to put pressure on Tsai, they told us these cases are on the rise in the past and a lot of mainlanders have been victimised."
Between April 2016 and 22 February this year, 223 Taiwanese phone fraud suspects had been sent to China from countries including Malaysia, Cambodia, Vietnam and Armenia, according to Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council.
China's demand in the Spanish case is being similarly seen as a show of power, and another opportunity to embarrass Taiwan for its citizens' alleged criminal actions.
But the mass extradition of such a large group of people from a European Union country will also be seen as a new victory for Beijing over Ms Tsai.
It was sometime in 2012 that Mei*, an IT professional working in Shanghai, received the first call. The man on the other end of the line had a southern Chinese accent, possibly Taiwanese. He said was from the ministry of justice.
He told Mei that someone was using her credit card "to do something bad". She hung up, not trusting the caller. The young woman then started receiving more calls, and text messages, saying that money laundering was the crime in question and that she needed to co-operate.
The callers told her that to win her trust they could send her a message from an official government number. They did and she looked it up online. It was the same, apart from one digit.
"That made me really confused," she said. "I thought that maybe they were actually the officers and they were just trying to get some information to help [with the investigation]."
They asked if she had any friends or relations who might be involved in illegal activities like money laundering. It just so happened that a previous relationship had gone sour, and financial issues were involved. If it was anyone she knew, she said, it was him.
"They told me yes, that guy is very bad."
To prove she was not involved in money laundering, she was asked to transfer some money to an "official account". After a check, the money would be returned, they promised. Mei sent them 100,000 Chinese yuan (£11,700; $14,500).
It soon became apparent that she had been scammed. Mei was devastated. She told the police what had happened, but otherwise kept it to herself. She felt ashamed.
She wants justice, but says it doesn't matter where the suspects are tried.
"They need to know they are doing something wrong, and evil, and need to take responsibility. Whether it's in Taiwan or China I don't care."
*The victim's name has been changed.
Additional reporting by the BBC's Cindy Sui in Taipei and Yashan Zhao of BBC Chinese
Temi Fagbenle, recently drafted by WNBA team the Minnesota Lynx, returns after missing the past four qualifiers because of US college commitments.
A defeat in Lucca almost certainly eliminates GB, who qualified for the previous three European finals but are ranked third in their qualifying group.
They are also awaiting decisions on future funding for GB basketball teams.
"As players, we're trying not to worry about the funding side," said leading scorer Johannah Leedham at the team's training camp in Manchester.
"We're here representing our country, trying to do family and everyone in the country proud and get the win.
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"And if we do, hopefully the funding will jump on board."
Fagbenle and captain Stef Collins were both absent from the team that lost to Italy in Manchester a year ago, but are in the squad for both Saturday's game, and Wednesday's in Tirana, Albania.
"We learned a lot from that - it was a game we felt we should have won," said Collins. "I feel like we're in a good position right now."
Only the top team in each of the nine qualifying groups is certain to qualify for Eurobasket 2017, with the six best second-placed teams joining them.
GB lost in Montenegro and at home to Italy before securing victory over Albania and a thrilling comeback win over Montenegro.
"We've got to work off the momentum we got from the Montenegro game," said Leedham. "It was huge, so it's another opportunity for us to do something special and everyone's excited about it."
Great Britain's best path to qualification (assuming they and Montenegro beat Albania):
Midweek first aired in 1982, with Purves joining the following year.
She signed out on Wednesday morning by dedicating a song to "all of us tough broads who have been around a while and don't give in".
Midweek is being replaced with a pre-recorded arts programme.
Purves defended the importance of live radio in a tweet after the final show.
When a fan tweeted to say "another bit of live radio bites the dust", Purves replied: "Live radio does matter. We need some that is not purely news. Is about the trust and dignity given to guests, unedited."
She started the final programme by referring to the "elegant parallel" that Article 50 had been triggered on the same day as what she branded "Midwexit".
Purves said her last guests on the morning show were all "impressive survivors", as she introduced actress Dame Harriet Walter, former jockey Declan Murphy, singer Suzi Quatro and writer and director Richard Curtis.
When she signed off, she told listeners: "We are sadly out of time. I say goodbye because this has been the last Midweek on Radio 4.
"It has been a blast I have to say. After nearly 34 years, I want to thank all the thousands of guests and dozens of programme teams who have made it so much fun and diverse and surprising and always live."
She was applauded by the guests, after Curtis shouted "thank you, Libby!", before a short clip of Quatro's Devil Gate Drive was played.
Purves, 67, said it was for "all of us tough broads who have been around a while and don't give in - come alive on Devil Gate Drive".
After the show ended, the Radio 4 continuity announcer told listeners: "Rock on, Libby."
But could it be the last we've seen of Purves - also a theatre critic - on the station?
When the Today programme cut across to Purves on its broadcast and she was asked if she'd return, she laughed: "I'm an old Radio 4 cockroach - watch your backs!"
When it was announced Midweek would be ending, Radio 4 controller Gwyneth Williams described Purves as a "formidable broadcaster" and praised her for doing an "outstanding job" of presenting Midweek.
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He said eurozone rates would "stay at present or lower levels for an extended period" and there would be "no limits" to action to reflate the eurozone.
His comments followed the ECB's regular meeting, where it kept the bank's benchmark rate unchanged at 0.05%.
The overnight deposit rate was also left unchanged at -0.3%.
At the ECB meeting in December, this rate had been cut from -0.2% in an attempt to push banks to lend instead of parking money at the ECB.
In December, the ECB had also extended its €60bn-a-month stimulus programme by six months to March 2017.
Eurozone inflation is currently running at 0.2%, way below the ECB's target of near 2%.
"We have the power, willingness and determination to act. There are no limits how far we are willing to deploy our policy instruments," Mr Draghi said.
Howard Archer, chief UK and European economist at IHS Global Insight, said "the stimulus trigger looks cocked and ready to pull as soon as the March ECB meeting".
Mr Draghi told a news conference: "As we start the new year, downside risks have increased again amid heightened uncertainty about emerging market economies' growth prospects, volatility in financial and commodity markets and geopolitical risks."
He said that could make it necessary to review - and possibly reconsider - monetary policy at the next meeting in early March.
Analysis: Andrew Walker, economics correspondent, in Frankfurt
Mario Draghi most definitely doesn't do panic. In fact, his demeanour in the news conference after the ECB's governing council meeting didn't even suggest mild anxiety. Still, his words made it plain that he and his policy-making colleagues have been watching the new year's financial market gyrations very warily.
It's not the ECB's job to stabilise stock markets. The Bank's job is to keep inflation in check, but it is currently too low: 0.2% compared with the ECB's target of below, but close to, 2%.
The financial market turbulence, especially the fall in oil prices is one reason why, as Mr Draghi said, "inflation dynamics continue to be weaker than expected". He told us the ECB will review policy at its next meeting in March. There is a strong chance of more action, probably extra quantitative easing, to stimulate inflation a bit more (yes really).
That meeting will have a new set of ECB macroeconomic projections to work with.
He said that the recent falls in the oil price meant that inflation was likely to be "significantly lower" compared with the outlook in early December.
Eurozone inflation was below zero - that is, prices were falling - as recently as September, mainly due to falls in international energy prices, particularly crude oil.
In December, Mr Draghi said that eurozone inflation was expected to reach 1% in 2016. However, the ECB's forecasts were based on the assumption of oil prices averaging more than $50 a barrel this year, and oil is currently below $30.
Mr Draghi's latest comments were seen as helping to calm stock markets, with shares in Europe rising as his news conference was under way.
His comments also weakened the euro, which briefly fell below $1.08 against the dollar before regaining ground.
"ECB president Draghi once again saw the equity markets confirm his 'super' status as they jumped almost as soon as he started his speech," said Alastair McCaig, market analyst at IG.
"The emphasis shifted from 'whatever it takes' to 'no limits' where action is concerned, with the small caveat that nothing will happen until they have had their March meeting."
Arjen Robben put the home side ahead when he cut inside from the right channel to curl into the far corner.
Robert Lewandowski tapped in when Arturo Vidal's deflected shot fell to his feet inside the six-yard box, adding the third when he diverted Muller's long-range shot past away keeper Diego Benaglio.
The victory was sealed when Germany forward Muller scored his first Bundesliga goal of the season before substitute Douglas Costa rifled in a cutback for the fifth.
"Of course I'm delighted for Thomas. But he does a good job on the pitch even when he doesn't score," said Bayern manager Carlo Ancelotti.
Bayern, aiming for a fifth successive Bundesliga title, started the weekend three points adrift of surprise leaders RB Leipzig.
But Ancelotti's team moved back to the summit after the leaders, who lost 1-0 at bottom club Ingolstadt, suffered their first top-flight defeat.
Lewandowski scored five goals in nine minutes after coming on as a substitute during the same fixture last season - and the Poland striker again helped put five past the visitors.
Wolfsburg reached the Champions League quarter-finals last season, but look a shadow of the side who remain the last to beat Spanish giants Real Madrid, back in April.
The Wolves stay fourth bottom with 10 points from 14 matches, now level on points with third-bottom Hamburg after they won 1-0 against Augsburg.
Darmstadt replaced Ingolstadt at the bottom of the table after losing 1-0 at Freiburg, who moved up to eighth.
Sixth-placed Borussia Dortmund's erratic Bundesliga form continued as a late goal from Marco Reus, who scored an equaliser at Real Madrid in midweek, nicked a 1-1 draw at Cologne.
Third-placed Hertha Berlin are six points behind the top two after they lost 1-0 to Werder Bremen, who earned their first away win of the season.
Match ends, FC Bayern München 5, VfL Wolfsburg 0.
Second Half ends, FC Bayern München 5, VfL Wolfsburg 0.
Corner, FC Bayern München. Conceded by Jeffrey Bruma.
Goal! FC Bayern München 5, VfL Wolfsburg 0. Douglas Costa (FC Bayern München) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner.
Arjen Robben (FC Bayern München) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Ricardo Rodríguez (VfL Wolfsburg).
Substitution, VfL Wolfsburg. Vieirinha replaces Jakub Blaszczykowski.
Attempt saved. Arjen Robben (FC Bayern München) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Xabi Alonso.
Substitution, FC Bayern München. Rafinha replaces Thiago Alcántara.
Attempt missed. David Alaba (FC Bayern München) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Douglas Costa with a cross following a corner.
Corner, FC Bayern München. Conceded by Josuha Guilavogui.
Attempt blocked. Daniel Caligiuri (VfL Wolfsburg) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Attempt saved. Daniel Caligiuri (VfL Wolfsburg) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Mario Gomez.
Corner, VfL Wolfsburg. Conceded by Javi Martínez.
Substitution, FC Bayern München. Douglas Costa replaces Franck Ribéry.
Goal! FC Bayern München 4, VfL Wolfsburg 0. Thomas Müller (FC Bayern München) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal.
Attempt blocked. Arjen Robben (FC Bayern München) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Franck Ribéry.
Franck Ribéry (FC Bayern München) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Daniel Caligiuri (VfL Wolfsburg).
Substitution, FC Bayern München. Xabi Alonso replaces Arturo Vidal.
Corner, FC Bayern München. Conceded by Diego Benaglio.
Attempt saved. Thiago Alcántara (FC Bayern München) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Arjen Robben.
Offside, FC Bayern München. Arjen Robben tries a through ball, but Juan Bernat is caught offside.
Attempt missed. Robert Lewandowski (FC Bayern München) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Franck Ribéry with a cross following a corner.
Corner, FC Bayern München. Conceded by Ricardo Rodríguez.
Substitution, VfL Wolfsburg. Justin Möbius replaces Borja Mayoral.
Attempt missed. Mario Gomez (VfL Wolfsburg) left footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Yannick Gerhardt.
Goal! FC Bayern München 3, VfL Wolfsburg 0. Robert Lewandowski (FC Bayern München) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Thomas Müller.
Attempt missed. Thomas Müller (FC Bayern München) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Thiago Alcántara.
Corner, VfL Wolfsburg. Conceded by Juan Bernat.
Attempt blocked. Robert Lewandowski (FC Bayern München) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Franck Ribéry.
Foul by Thomas Müller (FC Bayern München).
Josuha Guilavogui (VfL Wolfsburg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Philipp Lahm (FC Bayern München).
Yannick Gerhardt (VfL Wolfsburg) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt saved. Franck Ribéry (FC Bayern München) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Thomas Müller.
Foul by Arturo Vidal (FC Bayern München).
Mario Gomez (VfL Wolfsburg) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Second Half begins FC Bayern München 2, VfL Wolfsburg 0.
First Half ends, FC Bayern München 2, VfL Wolfsburg 0.
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Police were made aware of alleged racial abuse on a Metrolink tram on 28 June after a video was posted online.
There were two further alleged assaults later in Trafford, at Pomona Strand and Bridgewater Way, police said.
A man, 20, has been charged with racially-aggravated assault. Another man, 19, and a boy, 16, were charged with public order offences and assault.
The 20-year-old, Robert Molloy, of no fixed address, was also charged with two further assaults and a public order offence.
Aaron Cauchi, 19, of Brydon Close, Salford, was charged with two public order offences and assault.
The 16-year-old from Pendleton, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was charged with two public order offences and assault.
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Food Standards Scotland (FSS) has found that 400 billion calories worth of food was purchased by Scots households in 2014/15, the equivalent of just over 2,000 calories per person, per day.
The report also discovered that there was 115g of sugar in the food the average Scot purchased daily last year - well above the World Health Organisation's recommended intake of 25g a day.
However, its statistics should be treated with some caution.
The report relates to how many calories are purchased, rather than consumed and takeaways, restaurant meals and working lunches are also excluded.
Soft drinks, biscuits, confectionary, table sugar, cakes and pastries contained more than 45% of the sugar purchased by Scots last year.
Although fruit topped the list of "total sugar purchases" in Scotland in 2014/15, many less health foods made it into Food Standards Scotland's top 10 list.
The amount of regular soft drinks bought by households in Scotland dropped by 21% in 2014/15 - but sales of diet drinks remained static.
A total of 173 million litres of drinks with added sugar were sold to Scots homes last year.
About one billion individual servings of cakes and pastries are purchased by Scottish households annually.
However the FSS has found that the amount of sugar and fats found in the products has risen steadily since 2011.
The numbers of puddings and desserts bought into homes in Scotland has dropped by 7% since 2010.
Despite that, the amount of fat the Scottish population receives from puddings and desserts has remained static and sugar levels have increased.
FSS researchers believe their evidence suggests that products have changed their recipes to include more sugar or fat products.
The volume of pies and pastries purchased in Scotland dropped by almost 17% since 2010; sausage sales fell by 8%.
It has led to a drop in the amount of saturated fat and salt people in Scotland have derived from the products.
Scottish households are buying slightly fewer crisps and savoury snacks than they did in 2010.
The FSS believe a "reformulation" of the products may have led to a marked reduction in saturated fats and a small reduction in salt.
People in Scotland bought 10% more oil-rich fish last year than they did in 2010.
The volume of plain bread purchased in Scotland has declined by 12% in the past five years, according to the FSS research
And the number of potatoes bought by the nation's households has fallen by 28% since 2010.
Jocelerme Privert told the BBC that devastating losses from last month's Hurricane Matthew were equal to the country's entire national budget.
Mr Privert said Haiti was facing a "major food crisis" and worsening levels of malnutrition.
He urged governments around the world to do more to help.
Hurricane Matthew ripped through Haiti on 4 October.
The Category 4 storm, the strongest to hit the Caribbean in a decade, devastated large parts of the country and affected 2.1 million people.
The Haitian government estimates 1.5 million people are in need of immediate assistance, including more than 140,000 people who are living in temporary shelters.
Speaking from his home in the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince, Mr Privert said that he "didn't want to see Haitian people die because of the unavailability of international assistance".
The president warned that without immediate financial support to replant crops destroyed by Hurricane Matthew, Haiti's situation could worsen further.
"If we don't manage to re-launch agriculture then in three to four months we'll find ourselves with a major food crisis," he told the BBC.
"Our projection is that we need between $25m (£20m) and $30m to resolve the farming issue. Right now we have $2.5m."
Non-profit relief organisation J/P HRO, which has been delivering aid to the people of Haiti since 2010, says there could be a serious crisis in the offing.
"What we're seeing is a lot of hunger. Haiti has experienced three years of drought before the hurricane so there were already high levels of malnutrition.
"Now tens of thousands of acres of crop land and millions of fruit trees have been destroyed," J/P HRO's chief executive Ann Lee said.
Within a week of Hurricane Matthew hitting Haiti, the United Nations launched a flash appeal to raise $120m.
$2bn
Estimated loss caused by Hurricane Matthew
$120m Sum UN wants to raise
$45.6m Pledged so far
$23m Sum pledged by US
More than a month on, 38% has been raised, with the United States pledging the lion share.
The UK has committed £8m ($10m) to helping Haiti in the wake of Hurricane Matthew, of which £1.3m have so far been paid to the UN appeal.
A spokesperson for the UK government said that "Britain has played its part in assisting those in immediate need" by providing water, shelter, sanitation and protection.
But according to Ms Lee, some of the more remote communities have not been reached at all.
"There is gratitude because we bring some assistance to them but there's also a lot of despair, everyone is suffering," she says.
Mr Privert insists more needs to be done: "The international community has expressed deep sympathy for the Haitian people and heads of state have contacted us, heads of government have provided some support both moral and material, but it is not enough."
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It is one of the hardest places to launch a business, but the Indian government has pledged to make it easier for overseas business people to start up operations in the country.
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Connor Sparrowhawk suffered an epileptic fit while in a bath at Slade House in Oxford in July 2013.
Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust eventually admitted responsibility and offered his family compensation.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) told the BBC it will now prosecute the trust.
Following the announcement, Mr Sparrowhawk's mother Sara Ryan said: "I still feel really sad about it.
"I just feel we've been put through the mill. We have been treated appallingly and a young man should be doing whatever he would be doing right now.
"He should never have died."
The HSE said it was prosecuting the trust "under Section 3 of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 following its investigation into the death of a patient under its care".
A jury-led inquest in October 2015 found that "failings" by trust staff contributed to Connor's death.
The trust's boss Katrina Percy resigned in October amid public pressure.
Slade House closed in 2014 and the building is being transferred to Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust.
Andrew Smith, the former MP for Oxford East who is not standing at the next election, said: "I was pleased to learn this news just as my time as MP was ending."
Southern Health provides mental health services to patients across Hampshire, Dorset, Wiltshire, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire.
It is also facing prosecution over alleged failings at Melbury Lodge, Royal Hampshire County Hospital, where a patient sustained serious injuries during a fall from a low roof.
July 2013 - Connor Sparrowhawk, 18, drowns after an epileptic seizure at Oxford unit Slade House. An inquest later rules neglect contributed to his death
11 December 2015 - The BBC reveals details of a leaked Mazars report which highlights a "failure of leadership". Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt says he is "profoundly shocked"
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6 April 2016 - The Care Quality Commission (CQC) issues a warning notice to significantly improve protection for mental health patients
29 April 2016 - A full CQC inspection report is published which says the trust is continuing to put patients at risk
30 June 2016 - Following a review of the management team competencies, it is announced that Katrina Percy is to keep her job
29 July 2016 - The BBC reveals the trust paid millions of pounds in contracts to companies owned by previous associates of Ms Percy
30 August 2016 - Ms Percy announces she is standing down as chief executive, but is staying on in an advisory role
19 September 2016 - Interim chairman Tim Smart resigns after admitting he created a job for Ms Percy
7 October 2016 - Ms Percy resigns completely from the trust
13 December 2016 - A CQC report, the culmination of a one-year inquiry, says investigations into patient deaths are inadequate
16 March 2017 - All the non-executive directors resign from trust
The suspect owns a cyber cafe in Brahmanbaria, the eastern area where most of the attacks occurred.
The National Human Rights Commission said the violence was an organised bid to drive Hindu people from their homes and grab their land.
The violence was sparked after a Hindu fisherman allegedly mocked a holy site in Mecca on Facebook.
Police now say the image was not uploaded from his mobile phone. They instead suspect it was uploaded from the cyber cafe in question, local media report.
While the attacks started in Brahmanbaria district, incidents have been reported from all around Muslim-majority Bangladesh.
Dozens of people were arrested earlier this month in connection with the worst attacks, which targeted numerous temples and more than 100 homes on 30 October.
More than 100 people were injured, reports said, and an arson attack destroyed the house of a local leader of the governing Awami League, who is a Hindu.
Correspondents say attacks on Hindus and other religious minorities in Bangladesh are not uncommon, but the scale of the recent violence is unusual.
More homes were attacked on 4 November in the same district.
Rasraj Das, a fisherman, was arrested over the Facebook post that triggered the violence, and later released on bail. The image posted was of the Kaaba, one of the holiest sites in Islam, along with a Hindu deity.
Police now say that an investigation has determined the photo was not uploaded from Mr Das's phone and he has been cleared.
Instead, it is suspected that the image was uploaded to Rasraj Das' Facebook account from the cyber cafe in Nasirnagar, a sub-district of Brahmanbaria, according to the Dhaka Tribune.
Many secular writers and bloggers have been killed in Bangladesh in recent years, in attacks blamed on Islamist militants.
The body of Katy Rourke, who was from Broughty Ferry, Dundee, was found at the flat in Minto Street, in Craigton, at about 17:05 on Wednesday.
Police Scotland said a 26-year-old man had been arrested and was detained in police custody.
He was expected to appear at Glasgow Sheriff Court on 2 January. A report will be sent to prosecutors.
Officers have been conducting door-to-door inquiries and reviewing CCTV footage.
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Before the results were announced, everybody thought it would be neck and neck between the Conservatives and the Labour party.
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David Marshall, 68, of Birks Street in the city, admitted murdering Eni Mevish, 20, who was found injured in Cauldon Road, Shelton, in Stoke-on-Trent, in November.
Mr Marshall also admitted the wounding of a 22-year-old man at Wolverhampton Crown Court. Police have said both victims had been stabbed.
Sentencing is due to take place at Stafford Crown Court on 10 April.
The murder victim was a crime science student at the university.
But with fridges bursting and a never-ending supply of leftovers to use up, how do you avoid the unwelcome guest of food poisoning making an appearance?
It's party time; you've got friends coming round; the booze is flowing faster than the tears on Strictly and you've laid out a buffet that would put Nigella or Jamie to shame.
Kevin Hargin, director of food-borne disease control at the Food Standards Agency (FSA) says: "The spread is out on the table all evening getting nice and warm - the bugs are having a great time in the salad dressings, the quiches and so on.
"The best idea is to only put out the food when you need, don't leave it out all the time."
Plus you don't want to be remembered for hosting the party that ruined Christmas #mortified.
Campylobacter - This is the most common cause. The bacteria are usually found in raw or undercooked meat (particularly poultry), unpasteurised milk and untreated water.
Salmonella - Raw eggs, milk and other dairy products - plus undercooked meat again - can play host to the salmonella bacteria.
Listeria - This can live in chilled ready-to-eat foods, like pre-packed sandwiches, cooked sliced meats and pate, plus soft cheeses like Brie and Camembert. All should be eaten by their sell-by-dates to be on the safe side, and pregnant women need to be especially careful, since a listeria infection can cause pregnancy and birth complications - and even miscarriage.
E. coli - Most cases of E. coli poisoning happen after eating undercooked beef (particularly mince, burgers and meatballs, or drinking unpasteurised milk.
It's the star of the show on the day - but it's probably the only turkey (or duck, or goose) that you cook all year.
"People are not used to cooking turkey or anything of that size," says Kevin.
Defrosting a 6-7kg bird can take three days if you do it in the fridge so give it plenty of time.
And if your bird has an icy core then it might not cook properly in the oven, running the risk of having a bit of Salmonella or Campylobacter making it onto the plate.
You'll also want the juices to run hot, steamy and clear to know the bird is cooked.
Christmas is time for something to step out of the shadows and become the hero it was born to be.
I am of course talking about your freezer - Hollywood is calling already.
Kevin again: "People tend to order and prepare far more than they're ever going to eat, so there's a lot of leftovers and people think you can't freeze that.
"But that's one of the big myths. It's safe to freeze the leftover turkey so you could bring it out again at New Year."
But when you do defrost, gobble [ahem] it up within 24 hours.
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The 31-year-old died in police custody in May after an incident in a Kirkcaldy street.
Mr Bayoh's family claim they were given five versions of what happened to him.
The Lord Advocate will now consider the contents of the report. PIRC said it would continue to pursue evidence.
A spokesman for PIRC said: "The Police Investigations and Review Commissioner has now submitted an interim report to the Crown Office on its independent investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of Sheku Bayoh on 3 May 2015.
"Our team of experienced and skilled investigators have gathered evidence, taken statements from witnesses and recovered productions and continue to investigate complex lines of inquiry.
"The Commissioner will continue to pursue further expert evidence in relation to the cause of death and is working closely with the Crown Office in this regard.
"The Lord Advocate is now considering the interim report."
The 25th series of the show - due to air in spring 2018 - will see LeBlanc return to host alongside Rory Reid and Chris Harris.
"I think we've tried to broaden the demographic of the show," the presenter said.
"Try to make it not lose the petrolhead nature of it but maybe open it up to people who aren't so petrolheady.
"Expand the comedy, try to have bigger, broader films, but it will be more of the same in the sense it starts with the car."
LeBlanc will return to the UK in the coming weeks to shoot footage for the show - so far he's been filming in Norway, France, Italy and California.
"It will be closer to what it was last year versus the season before," he added.
The most recent series was more popular with critics than the one before it - which saw Chris Evans on hosting duties.
Evans hadn't been popular with viewers and he left the show after fronting one series.
But LeBlanc declined to discuss viewing figures, which have generally been lower since the departure of previous hosts Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond.
The trio moved to Amazon Prime to start the Grand Tour after Clarkson punched a producer. He later apologised after settling a £100,000 racial discrimination and injury claim.
BBC Two controller Patrick Holland has previously said Top Gear's last series drew a "much healthier" audience and it should not be compared to the Clarkson era, which was a "completely different" show.
The BBC has also said that younger audiences rated the most recent series "far higher" than they did previous ones.
LeBlanc was speaking from Los Angeles as he promoted the last series of Episodes, the comedy he stars in alongside Stephen Mangan and Tamsin Greig.
The 50-year-old said it will be hard to leave behind the show, which has been a "inspiring, magic, special journey".
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The Northern Ireland deputy first minister was speaking after the plight of the families of the Disappeared was highlighted in a BBC/RTÉ documentary.
He said he would "make every effort both publicly and privately to see this grave injustice brought to an end".
He appealed for fresh information.
The documentary, shown on BBC Northern Ireland and RTÉ on Monday, featured interviews with relatives of those who had been murdered.
After the programme was broadcast, the Independent Commission for the Location of Victims' Remains said it was appealing for new information "in a spirit of common human decency".
This was echoed by the Sinn Féin MP, who described it as a "humanitarian issue".
"I understand that these killings happened decades ago and those involved may be dead, may not have been active in republicanism since that time or indeed may well be hostile to Sinn Féin and the peace process," said Mr McGuinness.
"But despite these difficulties, I do believe that we must continue efforts to see a positive resolution for the families."
He added: "Those who seek to make political capital out of these terrible and tragic events will only dissuade them."
Mr McGuinness was speaking after the group set up to obtain information on where the bodies are buried issued a fresh appeal.
The Independent Commission for the Location of Victims' Remain said the documentary had demonstrated "once again the dreadful burden that the families of the Disappeared have had to bear for so long".
"Theirs is a tale of tragedy and denial - the tragedy of the loss of a loved one and the denial of their right to bury their loved ones decently and to have a place to grieve," it said.
Commissioners Frank Murray and Sir Ken Bloomfield said their work did not involve seeking prosecutions but was only aimed at addressing "the hurt and disappointment that the families of the Disappeared have endured for decades".
They said information could be given to the commission in "guaranteed confidence".
The commission was established in 1999 by a treaty between the British and Irish governments.
It lists 16 people as "disappeared". Despite extensive searches, the remains of seven of them have not been found.
Meanwhile, Traditional Unionist Voice leader Jim Allister has criticised a refusal by the assembly's Speaker to allow a "matter of the day" debate on the documentary's findings as it did not meet the criteria.
Mr Allister said: "It seems that once again anything that could possibly embarrass Sinn Féin and upset the cosy cabal cannot be raised on the 'Hill'.
"It can be debated on the Nolan Show but not in Stormont."
The issue was raised in the Irish parliament by Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin, who described the programme as "harrowing".
Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams, who in the documentary repeatedly rejected allegations he was involved in the disappearance of mother-of-10 Jean McConville in 1972, said the programme should be a "huge motivation for anyone who has any information whatsoever to bring it forward".
In response to the North Louth TD, Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny said he hoped the programme "stimulates active minds to make their information available".
"The fact of the matter is that somebody ordered that Jean McConville be murdered, somebody instructed that people take her away, somebody instructed the late Dolours Price to drive that vehicle across the border and somebody instructed that what happened took place," he said.
"It may well be that those people are still around and they know what happened; your own appeal from this house may well have some effect and I hope it has.
"For others who disappeared in a similar fashion, if they are laid to rest in tragic circumstances in County Meath or County Monaghan, there are people who know what happened to them as well."
They are angry that the NHS is considering merging Scotland's two facilities, in the east and west, into one clinic based in Glasgow.
The Cleft Lip and Palate Association has called for more detail about why the move to a single centre is needed.
The Scottish government said no final decisions have been made.
Almost 100 babies are born every year in Scotland with a cleft lip or palate.
Surgery can help them talk and eat. Scotland has two clinics - in Edinburgh and Glasgow - which specialise in these surgical procedures.
A public consultation is currently taking place about plans to merge them into one surgical centre, based at the new Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow.
Parents opposed to the plan have started a petition and gathered more than 3,500 signatures.
They argue the service in Glasgow has poorer results but senior NHS managers have insisted the single-handed surgical service in Edinburgh is not sustainable.
A public consultation meeting is being held in Edinburgh later, with another due to take place in Glasgow on Thursday.
The Cleft Lip and Palate Association, a voluntary organisation offering advice and support to those affected by the condition, said it was important that the views of patients were heard in the consultation process.
It previously said it wanted the surgical service to remain on two sites because of "a lack of evidence to show that the existing structure wasn't working".
It has urged the NHS to provide further detail "on either the issues with the current two centre model or the structure of a service based at one centre".
A spokeswoman said: "We will continue to ask for clear and transparent sharing of information regarding the review and its recommendation to move to a single centre, and we are also vigilant on the potential erosion of services across cleft teams as NHS budgets come under increasing pressure.
"We actively encourage all those in the cleft community, children and adults, to respond to the consultation process and to include CLAPA (Scotland) in their correspondence so we can continue to monitor the situation and ensure a broad spectrum of voices are heard at this crucial time in the consultation process."
Health Secretary Shona Robison said the review was an "on-going process" and that no final decisions had been made.
She added: "A consultation is underway, and the views of patients and families, are not just welcome, but an extremely important part of the process.
"It's important to state that this review applies only to specialist surgery services. It does not impact on other important cleft unit services such as orthodontist treatment, speech and language therapy and dentistry, which will continue to be provided locally throughout Scotland."
A spokesman for NHS National Services Scotland said: "It is essential to have a service that can be properly staffed and resourced that can provide a high quality, resilient and sustainable service for the long term for NHS Scotland.
"Specialist services like cleft lip and palate with a few complex operations a year often benefit from concentrating surgical skills in one place."
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The five-time Masters champion knocked in one century and six-half centuries, including a match-winning 73 in frame nine, after Selby had a break of 70.
"You're not going to win this tournament by playing negative," O'Sullivan, 40, told BBC Sport.
In the day's other quarter-final, Barry Hawkins beat Mark Allen 6-2.
Englishman Hawkins, the world number eight, lost the first frame as Northern Irishman Allen posted a 109 break, but won the next four to take control of the match.
Allen briefly halted his charge by taking frame six, but Hawkins claimed the last two to set up a semi-final contest with Judd Trump or Neil Robertson, who play on Friday (13:00 GMT - live on BBC Two).
O'Sullivan will face either John Higgins or Stuart Bingham (Friday from 19:00 GMT - live on BBC Two) in the last four.
BBC snooker analyst Steve Davis called O'Sullivan's clearance to win the match "one of the greatest of all time".
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However, five-time world champion O'Sullivan, who is playing his first major tournament since taking a break from the sport last April, insisted he is not on top of his game.
He said: "I felt a bit more relaxed and comfortable. My attitude was fantastic. But I'm struggling with my technique and it's just the occasion and the competitive instinct within me that's making me try and find something."
Thousands of tonnes of stone was dumped in the area in the 1980s, which destroyed an area of saltmarsh.
The Public Services Department has undertaken the work as part of efforts to offset the impact of the £80m airport refurbishment project.
The reserve sits within the 426-hectare area at L'Eree that was granted protection as a Ramsar site in 2006.
Public Services Minister Bernard Flouquet said the environmental impact of the works had been taken very seriously and it was working with Environment Guernsey to identify suitable schemes to offset these.
Jamie Hooper, managing director of Environment Guernsey, said the stone had been removed from the site and although saltmarsh was "not particularly species-rich", it was rare and only Pulias Pond and Vale Pond offered similar habitat locally.
He said: "This is an area of high ecological importance... we fully expect the saltmarsh to recover naturally by itself and enhance the reserve as a whole."
More than 150 species of birds and 200 species of seaweed have been recorded at the Ramsar site, which includes marshes, reed beds and the intertidal area.
The department said it was also considering other offsetting projects, including the creation of new hedgerows along the northern perimeter of the airport and planting schemes on various other States-owned properties.
The Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) want to take over the club, Rodney Parade ground and Newport Gwent Dragons.
The WRU and Dragons boards have approved the deal which must be passed by 75% of Newport RFC shareholders.
The new provisions include opening a club museum and keeping profits from bar sales on match days.
Dragons chief executive Stuart Davies has described the vote as a "hugely important moment in the history of Newport RFC" and warned a no vote could lead to liquidation for the club and region and the end of 140 years of rugby at Rodney Parade.
A statement said a "supplementary circular" had been issued to shareholders dealing with a number of issues raised in meetings since the date of the vote was announced on 12 April.
It follows a series of meetings where Newport RFC supporters have raised issues with Davies and WRU chief executive Martyn Phillips.
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The statement said: "The circular seeks to deal with the main themes and discussion points emerging from these meetings, and perhaps most significantly confirms some additional provisions for Newport RFC."
It says the new provisions are:
The statement added: "Your Board's unanimous view is that, unpalatable as it may be to some, the sale represents the only possibility of giving the Company a viable future where creditors and employees alike are protected and there is an ability for professional rugby to continue to be played at Rodney Parade."
Stuart Davies said: "I think the documentation and further discussions have been well received, and we thought it would be beneficial ahead of the vote to capture the main themes in an additional release.
"The extra provisions for Newport RFC are both welcome and significant, and hopefully provide a further assurance that Rodney Parade will continue to be a home for Newport in the event of a 'Yes' vote."
Rayhan, a popular singer whose music mixes Eastern melodies with Western pop, has given a concert on 14 February for years.
But this month the show has been cancelled, along with other events.
Instead of Valentine's Day, the authorities are trying instead to promote the study and appreciation of a local hero, the Moghul emperor Babur, whose birthday falls on 14 February.
Babur, a descendant of Genghis Khan and founder of a culturally rich and tolerant empire across South and Central Asia, will be commemorated in readings and poetic festivals.
An official from the education ministry's Department for Enlightenment and Promoting Values said it had issued an internal decree "not to celebrate holidays that are alien to our culture and instead promote Babur's birthday".
The official, who wanted to remain anonymous, said the decree had been in place for a while.
Uzbek citizens were divided on the move, which is the latest in a series by the authorities against Western influences.
Abdullaw, a Tashkent resident who described himself as an intellectual, said it was right to stop the concert.
"It's the birthday of our great ancestor Mohammed Zahiriddin Babur," he said. "Why should we celebrate some artificial, lightweight event? It doesn't fit our mentality and our history."
But Jasur Hamraev, an entertainment journalist, said imposing patriotic celebrations was the wrong move.
"You shouldn't turn the day into a nationalistic cause because that just divides people," he said, adding that many young people would have enjoyed Rayhan's show.
"It's laughable," he said. "For 10 years she's been giving concerts on that day and this year it is banned as if someone had suddenly remembered that it's happening."
Local reports say the state information agency has in the past warned local publishers to avoid material on Valentine's Day.
But a college student told the BBC that Valentine's Day had become a new tradition celebrated among young people in particular, with souvenirs, cards and small presents exchanged between sweethearts.
The independent Uzbek news website uznews.net conducted its own informal survey and found that most of those questioned were planning to celebrate as usual, eating out or going to a club.
"It's a shame that instead of going to a concert we'll have to waste a couple of hours at some tedious event the university will put on," it quoted one student as saying.
It is not the first time that the authorities and the state media in particular have taken aim at what they see as damaging Western influences.
In the past few weeks there have been several articles attacking foreign soap operas from Mexico and Latin America for being too explicit and for undermining local values and traditions.
Similar criticism was levelled against hard rock and rap music in an extensive campaign a year ago. A Youth Channel on state TV labelled the music "Satanic", feeding on drug addiction and immorality.
The government set up a special censorship body to monitor rap music, register artists and hold regular meetings to encourage the use of more wholesome lyrics.
But observers say that the authorities' approach to Western culture is largely inconsistent with state media attacking supposedly immoral content on TV and the internet, while not a word is said about the often raunchy music videos produced by the president's daughter, Gulnara Karimova.
The Portuguese Fado event encourages integration between the different communities in the town and celebrates Portuguese culture.
There are an estimated 2,000 Portuguese nationals in Wrexham.
Last month, Wrexham council signed a formal agreement with the Portuguese government to build ties.
The festival, which has been given Big Lottery funding, is being organised by Iolanda Viegas who moved to Wrexham from Portugal 15 years ago.
"The main aim is integration," Ms Viegas, a representative of the Portuguese Council of Great Britain, said.
"We try for the Portuguese community to engage in the local community.
"It's by going to these events that we realise we are all the same.
"It's just one big community," said Ms Viegas who is also a representative on the Race Council Cymru and is director of the Portuguese Speaking Community Group in Wrexham.
Wrexham council has been working to develop close relationships across its diverse communities since 2008 when it launched its Together in Wrexham strategy.
Earlier this month, it signed a friendship agreement with the Portuguese government, reinforcing principles of "integration and collaboration", according to Councillor Hugh Jones, Wrexham's lead member for communities.
"We readily agreed and we saw that as recognition that out community cohesion team has a really successful link with the Portuguese community.
"We'd more than welcome similar protocols, if the Polish community came forward, we'd look at that in a favourable way."
In spite of the work being done by community leaders, the local authority and the police, there were some hate crime incidents in Wrexham in the aftermath of the EU referendum result.
Mr Jones said he felt confident such issues had now died down.
Mr Farron said he had put the decision "to bed" about two weeks into the campaign, and denied deceiving voters by continuing to fight the election.
"I absolutely threw everything at it," he said.
He announced his departure six days after polling day, saying he was "torn" between the leadership and his faith.
The Liberal Democrats increased their tally of seats from nine to 12 at last month's general election, but their vote share fell from 7.9% to 7.4%.
In an interview with BBC Radio 5 live's Emma Barnett, Mr Farron said that under his leadership, the party had "left intensive care and is back relevant".
"My job was to save the party," he said.
"The Liberal Democrats still exist and we're moving forward."
Mr Farron faced repeated questions about his views on gay sex during the campaign, and when he announced his resignation, said he had found it impossible to be a committed Christian and lead a "progressive liberal party".
Asked about his decision to quit, he said he had not wanted to "become the story".
"I made the decision about two weeks into the election campaign," he said.
"I thought there isn't a way forward out of this without me either compromising or just causing damage to the party in the long run."
He said he had told himself to "put that into a drawer, don't talk to anybody else about it, get on and do as good a job as you can during the election".
Mr Farron said this had "not in the slightest" deceived voters, adding that "in every election there is a reasonable chance that leaders will step down".
"I just thought 'I am here to do a job,'" he said.
A leadership contest is under way to replace Mr Farron - and with a week to go before nominations close, just one candidate, former Business Secretary Sir Vince Cable, has come forward.
Mr Farron - who criticised Theresa May's unopposed "coronation" as Tory leader - said Sir Vince had already been subject to "plenty of scrutiny".
"If there's only one candidate, then that's how it is," he added.
Lownes met Playboy founder Hugh Hefner in 1954 and became the magazine's promotion director.
He suggested that Playboy set up a club and said he came up with the idea for hostesses to be Playboy bunnies.
Moving to London, he came to embody the Playboy lifestyle and set up a string of highly successful clubs and casinos.
He married a former Playmate of the Year, Marilyn Cole, and was known for throwing lavish star-studded parties at his Hertfordshire mansion.
For a time he was reputedly the highest paid executive in Britain, but was sacked by Playboy in 1981 when the gambling operation ran into problems with authorities.
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Broady, ranked 78 in the world, failed to take either of her two break points as Parmentier, 30, took the first set.
The Briton, 26, fought hard but was broken when serving to stay in the match in the second set.
France's Parmentier, ranked 113th, beat defending champion Anna Karolina Schmiedlova in straight sets in the first round in Poland.
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Marian Dorobek was held at Heysham Port after travelling from the Isle of Man on Wednesday afternoon.
The 68-year-old had fled Poland after committing rape and child sex offences. He was convicted in his absence and was facing a prison sentence.
Dorobek was transferred to HMP Wandsworth in London ahead of an extradition hearing.
Officers from Lancashire Police made the arrest after receiving a tip-off about Dorobek's impending arrival.
The Polish government has thanked the force for its swift intervention.
Insp Phil Hutchinson said: "This is a great example of a number of disciplines from within the constabulary coming together at a moment's notice to facilitate an arrest.
"Our prompt actions have resulted in an extremely dangerous offender being taken off the streets.
"Our thought and best wishes remain with the victims of the horrendous crimes he has committed."
Molly-Mole Povey, from Newton Abbot, in Devon, was upset when her son Roman said he had no friends at school.
After her Facebook post went viral, more than 200 cards have arrived from as far away as Australia.
Mrs Povey said: "The compassion shown has been truly inspiring."
She said that she had written the post two weeks before her "beautiful special boy" turns 11 on Wednesday.
She said Roman was "a lovely adorable boy with difficulties".
"I was just hoping a couple of school people might give him a card, but it went viral with people offering to send him cards from all over the world," she said.
"Roman doesn't have any friends and often cries himself to sleep because of this.
"I cannot express how heart-breaking these past few years have been seeing my beautiful boy so upset, so often."
She said on Facebook that any cards and well-wishes for his birthday "would mean the world to him to feel special for once and popular".
Her post has received more than 400 likes and responses from around the world including Dubai, New Zealand, Finland, Denmark, Norway, Egypt and Germany - and they are still arriving.
"Within 12 hours my post had been shared around the world from friends to their friends and beyond," she said.
"The moment I realised it had gone global was when someone in Uganda messaged me and asked if they could send my son Roman a birthday card.
"It's been amazing, I'm overwhelmed with people's kindness."
Roman will see the cards on Wednesday when he has a family celebration at his home.
The event in Newry, County Down, remembered the tens of thousands who died during the Irish Famine which took hold in 1845.
An official ceremony was held at the city's Albert Basin and culminated in the laying of wreaths.
A minute's silence was also held to remember the dead and those who emigrated.
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The commemoration in Newry was led by the Irish minister for arts and heritage, Heather Humphreys, who said it was a "great honour" to be in the city to remember those who had lost their lives.
"One of the main reasons for the holding of the commemoration in a different location in each province is to highlight the devastating effects that the Great Famine had on people throughout the island," she said.
"The famine has undoubtedly been one of the most significant events in our history.
"The failure of the potato crop during the 1840s not only led to the enormous suffering and loss of life but also changed Ireland's demographic and cultural landscape, the effect of which can still be felt today.
"We remember all those who suffered as a result of the famine, regardless of their creed, political affiliation or nationality."
The first commemoration took place in Dublin in 2008 in recognition of the fact that the famine affected all parts of Ireland.
Since then, the location of the annual event has rotated in sequence between the four provinces.
Ms Humphreys said she was a "proud Ulster woman" and especially pleased that the event was being held in Northern Ireland for the first time.
The last time the event was held in the province of Ulster was in 2011 when it was held in Clones, County Monaghan.
During the ceremony, two poems written by local school children about the famine were read out.
Guests were also treated to musical performances and speeches.
Irish ministers were joined by representatives from the Stormont assembly, including Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness and Culture Minister Carál Ní Chuilín.
Mr McGuinness said it was an "important period of reflection for all of us".
"I think given the circumstances that we're seeing internationally throughout the world with the plight of the refugees, it brings it all home to us very eloquently how important it is for us, as people who have known suffering in the past, to contribute to the alleviating of the suffering of others."
A special plaque will be unveiled in Warrenpoint on Sunday to commemorate those who suffered.
Chairperson of Newry, Mourne and Down District Council Naomi Bailie said: "I hope our programme of events will serve as a fitting reminder of the devastation and loss experienced by millions of people in the years of the Great Irish Famine 1845-49 and beyond.
"No county was left unscathed when the potato crop failed and, for many of those who fled in search of a new life, their journeys began from the ports of Newry and Warrenpoint."
The V&A has acquired an archive of papers and props once owned by Cooper, which show he was less shambolic off stage than he appeared when performing.
The gag file is among 116 boxes of his papers going into the V&A collection.
The museum said he used a system for storing his jokes alphabetically "with the meticulousness of an archivist".
On stage, Cooper was known for his apparently chaotic magic routines as well as his trademark red fez and his catchphrase "just like that".
But the file shows how he carefully sorted his jokes into dozens of categories, ranging from boxing and bull fighting to wives and women.
The material sheds light on his "scrupulously organised working methods, the business side of his vocation and the extent of his writing", the V&A said.
As well as the gag file, the V&A has acquired personal correspondence, contracts, notebooks and his famous head twister illusion, plus posters and cardboard from shirt packaging that he jotted notes on.
However, the museum has not acquired his most famous possession - a fez.
The collection also contains details of his early auditions.
A report from his first BBC audition in 1947 described him as an "unattractive young man with indistinct speaking voice and extremely unfortunate appearance".
He was given a BBC series in 1952, however, before moving to ITV, which screened numerous series and specials from the 1950s to the '80s.
Cooper suffered a fatal heart attack during a live TV broadcast in 1984.
In 2004, he was voted the funniest Briton of all time.
V&A curator Simon Sladen said the collection offered "a fascinating insight into one the best-loved entertainers of the 20th Century and reveals much about his practice, process and legacy".
The archive was bought from collector John Fisher and will become part of the V&A's growing comedy collection, which also contains material from the lives of Ronnie Barker, Tony Hancock and Morecambe and Wise.
Cooper's daughter Vicky said: "It is wonderful that the V&A has acquired the Tommy Cooper Collection and that the public will get to see some of his material on display later this year.
"I hope it brings as much enjoyment to people as he did when he was alive.
"My dad would be very proud knowing he was now represented in the National Collection of Theatre and Performance, sitting alongside the likes of Ronnie Barker's archive and costumes worn by Morecambe and Wise and Stan Laurel."
In a statement, Cooper's friend and fellow entertainer Ken Dodd said: "He loved laughter and he loved to laugh. I'm sure he would have been very proud to see so many people enjoy his sense of humour."
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The Great North Air Ambulance Service (GNAAS), which covers the North East, Cumbria and North Yorkshire, started the scheme in January 2015.
Since then, medics have performed 60 transfusions, a third of which were deemed to have been of critical importance to survival.
Many others have had their outcomes improved by having the intervention.
Dr Rachel Hawes, who is also a doctor on the air ambulance, used her experiences as officer in the Army Reserve - including deployment in Afghanistan - as the basis for the idea for the scheme.
She said: "About half of people with traumatic injuries who die, die from bleeding.
"Previously, stopping the bleeding could only be done in hospital, but one of the ways to buy yourself time is to replace the blood they're losing."
Volunteers from Cumbria and Northumbria Blood Bikes deliver the blood in cool boxes to the helicopters daily.
Of those receiving transfusion, 83% were injured as a result of road traffic accidents, and the rest by incidents involving crushing and assaults, or heavy falls.
The Major Trauma Centre at Newcastle's Royal Victoria Infirmary received 60% of cases, with 30% going to 30% to Middlesbrough's James Cook University Hospital, and 10% to the Royal Preston Hospital.
The haul included a beer keg bomb, a number of rockets, AK-47 rifles, semtex explosives, handguns and ammunition.
The weapons were all seized by members of the Irish police force (An Garda Síochána) over the last two years.
They said they have had "significant success" in disrupting attacks, aimed mainly at targets in Northern Ireland.
Assistant Garda Commissioner John O'Mahoney said the beer keg bomb was found about 400m from the Irish border and was "ready for use in Northern Ireland".
The device was discovered in Kilcurry, near Dundalk in County Louth, in May 2014.
"I can say with confidence that our interventions and arrests have, without doubt, saved lives," Mr O'Mahoney said.
"Just in the last two years we have over 30 firearms seized, over 1,000 rounds of ammunition, a number of mortars, a number of rocket launchers.
"I suppose one very significant find [in 2014] was in County Dublin where we had a significant seizure of semtex explosives."
Over the course of last year, 31 people were arrested in the Republic of Ireland on suspicion of dissident republican paramilitary activity, 22 of whom were charged at the non-jury Special Criminal Court in Dublin.
Mr O'Mahoney said that over the past five or six years, his force had seen "a steady and a gradual rise in the activities of dissident republicans" and said their methods were "becoming more sophisticated", particularly their bomb-making capacity.
"When you look at some of these devices, the way that they are operated, it shows an increasing sign again of sophistication in relation to engineering."
He also said that Irish police had foiled potential dissident republican attacks ahead of Queen Elizabeth's visit to the Republic of Ireland in 2011 and the visit of Prince Charles last year.
"On both occasions we had significant disruption in relation to planned attacks," he said.
The assistant commissioner said there was evidence that dissident republicans in the Republic of Ireland were providing support for attacks carried out in Northern Ireland, with funding from organised crime such as drug dealing and extortion.
"The individuals planning, supporting and perpetrating these attacks carry out their preparation both within Northern Ireland and in this state," he said.
"While the attacks themselves rarely manifest themselves in this jurisdiction, An Garda Síochána continues to devote, on a daily basis, significant resources to tackle this problem."
He warned that dissident republican paramilitaries continued to pose a real threat to life, particularly to members of the security forces in Northern Ireland, and appealed to the public to report suspicious activity to the police.
He added that his officers are in daily contact with their counterparts in the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) and said there was "excellent" co-operation between the two forces in combating dissident republican violence.
"We have a shared objective to help protect all people on this island and we take this responsibility very seriously.
"Our commitment to countering the threat posed by these dissident republicans is continuous and necessary," Mr O'Mahoney said.
It said steps must be taken to improve people's health, make better use of existing resources, and unify health and social care provision.
Amanda Doyle, who led the work on the plan, said the region had some of the "poorest health in the country".
Westmorland and Lonsdale MP Tim Farron criticised the report as "vague".
The plan aims to "tackle life expectancy inequality" and make care "more person-centred and coordinated", the report said.
It also intends to "relieve the financial pressures" on local NHS providers, partly by encouraging and supporting people to "assume greater responsibility for their own good health" and reducing "over reliance on acute hospital-based services".
The report suggests "enhancing" the role of charity and voluntary organisations in supporting mainstream services.
Changes to acute and specialist services have not been ruled out.
NHS England has split the country into 44 geographic areas - called 'footprints' - each of which must soon produce a sustainability and transformation plan (STP).
Liberal Democrat Farron said it was a "vague report - vaguer than most others around the country".
"The government has asked them to make cuts of a ludicrous proportion, over half a billion pounds in the next five years - impossible to do - and they are maybe playing for time or looking for other ways out and so their proposals are very thin," he said.
Lancashire and South Cumbria's STP covers five areas: Central Lancashire, West Lancashire, Pennine Lancashire, Fylde Coast and the Bay Health & Care Partners area.
The group overseeing this change, Healthier Lancashire and South Cumbria, is asking the public for their views.
However, the row now seems to be over after Snoop said "sorry".
Iggy says she has accepted his apology and wants to move on and "focus on the positive".
In one message he wrote: "Say *****! You ******* with the wrong ******. Your ****** better check you before I do, you ******* *****, yeah, ******* ****!"
Snoop Dogg's behaviour has caused outrage on social media.
Let's remind ourselves about what Snoop is apologising for.
The rapper posted a picture on Instagram of a person with pale skin and cornrows, claiming it was a photograph of 24-year-old Iggy wearing no make-up.
It came just days after Iggy was photographed wearing minimal make-up at an airport in the US.
Snoop compared Iggy to the two main characters from the film White Chicks. He named a photo, "White Chicks 2 starring Iggy".
He also shared a photo of himself dressed as "Todd", his alter ego" and called Iggy "a man".
Not content with simply pledging his support to rapper Nicki Minaj, Snoop also decided to take a swipe at Iggy in the process.
He called Nicki the "queen of rap" and then asked: "Where is Iggy? Nowhere insight."
The rapper also implied Iggy was "fake" and a "non writer".
On several occasions, Snoop shared threatening videos and messages.
They included an expletive-filled rant where he warned Iggy that she was messing with the wrong person and a photo of himself holding a gun with the caption: "Keep talking".
Iggy initially seemed shocked by Snoop's behaviour, claiming on Twitter that she and her team had only ever "sung his praises".
However, as the abuse continued she fought back comparing him to the type of guy that asks for your number and then says you are "ugly when you say no".
She also asked why he was "trolling other artists" and said she was "disappointed" that he had taken things too far.
Many Twitter users have jumped to Iggy's defence, angered by Snoop's aggressive behaviour towards her.
She retweeted a couple of comments including one from gossip columnist Perez Hilton, who said: "Threatening, hinting at or joking about violence towards women is disgusting."
Shortly after, Snoop said he was "sorry".
In a short black and white video posted on his Instagram page, he revealed that he had had a rethink after speaking with fellow rapper, TI.
Looking directly into the camera, he said: "Hey, boys and girls. I just got off the phone with my homeboy Tip, and it's officially over.
"No more bad talk, I apologise, yeah, I apologise. I'm sorry, I won't do it again."
Iggy has accepted his apology and says she does not want to "dwell on the negative".
Newsbeat has contacted Iggy Azalea and Snoop Dogg's people, but so far has not received a response.
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Nev Edwards scored an early try for Sale, before Castres' Florian Vialelle went over, but Julien Dumora's penalty put the hosts 10-7 ahead at the break.
Joe Ford sent over a penalty before Castres' Marc-Antoine Rallier and Sales' Will Addison were sin-binned.
Julien Caminati's late attempt to stop Charlie Ingall saw Sale awarded the decisive penalty try.
The win moves the English Premiership side to within one point of Pool Two leaders Newport Gwent Dragons after three games.
Sale got off to the ideal start, Edwards sprinting away for the game's opening points from an Andrei Ostrikov kick, but Castres heaped the pressure on in search of a reply, which came through Vialelle on eight minutes.
Sharks flanker Magnus Lund was forced off with a head injury before the television match official denied Castres a second try, with replays showing that the Sharks defence did enough to force full-back Caminati into touch.
Ford had a chance to put Sale ahead again, but his penalty on 27 minutes drifted wide. Dumora, however, made no mistake soon after, slotting over to give the French side the lead on 33 minutes.
A combination of probing grubber kicks and scrappy play eventually led to Ford teeing up his second penalty attempt, with the fly-half this time booting the three points to make it 10-10.
Rallier's yellow card following a scuffle saw Ford opt for the posts soon after, but he was off target again before Sales' one-man advantage was lost as Addison was sin-binned.
Sharks pushed for the breakthrough as Ingall went close to touching down, and the video referee eventually gave the penalty try after deciding that Caminati's attempt to stop the winger was illegal.
Castres: Caminati; Martial, Vialelle, Combezou, Decrop; Dumora, Dupont; Taumoepeau, Rallier, Montes; Samson, Moreaux, Caballero, Diarra, Beattie.
Replacements: Beziat, Tichit, Martinez, Desroche, Babillot, Fontaine, Lamerat, Seron.
Sale: Arscott; Edwards, Addison, Jennings, Ingall; Ford, Mitchell, Lewis-Roberts, Briggs, Mujati, Mills, Ostrikov, Lund, Seymour (capt), Easter.
Replacements: Taylor, Flynn, Parker, Beaumont, Neild, Jeffers, James, Haley.
Referee: David Wilkinson (Ireland)
The new bill prohibits children under the age of 14 from working - but makes an exception for "family businesses", including extended family.
It also reduces the number of jobs 15-18 year olds are banned from doing.
The government says the law will help poor families earn a living and give children a chance to acquire skills.
However, the UN children's agency Unicef and Indian Nobel prize winner Kailash Satyarti are among those to have criticised the bill.
Labour and Employment Minister Bandaru Dattatreya told parliament that the exemptions would allow the government to "practically implement" the act.
"We have enabled many safeguards in the new bill," he said.
Under current legislation, children younger than 14 are only prohibited from working in jobs that are defined as "hazardous".
The new bill, which is awaiting assent from President Pranab Mukherjee, will expand the ban on child labour to all sectors and increase penalties for those employing children.
But activists say that the exemption that allows children to work for family businesses after school hours and during holidays clears the way for children to be employed in industries like diamond cutting, scavenging, brick kilns, slaughterhouses or as domestic help.
"Under the new Child Labour Act, some forms of child labour may become invisible and the most vulnerable and marginalised children may end up with irregular school attendance, lower levels of learning and could be forced to drop out of school," Unicef India's Chief of Education Euphrates Gobina said in a statement.
The agency estimates that there are approximately 10.2 million children working in India.
Indian Nobel peace prize winner Kailash Satyarti said the bill was a "missed opportunity" for India.
"The definition of family and family enterprises is flawed. This Bill uses Indian family values to justify economic exploitation of children. It is misleading the society by blurring the lines between learning in a family and working in a family enterprise," he said in a statement, adding that the government had failed its children once again.
Dan Biggar, Martyn Williams, Adam Warren, Will Harries and Ryan Bevington will all stay at home.
Wing Harry Robinson, prop Rhodri Jones and full-back Liam Williams have all been selected for the three Test series against the Wallabies in Australia.
All three made their Wales debuts in the 30-21 win over the Barbarians.
Saturday, 2 June: Wales 30-21 Barbarians (Millennium Stadium)
Saturday, 9 June: Australia v Wales (Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane; 11:00 BST)
Tuesday, 12 June: Brumbies v Wales (Canberra Stadium, Canberra; 10:30 BST)
Saturday, 16 June: Australia v Wales (Etihad Stadium, Melbourne; 11:00 BST)
Saturday, 23 June: Australia v Wales (Aussie Stadium, Sydney; 06:00 BST)
Howley announced the 34-man squad which will tasked with recording a first Welsh victory on Australian soil since 1969.
Flanker Williams confirmed his retirement in the wake of the win over the Baa-Baas, a game in which he won his 100th cap to join Stephen Jones and Gareth Thomas as Welsh-cap centurions.
Biggar may in any case have been ruled out by a shoulder injury that forced him off at the Millennium Stadium.
And Howley said dropping Biggar was a particularly tough choice.
"For those four who played in this game, they showed outstanding character and professionalism and were an integral part of the win," said Howley.
"They were told earlier in the week - each player at a different time - so they could focus on the preparation and I have huge respect for these guys.
"It was entirely my decision, I didn't discuss it with Warren [Gatland], and it was the hardest thing I have had to do as a coach, in particular for Dan Biggar.
"It is not a reflection on Dan's form and over the last four months he has played particularly well for the Ospreys.
It was entirely my decision, I didn't discuss it with Warren [Gatland], and it was the hardest thing I have had to do as a coach
"James [Hook] is adept at playing at 12 and 10 and is a hugely talented player. His kicking was exceptional and his composure was fantastic under pressure [against the Barbarians]."
Wales' 16 frontline players flew out to Australia earlier this week before the Barbarians game, with defence coach Shaun Edwards, to prepare for the first Test against the Wallabies in Brisbane on 9 June.
Howley was left with 23 players to choose from for the clash with the Barbarians and has cut five players from the squad left behind.
He was quick to highlight the contribution of Cardiff Blues flyer Robinson who crossed for his first Test try for Wales.
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"Harry Robinson was outstanding on the wing when he had time and space," said Howley.
"It was a Test match and we played like it. It was a huge squad effort this week. It wasn't pretty, there was a lot of turnover ball, but there's a lot we can work on in Australia.
"We're looking forward to it, it will be a momentous occasion next Saturday and we'll be going out there with every effort."
Ospreys fly-half Biggar, who left the field midway through the second-half with a shoulder injury, may have been doubtful for the tour but he wasn't selected for the final squad.
Flanker Williams, along with wing Shane Williams, played his last game of rugby at the Millennium Stadium and wasn't expected to make the trip Down Under.
Scarlets centre Warren, who made his Wales debut as a replacement against the Baabaas, Dragons wing Harries and Ospreys prop Bevington were all cut from the squad.
Ian Evans and Alun Wyn Jones will both miss selection for the first Test against Australia. Evans will miss the first Test in Australia to get married, while Jones could also miss out in order to attend his sister's wedding.
Ospreys provide half the pack, with Ian Evans and Alun Wyn Jones in tandem in the second row. Evans will miss the first Test in Australia to get married, while Jones could also miss out in order to attend his sister's wedding.
Wales squad for Australia tour:
FORWARDS: Luke Charteris (Newport Gwent Dragons), Ian Evans (Ospreys), Bradley Davies (Cardiff Blues), Toby Faletau (Newport Gwent Dragons), Rhys Gill (Saracens), Richard Hibbard (Ospreys), Paul James (Ospreys), Gethin Jenkins (Cardiff Blues), Adam Jones (Ospreys), Alun Wyn Jones (Ospreys), Rhodri Jones (Scarlets), Ryan Jones (Ospreys), Dan Lydiate (Newport Gwent Dragons), Ken Owens (Scarlets), Matthew Rees (Scarlets), Aaron Shingler (Scarlets), Justin Tipuric (Ospreys), Josh Turnbull (Scarlets), Sam Warburton (Cardiff Blues)
BACKS: Ashley Beck (Ospreys), Andrew Bishop (Ospreys), Aled Brew (Biarritz), Alex Cuthbert (Cardiff Blues), Jonathan Davies (Scarlets), Leigh Halfpenny (Cardiff Blues), James Hook (Ospreys), George North (Scarlets), Mike Phillips (Bayonne), Rhys Priestland (Scarlets), Harry Robinson (Cardiff Blues), Rhys Webb (Ospreys), Lloyd Williams (Cardiff Blues), Scott Williams (Scarlets), Liam Williams (Scarlets).
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But it then emerged that his younger brother, Moussa Oukabir, aged 17, may have used his brother's ID to rent two vans in his name: one that killed 13 people and injured more than 100 on Las Ramblas boulevard, and one that was meant as a getaway car.
He was killed by police when he and four other men drove at pedestrians and police in the resort town of Cambrils south of Barcelona. They were wearing fake explosive belts, and had an axe and knives in their car.
But late on Friday, police said their theory that Moussa Oukabir had been the driver now had "less weight".
Instead, the focus of attention turned to Moroccan-born Younes Abouyaaqoub, 22, from the town of Ripoll, where several people had been arrested.
Spanish media say that Abouyaaqoub, who remains at large, is now the main suspect.
Driss Oukabir apparently told police he was not involved and that his documents had been stolen. Police launched a manhunt to find his younger brother, who was suspected to be the driver of the van.
Moussa Oukabir was a Spanish citizen from the northern Catalan city of Girona.
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Dubbed "Moussa De La Vega" on Facebook, he appears to have expressed radical sentiments in the past.
Two years ago, he was for a brief period a keen user of a social network call Kiwi, that allows people to ask and answer questions.
Many of his answers were innocent and revealed him to be a boy of few words. "What language would you like to master?" one user asked him. "German", he replied.
Asked what kind of girl he liked, he responded "stylish brunette". But there were also darker answers.
Someone asked what to do when learning someone has been lying to you for more than a year. Moussa replied: "Kill him at night with a pistol" but then stated that he was only joking and added a crying-with-laughter emoji.
And finally, mixed in among jokes and inane chatter as he passed time with his online friends, he responded bluntly to a question on what you would do on your first day as the supreme king or queen of the world.
"Kill the infidels; leave only Muslims who follow the religion."
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The statement certainly suggests radical influences as far back as two years ago, but a young woman said to be close to Moussa Oukabir told LaVanguardia newspaper she was "very surprised by all this", calling him a "very normal and nice guy".
She said while Moussa was on the quiet side, he "never looked for problems".
The teenager appears to have grown up in Spain. On his Facebook page, which has now been deleted, he said he lived in Ripoll, where his brother and one other person were arrested.
The mayor of Ripoll, Jordi Munell, told COPE radio that Driss Oukabir had lived in the town since 1989, and that residents were sad to hear the tragic events in Barcelona may have a connection to Ripoll.
He said that about 9% of the population of 11,000 are immigrants, but "there is no problem of co-existence".
"We almost all know each other," he said.
The town is about 100km (60 miles) north of Barcelona.
Pieter Ceulen was spotted while looking for a job as a teacher, according to Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf.
Sentenced by a Belgian court in January for sex offences against children, he had fled while out on bail.
Ceulen, 60, is expected to be handed over to the Belgian and Dutch authorities.
He is being held at a police station in the capital after his lawyers negotiated his surrender with the Cambodian authorities, the Phnom Penh Post reports.
Ceulen was detained after visiting a school in Siem Reap, looking for a job as a teacher.
Finding him suspicious, a Belgian volunteer searched a Facebook page for expats and recognised him as a wanted paedophile, De Telegraaf reports.
Ceulen had been sentenced in absentia for distributing child pornography and sexual abuse of minors. He had also been accused of abusing children in Cambodia and the Philippines.
Lord Lucan vanished from his family home in London in 1974 following the death of family nanny Sandra Rivett. An inquest found he murdered her.
Since then there has been a string of theories explaining his disappearance.
Lord Lucan's car was found abandoned and soaked in blood in Newhaven, East Sussex, but what happened next?
If he were still alive, Lord Lucan would now be 81.
Lady Lucan said at the time of her husband's disappearance he had admitted killing the nanny and that it had been an accident. She said she believed he had jumped off a ferry leaving Newhaven.
The first reported sighting of Lucan was in January 1975 when he was supposedly spotted in Melbourne, Australia. Five months later he was apparently seen in Cherbourg and St Malo, both in France.
Police in South Africa examined fingerprints, supposedly left on a beer glass by Lord Lucan in Cape Town.
Sightings were reported in Mozambique and then Bulawayo, and there were even claims he lived in India as a hippy called "Jungly Barry".
In 1978, Barbados Police were asked by Scotland Yard to investigate reports that a British resident was sending money to Lord Lucan in South America.
An ITV drama claimed the missing peer had been spirited out of the country by his wealthy friends, including Sir James Goldsmith and John Aspinall.
In 2007 the search switched to New Zealand after claims he had been living in a car, while in 2012, his brother Hugh Bingham said he was "sure" Lord Lucan had fled to Africa after the murder.
Other theories suggest that Lord Lucan was held to ransom by the IRA, or that he had shot himself and asked for his remains to be fed to the tigers at Kent zoo owned by his friend Mr Aspinall.
An investigation by BBC South East in 2009 opened up the possibility that Lord Lucan had had plastic surgery after the murder.
Now his death certificate has been issued, his son, Lord Bingham, can inherit the family title.
He said: "My own personal view, and it was one I took as an eight-year-old boy, is that he has unfortunately been dead since that time."
He said he hoped it was time to find "another Loch Ness monster out there".
However, Ms Rivett's son, Neil Berriman said he was still unable to move on with his life.
He said: "We have to get to the truth and justice for Sandra. A horrible death, a young woman beaten - my mother."
Muamba, 24, suffered a cardiac arrest during Bolton's FA Cup tie at Spurs on 17 March, with doctors saying he was "in effect dead" for 78 minutes.
The player spent a month in hospital, and was fitted with a device that can re-start his heart should it stop.
His latest surgery is routine and has no bearing on whether the player will return to action.
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However, it is the next stage in his recovery from the cardiac arrest which saw him collapse on the pitch at White Hart Lane.
He was given 15 defibrillator shocks before his heart started beating again and he spent around four weeks in intensive care.
Muamba revealed earlier this month he had played football with friends while on holiday, and he has hopes he may make a possible playing return.
In July, he carried the Olympic flame as it made its way from Greenwich to Waltham Forest on day 64 of the torch relay.
He has been joined in Belgium by his partner Shauna, who used her Twitter account to thank well-wishers ahead of the operation.
"Thank you guys for the support," she tweeted. "If it is God's will Fabrice will play again, even better and stronger than before. Faith can move mountains."
The musician beat the likes of Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday - all of whom made the top 10.
Votes were cast by listeners of BBC Radio and Jazz FM, and revealed on pop-up radio station BBC Music Jazz.
Jazz FM presenter Helen Mayhew called Davis "the epitome of cool".
"Miles was at the forefront of key developments in the sound of jazz through each decade of his long career.
"He's also responsible for recording the biggest-selling and most universally loved jazz album of them all, the 1959 album Kind of Blue."
The full top 10 - derived from a shortlist of 50 - was:
Describing the top 10 as "the best of the best," Radio 3's Geoffrey Smith said the first three positions were all occupied by "immortals" of jazz music.
He described them as "Duke, the orchestral master; Louis, the father of us all; and Miles, the essence of the ever-changing contemporary spirit."
Raised in St Louis, Missouri, Davis pioneered several styles of jazz - including cool jazz, hard-bop, modal jazz, jazz-rock, jazz-funk and the use of electronics.
"To be and stay a great musician. you've got to always be open to what's new, what's happening at the moment," he wrote in his autobiography.
"You have to be able to absorb it if you're going to continue to grow and communicate your music."
The first jazz musician to incorporate the rhythms of rock and roll, he became an inspiration for generations.
Among his best-selling albums were the experimental, improvised double set Bitches' Brew and the meticulous, introspective Birth of the Cool, a compilation that charted his development of the cool jazz sound.
Kind of Blue is known as a jazz record even non-jazz fans will own. It broke new ground as Davis dispensed with chords as the basis for improvisation, instead favouring modal scales and tone centres.
Key to everything was his expressive trumpet playing, which had a voice as distinctive as any of the singers on the BBC Music Top 10.
Saxophonist Dave Liebman, who played with Davis in the 1970s, said the musician was the "[Martin] Scorsese and [Francis Ford] Coppola of jazz".
"He knew what you need to do to have a great production - lights, sound, position, script, etc.
"Most of us played a certain way with Miles that we never played again. Somehow he got you to do what he needed... and what you wanted."
The star died in 1991 of pneumonia, respiratory failure and stroke.
Miles Ahead, a film inspired by his life starring Don Cheadle as Davis, premiered at the New York Film Festival last month.
The figures also found a 22% rise in voided licences in 2016, compared to the year before.
Some people caught had entered the UK illegally, but most obtained a licence while on a legitimate visa and had then illegally overstayed.
However, critics say the "small" number of licences that actually go on to be surrendered "undermines" the system.
The Home Office gave the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) the powers to revoke licences in July 2014.
That month more than 3,500 licences were revoked. In 2015 it was 9,700 and in 2016 that number rose to 11,900, the figures released under the Freedom of Information Act to BBC South East show.
The driving licence is the second most recognised form of ID after the passport, so can be used by illegal immigrants to secure work, open bank accounts or sign tenancy agreements.
To make it harder for them to do any of these things, the UK Immigration Act 2014 created "hostile environment" measures for migrants in the UK.
As well as revoking licences, it introduced:
In 2015, five times more people had their licences revoked in the UK on medical grounds than those suspected of being illegal immigrants.
9,782
licences revoked because of immigration status in 2015
47,000 car and motorcycle licences revoked on medical grounds in 2015
98,000 drivers disqualified by the courts in 2015
Chris Hobbs, a former special branch officer in border controls, said: "How likely is it for that driver to be stopped bearing in mind the number of traffic police has been hugely reduced? There are all sorts of issues around stopping vehicles and asking for details, you have to have a valid reason to do that."
Asked why, on having the person's address, immigration enforcement officers did not doorstep them instead of waiting for police to pick them up during routine checks, the Home Office has yet to respond.
In the most recent report from David Bolt, the chief inspector of borders, he raised concerns over the measures.
He criticised the small number of deportations as a result of the crackdown - of the thousands who had their licences revoked, 583 people left the UK in the 2015-16 tax year.
Mr Bolt also said the small number of people physically surrendering their licences "undermines" the new system.
Since then, the Home Office has announced plans to allow police and immigration officers to search for and seize these documents.
A Home Office spokeswoman said: "This will help ensure revoked licences are removed from circulation. We are making it harder for illegal migrants to live in the UK - as these figures show."
Mr Bolt's report also stated the Home Office's database was incomplete and incorrect and its failings meant "some people without leave to be in the country were being missed", while others were "wrongly flagged" as being here illegally.
Left-arm-seamer Liddle, 31, had been at Hove since 2006 and was a regular in one-day cricket.
Zaidi, 34, made seven appearances in the County Championship this summer, scoring 354 runs and taking 11 wickets.
Fellow all-rounder Piolet, 27, played five times in white-ball cricket but has now retired from cricket to pursue a career in recruitment.
"It is always a sad time when we release any player," Sussex cricket manager Mark Robinson said.
"Lids has been with us for nine years and enjoyed much success, Ash proved to have a shrewd cricket brain and Steff was a fierce competitor."
Mr Davies also says he supports First Minister Carwyn Jones, the man who fired him from his cabinet.
He was already under scrutiny over his handling of plans for a racing circuit in his Blaenau Gwent constituency.
The Welsh Conservatives leader has written to the Standards Commissioner about Alun Davies's behaviour.
Mr Davies had been told by his staff that the information he had requested on five AMs was not publicly available.
Despite this, he put pressure on them by asking again for it to be provided.
On Tuesday, he said he wanted to apologise to the civil servants "whom I placed in a very difficult situation".
He also said he was "sorry to be leaving government at this point in time," adding: "I will continue to support the first minister and the Welsh Labour government".
Mr Davies said his "focus in the future" would be his constituency.
The comments from the former minister were made in a statement, however Mr Davies rejected BBC Wales requests for an interview on Tuesday.
His portfolio has been divided up between three other ministers, and there are no plans to appoint another dedicated minister to his former role.
Tory AM Antoinette Sandbach - among those the Labour minister had sought private information on - described the handling of the issue as "scandalous".
During a heated exchange in the Senedd, First Minister Carwyn Jones said the actions were "poorly judged" and "inappropriate".
Opposition parties branded the minister's behaviour "disgraceful".
They accused Mr Davies of launching a "smear campaign" against political opponents and called for him to be removed from his position as an AM.
Mr Jones told AMs it was "quite wrong" that Mr Davies had made the information request.
But he rejected claims that the controversy had raised questions about his own judgement.
Mr Jones said his decision showed that 'the system works' and that the issue would not have come to light had the Welsh government not made it public.
Mr Davies previous ministerial duties have been divided between other ministers.
As a minister, Alun Davies was never afraid to speak his mind, and that won him both political admirers and enemies.
BBC Wales' environment correspondent, Iolo ap Dafydd, takes a closer look at the background of the Blaenau Gwent AM.
Economy and Transport Minister Edwina Hart will look after agriculture, fisheries and food, Sport and Culture Minister John Griffiths has had environment added to his portfolio and Rebecca Evans is promoted from the backbenches to become deputy minister for agriculture and fisheries.
Welsh Conservatives leader Andrew RT Davies called for an independent inquiry to examine whether such practice existed elsewhere in the Welsh government.
Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood said an independent adjudicator should look at alleged breaks in the ministerial code, saying it was wrong for the first minister "to act as judge and jury" on such matters .
Responding to his dismissal in a statement Mr Davies said: "I'm remaining absolutely focused on Blaenau Gwent. As I said when I was elected, Blaenau Gwent comes first, second and third."
Mr Davies, 51, was sacked after it emerged he had asked for details of farm subsidies paid to opposition AMs, including Welsh Conservative leader Andrew RT Davies and Welsh Liberal Democrat leader Kirsty Williams.
He also asked for information on payments to the Conservative AM Antoinette Sandbach, Liberal Democrat William Powell and Plaid Cymru's Llyr Gruffydd.
Last week, the Blaenau Gwent AM apologised in the Senedd over a separate row in which he was judged to have broken the Ministerial Code while lobbying for a race track to be built in his constituency.
BBC Wales' political editor Nick Servini has been following the twists and turns as the ministerial sacking was announced.
He gave his view on what it all means for the first minister to BBC Wales Today's Jamie Owen.
Andrew RT Davies questioned Mr Davies' future as an AM.
"This, effectively, is gross misconduct, and we have today written to the standards commissioner, making the case that this person may not be a fit and proper person to hold elected office," he said.
He told BBC Radio Wales: "The first minister obviously had the opportunity to remove this minister last week. He didn't.
"He made the wrong call.
"This is a judgement call and ultimately I believe the only way we can get confidence back in the ministerial code is to remove the first minister from the ministerial code and have an independent arbitrator, which most people would say is fair and reasonable in a political environment."
Welsh Liberal Democrat leader Kirsty William called Mr Davies's actions "atrocious" and "completely unacceptable for anyone serving in public office".
"The fact that Alun Davies used his ministerial office to start a smear campaign against those that dared to hold him to account is disgraceful," she added.
Already the opposition parties are calling for the way the ministerial code of conduct is overseen by the first minister to be overhauled.
Andrew RT Davies has written to the assembly's standards commissioner to raise his concerns.
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Welsh affairs editor Vaughan Roderick says the Welsh Labour leader may have lost his 'teflon' reputation.
Mr Gruffydd, Plaid Cymru's agriculture spokesman, said: "The public places great trust in our elected cabinet members and it is clear that Alun Davies played fast and loose with that trust.
He added: "Had Alun Davies had the courtesy to ask me in person if I received the single farm payment I would have answered him directly that I do not."
Alun Davies first tried to be elected to a Westminster seat in 1992, standing for Plaid Cymru in Blaenau Gwent, the seat he now represents as an AM.
He has previously been a lobbyist and a spokesman for the UK Atomic Energy Authority and S4C.
Elected to the assembly as a Mid and West Wales regional AM in 2007, he late gave up that seat to win back Blaenau Gwent for Labour.
Mr Davies backed Carwyn Jones for the Labour leadership and joined the cabinet as natural resources minister in March last year.
The 23-year-old has kept 11 clean sheets in 25 games for the League Two club since joining in August.
"Jamal has been first class for us and he has real quality which is well above League Two level," Wanderers boss Gareth Ainsworth told the club website.
"He's made some saves which are out of this world to help us pick up some valuable points," he added.
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McCarthy has missed most of his club's season because of injury but played in the Republic's qualifier wins over Georgia and Moldova last month.
That angered Everton boss Ronald Koeman, who criticised Republic manager Martin O'Neill over the issue.
Stephen Ward, Stephen Quinn and Cyrus Christie will also miss the qualifier.
McCarthy, 25, played against Georgia and Moldova after recovering from groin surgery but then suffered a hamstring injury.
Dundalk pair Daryl Horgan and Andy Boyle have retained their place in the squad after it was whittled down from 35 to 28 for the journey to Vienna.
Defender Christie faces at least three months on the sidelines after breaking a bone in his foot in Derby's win over Wolves on Saturday, while Burnley full-back Ward and Reading midfielder Quinn have also been ruled out of the contest by injury.
Sunderland defender John O'Shea is another injury concern for O'Neill because of a hamstring injury but remains in the squad.
The Republic's main striker Shane Long has already been ruled out of the Austria game through injury, while Daryl Murphy, who headed the late equaliser against group leaders Serbia in September, will also miss Saturday's game (17:00 GMT).
The Irish are level on points with Serbia after their opening draw in Belgrade was followed by the wins over Georgia and Moldova.
Under former coach Hope Powell, England crashed out of Euro 2013 at the group stage without winning a game.
During a 100% qualifying campaign, Sampson has brought in several old faces and some new recruits, and has chosen a squad to navigate out of a group including France, Mexico and Colombia.
England play their opening game in Canada - against France - on 9 June, three days after the tournament starts.
With the help of former England internationals Kelly Smith, Faye White, Sue Smith and Rachel Brown-Finnis, BBC Sport analyses the strengths of the players heading to Canada.
Age: 30 Caps: 43 Club: Manchester City
Former England goalkeeper Rachel Brown-Finnis: "Karen's not had a lot of game time after recently being banned for fighting with an opponent and getting injured but is likely to be England's number one for the opening game against France. She has made errors in England's opening games for the past two major tournaments, but she will have put them well behind her and will want to prove herself as one of the best in the world."
Did you know? Born and raised in California to English parents, she moved to Lincoln Ladies in 2011 and joined Manchester City in 2013.
Age: 31 Caps: 33 Club: Arsenal
Brown-Finnis: "She's certainly got ambitions to start for England but has maybe slipped down the pecking order after losing her place in the Arsenal team and picking up an injury. After featuring in the Cyprus Cup in March and in the last friendly against China, she would have been hoping to kick on and play part in the World Cup but that could depend more on others."
Did you know? Chamberlain not only shares the same name as Arsenal men's winger Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, they were also both born on 15 August.
Age: 27 Caps: 5 Club: Notts County
Brown-Finnis: "You could easily make a case for Carly starting as England's number one. She's injury-free, bang in form and was named in the PFA team of the year after her superb displays for Notts County. Perhaps she doesn't have as much experience at international level but, on current form, she cannot be doing any more to influence Mark Sampson's thinking."
Did you know? Telford first played in goal after turning up to a trial in a Sunderland goalkeeper's top that her mum bought her. Despite playing outfield, the coach assumed she was a keeper and she has stuck to that position ever since.
Age: 27 Caps: 53 Goals: 7 Club: Manchester City
Former England captain Faye White: "It will be her first major tournament as captain so it will be a big role to fill. There are a lot more demands on you as skipper at a World Cup. The fact she is coming back injury will be hard for her but I'm sure she will be able to handle it as she's a strong character and one of our best centre-halves."
Did you know? Houghton scored in all three of Great Britain's group matches in the London Olympics, finishing as the team's top scorer despite playing in defence.
Age: 30 Caps: 123 Goals: 12 Club: Arsenal
White: "She has more competition at right-back now Lucy Bronze has played there for England and it is great to have cover. She is one of the few across the backline with major tournament experience and has shown she can cope with some of the best players in the world."
Did you know? Scott is known as the team DJ, often organising the music in the dressing room before kick-off.
Age: 23 Caps: 16 Goals: 2 Club: Manchester City
White: "Lucy has adapted to international football well and, even though she prefers the full-back role, she will probably be seen by Mark Sampson as a centre-half in this tournament. She has been out with a knee injury but she has come back from serious problems before so has the resilience to match her consistency."
Did you know? Bronze had never seen a match at Wembley, let alone played one, before she featured in England's defeat by Germany last November in front of record crowd.
Age: 21 Caps: 12 Goals: 1 Club: Notts County
White: "Has the flexibility to play at centre-back or left-back but, for me, the former is her best position as she can be exposed out wide. She is young so still learning in an international shirt and the World Cup will be great experience for her."
Did you know? Greenwood joined Everton as an eight-year old and ended her 13-year association with the team by joining Notts County last January.
Age: 26 Caps: 9 Goals: 0 Club: Chelsea
White: "Claire played in the 2011 World Cup but has suffered two serious knee injuries since. She hasn't played many times for England as a result but her greater experience should see her make the squad and she will be favourite to start in the left-back position."
Did you know? Rafferty combines playing football at Chelsea with working as an analyst at Deutsche Bank in the City.
Age: 31 Caps: 49 Goals: 2 Club: Notts County
White: "Pace might not be one of Laura's strengths but she is a great professional and has major tournament experience. She is great for the squad: very determined and a chatty character to pick the team up. She will probably be reserve behind Steph Houghton and Lucy Bronze."
Did you know? Bassett is renowned for keeping her team-mates on their toes by being the squad's quiz master.
Age: 32 Caps: 118 Goals: 6 Club: Arsenal
White: "She won't be starting many games but her experience and her ability will shine through at a tournament like this. Being selected in the PFA team of the year shows the players still rate her and her reading of the game is a big asset. She is a great player to have alongside you at centre-back, as I know."
Did you know? Stoney publicly came out as gay last year and has recently had twins with partner, former Lincoln Ladies team-mate Megan Harris.
Age: 22 Caps: 21 Goals: 3 Club: Arsenal
Former England winger Sue Smith: "I know she's been struggling a little bit with injuries but she's a quality player. Jordan is someone who's come into her own over the past year. She's always had potential but now she's starting to live up to it. Good with the ball at her feet and can make things happen."
Did you know? Nobbs is the daughter of former Hartlepool player Keith Nobbs, who played for the north-east side in the 1980s.
Age: 31 Caps: 139 Goals: 37 Club: Liverpool
Sue Smith: "She's got the experience and the quality. She's been there and done it. I think she plays well as a deeper-lying midfielder in the formation that Mark wants to play. She can get the ball and spread it out wide so Fara would be the first name on the teamsheet for me."
Did you know? Williams was homeless for six years while playing for England and kept it secret from her team-mates. She is now England's record cap holder.
Age: 28 Caps: 90 Goals: 13 Club: Manchester City
Sue Smith: "I know Jill has been suspended for the past three Manchester City games for headbutting an opponent but she's still played lots of football at her club this season so I don't think it'll affect her at all. She just offers something different with her height and athleticism. She's been playing particularly well over the past two seasons."
Did you know? Had to choose between being a long-distance runner or a footballer when she was young.
Age: 32 Caps: 85 Goals: 8 Club: Chelsea
Sue Smith: "She was out of the squad for a few years but now she's back and playing really well for Chelsea. I think she gives a bit of strength in there, a bit of doggedness. Sometimes you need that competitiveness in midfield. She could be that one that sits in front of the defence and makes it difficult."
Did you know? Back in the England reckoning after a four-year absence after claiming she was told she could not have time off to look after her children.
Age: 30 Caps: 19 Goals: 2 Club: Birmingham City
Sue Smith: "Another player who has done well to get back in the England squad. A player that has gone continually and consistently about her business. She's got the vision that Fara Williams has but is left-footed. Mark's played her in a few games and she gives you something different from the others."
Did you know? Potter's recall to the England squad comes after a seven-year absence. She is also is an FA skills coach.
Age: 24 Caps: 16 Goals: 1 Club: Birmingham City
Sue Smith: "She gets stuck in, gives 100% all of the time and works really hard on her fitness. You need that when you're playing against the likes of Germany and France, who've got good technical players. You need someone who's going to close them down really quickly and stop them playing and that's what she can do. She's got that pace and work ethic that some of the other midfielders don't have."
Did you know? In addition to playing football, Moore owns her own sports therapy business.
Age: 27 Caps: 103 Goals: 23 Club: Birmingham City
Sue Smith: "She's suffered from injuries this year and that's my only concern with Karen, but we know what she can do. She's got that experience and been to a lot of major tournaments. She's got the ability to change a game, like Kelly Smith was able to."
Did you know? Earlier this year, Carney became the first women's footballer to be inducted into Birmingham City's Hall of Fame.
Age: 28 Caps: 8 Goals: 4 Club: Portland Thorns
Former England forward Kelly Smith: "She is a very intelligent player, her runs are very clever and if she can be picked out, then she is lethal. She is a proven goalscorer in and around the box. She's benefited from the confidence Mark Sampson has instilled in her and I think now is the time for her to shine on the world stage."
Did you know? Taylor is one of most well-travelled players in the squad, having represented clubs in Boston, Ottawa, Los Angeles, Melbourne, Sydney and Gothenburg. She scored a hat-trick in her fifth England game.
Age: 27 Caps: 46 Goals: 15 Club: Arsenal
Kelly Smith: "Mark Sampson has shown great faith in her since he's been in the role. She's a big player and personality in the squad, she's fun to be around and good for morale. It's difficult to know if she will start but she needs a quicker player to play around her, so she can turn and play a through-ball in behind the opposition defence. Playing in a World Cup will be her dream."
Did you know? Another player back in the reckoning after Sampson took over from Powell. Sanderson quit the team in 2010 because of a fall-out with the former England boss.
Age: 28 Caps: 90 Goals: 32 Club: Chelsea
Kelly Smith: "Eni hasn't started the past couple of England games, but that might be an indication that Mark knows what she brings to the team. Her pace is always a threat and makes opposition defences drop deeper, thereby creating space in midfield. She has also shown she can score goals in major tournaments and this will be her third World Cup."
Did you know? Aluko qualified as a sports and entertainment lawyer last year, and intends to represent players when she retires.
Age: 21 Caps: 8 Goals: 2 Club: Reading
Kelly Smith: "She has dominated Women's Super League 2, scoring freely and taking on three or four players at a time but international football is almost a different game. You have less time and space and you have to use your physical presence a lot more. Fran will go into the World Cup quite unknown so that could be to her advantage, but playing such competitive games in such a short space of time might also be a struggle. She has great potential and I like to watch her play."
Did you know? Kirby quit playing football four years ago after suffering from depression following the death of her mother.
Age: 23 Caps: 25 Goals: 14 Club: Manchester City
Kelly Smith: "An early-season knee injury hasn't helped her prospects with Jodie Taylor and Fran Kirby having started to make their mark. But the timing of her return has been good and she showed her goal prowess at Euro 2013. She probably needs a bit more game time to improve her sharpness."
Did you know? Duggan scored the Women's Super League's goal of the season in 2014 with a stunning volley against Chelsea, which helped deny the London team the league title.
Age: 25 Caps: 50 Goals: 17 Club: Notts County
Kelly Smith: "She hasn't played any sustained international football for a long while because of a knee injury, but she has energy and enthusiasm. She has been hard to ignore because she has been scoring goals for Notts County this season and she has worked extremely hard to get back in the reckoning. Ellen has the experience of playing and scoring at the 2011 World Cup and she's a good team-mate to have around. "
Did you know? White was the scorer of a famous free-kick for Notts County which became an internet sensation.
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Locals discovered the bodies of the deceased, who were believed to be in their 20s, in a public park in Sonipat.
The bodies, which have not been identified, have been sent for post mortem, police say.
Hundreds are killed each year in India for falling in love or marrying against their families' wishes.
Police said the man's legs had been chopped off and put inside the trunk. The woman was found wearing glass bangles, which are traditionally worn by newly-married women.
"It appears they were strangled and dumped here later. They are yet to be identified," senior police officer Praveen Kumar told AFP news agency.
"It seems like a case of honour killing because the woman is wearing wedding bangles but we are not ruling out other motives."
Monday's incident comes days after the state police arrested a man on suspicion of killing his teenage daughter over her relationship with a boy from another caste.
Most parents in India still prefer arranged marriages within their own caste and relationships outside of the caste are frowned upon.
In 2011, India's Supreme Court said those involved in honour killings should face the death penalty.
The chamber exposes the body to temperatures of -137 celsius, and among other benefits, helps the prevention of and recovery from injuries.
Killie manager Lee Clark believes it could provide his players with a crucial filip.
"The extreme cold conditions attack the central nervous system which reproduce the cells that help you recover quickly," Clark told BBC Scotland.
"So we can do this after matches and after intense training sessions."
Kilmarnock are the first football club in Scotland to have a Cryo chamber installed, and will try it out for the next month.
Clark admits he pitched his idea to the Kilmarnock board more in hope than expectation, but is a firm believer that there will be many benefits.
"Obviously something like this in terms of finance doesn't come cheaply but they (the club's board) have bought in to what I'm trying to do," he said.
"In terms of playing budget we've not got a huge one, and we have a small squad, so we have to look at other things to try and gain that extra inch, the difference between winning and losing.
"We can't go out and splash ridiculous amounts of money and buy players and I want to give the players every opportunity to perform to their optimum on a match day."
While Kilmarnock are the only club to adopt this technology in Scotland, clubs in England have been using such science as part of their training regimes.
"I was aware of it when I was a player," Clark explained. "I've been aware of it for a few years."
Newcastle United and Sunderland had a chamber installed while Sam Allardyce was manager, and Leicester City players used it last season as they went on to win the English Premier League.
Clark, it seems, wants to embrace technology and is adamant science has a vital role to play within a football club.
"I just want to try and build the club up," he said.
"I want to build the quality of the players up, I want to build the infrastructure up, I want to build the sport science and medical team up. I want it to go to a new level."
The unemployment rate remains at 5.7% but the number of people in work is at an all-time high, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said.
The number of people claiming Jobseeker's Allowance also fell to 791,200, its lowest level since 2008.
Average earnings in the three months to January, including bonuses, rose 1.8% compared with a year earlier.
Regular pay, which excludes bonus payments, rose by 1.6%, in the same period compared with a year ago.
It means earnings continue to outstrip consumer price index (CPI) inflation, which official figures showed fell to a record low of 0.3% in January.
The employment figures come as Chancellor George Osborne delivers his final Budget before the general election later on Wednesday.
Mr Osborne hailed the latest employment figures, claiming they marked another "economic milestone" and "confirmed a new record high employment rate, alongside a claimant count that has not been lower since 1975".
However, currency markets responded less positively, with sterling falling by 0.5% against the dollar to $1.4679 and 0.65% against the euro to €1.3819.
The employment rate now stands at 73.3%, the highest rate of people in work since the ONS began keeping records in 1971.
The number of young people out of work, however, has stayed stubbornly high.
The ONS said the number of 16 to 24-year-olds out of work fell by just 12,000 in the three months to January, to 743,000 - a rate of 16.2%.
The rise in average earnings is also slower than last month. In February, the ONS said average wages including bonuses rose by 2.1% in the three months to December, compared with the same period a year earlier.
Pay excluding bonuses rose by 1.7% in the three months to December.
However, the ONS said the slowdown in wage rises could be largely explained by a smaller bonus payments in the period.
Elsewhere within the figures, the number of self-employed people rose by 33,000 to reach 4.53 million.
Mr Osborne said: "This good news is further proof that the government's long-term economic plan is working and that British families are seeing the results, with regular wages rising more than five times faster than prices."
Labour's shadow work and pensions secretary, Rachel Reeves, said the fall in overall unemployment was welcome, but pointed out "working people are still £1,600 a year worse off since 2010".
"After five years of David Cameron, the number of people paid less than a Living Wage has risen by 44% and nearly half of all the new jobs created have been in low-paid sectors. It's five years of Tory failure on low pay," she added.
Ian Stewart, chief economist at Deloitte, said the data showed the "big picture" was one of "strong growth in full-time jobs in the private sector, record employment and the highest level of vacancies in 12 years".
"A tightening labour market is bringing the long-awaited wage recovery. After falling for six years, real earnings are growing at the fastest rate since 2008."
But Howard Archer, chief UK and European economist at IHS Global, said that while the chancellor would be pleased to see further solid employment growth, it was "disappointing to see that earnings growth weakened in January".
He added: "While the marked fall in annual headline earnings growth to 1.8% in January from 2.4% in December was entirely due to the fact that less bonuses were paid in January than in December, it is notable that underlying annual earnings growth (which excludes bonus payments) was only stable at 1.6% in January, which is down from a peak of 1.9% in November."
The Manx mother of Leo Keefe, who lives in Spain, said her son has been bravely battling SPNET - an aggressive type of brain cancer - for the last 17 months.
"Proton beam therapy (PBT) treatment is his only remaining option," said Karen Keefe, who wants to take him to the US.
A number of fundraising events will be held on the Isle of Man this weekend.
Ms Keefe said Leo, who has had five tumours, has been an "inspiration throughout his battle".
He has endured four operations as well as a gruelling programme of chemotherapy.
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"I am doing what any mother would do," she said. "Oklahoma is the best possible place for this treatment so I have to do everything I can to get him there."
While Ms Keefe acknowledged that proton beam therapy was not guaranteed to work, she said it was their best option.
She said: "I couldn't live with any 'what ifs?'
"He smiles every day and has captured the hearts of thousands. He is my cheeky, gorgeous boy and it is heart-breaking how money comes into this.
"I would give my heart and soul to take [the cancer] away from him."
Proton beam therapy (PBT) is a type of radiation treatment that uses protons rather than x-rays to treat cancer.
It is not available in the UK or Isle of Man.
In the UK not all cases of children get approved and need to go in front of a committee on an individual basis.
Mrs Keefe said the process could take weeks, which Leo does not have.
It is not offered in Spain.
The radiologist at their local hospital in Pamplona said PBT was Leo's only option to still be able to have a normal life as conventional radiotherapy, which is available in Spain, would be guaranteed to lead to health issues including organ damage and severe growth issues.
Despite having a British passport, Karen said Leo has not qualified for help towards the treatment on the NHS as they live in Spain.
Their crowd-funding social media campaign has 5,000 followers and has already raised more than £40,000.
Events include a promenade run in Douglas on Saturday.
The UK government has committed £250m towards developing high-energy proton beam therapy services in the UK.
The Gulls are currently 21st in the National League table with eight matches remaining, two points adrift of safety.
"This is the group we've got so let's go to try to quiet a few people down," he told BBC Radio Devon.
"This morning was a battle cry - I've never been as galvanised and up for a fight as over the last couple of days."
Earlier this month Nicholson said the club's new owners had given him funds to bring in players, and on Tuesday he claimed he was close to two signings.
But Torquay failed to add to their squad ahead of Thursday's registration deadline at 17:00 GMT.
"I've never felt so up for a fight as what I am right now," he added. "I'm up for a challenge, [it's] probably a bigger challenge than last season at this point.
"If they're up for it anywhere near as much as what I am, then we'll have every chance of doing it."
The 32-year-old joined the Shrimpers in the summer of 2016 and played 36 times as Phil Brown's side finished just outside the third-tier play-off places.
The former West Ham, Sunderland and QPR centre-back has made 357 career appearances to date.
"I had a fantastic time here last season," said Ferdinand, who was made Southend captain in October.
"As I've said before, when the gaffer asked me to sign over a year ago, it was because of him that I joined Southend.
"The feeling I got off of him was one of reassurance, one of confidence and a real football man. He showed that to me throughout the season so I was keen to get the deal done to work with him for another couple of years."
Craig Birch, 31, attacked the bouncer, who had stopped him entering the Harp Inn in Wolverhampton because he was carrying a bottle of beer.
Birch, of Inkerman Street, Wolverhampton, admitted "scuffling" with his victim, but denied stabbing him through the heart with a knife.
He was found guilty of wounding with intent at Wolverhampton Crown Court.
Det Sgt Indi Basra from West Midlands Police said: "The stab wound − which was around 10cm deep − required a life-saving heart operation, and also led to a bleed on the brain.
"They were shocking injuries from which the man is likely to be affected by for the rest of his life… and all because Birch took offence to being asked to finish his drink before coming in the pub."
It left Rupert Shaw's Gledpark Farm in Borgue on Friday for Grangemouth before travelling by sea to Hong Kong.
Producers of Chinese medicine have valued Scottish red deer antlers at up to £16 per kilogram.
Future shipments are planned in what Mr Shaw said could prove to be a "very valuable market" for farmers already producing venison.
Having identified a potential buyer for the antlers through his website, a year-long process saw the Dumfries and Galloway farmer go on to secure the necessary export licence for the load and the complete the deal.
Most of the red deer antlers in the shipment came from Gledpark's herd of farmed red deer with several other Scottish venison producers contributing antlers to fill the container.
Antlers, exclusively found on stags, are cast annually and can be collected.
Mr Shaw, who is also NFU Scotland's regional chairman in Dumfries and Galloway, said: "Although it is early days, the potential demand for Scottish deer antlers in Chinese medicinal products could represent a very valuable market for those who are already producing venison, or are planning to keep deer in the future.
"At current prices of up to £16 per kilogram of antler, and many adult stags casting a set of antlers that could weigh more than 15 kilograms, there is a valuable return to be gained if we can secure a foothold in this market."
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Former Glens striker Andrew Waterworth bagged the only goal at the Oval to keep the pressure on the Crues, who drew 1-1 with an impressive Portadown.
Three players were sent-off in a scoreless draw between Cliftonville and Coleraine - Carrick's game with Glenavon also ended in a stalemate.
Dungannon Swifts and Ards drew 3-3 draw and Ballymena beat Ballinamallard 2-1.
Linfield manager David Healy, serving touchline suspension, watched from the stands as Waterworth struck the 62nd-minute winner.
Glentoran are without a win against their rivals in the league since Boxing Day 2011.
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Crusaders striker Jordan Owens scored a spectacular opener for the champions at Portadown but it was cancelled out by Marcio Soares.
Niall Currie's side had several opportunities to upset the Crues but were denied by an inspired Sean O'Neill in the visitors' goal.
Cliftonville duo Paul Finnegan and Jaimie McGovern were sent-off along with Coleraine's Adam Mullan at Solitude.
Finnegan and Mullan were both shown two yellow cards, while McGovern was given his marching orders for flailing an elbow at Saul McCaughan.
Gary Liggett scored a late header to snatch a point for Ards against Dungannon in a ding-dong battle at Dungannon.
Guillaume Keke struck the other two for Colin Nixon's team, while Douglas Wilson, Andrew Mitchell and Cormac Burke found the net for the Swifts.
Ballymena came from behind to beat Ballinamallard and follow up their League Cup triumph with a hard-fought three points which guarantees them a top-six finish.
Shane McGinty fired the Mallards into an early lead with a 30-yard rocket, but Johnny McMurray and Conor McCloskey responded to keep the momentum going for David Jeffrey's side.
Glenavon drew for the 13th time in the league this season after being held by Carrick Rangers.
Police officers found the woman with serious neck injuries after a 999 call just before 23:30 GMT on Monday.
The injured woman was taken to hospital from an address in Middle Hill, which is two miles north of the town centre, but later died.
Greater Manchester Police are appealing for witnesses or anyone with information to get in touch.
Dennis, a 12-week-old American bulldog-cross Staffordshire bull terrier may have been trying to get outside to play, his owner from Peterborough said.
He told firefighters the pup could see the garden through the hole in the kitchen wall and attempted to squeeze through - but his head got stuck.
Officers used a hammer and chisel to chip away at the wall to free Dennis.
Despite his ordeal the puppy was unharmed and is paw-fectly fine.
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However, Ramadan Sobhi is available following the completion of the Africa Cup of Nations.
Luka Milivojevic is available for Crystal Palace after securing a visa, while Mamadou Sakho could also make his debut for the club.
Fellow new signing Jeffrey Schlupp is in contention after a hamstring strain but Scott Dann is injured.
John Motson: "Only goal difference is keeping Crystal Palace off the foot of the table. Their league position can't get much worse but you have to wonder when, or if, it will improve.
"Under Alan Pardew and now Sam Allarydce, Palace have only won seven of their last 45 league fixtures - losing 27.
"One of those wins was a 4-1 thumping of Stoke in September but the current bad run started after another victory against the Potters, at the bet365 Stadium in December 2015.
"Can they emulate that win? Well, mid-table Stoke have only won twice in 10 games but a point might be viewed as a step in the right direction for Palace."
Stoke City manager Mark Hughes: "The game will be difficult for us because clearly Palace had a poor performance and result last time out, and you would imagine without a doubt there will be a reaction from them.
"They are struggling a little bit for form and in a bad place - but actually I view it as probably the worst result for us because you know they will be better than they were last week.
"We have to be ready and make sure that we impose our game on them, and not vice versa."
Crystal Palace manager Sam Allardyce on last week's 4-0 home defeat by Sunderland: "By the end of Sunday morning it was all clear what we'd been through and how we'd let ourselves down.
"It is something we don't want to do again, I don't want to bring them in at seven o'clock in the morning just to get it out of the way but hopefully it has had the desired effect.
"Last Saturday at home, it was like a hot knife through butter as they say, we were wide open and had no defensive solidarity so we have got to get back to knowing what gets us out of the position we are in."
Stoke did not create many chances in their defeat at West Brom last week but they always cause teams problems at home, which is bad news for Palace.
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A total of 415 people received a transplant, marking what the government described as "significant progress" in encouraging organ donors.
The latest figures showed an 83% increase in donor numbers since 2008.
The government is set to launch a consultation on increasing donations - including the so-called opt-out system.
It would mean any individual who had not registered a clear decision on whether they wished their organs to be donated would be presumed to hold no objection.
But families would still have to be contacted and consulted before any transplant went ahead.
Dr Sue Robertson, who is a member of the BMA's Scottish Council, said more than 800 people in Scotland were currently in need of a transplant.
"We think that's too many and we think we should do as much as we can to try and help those people," she told BBC Radio's Good Morning Scotland programme.
"It's great to hear donation rates have increased and organ transplantation has been an area where there's been amazing progress, but we strongly believe that as long as people in Scotland are still dying waiting for transplants then more needs to be done."
Dr Robertson said an opt-out system could be crucial to reducing the number waiting for organs.
She added: "We have written to the minister Aileen Campbell to ask her to clarify the timetable for the consultation that she promised us some months ago, to look at the potential particularly for legislative change. To look at a potential for a soft opt-out system like the one they have in Wales."
Case study Scott Ramsay - 'A transplant really is like a golden ticket'
Father-of-two Scott Ramsay, 54, from Edinburgh, has been on the waiting list for a donor kidney since March.
"I lived most of my life without any problems until my kidney function fell off a cliff last year. I'm not doing particularly well on dialysis - doctors have indicated the quality is low for the amount of time I'm dialysing.
"I knew a transplant would be the end goal and when I was going through the tests it did cross my mind that I might not be listed. I was so delighted to hear that I was being given that chance. The shot at a transplant really is like a golden ticket.
"It would be transformational and completely re-start my life because at the moment I don't have one. It would be nice to be able to walk uphill, go for a swim, do a crossword. The basic things I took for granted before I got ill.
"I think there are so many people out there that want to be donors, but just don't have the time or inclination to join. That's why I'm backing the campaign - anything that helps raise awareness of the importance of the register can only be a good thing."
Public Health Minister Aileen Campbell said more still needed to be done to encourage donors.
She said: "I am very aware that organ donation can only occur as a result of tragic circumstances and I'd like to thank every donor and their family who made the selfless decision to donate their organs and enabled others to live.
"I am also very grateful to staff across the NHS in Scotland for ensuring that, when appropriate, patients and their families are offered the opportunity to have donation wishes honoured.
"Today's figures are encouraging but for as long as people are dying waiting for transplants, more needs to be done. As our campaign says, we need everybody.
"It is more important than ever to talk about your wishes with your loved ones - we know that families are much more likely to agree to donation going ahead if they know it is what their loved one wanted."
Mr Biden is considering running for president and accounts depicting him as hesitant to attack Bin Laden have been seen as a political liability.
"Mr President, my suggestion is, don't go," Mr Biden told congressmen in 2012, according to ABC News.
But on Tuesday Mr Biden said he told President Obama privately to proceed.
"As we walked out of the room and walked upstairs, I said - I told him my opinion that I thought he should go, but follow his own instincts," Mr Biden said at an event in Washington.
"I never... say what I think finally until I go up in the Oval [Office] with him alone," he added.
In May 2011, Mr Obama authorised the operation. US special forces shot and killed Bin Laden at a compound near Islamabad.
Hillary Clinton, who was secretary of state at the time, has said publicly that she supported the raid.
Bin Laden was widely believed to have been behind the bombings of US embassies in East Africa, the attack on the USS Cole in Yemen in 2000 and the 2001 9/11 attacks on New York and Washington.
In recent months, supporters have encouraged Mr Biden to challenge Mrs Clinton for the Democratic nomination.
However, Mr Biden, 72, has questioned whether he has the "emotional energy" to run after the death of his son Beau in May.
Others say by entering the race so late Mr Biden may not be able to rally enough financial support to mount an effective campaign.
After a strong performance in the first Democratic presidential debate last week, Mrs Clinton has seen her poll number rebound after a summer which saw her support wane.
Mrs Clinton maintains healthy leads in most early voting states even after factoring Mr Biden into the race.
Mr Biden expects to decide within days because deadlines to appear on the ballot in key states are fast approaching.
The former Delaware senator failed in his bids for the White House in 1988 and 2008 before becoming Mr Obama's running mate.
Speaking for the first time since publishing his report a year ago, Sir John Chilcot discussed why he thinks the former PM made those decisions.
He said the evidence Mr Blair gave the inquiry was "emotionally truthful" but he relied on beliefs rather than facts.
A spokesman for Mr Blair said "all these issues" had been dealt with.
They added that Sir John had also made clear that he believed Mr Blair had "not departed from the truth".
In a wide-ranging, exclusive interview with the BBC's political editor Laura Kuenssberg, Sir John also talked about Mr Blair's state of mind during the inquiry and his relationship with the then US President George W Bush in the build-up to the 2003 conflict.
Sir John also admitted that at the start of the inquiry he had "no idea" how long it would take, but defended its conduct and the seven years it took to complete.
The inquiry concluded that Mr Blair overstated the threat posed by Iraq leader Saddam Hussein and the invasion was not the "last resort" action presented to Parliament, when it backed the action, and the public.
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by Laura Kuenssberg, BBC political editor
When the inquiry finally emerged in its full two million words, in the chaotic aftermath of the EU referendum, its analysis was polite, but firmly critical of the decision-making process and behaviour of the UK government both in the run-up to, conduct of, and aftermath of one of the most controversial conflicts in British foreign policy - what many now regard as one of the UK's biggest foreign policy mistakes.
In the immediate aftermath of the inquiry itself, Sir John, a former Whitehall permanent secretary who had worked for decades at the highest level of government, declined to take further part in the debate, as his and his panels' conclusions were digested.
But in the run-up to the report's anniversary, he agreed to speak for the first time about the inquiry's conclusions, its criticisms and consequences for us all.
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Asked if the former prime minister had been as straight as he could have been with the country and the inquiry, Sir John told the BBC: "Any prime minister taking a country into war has got to be straight with the nation and carry it, so far as possible, with him or her. I don't believe that was the case in the Iraq instance."
He went on: "Tony Blair is always and ever an advocate. He makes the most persuasive case he can. Not departing from the truth but persuasion is everything. Advocacy for my position, 'my Blair position'."
He said the former Labour leader gave the case for war based on his own assessment of the circumstances, saying Mr Blair made the case "pinning it on my belief, not on the fact, what the assessed intelligence said."
"You can make an argument around that, both ethical and - well, there is an ethical argument I think."
Asked by the BBC whether Mr Blair gave the fullest version of events, Sir John replied: 'I think he gave an - what was - I hesitate to say this, rather but I think it was from his perspective and standpoint, emotionally truthful and I think that came out also in his press conference after the launch statement.
"I think he was under very great emotional pressure during those sessions… he was suffering. He was deeply engaged. Now in that state of mind and mood you fall back on your instinctive skill and reaction, I think."
Sir John also talked at length about Mr Blair's relationship with the US president in the build-up to the war.
"Tony Blair made much of, at various points, the need to exert influence on American policy making," he said.
"To do that he said in terms at one point, 'I have to accept their strategic objective, regime change, in order to exert influence.' For what purpose? To get them to alter their policy? Of course not. So in effect it was a passive strategy. Just go along."
Commenting on the documentation revealed when the Iraq Inquiry was published, Sir John revealed that his first response on reading a note sent by Mr Blair to Mr Bush in 2002 in which he told him 'I shall be with you whatever', was "you mustn't say that".
His reaction was: "You're giving away far too much. You're making a binding commitment by one sovereign government to another which you can't fulfil. You're not in a position to fulfil it. I mean he didn't even know the legal position at that point."
Asked if the relationship between Mr Blair and Mr Bush was appropriate, Sir John says the former prime minister was running "coercive diplomacy" that clashed with the settled position of the government.
"I think that the fundamental British strategy was fractured, because our formal policy, right up to the autumn of 2002 was one of containment. That was the concluded decision of cabinet.
"But the prime minister was running one of coercive diplomacy. With the knowledge and support of the foreign secretary, but the foreign secretary hoped that diplomacy would win and not coercion. I think to the prime minister it probably looked the other way round.".
Speaking after the publication of the Iraq Inquiry report last year, Mr Blair said he felt sorrow and regret at the deaths of 179 British personnel in Iraq between 2003 and 2009 and those of countless Iraqi civilians.
He accepted the intelligence had been wrong and post-war planning had been poor.
But he insisted that he did what he thought was the "right thing" at the time and he still believed Iraq was "better off" without Saddam Hussein.
In response to Sir John's interview, a spokesman for Mr Blair said on Thursday: "A full reading of the interview shows that Sir John makes clear that Mr Blair had not 'departed from the truth'.
"Sir John also makes clear that on the eve of the invasion Mr Blair, 'asked the then Chair of the Joint Intelligence Committee, can you tell me beyond any reasonable doubt that Saddam has weapons of mass destruction. To which the answer was, yes I can. He was entitled to rely on that'.
"Five different inquiries have all shown the same thing: that there was no falsifying of the intelligence."
Maj Gen Tim Cross, who was involved in post-war planning in Iraq and gave evidence to the inquiry, said Mr Blair was "an emotional guy" and that he was "sure" his emotions affected the decision to go to war.
He told BBC Breakfast: "When I briefed Tony Blair, it was quite clear that he felt this was a necessity, that there was a just cause, that we had to do something about this. How he portrayed that politically… I do not think he played it very well."
Current Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, who was an opponent of the Iraq War, said various reports into it had concluded "there was an interpretation placed on advice that Tony Blair was given that was simply not correct and we ended up going to war with Iraq and the consequences are still with us".
Lord Menzies Campbell, who was foreign affairs spokesman for the Lib Dems at the time they were opposing the war, said: "In truth, Mr Blair's decision was fundamentally wrong.
"A bad decision, even if made in good faith, is still a bad decision."
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The permitted increase - which is taken from the Retail Prices Index (RPI) inflation measure for July - will be the highest since January 2013.
Passenger groups said commuters would be worst-hit, and suggested that the RPI measure should be scrapped.
The most widely watched and used measure, the Consumer Prices Index (CPI), was unchanged at 2.6%.
The fare rises will affect "anytime" and some off-peak fares as well as season tickets in England and Wales.
In Scotland, it is mainly commuters who will be affected, with off-peak fares rising by a smaller amount. The Scottish government currently limits rises in off-peak fares to RPI minus 1%.
There are no plans for increases in Northern Ireland.
Unregulated fares, which include super off-peak travel and advance tickets, will be set in December.
Transport Focus, which represents the interests of passengers, said rail users were already fed up with getting poor value for money.
David Sidebottom, director of Transport Focus, said: "Yet again, passengers, now majority funders of the railway, face fare rises next January. Commuters do not give value for money on their railways a high satisfaction score - just one third according to our latest survey.
Transport Focus also queried the use of the RPI measure to determine fare increases: "Why is the Government not using its preferred measure of inflation: the one that is used to determine wages and pension increases, and one which is often lower than RPI? Why not use the Consumer Prices Index for rail fares too?"
The CPI measure has gradually replaced the RPI over the past few years as the benchmark for changes to most government-controlled funding.
James Tucker from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said it was not in favour of using RPI as a benchmark: "We know there will be a focus on the RPI this month, but the National Statistician has been clear it is not a good measure and we do not recommend its use."
The Department for Transport rejected the idea of using CPI, saying RPI was used across the rail industry - for example in calculating the cost of running train services.
The government said fare increases were justified by improvements to the network.
"We are investing in the biggest rail modernisation programme for over a century to improve services for passengers - providing faster and better trains with more seats," a spokesperson for the Department for Transport said.
"We have always fairly balanced the cost of this investment between the taxpayer and the passenger."
Source: Transport Focus
Since 2007 it has been explicit government policy for passengers to pay more of the overall cost of running the country's rail system, and for taxpayers as a whole to pay less via subsidies.
The coalition government continued the policy of shifting the financial burden to the wallets of passengers, though with less aggressive price increases than before.
A research paper, published earlier this year by the House of Commons Library, cited earlier figures from the rail regulator in March 2016 showing that "passengers have contributed an increasing proportion of the rail industry's income relative to taxpayers over the past four years - up from 55.6% in 2010-11 to 65% in 2014-15."
Oh the irony... regulated fares were meant to be the government's way of stopping private rail firms from overcharging passengers.
They apply to tickets where people don't have much choice but to go by train: commuting into big cities, for example.
But for many years, ministers have deliberately used the system to put prices up anyway. Why? Because they want passengers to pay a bigger chunk of the rail bill, so that the government pays less.
Fares used to account for about half the cost of running our trains. Today it's about 70%.
It does mean, of course, that people who don't commute by train, which is most of the country, pay less to subsidise the system.
But that's little consolation to workers who've faced consistent price rises that have often outpaced their salary. Even allowing for inflation, rail fares have gone up by about 25% since the mid-1990s.
I've spoken to many passengers - often young people at the start of their careers - who're on the brink of changing jobs because they can't afford the increases.
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The former European champions and nine-times French league winners have not won a home league game since September.
Another banner held up during Marseille's 0-0 draw with Bordeaux said: "Go back to your real job, housewife."
Margarita Louis-Dreyfus is the widow of former owner Robert Louis-Dreyfus.
Club president Vincent Labrune was also targeted by supporters in the notorious Yankee Nord terrace at Marseille's Stade Velodrome on Sunday as more dropped points left Marseille just six points above the relegation zone.
Fans also played the theme tune from British slapstick comedy, the Benny Hill Show, to show their anger at the way the club is being run.
Around 200 supporters were dispersed by police using tear gas at the end of the game.
Callum McDougall, who has worked on nine Bonds, said Craig was "absolutely the first choice" of series producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G Wilson.
"I know they're hoping for him to come back," McDougall told Radio 4's Today programme on Friday.
Pinewood Studios in Buckinghamshire, where many of the Bond films were shot, is celebrating its 80th birthday.
Pinewood celebrates 80 years of film
The facility has been a significant part of the British film industry since opening in 1936.
Craig, 48, made his debut as Bond in 2006's Casino Royale, returning to the role in Quantum of Solace, Skyfall and Spectre.
He has yet to commit to another instalment, prompting speculation as to who might replace him.
Asked on Friday morning who would be the next James Bond, McDougall said: "I wish I knew."
But he insisted the role was "absolutely" Craig's should he choose to continue as Ian Fleming's legendary spy.
Pinewood Studios was founded when Charles Boot, a builder with movie ambitions, bought Heatherden Hall and its estate in 1934.
A year later, Boot met J Arthur Rank and the two became partners in the studio project, releasing their first film, London Melody, in 1936.
The James Bond movies have a long history with Pinewood, beginning with the first Bond movie, Dr No, in 1962.
In addition to the Bond franchise, Pinewood has hosted Superman, Star Wars, Harry Potter and the Carry On films.
"It's literally a dream factory," said McDougall, who has been a part of the Bond "family" since The Living Daylights in 1987. "People will be staggered by the films we've made here."
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The pontiff insisted that abortion remained a crime but said avoiding pregnancy was "not an absolute evil".
His remarks came in response to a question about how best to tackle the Zika outbreak across Latin America.
The virus has been linked to the microcephaly birth defects in babies, which can cause development problems.
Roman Catholic teachings currently ban the use of contraception.
"We must not confuse the evil consisting of avoiding a pregnancy with abortion," Pope Francis told reporters on a flight returning home from a visit to Mexico.
"Abortion is not a theological problem. It is a human problem, medical. One person is killed to save another. It is evil in itself, it is not a religious evil, it is a human evil," he said.
"Avoiding a pregnancy is not an absolute evil. In certain cases, as in this one, or in the one I mentioned of Blessed Paul VI, it is clear," he went on.
The 79-year-old was referring to a predecessor's decision to authorise nuns at risk of rape in Africa to use contraceptives.
The Pope's comments about avoiding pregnancy in areas where the Zika virus is prevalent are an immensely significant moment. While he does not specifically condone artificial contraception, which is against Roman Catholic teaching, he appears to signal an unexpected openness to the idea if used in order to prevent further infection.
Asked directly whether the Church would consider it permissible to use contraceptives in order to prevent transmission of Zika, Pope Francis said that in some cases the "lesser of two evils" could be applied and spoke of example of Blessed Paul VI, a Pope in the early 1960s who allowed nuns in Africa to use birth control in order to prevent them conceiving children from rape.
That leaves the door open to Catholic families in affected areas to follow their own consciences on the matter. However, the Pope made abundantly clear that abortion remained "a crime, an absolute evil," while birth control was not an "absolute" evil.
Scientists said on Thursday that links between the Zika virus and microcephaly have been strengthened by a study involving pregnant women in Brazil.
The research confirmed the presence of Zika virus in the amniotic fluid of two women who had had Zika-like symptoms during their pregnancies.
Brazilian experts say this suggests the virus can infect the foetus. But World Health Organisation experts caution the link is not proven and expect to release more information in the next few weeks.
The United Nations and aid organisations have urged countries hit by the virus to ensure women have access to contraception to reduce the risk of infection and the right to abortion should they decide to terminate a pregnancy.
Many Latin American countries outlaw abortion or allow it only if the mother's life is in danger.
After initially saying little about the outbreak, Catholic leaders in the region had recently begun to assert the Church's opposition to what it terms "artificial" birth control and abortion.
Instead of using condoms or the contraceptive pill, Church officials have been recommending abstinence or what they term natural family planning - scheduling sexual relations for the least fertile periods of a woman's menstrual cycle.
Earlier Mr Corbyn said there would be a "full and open selection process" in every seat if new constituency boundaries were in place before 2020.
His critics in the parliamentary party fear this would allow pro-Corbyn members to force them out.
Mr Smith said Mr Corbyn was prepared to see the party split.
"It's not much of an employer that says, you know, work for me and work harder or I'm going to sack you all - which is effectively what he's doing today," Mr Smith told the BBC.
He added: "I don't think he (Mr Corbyn) feels he can bring the party back together, that's why he's talking about re-selections because I think he is reconciled, I think he is fatalistic about the prospect of the party splitting apart and being destroyed.
"He just wants to control the Labour Party."
Mr Smith and Mr Corbyn are going head-to-head in Labour's leadership contest.
Although most Labour MPs want the veteran Labour left-winger and serial rebel during the New Labour years to stand aside - and never supported him as a leader in the first place - Mr Corbyn was the overwhelming choice for leader from the party's wider membership last year.
He is still believed to be supported by Labour members and registered supporters - which has led some critical MPs to fear the government's planned boundary review, due to be published in 2018 and reduce the number of MPs from 650 to 600, could be used to replace them with Corbyn supporters.
Shadow chancellor John McDonnell has previously said there was "no way" the review would be used to allow the new wave of Corbyn-supporting Labour members to deselect MPs.
But taking questions after he launched his leadership campaign, Mr Corbyn said that if the next general election takes place on the revised boundaries: "There would be a full selection process in every constituency but the sitting MP... would have an opportunity to put their name forward.
"So there will be a full and open selection process for every constituency Labour Party through the whole of the UK."
Mr Corbyn's critics said this amounted to a deselection threat - but the leader's team said he had simply been setting out the existing rules.
However, the current rules state that selections following boundary changes are only open to sitting MPs.
Speaking afterwards, Mr Corbyn said the National Executive Committee was in charge of decisions about candidate selection.
During his campaign launch speech, he said if he remains as leader it will be "the job, the duty, the responsibility" of every Labour MP to "get behind the party" and take on the Conservative government.
He also vowed to tackle the "five ills of 21st Century Britain" - inequality, neglect, prejudice, insecurity and discrimination - if elected as PM.
Labour Party members, affiliated trade union supporters and so-called registered supporters are able to vote, although there are some key differences from the 2015 contest which Jeremy Corbyn won.
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There was "genuine fear" of the impact on housing, jobs and the NHS, he told Parliament's The House magazine.
But he said Britain's pledge to take 20,000 Syrian refugees did not compare well with the efforts made by Germany.
He also called for a "visionary debate" on the EU referendum and said there was no "correct Christian view" on it.
The archbishop said he felt the referendum debate was not yet addressing questions about the UK's role in the world.
Archbishop Welby called on those who want to leave the EU to set out what Britain would be like after leaving in a variety of respects, including its international "attitude" and its values.
"And from those who want to stay, how would we change the European Union? How would we make it more effective if we remained in it? What's our vision?" he said.
The UK will vote on whether to remain in the EU or leave on 23 June.
The archbishop praised the "absolutely superb" humanitarian work Britain was doing in refugee camps surrounding Syria and Iraq.
However, he said Britain's pledge to accept 20,000 Syrian refugees by 2020 did not compare well with the number accepted by Germany and urged the UK to take "our share".
"I was in Berlin, and the churches there are doing the most extraordinary things, as are the German people," the archbishop said. "They took 1.1 million last year. And it does make 20,000 over several years sound really very thin."
He recognised that some people had concerns about the pressure that new arrivals put on communities and services. The archbishop said: "There is a tendency to say 'those people are racist', which is just outrageous, absolutely outrageous.
"Fear is a valid emotion at a time of such colossal crisis.
"This is one of the greatest movements of people in human history. Just enormous. And to be anxious about that is very reasonable."
He said it was "really important" that fears were listened to, and resources put in place to address them.
Archbishop Welby also described fear about what would happen if the UK left the EU or remained as a "valid emotion" .
He adds: "I don't think there is one correct Christian view, one way or the other. You can't say 'God says you must vote this way or that way'."
Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith, who is one of five cabinet ministers campaigning for the UK to leave the EU, welcomed the archbishop's comments on migration
He said: "These are rational comments from the archbishop - they're to be welcomed - but you wonder just how late they've come from various people in institutions, so I congratulate him.
"If you think back, for far too many years what's happened is that in a sense the elites have all said 'It's terrible to talk about immigration and if you do you're racist', so they've shut down the debate for many, many years."
Mr Duncan Smith said this was leading the debate about immigration to be "pushed to the margins, which is what you're seeing in Europe, and then political parties and people with very poor intentions and rather nasty motives then start to take this issue and that's where you lose control".
He added there should be a "system that controls migration", which he said would make it easier for people to assimilate into the UK and "bring talents and skills that are necessary to that community".
The prime minister's official spokeswoman said Mr Cameron agreed with Archbishop Welby's comments about migration, saying it was a "legitimate concern".
She added that the PM had taken a "range of measures to reduce migration from outside the EU" and had made it "a priory in the renegotiation that we have just had with our membership of the EU, where he has secured reforms to address this issue".
Meanwhile, former prime minister Tony Blair called for pro-EU campaigners to make their case with "passion, vigour and determination".
In an interview with BBC Radio 4's Today programme, he said the UK's destiny was to "lead in Europe" and warned leaving the EU would cause economic instability and "damage fundamentally".
In response, the Vote Leave campaign group said the UK would hand over "more money and more power to Brussels in return for some hollow promises" if it remained the EU.
The owners of Schoolcardshop announced on Wednesday that they had ceased trading, putting thousands of orders under threat.
But Devon-based Harrier LLC, which owns the Truprint brand, has promised to deliver all the cards before Christmas.
Harrier said the move was "a goodwill gesture".
Edinburgh-based Schoolcardshop converted schoolchildren's artwork into Christmas cards, with schools retaining a proportion of the money spent by families on the products.
On news of the company's demise, many parents took to social media expressing concern that their children's artwork had been lost.
Others were also worried that they would not receive their money back for orders placed.
But Schoolcardshop told BBC Scotland on Thursday that Harrier would pick up all the outstanding orders, with "the majority of deliveries" expected by the end of next week.
In a statement, Schoolcardshop owner Dynamic Colour said Harrier had stepped in after it explored "all options to preserve Schoolcardshop long enough for parents to receive their products".
Dynamic Colour added: "We appreciate the high level of anxiety this has understandably caused parents, children and schools who we worked with on this project.
"We would have liked nothing more than to have been able to complete this project successfully, but sadly we have been unable to do so.
"We have lost a company we love, our livelihoods and over a decade of hard work. But we are extremely happy and relieved to be able to give this positive news at the end of it all."
Harrier commercial director Darryll Allen said: "This is a goodwill gesture and there will be no charge. We are absolutely sure we can get all these cards out before Christmas."
Ian Jones told a parliamentary committee that reductions to the channel's funding could not "go on".
The UK government announced a 25% reduction to S4C's grant in 2015 - but this was frozen while a review took place.
The details of the review are yet to be announced by the UK government.
The outgoing chief executive Ian Jones and chairman of S4C Huw Jones said the lack of clarity over the review was creating a period of financial uncertainty.
They told the Welsh Affairs Select Committee the UK grant could be cut by £700,000 for 2017-2018, from from £6.762m to £6.058m.
The remainder of S4C's funding comes from £74.5m raised by the BBC licence fee arrangements.
However, the two heads of the channel said cuts to UK government funding would have a significant impact on S4C and that "they would cut everything else to the bone."
Mr Jones told the committee of MPs that since he became the chief executive there had been "cuts after cuts after cuts and it can't go on like that".
He said the board would look at further repeats, reducing subtitles and cutting the HD service if further cuts were made - but stressed that they would try to protect the high-definition service.
"We need to ensure that S4C doesn't become a second class service," he said.
Planting Peace, a US-based non-profit group that seeks to "spread peace in a hurting world", launched the flag near Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on 17 August.
The balloon captured video with a GoPro camera as it floated 21.1 miles (34.1km) above earth for three hours.
Organisers said they wanted to declare space gay friendly, "in a peaceful, beautiful way".
The balloon and its flag returned to earth, but the episode was captured in striking footage that shows the planet's surface from above, with the sun beaming behind the flag.
The non-profit group said: "The primary purpose of this declaration is to support the ongoing fight for the fundamental human rights of our LGBTQ [Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Queer] family, moving us closer to a universal understanding that all people deserve to live freely and love freely without fear and discrimination."
It added that the stunt emphasised the need for the gay community to have a safe space in every corner of the universe.
As well as gay rights activism, Planting Peace runs humanitarian aid projects and environmental initiatives across the world.
It recently made headlines during the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio, with a billboard that showed US presidential candidate Donald Trump and then-aspiring Republican nominee Ted Cruz poised to kiss, with the slogan "Love trumps Hate. End homophobia".
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Writing in the journal PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, US scientists looked at the virus in macaques, in the first study in primates for more than 20 years.
They found out how the virus damages the body and which genes it disrupts.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) said the study was encouraging.
The virus, endemic in tropical areas of Africa and Latin America, can cause jaundice and kidney failure and mainly targets the liver.
It kills 50% of people infected if they are not treated, the WHO said. There are around 200,000 cases of the infection every year.
Researchers at the University of California, Riverside, gave 20 macaques yellow fever. A control group were given the virus and the vaccine, to compare the results.
The study said within 24 hours of the virus, 90% of the animal's lymphocytes, or white blood cells, had been lost in all 20 animals, leaving it vulnerable to infection.
Yellow fever does not present in humans until quite a late stage, said lead author Ilhem Messaoudi in California, and there are no approved drugs to treat it, meaning early diagnosis is crucial for survival as it allows for rehydration and supportive care.
She said it was extremely challenging to get the vaccine to people in remote areas who need it and that it was not safe for babies and the elderly.
The loss of white blood cells occurred before changes in the liver, the study found, meaning if this translated to humans, doctors could spot it earlier and the chances of survival could be improved.
Researchers also looked at the macaques' genes and 800 were found to have been switched on within 72 hours of the initial infection, compared to the control group.
Twenty-five percent of the monkeys survived the infection, said Ms Messaoudi. She said she would now be looking at what it was, genetically, in those animals that made them survive, with a view to developing a drug.
She said: "Can we use gene expression as a diagnostic in the clinic - could we run a quick analysis on patients' white blood cells and determine which infected person is at high or low risk?
"Supportive care would follow for all patients, but it would change the dynamics of how aggressive the treatment needs to be."
William Augusto at the WHO said: "This research work is at an early stage and, although encouraging, will need additional work in both animal models and on human beings to better estimate its implications in terms of diagnostics and antiviral therapy."
The hackneyed but good example is that if a dog bites a man it's not a story - dogs do that quite often. But if a man bites a dog, it is a story - because men, generally speaking, do not.
In other words the "story" is something that is unusual, rare and unexpected.
So what box do we put the Freddie Gray story in?
It's obviously a story - but it is none too rare, sadly not that unusual - and if you ask many in the black community, not in the least bit unexpected.
I heard one piece of commentary that more or less started "First there was Ferguson, now Baltimore"' - but in truth there has been a whole pile of incidents in between.
I haven't the space to list them all - the 12-year-old boy shot dead in a park in Cleveland, Ohio, the student left bloody and bruised at the University of Virginia, the man fatally shot eight times in the back in South Carolina, the 44-year-old chased down and killed in Tulsa, Oklahoma, after volunteer officer pulled a firearm instead of a stun gun.
And there are more, culminating in Freddie Gray dying while in the custody of Baltimore police, after his spinal cord had been virtually severed. It's unlikely you would sustain an injury like that simply by slipping as you stepped into the police wagon.
What the common features are of all these incidents is that the victims were black and the forces of law and order involved in them were for the most part white.
All of these stories made news on the day, and maybe even a bit of follow-up on day two and day three.
But have they stirred national debate, caused people to stop and reflect, led to serious - as President Obama has demanded - "soul-searching"? I am going to say not so much.
Which brings us back to the opinion piece that made the point that first there was Ferguson, then there was Baltimore. The writer is correct, insofar as they both resulted in looting, burning and vandalising - all playing out on our screens last night.
How could you not feel sickened to see some poor shopkeeper's life's work go up in flames, or being taken away in greedy armfuls by the lawless mob?
There was something almost grotesque about sitting and watching for an hour or so the looting at a CVS pharmacy store as people very casually wandered into the store and wandered out with their arms full.
And not a policeman in sight. If I were on the board of CVS I would be asking the authorities in Baltimore some pretty searching questions.
And some pretty searching questions are being asked again today about American society - What to do? How to put things right?
This has been a huge story because in 21st Century America you don't really expect the need to impose night-time curfews.
From tonight in Baltimore, unless you are going to work or you have a medical emergency, you are banned from being outside.
You don't really expect to see Humvees and the National Guard on patrol in one of the larger cities in America.
It's astonishing. The cable channels are full of it, Washington has sat up and taken notice. If you could market hand wringing, you'd make a fortune.
But here is the morally uncomfortable bit - is it the death of Freddie Gray that has caused everyone to sit up and take notice, or is it the rioting?
From the hapless Baltimore mayor through to the president the point has been made - rioting achieves nothing.
But, sadly it has. It has caught people's attention - because it has conformed to the journalist's law of what makes a story - it is rare, unexpected and unusual.
Perhaps the lesson is we need to take more notice of things that lead to the riots and sense of alienation by disaffected young African-Americans.
The white cop assaulting or shooting a black man may not be that unusual, but it has already led to dire consequences for those living in Ferguson and in Baltimore.
United led from a disputed penalty after a challenge on Marcus Rashford, with Clement claiming the forward 'deceived' referee Neil Swarbrick.
"I have had no communication at all from anyone," he explained.
"It surprised me because of the nature of it and the position that we are in. I've not heard from Mike Riley."
He continued: "I chose not to put any call into the FA on this occasion I felt that I had made my point very clearly in the media afterwards.
"We've had our fair share [of poor decisions] and all these things, they've all potentially cost us.
"I can't blame Neil Swarbrick for the decision, only for giving it if there was doubt, which I feel there was.
"That's why he asked the linesman, who is on the wrong side and has his view obscured.
"For me, of course, I'm disappointed with the player [Rashford].
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"I think [the remainder of the season] will come down to small margins.
"But what I am really hoping is it doesn't come down to a refereeing decision, either for us or against us.
"I want our future to be [decided] from our own good play.
"You want it to be down to us and if it isn't, that will be disappointing."
Plans unveiled this week will see sin bins introduced to English football next season while after a weekend where Rashford, Manchester City's Leroy Sane and Tottenham's Harry Kane were all accused of diving, there have also been renewed calls for retrospective bans.
However, Clement is wary of the suggestion.
"As a preventative measure I would support it, but if it costs you a result, there is nothing you can do, it won't help," he explained.
"It could end up potentially helping another team [in the next game] and not your own.
"For me it has to be video replays, they will sort it out easily.
"Last weekend showed it is a major issue. It is not normally as bad as that, but ours was the worst one.
"The video replay on those decisions has got to happen.
"I could not support one of my players if he did something like he [Rashford] did."
The former Derby boss is hoping to avoid a historic Premier League relegation play-off with Hull.
The so-called "39th game" would happen if Hull and Swansea finished joint-18th, level on points, goal difference and goals scored.
Hull have a two-point advantage over Swansea with three games remaining, but the two clubs' goal difference and goals scored are close, with Swansea on -29 and Hull on -31. Swans having scored four more goals.
Should those records be identical come the end of the season, the Premier League would take the unprecedented step of organising a one-off match at a neutral venue, as per their own rules and regulations.
"It is a possibility, isn't it?" Swansea head coach Clement said. "We're two better on goal difference, four goals better. So it is tight.
"Obviously you want to try to avoid it, but at the same time I'd take it [rather than go down]."
The revised test has been on trial in 20 locations across the UK since April.
Mr Ferguson, who's 17, took his test at the Bishopbriggs driving centre in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland.
Among other more standard manoeuvres, he had to follow a route on a sat-nav for 20 minutes.
The changes are designed to "better reflect real driving", explained a spokesman for the DVSA (Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency).
"Any future changes to the test would be subject to full public consultation," he added.
Other changes being tested include:
The DVSA hopes to complete 1,000 of the new tests, which will continue until early 2016.
So far, around 20 people have taken the new test.
Driving instructor Drew Nicol, who taught Mr Ferguson, thinks the update is a good idea.
"Lots of people have criticised the idea of using sat-navs but people are going to use them when they drive so it makes sense that we teach them to use them properly," he told the BBC.
"I teach learners to listen to it rather than look at it or glance at it only when it is safe to do so."
A hotel, care home, shops and restaurants are also proposed for the Omega site near the M62 at Burtonwood.
Some concerns have been voiced about the potential for increased traffic in the area, and the impact on wildlife.
The Omega project is already home to distribution warehouses and has reportedly created 2,000 jobs.
The land at the former RAF Burtonwood airbase has been labelled "the largest employment site in Western Europe" by Warrington Borough Council.
Council leader Terry O'Neill said: "The continued development of Omega is a key priority in our ambitious growth agenda.
"This planning application brings much-needed housing to the town."
The proposals will now be considered by the authority's planning department.
Developers Miller Developments and KUC Properties said more than 200 local residents have been consulted on the plans, and promised there would be improvements to local roads and wildlife habitat preservation.
Managing Director of Miller Developments Andrew Sutherland said "Naturally there were numerous concerns expressed about traffic congestion and our transport consultants continue to work hard with Warrington's highways team and public transport providers to address this."
Planning permission has already been granted for a new primary school on the site, whilst government funding has been committed for improvements to Junction 8 of the M62.
The land is owned by government body the Homes and Communities Agency.
Spokesman Karl Tupling said: "The development of Omega is one of the largest construction projects happening in the North West.
"This will create significant employment opportunities and contribute to the delivery of the government's Northern Powerhouse agenda."
A federation statement explained that "After 20 months of instability and inconsistent results" it agreed with Zaki to end his contract.
The federation also announced that a new coach would be appointed in the coming days.
Former Ivory Coast boss Herve Renard is being tipped to take over.
Renard, who lead the Elephants to the Africa Cup of Nations title in Equatorial Guinea last year, was sacked by French club Lille earlier this season,
The 47-year-old also lead Zambia to the Nations Cup title in 2012.
Former international goalkeeper Zaki, 56, took over as Morocco manager for the second time in May 2014.
Zaki first managed the side for three years from 2002, losing the Africa Cup of Nations final to Tunisia in 2004.
Morocco's next competitive games are crucial home and away 2017 Nations Cup qualifiers against Cape Verde at the end of March.
The two sides are currently top of Group F having won both their matches so far, Libya and Sao Tome are the other teams in the pool.
The Atlas Lions have also progressed to the final round of qualifying for the 2018 World Cup.
The 70-year-old, who is in his second spell as president, stood unopposed for the post.
Perez held the position for the first time between 2000 and 2006, a period during which Real signed Luis Figo, David Beckham and Ronaldo.
He returned in 2009, as the club bought Cristiano Ronaldo, Kaka, Karim Benzema and Xabi Alonso.
Cristiano Ronaldo's future at the Bernabeu remains uncertain after he told the club he wants to leave.
Perez employed six managers during his first spell, as Real won two La Liga titles and the Champions League.
He resigned in February 2006 after the club went three years without a major trophy.
Last season, Real Madrid became the first side to retain the Champions League and won the Spanish title for the first time since 2012.
That's according to veteran environmental campaigner Jonathon Porritt anyway.
And you thought smart meters were just about saving a few quid on your gas and electricity bills? Think again.
These gadgets being rolled out in many developed nations around the world will not only save people money, they'll promote more competition, more innovation, and change the way the global energy industry works, proponents argue.
So here's all you need to know about the huge project to introduce digital meters into British homes.
The UK government has told energy suppliers that they must offer to replace the old analogue gas and electricity meters in homes and small businesses with digital meters instead.
The aim is to install 53 million of them by 2020 - a target Lord Bourne, the minister responsible for the smart meter roll-out programme, recently admitted was "an ambitious and challenging aim". It has also had plenty of critics.
No, the scheme is voluntary - perhaps explaining why just 1.7 million have been installed so far. It's being paid for by the energy industry to the tune of £11bn.
The first thing to say about smart meters is that they're not all that smart - all they do is measure our gas and electricity consumption.
But they do it digitally, which means we can see exactly how much energy we're using - and how much it's costing us - in real time via a wirelessly connected in-home display. That data is also sent wirelessly to the energy company.
For one thing, it means no more estimated bills because your energy supplier will know precisely how much energy you've consumed at any point.
It also means an end to people having to come into your home to take meter readings, or you having to send readings to your supplier.
With annual dual fuel energy bills running at £1,300 on average, cost savings would be welcomed by most of us.
But this won't happen simply by having smart meters installed.
It's how we respond to the data - seeing the effect in pounds and pence of boiling a full kettle when we only want to make a single cup of tea, say. Or noticing the difference it makes when we switch off the TV and set-top boxes at night rather than leaving them on stand-by.
"We're all going to be much more in control of our energy usage than we are now," says Ann Robinson, director of consumer policy for U-Switch, the price comparison website.
"We'll have so much more data about how we use energy and how we can reduce the costs. We'll be able to pay less, use less and waste less."
But the government estimates smart meters could save us £17bn on our energy bills over the next 15 years.
Smart meters will increase competition by making it easier for new suppliers to enter the market, says Sacha Deshmukh, chief executive of Smart Energy GB, the body responsible for publicising smart meter roll-out.
Not so long ago there were just six energy suppliers in the UK - now there are 31, and many more could enter the market.
"The reason companies like Amazon, Tesco, Virgin, or Google haven't entered this retail energy market yet is because it hasn't been digitised," he tells the BBC. He also envisages media companies like Sky and BT potentially including energy as part of their bundles of services.
And more accurate, up-to-date data will enable households and businesses to switch supplier far more quickly. Energy regulator Ofgem is aiming for energy supplier switching within 24 hours.
Not yet. The in-home display will merely show the total energy usage, so you'll see the display and cost fluctuate as you switch things on and off.
To reach that more sophisticated level of analysis we'll need smart appliances that can talk to the in-home display via another piece of kit called a consumer access device, explains Howard Porter, chief executive of Beama, the trade association for the UK electrical infrastructure industry.
"Smart meter roll-out is a catalyst for change... it's stage one in the move towards connected homes and buildings linked in to smart grids," he says.
You own your energy usage data - that's a basic principle of this whole programme, says Smart Energy GB. It will be transferred to the energy suppliers over a dedicated secure network being built by a new consortium called the Smart Data Communications Company (Smart DCC), comprising O2/Telefonica and Arqiva. This network is due to go live in August 2016.
"If consumers want it they may choose to share their energy data with third parties to help manage their energy consumption," says Smart DCC's managing director, Jonathan Simcock.
You might want to allow price comparison websites or energy management companies to shop around for the best energy deals on your behalf and switch suppliers for you, for example.
Or you may want advice on how to improve your energy efficiency, by upgrading appliances, switching to LED lighting, or using the dishwasher and washing machine at times when electricity is cheaper. Such companies could effectively manage your energy usage for you.
For business processes that don't have to be done immediately, it makes sense to do them when energy is cheapest or at its most plentiful.
For example, a big food retailer running energy-hungry chiller and freezer cabinets can run them at a colder temperature at night when electricity is cheaper, then use them less intensively during the day when electricity is more expensive, knowing that there is enough stored coldness in the equipment to keep it running properly.
"We can achieve energy savings of 15% to 25% for our customers," says Sara Bell, chief executive of Tempus Energy, a new energy supplier offering this type of service.
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The brightly-coloured phenomenon was visible in north and mid Wales as skies across the UK were bathed in light.
It was visible in Scotland and Northern Ireland and as far south as Oxfordshire in England.
Aurora Borealis occurs when electrically-charged particles from the Sun enter the Earth's atmosphere.
What are the Northern Lights?
EU law enforcement agency Europol said the gang purchased football clubs and then used them as a front for an opaque network of holding companies.
It said four major football clubs were searched along with houses and offices, resulting in three "key" arrests.
Third division club Uniao de Leiria was among those raided.
Leiria's owner Alexander Tolstikov has been detained, along with two other club officials, Portuguese media report.
They are all due to appear in court on Thursday morning.
Uniao de Leiria was a top-flight club, at one point managed by Jose Mourinho, but it fell out of the Primera Liga in 2012 and dropped to the third division before going bankrupt and being bought by Mr Tolstikov in 2015.
It is currently fighting for promotion to the second division.
Europol said the searches and arrests were carried out on Wednesday as part of Operation Matrioskas (Russian dolls), which had been going on for more than a year.
Links were found with serious and organised crimes carried out in the UK, Germany, Moldova, Austria, Latvia and Estonia, it said.
Three other clubs were searched, top sides Sporting Lisbon, Sporting Braga and Benfica - but Portuguese media said they were not under suspicion and were only linked to the investigation because of football transfer negotiations conducted with Leiria.
Several Russian players have been on Uniao de Leiria's books in the past two years, but only one has been in the main squad, Reuters reports.
The gang behind the alleged club takeovers was "thought to be a cell of an important Russian mafia group", the agency added. According to Europol, the group adopted a particular method:
Due to the use of front-men, the real owners who ultimately controlled the club were unknown, it said.
The investigation was triggered due to suspicions raised by "strong red flag indicators" - mainly the "high standards of living suspects enjoyed".
The Staggies beat Hibernian 2-1 at Hampden in Glasgow last Sunday.
The parade started from County's stadium in Dingwall following the team's game against derby rivals Inverness Caledonian Thistle.
Inverness are the holders of the Scottish Cup but were knocked out of this season's competition by Hibs.
The Edinburgh side beat Caley Thistle 2-1 in Inverness on Wednesday.
But Ross County failed to notch up a win in the derby game ahead of the parade, losing 3-0 to their Highland rivals.
An open-top bus took the team and the cup from the stadium around the Highland town before returning to the football ground.
Club spokesman David O'Connor said: "The messages of congratulations have been overwhelming since the victory over Hibernian and the procession on Saturday evening will allow all sections of our support and the community to join in the celebrations.
"There will be many photo opportunities but safety will be a priority and well-wishers are asked to consider their safety and that of others on the night."
The group, Core Issues, was ordered to pay £100,000 in legal costs after the High Court rejected its case.
It was trying to challenge a Transport for London (TfL) ban of its posters, which read "Not Gay! Ex-Gay, Post-Gay and Proud. Get over it!".
Core Issues vowed to continue fighting.
The 2012 campaign was a response to a bus poster campaign by gay rights group Stonewall, saying: "Some people are gay. Get over it!".
In March 2013, the High Court ruled the TfL ban was lawful because displaying the advert would "cause grave offence" to those who were gay.
But Core Issues argued that London mayor Boris Johnson, as TfL chairman, had ordered it to impose the ban for the "improper purpose" of seeking votes from gay people to help him win re-election.
The Court of Appeal ordered a further investigation, and High Court judge Mrs Justice Lang cleared Mr Johnson of any wrongdoing last July.
However, returning to the Court of Appeal, Core Issues argued the judge had not properly considered the evidence that Mr Johnson had "instructed" TfL to impose the ban.
But Lord Justice Sullivan said although there was an amount of "puffing" by Mr Johnson, the ban was "certainly not unlawful" and refused a fresh appeal.
Andrea Williams, chief executive of the Christian Legal Centre, said later: "It does not finish here. It is all a whitewash."
Referring to the fact that Core Issues now faces a £100,000 legal expenses bill from TfL, Ms Williams said: "This is intimidation. It is an extortionate amount of costs against somebody seeking to do good."
The article was about a police raid on militants in Dhaka.
A BBC spokesman said it had been sent by mistake by a World Service reporter and was taken down minutes later.
He added: "It was literally a human error and it has been corrected."
The BBC later tweeted: "Apologies to anyone who received a breaking news alert from our Bengali service. Don't worry, we weren't hacked".
There are currently about 450 police volunteers in Wales, but more will be recruited by 2020.
The Association of Special Constabulary Chief Officers (ASCCO) said specials often had skills from their day jobs to help in areas such as cyber crime.
North Wales Police hopes to recruit an extra 100 special constables by 2020.
The other Welsh police forces are also increasing their numbers, although they have not given themselves a target.
Special constables are fully-trained frontline officers who can respond to 999 calls.
Ian Miller, chairman of the ASCCO, denied more specials were being recruited due to police cuts, saying they added value to policing.
"I think by increasing the number of specials, it gives resilience to police forces with the security threat," he said.
"There's an advantage in being able to call on fully qualified people to provide an additional resource during times of need."
Mark Owen, chief officer for North Wales Police's Special Constabulary, said the Manchester terror attack proved how invaluable specials were.
"A lot of special constables in north Wales turned up for duty without anybody asking them following the attack," he said.
"They knew officers were going to help in Greater Manchester so they came in, put their coats on and went out on the streets of north Wales. It gives us that flexible workforce."
Special constables have been working alongside paid police officers in England and Wales for the past 185 years.
In addition to their regular jobs, they must carry out at least 16 hours of police work a month - although many do much more - and have the power to arrest people.
Some work as specialist officers, such as with the the road safety unit or fighting rural crime, while others are recruited for knowledge obtained in their regular jobs to help in the fight against cyber crime and fraud.
North Wales Police - which has 188 special constables - held a recruitment event in Llandudno on Saturday to coincide with National Specials weekend.
Recruitment is a big issue for the police forces, as many special constables go on to join the police service as paid officers, leaving vacancies.
Gwent Police and South Wales Police have recently taken on more specials, taking both of their totals to 108.
Dyfed-Powys Police is also recruiting in the coming months to add to its 89 specials.
Officers include people who are cyber experts, mental health nurses, doctors, managers and accountants in their regular jobs.
Cairn Newton-Evans, chief officer for Dyfed-Powys Police's Special Constabulary and the Welsh representative for ASCCO, decided to become a special after he was the victim of a violent homophobic attack in his hometown of Ammanford, Carmarthenshire, in 2008.
"I thought maybe I could try and stop anyone else from going through what I had," said Mr Newton-Evans, who also works in retail and is studying for a degree in law and public services.
"You're giving up your own time and you're not getting paid. You have to really want to do it and make a difference to your community.
"I'm proud I don't get paid - I'm doing it to make people feel safe."
The Aldi store in Prestatyn was targeted at about 1941 GMT on Monday by two men, who escaped with cash.
A search of the area by helicopter and by the North Wales Police dog section failed to find anything.
Anyone with information is asked to contact 101 if in Wales, 0845 6071001 (Welsh language) or 0845 6071002 (English).
Police said one of the men remained by the store's door while the other pushed a member of staff and took cash from the till.
The first offender is between 5ft 8ins (173cm) and 5ft 10 ins (178cm) tall and slim, was wearing a hooded top and had his face covered.
The second man was slim and was believed to have been wearing a hooded top, had his socks tucked over his tracksuit bottoms and was wearing black trainers.
New maps by software analysts Esri UK show Edinburgh tops the list with 49% green space.
Glasgow's total of 32% placed it second in the league table - ahead of Bristol (29%), Birmingham (24.6) and Greater London (23%).
Liverpool was shown to have the least, with only just over a sixth of its land classified as green space.
The bright green areas on each map represent green space.
The other cities included in the list are Sheffield (22.1%), Leeds (21.7%), Manchester (20.4%) and Bradford (18.4%).
Folkestone beat off rival bids from Hastings and Brighton to host the event in May as part of Culture24's Connect 10 Museums at Night Festival weekend.
The three seaside towns staged a series of publicity stunts in their bids to win the competition.
The photographer said he hoped those taking part would have a great time and that he would not be arrested.
George's House Gallery in Folkestone was up against Hastings' Jerwood Gallery and Brighton's Royal Pavilion and Museums in the competition to host the photoshoot by Tunick.
In January about 30 Hastings residents took part in a nude flash mob on a wet and windy beach in their bid to attract the photographer to the East Sussex town.
But the Folkestone bid's online campaign featuring residents holding up signs reading "I'm ready for Spencer!" - including a placard with the logo placed next to the statue of a mermaid in the town's harbour - apparently proved more eye-catching.
Mr Tunick said: "I have no idea what the folks of Folkestone look like, I have no idea what the streets are like.
"I have no idea if the police are going to stop me, or arrest me, or if I'll get permission."
Up to 250 people will strip to have their photos taken by Mr Tunick, with each person being in front of the camera for about 30 seconds, he said.
Each shot will be displayed in a key fob viewfinder and a fast-moving slideshow of the naked images will be projected onto a mirrored mosaic wall at the gallery.
Brigitte Orasinski, director of George's House Gallery, said: "He makes such democratic artwork.
"It's instantly recognisable, even those who aren't as interested in the arts as others know his works."
Mr Tunick said: "I just hope everyone has a great time, and lots of people sign up to participate and be part of this traditional, but quite novel, portrait."
Wenger has yet to beat the Portuguese in nine attempts, most recently losing a Capital One Cup fourth-round tie 2-0 at home to Chelsea in October.
But victory over the Blues at the Emirates Stadium on Monday will take Arsenal back above Liverpool to the top of the Premier League table.
"It is not a personal battle," Wenger said.
"Honestly, we had some big games in the past, but what is important for me is that I am completely focused on Arsenal Football Club and on my team and doing well in the team.
"Whether we play Monday night against Chelsea or anybody else, for me it is exactly the same, because what is at stake for us is to get back to winning habits."
The relationship between the two managers has been fiery in the past, with Wenger being called a "voyeur" by Mourinho in 2005 over comments made about events at Stamford Bridge.
"Once you are out of competition, everybody is different," said the Frenchman, whose side have been the early Premier League pacesetters before a draw and a defeat in their last two games saw them overtaken by Liverpool.
"We have spent time together in Geneva at the Uefa managers' meeting.
"Here is competition time, so everybody fights for his team and his club."
Mourinho also played down the significance of his record of five wins and four draws against Wenger.
"It's not me against Wenger," said Mourinho, whose side would draw level on points with leaders Liverpool with a win.
"It's my Chelsea against his Arsenal. And [the record] doesn't play Monday. It has no influence. That stat, for the game on Monday, means nothing.
"I just feel that we played better, we deserved more and we won these matches.
"In my time I remember just one game where we were close to losing, which was a game at home where (Michael) Essien scored the equalising goal in the last part of the game (in the December 2006 Premier League draw).
"After that, even at the Emirates, playing with 10 men for 75 minutes we played a fantastic match and we drew 1-1 (in May 2007).
"My memories are that against them we played very good matches. As a consequence of that we got good results."
The seven men are officials of the temple in Paravur and were among several wanted by police.
Earlier police had detained five others and a judicial inquiry ordered into the incident.
A court in Kerala is due to hear a plea to ban fireworks displays at temples.
Nearly 400 people near the temple were injured when a faulty rocket fell onto a large stockpile of fireworks on Sunday.
A building at the temple then collapsed, causing many of the deaths.
Kerala temple tragedy: 'All over in a few minutes'
The death toll rose to 111 on Tuesday after two of the injured died in hospital.
Seven temple officials, including the president, have surrendered to the police since Monday night, and are now being questioned over their role in the incident.
Officials say the temple had been denied permission on safety grounds, but it had gone ahead under pressure from a large crowd.
Thousands had gathered to watch the display as part of a local new year festival.
Police are also questioning five temple workers involved in staging the fireworks display.
Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said 351 people were still undergoing treatment for injuries sustained in the blast, and 24 of them were in a critical condition.
Puttingal: India's 'temple of fireworks'
Fireworks and firecrackers are commonly used at temple festivals in Kerala.
Every year temples in the state organise fireworks displays, often competing to stage the most spectacular ones.
Sunday's incident is not the first of its kind in Kerala.
The famous Sabarimala temple banned fireworks in 1952 after 68 people died in a firecracker explosion.
Tony Wood, the head of aerospace, will depart, and Lawrie Haynes, who runs the land and sea division, will step down next year.
The change in structure is part of a plan to save up to £200m a year from 2017, it said.
Removing the top layer of management is a bid to simplify decision-making.
Rolls-Royce has issued a series of profit warnings that have battered its share price, leaving it down 38% this year.
Mr East, who joined in July, admitted last month that the engineering group had developed an "accounting fog" that had left investors unclear about its direction.
He wants to "simplify" Rolls-Royce to make it a more responsive business.
From January, the company will operate as five businesses, with the presidents of civil aerospace, defence aerospace, marine, nuclear and power systems reporting to Mr East.
Currently, the firm has two divisions: aerospace, and land and sea.
"The changes we are announcing today are the first important steps in driving operational excellence and returning Rolls-Royce to its long-term trend of profitable growth," said Mr East.
Rolls-Royce employs more than 21,000 people in the UK, with more than 12,000 employed at its Derby aerospace engines and submarines division.
Earlier this year, the company announced 3,600 job cuts and warned that some of its 2,000 senior managers would depart.
The crisis claimed the scalp of John Rishton, who Rolls-Royce said in April would step down after four years as chief executive.
The company makes engines for the UK nuclear submarine fleet. It was reported this week that the government had drawn up contingency plans, should Rolls-Royce's problems become so acute that it faced being broken up.
Business minister Anna Soubry told the House of Commons that the government was "monitoring the situation carefully" but did not elaborate.
The next generation of nuclear submarines, due to be deployed by 2030, is being planned by the government.
Charles James Evans had six passengers in his BMW - three without seatbelts.
Evans admitted dangerous driving and was sentenced to six months at Mold Crown Court on Wednesday, suspended for a year.
He was also ordered to carry out 180 hours unpaid work and retake his driving test.
A police officer saw Evans' BMW Coupe drive at excessive speed towards the roundabout of the A483 near Welshpool cattle market, Powys, on 11 June and decided to follow it.
Judge Niclas Parry said Evans, 22, of Shropshire, reached "alarmingly high speeds" estimated at between 120mph and 140mph.
He drove on the wrong side of the road, and across a junction.
Simon Medland QC, defending, said that his client was a "hard working and highly thought of" agricultural contractor whose loss of driving licence would affect him greatly.
Eight engines and 40 firefighters were called out to the Hampton by Hilton Hotel in Corby at about 15:45 GMT on Saturday.
Northamptonshire Fire Service said everyone was accounted for, and that four people were treated at the scene after breathing in smoke.
The service said all the guests had been relocated and crews had returned to base by Sunday morning.
The cause of the fire, at the Rockingham Leisure Park on Princewood Road, is being investigated.
The hotel's duty manager said she was unable to provide any further details about the fire, but confirmed the hotel was closed.
The Ministry of Defence (MoD), which has two Airbus A400M aircraft, said their operations have been "paused".
The plane, which was undergoing flight trials, reportedly developed a fault just after take-off. Those on board were Spanish Airbus employees.
An MoD spokeswoman said: "As a precaution the UK's A400M aircraft are temporarily paused."
At least four people were killed in the crash on Saturday and two other crew members have been seriously injured.
Spain's airport authority said Seville airport had been closed and all flights were being diverted to Malaga and Jerez.
The A400M is a large, propeller-driven transport aircraft.
About 194 planes, which are manufactured by Airbus Defence and Space, have been ordered by eight countries, including Spain, France and the UK.
The Royal Air Force (RAF) has ordered a total of 22 planes to be delivered over the next few years.
They will gradually replace the existing fleet of C-130 Hercules, the tried and trusted workhorse of the RAF's air transport fleet.
The MoD said the new aircraft will give the RAF the ability to move people and equipment rapidly around the globe for military and humanitarian operations.
It is capable of carrying 30-tonne vehicles and up to 116 armed forces personnel. According to Airbus, the A400M can be adapted to become a tanker, for air-to-air refuelling.
Guy Verhofstadt, a long-standing critic of Brexit, wrote in The Observer that it was "irrelevant" whether the Conservatives increased their majority.
Instead, Mrs May appeared to be driven by "political opportunism", he said.
Mrs May says the poll is needed because Westminster is divided over Brexit.
The decision to hold the election on 8 June - three years earlier than scheduled - was approved on Wednesday, with 522 MPs in favour and 13 against.
Mr Verhofstadt wrote: "The theory espoused by some, that Theresa May is calling a general election on Brexit in order to secure a better deal with the EU, is nonsensical.
"Will the election of more Tory MPs give Theresa May a greater chance of securing a better Brexit deal?
"For those sitting around the table in Brussels, this is an irrelevance."
Mr Verhofstadt added that many in Brussels believed the chances of a deal were being eroded by Mrs May's "tough negotiating red lines" and a lack of "political room for manoeuvre" domestically.
He said there was no guarantee "a sprinkling of additional Conservative MPs on the backbenches" would change this.
"Indeed, it appears this election is being driven by the political opportunism of the party in government, rather than by the people they represent," he added.
Mrs May has argued that an increased Commons majority would strengthen her hand in the Brexit negotiations, making it more difficult for the opposition parties at home to obstruct her plans.
In her speech on 18 April, announcing the decision to call an election, she said: "Division in Westminster will risk our ability to make a success of Brexit and it will cause damaging uncertainty and instability to the country.
"So we need a general election and we need one now, because we have at this moment a one-off chance to get this done while the European Union agrees its negotiating position and before the detailed talks begin."
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All of the celebrities have now been revealed for the new series of Strictly, which begins with a launch show on BBC One on 9 September.
So who will be testing their tango and practicing their Paso Doble at the end of the summer?
Read on to find out...
Alexandra Burke is the fifteenth and final celebrity to be announced as joining the Strictly 2017 line-up.
The singer, who is currently performing on stage in the West End in London, has said that she is "so excited".
"I am very nervous as I am a singer not a dancer, but I am going to give this my absolute everything and try my best to make everyone proud."
The double Paralympic, World and European T44 100m Champion is one of the last few celebrities to be announced as taking part in Strictly this year.
Jonnie will be the first contestant with a disability to take part in the main show - an opportunity which Jonnie said was "too good to turn down".
He added: "I know this will be a challenge and a new experience. I can't wait to see what I can achieve and how far I can push myself."
Next to join the line-up is TV personality and presenter Debbie McGee.
Debbie said, "There are no words to describe how I feel about performing on Strictly Come Dancing. The excitement is overwhelming. I can't stop smiling. It's been the hardest secret I have ever had to keep!"
Ore would agree with you there, Debbie!
The former Holby City actor has already tried her hand at dancing on the BBC - she appeared on Let's Sing and Dance for Comic Relief.
Chizzy said: "When I was 13, I made the finals of a disco dancing competition once but there was this amazing girl who exploded onto the stage with a gorgeous sequined costume, throwing glitter everywhere.
"I knew it was game over for me. That was then, this is now and this is my chance to have even more sequins!"
Charlotte is a journalist and one of the presenters on ITV's breakfast show Good Morning Britain.
Charlotte said, "I am so thrilled to be one of the contestants on Strictly this year! I've always been a big fan of the show.
"I'm looking forward to stepping out from behind the news desk to cha-cha-cha my way across the dancefloor!"
Brian says, "I'm delighted and honoured to be asked to strut my stuff on this year's Strictly."
He added, "My family all love the show and can't wait to see me do my Dad dancing on national television."
Here's contestant number nine! Susan is a comedian from Scotland. You probably recognise her as the presenter of the CBBC game show Top Class.
Susan says she's mega-excited to be on Strictly and says "I have been a Strictly super-fan for years. This is going to be the best ride possible."
Best of luck to you, Susan!
Aston is celebrity number eight! He is a singer and songwriter, best-known for being a member of the successful British band JLS.
He said "I'm so happy to be joining Strictly 2017, it is such a brilliant show and I've followed it for years. I'm both nervous and excited to learn from the professionals about a whole new way of dancing!"
Simon is the seventh celebrity contestant confirmed for the brand new series of Strictly Come Dancing.
Simon said, "I am so excited, terrified and proud to be invited to be part of Strictly 2017. I've always been a HUUUUGE fan of the show. When I put on my sequins and hit the floor it will genuinely be my very first time dancing ballroom and Latin. Nobody will try harder, have more fun or get more out of it than me. I can't wait."
He is best-known for being the chef and co-presenter on Channel 4's Sunday Brunch.
Joe is an actor, and probably best know for playing the role of Raf di Lucca in Holby City.
He said, "Strictly is one of the biggest, most entertaining shows on TV and being asked to be part of it is a once in a lifetime opportunity that I'm thrilled and terrified about in equal measures!"
The latest member of this year's Strictly team is the Vicar of St Mary's Church in Finedon, Northamptonshire and Chancellor of the University of Northampton.
Away from his church duties, Richard hosts a show on Radio 4 and has appeared on several TV programmes.
Before he joined the church, he was in a band called The Communards, who's best known song is Don't Leave Me This Way (you'll know it when you hear it!)
Gemma Atkinson stars in Emmerdale as Carly Hope and used to be in Hollyoaks.
She said: "I'm beyond excited and incredibly nervous but I am looking forward to learning a new skill and taking on this new challenge."
Ruth is used to presenting on daytime TV programmes like This Morning and Loose Women.
She says it'll be "the scariest yet most exciting thing I've ever done".
Davood is a familiar face for EastEnders fans, where he plays the character of Kush Kazemi.
He said: "It's going to be exciting, challenging and terrifying all at once!"
Mollie King from The Saturdays was the first celebrity dancer confirmed to be taking part in Strictly.
She told Nick Grimshaw on Radio 1's breakfast show that it's "something that I always said I wanted to do.... I'm going to be giving it my all."
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Reports in the Yorkshire Post suggested Trinity were considering selling their place in the top flight.
"It was raised and discussed in a meeting with all the Super League clubs in February for about 15 minutes," Carter told BBC Radio Leeds.
"There is absolutely nothing to consider from my point of view."
He added: "If someone said they had £2m for the franchise and here's where we're going to head and this is what it entails, then you sit down and you consider it in a rational manner."
Super League general manager Mark Foster said earlier this month that they would be willing to listen to clubs interested in moving for the good of the sport.
At present, Wakefield do not have a home venue for next season.
Their Belle Vue ground does not meet minimum ground requirements for hosting Super League matches.
Championship side Featherstone Rovers had offered to share their Post Office Road home next season but Carter has said that will not happen.
"I'd like people to stop worrying about the ground and concentrate on enjoying the rugby league. I'll worry about the ground," he said.
"We're still trying to get the people of Wakefield the community stadium they were promised five years ago.
"We won't be going to Featherstone and unless something monumental happens to Belle Vue that's not an option either. The options we are pursuing are outside of those grounds."
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The 29-year-old Nigerian, who was released by Sunderland following their relegation from the Premier League, is expected to make his debut for the capital outfit once he regains match fitness.
"We are delighted with the signing of Victor, who played in the Premier League," club manager Gao Hongbo announced at a press conference.
"It's a positive development for our whole club.
"Victor hasn't trained on the pitch since the Premier League season ended, so it may take a while for him to integrate into our team. We have to be patient."
Anichebe joined the Black Cats on a short-term contract as a free agent in September, but his brief spell at the stadium of light was blighted by knee and hamstring injuries.
He scored just three goals in 19 appearances and was not offered a new contract at the end of the season.
The switch to late Ivorian midfielder Cheick Tiote's last club, will see Anichebe play outside England for the first time in his career which started at Everton.
He moved from Lagos to Liverpool at the age of one, scoring 35 goals for Everton and West Brom in 228 appearances.
Although eligible for England, Anichebe opted to represent his country of birth and played his first game for Nigeria in March 2008.
He scored on his debut in a 2-0 win over South Africa to help them reach the 2008 Olympics and was then part of the squad that went on to win silver in Beijing.
After suffering a groin problem on his last appearance for Nigeria in a 2-0 win over Madagascar in 2011, the striker decided to put his international career with the Super Eagles on hold so he can "manage his body accordingly".
The email from her adviser, Sydney Blumenthal, refers to meetings held by the then opposition Conservative Party leader with UUP and DUP politicians.
He writes: "Cameron has intervened, threatening recklessly to destroy a generation of work, in order, potentially, to gain marginal seats in NI in case of a hung parliament."
Thousands more emails from Mrs Clinton's private server while she was US secretary of state have been published.
The memo was written following a session of talks involving then British and Irish prime ministers Gordon Brown and Brian Cowen that would ultimately result in the Hillsborough Castle Agreement in February 2010 and the devolution of justice powers to Stormont.
It referred to secret discussions between the Conservatives with the DUP and UUP at Hatfield House, a stately home in England.
In the May 2010 general election, the Conservatives and Ulster Unionists formed an electoral pact in Northern Ireland, fielding joint candidates under the name Ulster Conservative and Unionist New Force (UCUNF).
BBC Northern Ireland political editor Mark Devenport said the emails were unlikely to affect any relationship between Mr Cameron and Mrs Clinton if she succeeded in her current bid to become US president.
"He would have known that the US State Department would always push for agreement and the emails were probably reflecting what was being briefed by the Labour government at the time," he said.
"The US would always be pushing for the successful conclusion to any talks, and right now, that's where the Conservative government would want them if there was any hiccup in the Northern Ireland political process."
Leah Washington, 17, from Barnsley, South Yorkshire, was one of five people who suffered severe injuries on the Smiler ride on 2 June.
Her brother Luke said she had initially been put in intensive care and relied on machines to help her breathe.
He said the effects of the crash had "not been easy on the family".
Miss Washington's leg was amputated above the left knee and she also suffered a fractured left hand.
Her older brother said her "health and spirits had improved dramatically".
"Yesterday, I walked into the room and she was standing up. It was great," Mr Washington told BBC WM 95.6.
He said that compared to last week, when Ms Washington was taken to hospital for the first time, "it's a world of difference".
"She was heavily sedated. She was in intensive care and the machines were keeping her going," he said.
Miss Washington and three other people were on the front row of a carriage on the ride which hit an empty one, trapping 16 passengers for up to four-and-a-half hours.
All four on the front row suffered severe leg injuries.
Mr Washington said a day after the crash his sister was breathing on her own and had made a "rapid recovery".
"Each day has gone by and she's improved and improved.
"I don't know where she's got this strength from," he said.
One Direction has filmed a video message and offered to meet Miss Washington, who is a big fan.
A campaign to persuade the band to contact her attracted thousands of retweets.
Mr Washington said the band had given his sister "something to look forward to".
"I got to tell Leah and she was over the moon," he said.
"There was a smile on her face and that's all we wanted."
Miss Washington's friend Sara Stuart, one of those who behind the campaign, said the support from people across the country had been "overwhelming".
"It made me so happy that so many people were supporting one of my closest friends," she said.
Ms Stuart described her friend as a "total fan" of One Direction and said staff at the Royal Stoke University Hospital had been "amazing" by putting up posters of the band to help her recover.
Miss Washington's boyfriend Joe Pugh is also at the hospital and being treated for two broken knees and "extensive" hand injuries.
Vicky Balch, 20, from Leyland in Lancashire, has undergone surgery at the same hospital and is in a "serious but stable" condition, according to her family.
Daniel Thorpe, 27, from Buxton, Derbyshire, was treated at University Hospital Coventry for a collapsed lung and a fractured leg. His condition is described as "stable".
Chanda Chauhan, 49, from Wednesbury in the Black Country, who was sitting in the second row of the Smiler, was admitted to Walsall Manor Hospital with internal injuries.
A Health and Safety Executive investigation into the crash is continuing.
Alton Towers reopened to visitors on Monday, although the Smiler ride itself remains closed.
Merlin Entertainments Group, which owns the theme park, said it was the first accident in the company's history and said anyone injured would be compensated.
Lucy Hargreaves, who would be 30 this year, was killed at her house in Lambourne Road, Walton, on 3 August 2005.
The men set fire to the house but her partner and toddler daughter escaped.
Police are searching for suspect Kevin Thomas Parle, 31, who they believe is living in Europe.
He is also wanted over the murder of 16-year-old Liam Kelly, who was murdered in the early hours of 19 June 2004 as he got out of a car in Grafton Street, Dingle.
Ms Hargreaves was lying on the sofa when she was shot, as her partner Gary Campbell and two-year-old daughter slept upstairs.
Detective Superintendent Dave Brunskill said: "Even as a toddler was heard crying upstairs, the offender poured petrol around the living room and hallway and set fire to the house.
"Their callous actions would have claimed the lives of two more people that night had Gary not escaped the flames by jumping with his daughter.
"Eight years on we are determined to bring Lucy Hargreaves' killers to justice.
"Lucy was an innocent victim and this year her family should have been celebrating her 30th birthday with her - instead they have been robbed of a loving mother and daughter.
"It's never too late to come forward with information - we believe someone, somewhere knows what has happened to Lucy and I hope that the passing of time will enable people to search their consciences and find the courage to come forward.
"I'd like to reassure them that there are special measures that can be put in place to protect witnesses in serious cases such as this."
Two men were cleared of Ms Hargreaves' murder in a trial in 2007.
It is clear this May's Northern Ireland Assembly election will mark a generational change in Northern Ireland politics.
A sizeable number of sitting MLAs have decided to step down, others are looking at the possibility of defeat, and some co-optees who have never fought an election are now facing their first trial by ballot box.
Mr McGimpsey's long career exemplifies the transition in Northern Ireland politics.
He hit the headlines in the 1980s for a legal challenge to the Anglo Irish Agreement highlighting the Irish constitution's territorial claim to Northern Ireland.
He was also involved with the Peace Train campaign demanding an end to paramilitary violence.
But as a member of the Unionist Labour group, he harbours hopes that left-right politics will come to dominate, and is proud both of being part of the first Northern Ireland's power-sharing executive after the Good Friday Agreement and his years heading up the Department of Health.
Health funding is likely to be a subject he will continue to be vocal about, even if he no longer sits on the benches at Stormont.
Just as Mr McGimpsey announced his departure, his former party leader Lord Empey floated the kite of a voluntary ban on election posters.
Ian Paisley once told me that if you knocked a voter's door and they did not know who you were when they opened it, you were on to a loser.
That is easy to say if you are a big beast like the late Democratic Unionist Party leader or a well known face like the Alliance Party's Naomi Long, who is hoping to return to the fray in May.
But a ban on election posters is a less attractive option if you are contesting your first election.
Given the number of fresh-faced candidates seeking a place at Stormont, it is hardly likely they will opt for anonymity.
Social media may provide a new way to communicate directly to the voters, but it only reaches a section of the electorate.
Traditional Unionist Voice leader Jim Allister also has a point when he argues that any election poster ban is likely to assist the big established parties and militate against smaller parties, who, by virtue of their fewer seats, will get less time then they would like on TV and radio.
So, I would not bet against Martin McGuinness's prediction on BBC Northern Ireland's The View programme that the chances of a voluntary election poster ban being implemented are "zero".
Perhaps the best option would be to concentrate on enforcing the rules that already exist for removing the posters once the contest is over.
The figures were produced by the doctors' union the BMA, which has had long-standing concerns over NHS 111.
Doctors' leaders say increased referrals mean more pressure on already overstretched GPs and hospitals.
NHS England says the 111 service is meeting increasing demand.
A spokesman said the proportion of referrals to GPs and emergency services had remained steady despite a surge in calls.
But the BMA is concerned that the service is not delivering appropriate advice to some patients and this means some are being incorrectly directed to busy hospitals and GP surgeries.
The BMA looked at the outcomes of calls to NHS 111, which was rolled out in March 2013 to replace the old NHS Direct service.
In its final full year of operation in 2011-12, NHS Direct received 4.4 million calls from patients.
In comparison, calls to NHS 111 increased year-on-year and in 2014 (up to November) it received and responded to more than 15.4 million calls.
Referrals from NHS 111 to A&E increased from just under 400,000 calls in 2013 to over a million in 2014.
Similarly, referrals to GPs went up from just under 3 million to 8 million between 2013 and 2014.
Dr Charlotte Jones, BMA's GP lead on NHS 111, is concerned that the service is not delivering appropriate advice for patients.
"There is no doubt that if a patient needs any form of medical care they should be referred through to an appropriate doctor or nurse, but there are serious doubts as to whether this huge increase in workload is clinically necessary.
"Anecdotally, GPs have reported to the BMA that patients have been referred to them with colds, sore thumbs or other conditions that could have been treated safely by sensible advice over the phone, advising a patient on how to self-care, such as picking up medication from a local pharmacist."
And Dr Mark Porter, of the BMA, says there is an issue with staff who have little or no medical knowledge.
"A fundamental problem with NHS 111 is that it employs non-clinically trained staff who follow a formulaic script rather than using clinical judgement to assess how calls are dealt with.
"Understandably this is likely to lead the call handlers, with limited experience of medicine, to be cautious and refer patients to the NHS when a trained professional could have encouraged them to effectively self-care.
"Key NHS services cannot afford to be taking on unnecessary work when they are struggling to treat the number of patients who do need genuine care.
"It is also an enormous waste of patients' time if they are sent to a GP or A&E when they could have had their issue dealt with during a few minutes on the phone."
An NHS England spokesman said the statistics show there is a massive demand from the public for the 111 service.
"To date, it has coped impressively with this pressure, with the proportion of referrals to GPs and emergency services remaining steady despite the surge in demand.
"Given this popularity, however, we are continuing to look at ways to make the service even more robust including asking GPs to help support call centres and provide patients with the ability to get high quality medical advice as quickly as possible."
Janette Turner, a research fellow for the emergency and immediate care group at the University of Sheffield, said: "We must remember NHS 111 is not the same as NHS Direct and of course call volumes are much higher because 111 has not only replaced NHS Direct, but also GP out of hours services.
"Today's BMA statements are anecdotal and what isn't known is if there was no 111, how many of those people would have actually gone in to their GP, A&E or Walk-In Centres."
Mr Trump will travel overseas in late May before heading to Brussels for a Nato meeting and a G7 summit in Sicily.
The news comes a day after Mr Trump hosted Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas at the White House, where he promised to facilitate a peace deal with Israel.
The trip is meant to signify Mr Trump's tour of capitals of three major monotheistic religions.
"Tolerance is the cornerstone of peace," Mr Trump said on Thursday in a National Day of Prayer address to religious leaders in the White House Rose Garden.
"That is why I am proud to make a major and historic announcement this morning and share with you that my first foreign trip as president will be to Saudi Arabia, then Israel, then the Vatican in Rome."
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With visits planned to Saudi Arabia and Israel, including a meeting with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, Donald Trump is plunging feet-first into the swirling waters of Middle East politics, where US presidents dating back to Harry Truman have struggled to stay afloat.
He thinks he's up to the task. "It's something that I think is, frankly, maybe not as difficult as people have thought over the years," he said of Arab-Israeli negotiations during a White House meeting with Mr Abbas on Wednesday.
The trip could also allow the president to burnish his appeal to US political constituencies, including Jewish and evangelical voters with his Israel stop, and Catholics through his planned audience with Pope Francis at the Vatican. During the Republican presidential primary campaign, Mr Trump accused the pontiff of questioning his faith, which he called "disgraceful".
Foreign trips can often prove a challenge for even the most experienced politician - fraught with diplomatic pitfalls and unintended consequences. Mr Trump, with his propensity for damaging off-script comments and actions, could have opted for a less challenging destination for his first trip abroad.
Instead, he will sink or swim.
Mr Trump hosted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House in February and met Saudi Arabia's powerful Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in March in Washington.
But the president has previously clashed with Pope Francis over his anti-immigration rhetoric during the presidential campaign.
During a visit to Mexico, the pontiff said of Mr Trump: "A person who thinks only about building walls... and not building bridges, is not Christian."
Mr Trump called the pope's remarks "disgraceful", but later walked back his comments, saying the Pope was "misinformed".
But the two appeared to make amends after Mr Trump was elected, when Pope Francis sent him a letter wishing him well.
He told the newly inaugurated president he prayed "that your decisions will be guided by the rich spiritual and ethical values that have shaped the history of the American people and your nation's commitment to the advancement of human dignity and freedom worldwide".
Mr Trump will conclude his first foreign swing abroad with a Nato meeting in Belgium on 25 May and a stop in Sicily for the G7 summit the following day.
The president, who campaigned on an "America First" platform, has avoided travel abroad in his first months in office.
Former President Barack Obama had already taken three foreign trips at this point, visiting a total of nine foreign countries.
A publicist for Thicke's son, singer Robin Thicke, confirmed that the Canadian actor died from a heart attack on Tuesday in Los Angeles.
He was also well known as a TV host and the composer of the theme song to sitcom Diff'rent Strokes.
But Thicke's most famous role was as Dr Jason Seaver in Growing Pains, which aired from 1985 to 1992.
Robin Thicke wrote on Instagram: "He was the best man I ever knew. The best friend I ever had.
"Let's all rejoice and celebrate the joy he brought to every room he was in. We love you Alan Thicke."
Star Trek actor William Shatner led the tributes on Twitter, writing: "Saddened over the loss of my friend Alan. Condolences to his family."
David Hasselhoff wrote: "So sad #AlanThicke always made me laugh we recently worked and laughed together 'live for today it can be gone tomorrow' Goodbye Alan!"
Singer John Legend tweeted: "I grew up watching him and got to know him through Robin. He was always so kind to me. So sad to hear about his passing."
Actress Marlee Matlin posted a recent photograph of her with Thicke, adding: "RIP dear friend and gentleman."
A 2012 tweet from Thicke featuring an anonymous quote about life has been widely shared following the news of his death.
Thicke was born in Ontario, Canada, in 1947. He was nominated for three Emmy Awards for his work in the late 1970s as a writer for Barry Manilow's talk show, and later for a satirical take on the genre in the variety show America 2-Night.
The actor composed TV theme tunes for shows including The Facts of Life and the original theme for The Wheel of Fortu
He also briefly hosted his own talk show in the US called Thicke of the Night, a music and comedy programme which went head-to-head with The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.
It premiered in 1983 but did not last beyond its first nine-month season.
More recently, he made guest appearances on series such as How I Met Your Mother, This is Us and Netflix's Fuller House.
In a 2010 interview, Thicke said he was "proud" of his work on Growing Pains.
"I share the corny family values espoused on that show," he said. "[I'm] happy for the role, both what it stood for and what it did for me and my life and my family and my career.
"It was a great opportunity that made my life good and something that I can show to my 12-year-old now in reruns. Corny and dated as it is, it's still relatable, understandable."
Thicke is survived by his wife Tanya and sons Brennan, Carter and Robin, whose single Blurred Lines was a global hit in 2013.
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The former BBC defence correspondent was deemed unsuitable for an NHS trial and paid $60,000 (£48,000) for a stem cell transplant in Mexico in January.
Wyatt, 49, told BBC Radio 4's PM programme that she was "feeling better than I have done in a long time".
She also spoke of how it had taken 25 years for doctors to diagnose her MS.
About 100,000 people in the UK are affected by MS, which can cause numbness, tingling in the fingers and sufferers may struggle to walk or think clearly.
Wyatt decided to go to a private hospital in Puebla, Mexico, after talking to former patients, who had undergone a course of chemotherapy and transplanting stem cells.
"The chemo was to burn out the old faulty immune system so that you can have your stem cells harvested - and then brought back into the system," she said.
"This helps you to grow a new immune system which I hope will not have the faults of the old one."
She said some of the patients who had had the haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) treatment had spoken of "near miraculous results".
"People who had been in wheelchairs, or people who had been struggling to walk or to think or to speak clearly had come back after the treatment and, if you were a lay person, you'd say they looked cured, if you were a medic, you'd probably say they were in remission."
"That inspired me to go."
"For me the results have been more gradual and gentle," the former BBC religious affairs correspondent and PM presenter said.
"Three weeks since coming back I am feeling better than I have done for a long time," she added. "The main thing that happened was that the brain fog began to lift."
In MS the protective layer surrounding nerve fibres in the brain and spinal cord - known as myelin - becomes damaged. The immune system mistakenly attacks the myelin, causing scarring or sclerosis.
The damaged myelin disrupts the nerve signals - rather like the short circuit caused by a frayed electrical cable.
If the process of inflammation and scarring is not treated then eventually the condition can cause permanent neurodegeneration.
Wyatt, who first noticed some of the symptoms in 1990, said: "It is a very difficult disease to get diagnosed.
"Because I was a journalist when I went to doctors they said, 'Ah, you've got repetitive strain injury'."
She changed jobs but, following a relapse in 2001, she was given a brain scan and told she might have MS - a diagnosis that was confirmed following more invasive tests such as a spinal tap in 2015.
Wyatt initially tried various drug treatments but as her condition began to deteriorate she began to investigate the stem cell treatment.
"I got in touch with Sheffield who were the British arm of a trial... and they very kindly agreed to see me," she said.
"They did various tests but decided in the end that medically speaking I was not one of the best candidates so they couldn't do it here."
Wyatt said that although UK bodies such as the NHS and watchdog NICE describe the treatment as experimental, about 80% of people who had the treatment responded to some degree and more than 50% saw the progression of their MS halted.
The charity the MS Society says the treatment could have long-term benefits for some people with MS but that larger studies are needed to better understand the impact of this aggressive treatment compared with existing therapies.
Mr Spicer is reportedly stepping down because he is unhappy with President Donald Trump's appointment of a new communications director.
But he told Fox News he had "no regrets" about his six-month stint.
Wall Street financier Anthony Scaramucci has been picked for the role that Mr Spicer had partially filled.
The shake-up at the White House comes amid several investigations into alleged Russian meddling in last year's US presidential election and whether Mr Trump's campaign team colluded with Moscow.
"The president obviously wanted to add to the team, more than anything," Mr Spicer told interviewer Sean Hannity.
"I just thought it was in the best interest of our communications department, of our press organisation, to not have too many cooks in the kitchen.
"Without me in the way, they have a fresh start, so that I'm not lurking over them."
He defended President Trump's agenda, saying it was an honour and a privilege to serve him, and hit out at what he termed "media bias".
He said: "I was increasingly disappointed about the way the media here do their job - or don't do their job."
The 45 year old also said he had told Mr Trump he "would stay on for a few weeks to achieve a smooth transition", and was looking forward to spending more time with his family.
President Trump tweeted: "Sean Spicer is a wonderful person who took tremendous abuse from the Fake News Media - but his future is bright!"
The New York Times reported that Mr Spicer had "vehemently" disagreed with the appointment of Mr Scaramucci, which he believed to be a "major mistake".
Mr Spicer's often chaotic press briefings over the past six months were a cable news hit, but in recent weeks he had withdrawn from appearances in front of the camera.
In an assured debut, he attended Friday afternoon's news conference to announce that Sarah Huckabee Sanders, formerly Mr Spicer's deputy, would step into his shoes.
"I love the president and it's an honour to be here," Mr Scaramucci said, adding: "He is genuinely a wonderful human being."
Mr Scaramucci, who has no previous experience in communications roles, paid tribute to Mr Spicer as "a true American patriot" and "incredibly gracious".
"I hope he goes on to make a tremendous amount of money," he added.
Mr Scaramucci also apologised and said he had been "unexperienced" as he explained his previous criticism of the president.
In an August 2015 interview with Fox Business, he dismissed Mr Trump as a "hack" and "an inherited money dude" with "a big mouth".
Mr Scaramucci is currently senior vice-president of the Export-Import Bank, a US government agency which guarantees loans for foreign buyers of American exports.
A former member of the Trump transition team, he mistakenly suggested to the BBC in January that Elton John would play at the new president's inauguration. The singer promptly denied it.
Life on a White House staff is intense and exhausting.
This administration is under particular pressure, given the ongoing Russia investigation, recent legislative setbacks and a president who can be, shall we say, occasionally off-message. Now cracks in the structure are beginning to show.
Sean Spicer's departure, reportedly because he doesn't want to work for newly named communication director Anthony Scaramucci, represents the most significant shakeup within the administration's senior team to date. It could also be a sign of bigger tremors to come.
Mr Spicer was closely allied with White House chief of staff Reince Priebus, who was his boss last year in the Republican National Committee.
The Trump team has been rife with personal feuds, as various factions vie for a mercurial president's ear. Leaks abound.
The prestige and power of advisers and aides wax and wane. Media reports abound of a White House under siege.
And just a reminder - the Trump presidency is only six months old.
On day one in January, Mr Spicer set the tone of his relationship with the press by bursting into the briefing room to berate journalists for their reporting of crowd numbers at President Trump's inauguration.
His proclivity for gaffes and garbling of his words, as well as making debatable assertions, soon made Mr Spicer a household name.
But he could also be charming and was liked by many among the press corps.
Mr Spicer was lampooned on topical comedy show Saturday Night Live, where Melissa McCarthy played him as a loud-mouthed bully who brandished his lectern at reporters.
Mr Trump noted approvingly in April that Mr Spicer "gets great ratings". A month later, the president said: "He's doing a good job but he gets beat up."
Mr Spicer was roundly mocked after he reportedly hid by a hedgerow on the White House grounds to avoid reporters on the night Mr Trump fired the FBI director in May.
His last on-camera briefing was on 20 June, and there have been few since then.
Members of the media have accused the Trump administration of attempting to kill off the daily news conferences to avoid scrutiny.
Drivers had argued that they should be classed as employees, entitling them to claim expenses and other rights.
The decision to settle will come as a relief to Uber and others in the on-demand economy who use contractors.
But critics will be disappointed the case is not going to trial.
In a blog post, Uber boss Travis Kalanick said he was pleased with the settlement, which means drivers will continue to be independent contractors.
"Drivers value their independence - the freedom to push a button rather than punch a clock, to use Uber and Lyft simultaneously, to drive most of the week or for just a few hours," he said.
But he acknowledged: "We haven't always done a good job working with drivers.
"It's time to change."
Uber has agreed to some changes in its business practices, including a better policy explaining why it was terminating drivers' contracts.
It also said that it would help create a drivers' association in California and Massachusetts - where the actions were brought - that would act in a similar way to a union and be able to bring grievances to management's attention.
Some 450,000 drivers use the Uber app each month in the US, according to Uber.
One of the lawyers for the drivers, Shannon Liss-Riordan, said there would be disappointment that the case was not now going to trial but added that there was a "significant risk of losing" if the case moved forward.
This is partly because a federal appeals court had recently agreed to review an order allowing Uber drivers to sue as a group.
The settlement does not prevent future court, or US labour bodies, classing Uber drivers as employees, Ms Liss-Riordan added.
Out of the $100m proposed payment, $84m will go to drivers in the first instance. Uber has agreed to a second payment of $16m if the firm goes public and its valuation increases one and a half times from its December 2015 valuation within the first year.
The deal must now be approved by US District Judge Edward Chen in San Francisco.
The university currently requires NI students to attain four A-Levels before it will consider their applications.
But from September 2015, TCD will admit some NI students who have taken three A-level exams, provided they achieve a minimum of one A and two B grades.
The move is aimed at doubling the number of NI students entering TCD.
Trinity College's authorities have set an eventual target to admit 300 students from Northern Ireland each year.
Most pupils in Northern Ireland study for three A-levels, whereas pupils in the Republic of Ireland study at least six subjects for their Leaving Certificate exams.
In 2005, a points system was devised to help universities on both sides of the border compare the results of pupils taking the different exams.
However, that meant that many Northern Ireland pupils could not apply for popular courses in the Republic, unless they took four A-levels.
Trinity College's new policy has been welcomed by Northern Ireland's Employment and Learning Minister Stephen Farry and Education Minister John O'Dowd.
Mr Farry said: "Cross-border co-operation and undergraduate mobility between institutions in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland are important from an economic, social and cultural perspective.
"I welcome this announcement by Trinity College Dublin which supports greater cross-border student mobility."
Mr O'Dowd said: "I am pleased that the necessity for applicants from the north to have four A-levels is being relaxed, as this has been one of the main barriers in the past.
"This issue has been raised and discussed at the North South Ministerial Council Education sectoral format on numerous occasions and I welcome the progress that has been made."
"I look forward to similar approaches being taken by the other universities in the south," Mr O'Dowd added.
National Union of Students-Union of Students in Ireland president Rebecca Hall said: "This is very good news and I hope that more initiatives can be put in place by other institutions around the island of Ireland to deliver further cross-border student mobility opportunities."
Trinity College was founded in 1592.
Kite Power Solutions is behind the proposal at West Freugh near Stranraer.
The company has said it could eventually employ up to 500 people by 2025, if the project enters the manufacturing stage.
Dumfries and Galloway Council has approved the research and development bid with a string of conditions.
The planning permission only allows for operation from mid-April to mid-September.
It also stipulates the system cannot be brought into use until a bird monitoring plan is put in place and approved by the council in consultation with Scottish Natural Heritage and RSPB Scotland.
Kite Power Solutions was founded in 2011 in Burnham-on-Crouch in Essex and has been using a site at Bradwell-on-Sea for research and development.
However, it hopes to move its operation to Dumfries and Galloway - initially bringing about 19 jobs.
Its technology sees two kites tethered to spool drums and as they fly they turn the drums to produce electricity.
The company said research and development success was a "crucial step" in achieving its business aspirations.
It has now received the green light to carry out tests on parts of the West Freugh site which has operated as a military base since the 1930s and is currently run by QinetiQ on behalf of the Ministry of Defence (MoD).
The MoD was consulted on the proposals and had no objections.
Former Olympic gold medallist Nova Peris announced on Tuesday that she would not re-contest her Senate seat at the election on 2 July.
At Thursday's emotional new conference, she said the move was for her family.
"Until you are an Indigenous person, do not criticise me for the decisions I've made," she said.
Former prime minister Julia Gillard had parachuted Ms Peris to the top of Labor's Senate ticket in the Northern Territory before the 2013 federal election, replacing 15-year veteran Trish Crossin.
Ms Crossin this week criticised her replacement for quitting so close to the election. The coalition government also accused her of abandoning her constituents.
But Ms Peris defended her decision at an event in Darwin, saying that she "didn't call the election".
"This decision I have made has been on family and I have to look after my children," she said.
She also rejected suggestions that she owed her constituents a better explanation of her reasons for quitting.
"I'm a 45-year-old woman and I'm sure you don't go around every single day time of your life justifying the things you have to do," she said.
"No-one should judge me... It's not easy to wake up every morning and bounce out of bed and pretend that life is fantastic because it isn't."
Opposition leader Bill Shorten accompanied Ms Peris at the event and praised her as a "remarkable Australian" and "great mum".
Reports earlier in the week suggested Ms Peris was in line for a leading role with the Australian Football League.
The senator's family came under intense media scrutiny early this year after her daughter made accusations of domestic violence against her football player boyfriend. The charges were dismissed.
Labor will announce a new candidate soon, with journalist and former Northern Territory minister Malarndirri McCarthy emerging as a frontrunner.
Pre-tax profits at the company rose by nearly a third last year to 2.4bn euros (£2bn), with operating profits up 8.6% to 2.5bn euros.
IAG said the fall in the value of the pound last year cost it 460m euros.
Willie Walsh, IAG's chief executive, said: "It was a good performance in a challenging environment."
He added that IAG had continued to make good progress.
"In 2016, we carried more than 100 million passengers - double the number British Airways and Iberia carried in 2010, a year before IAG was created," he said.
The rise in profits came despite revenues dipping 1.3% to 22.5bn euros, while revenue per passenger fell 5.4%.
The airline group said it intended to carry out a share buyback of 500m euros during the course of 2017.
IAG issued a profit warning after the Brexit referendum in June, and in October it warned that ticket prices might have to rise as a result of sterling's fall.
Airlines normally buy their fuel in dollars, but a sharp drop in fuel costs has helped counter some of the adverse currency fluctuations.
IAG's fuel costs fell by nearly 20% last year. It is also continuing to restructure and cut costs.
The company added that, at current fuel prices and exchange rates, it expected to report an increase in operating profit this year.
IAG is planning to start low-cost transatlantic flights from Barcelona this year to destinations in the US. The Spanish airport is home to IAG's low-cost carrier, Vueling.
It is going head-to-head with budget operators such as Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA, which is expanding.
Parish and town councils say they are forced into pushing up tax bills as they take on more services such as toilets and libraries previously provided by Cornwall Council.
Newquay Town Council has just agreed a 90% increase in its share of the council tax bill which will add about £100 to the average annual bill.
Cornwall Council said nobody was available to comment.
Money paid to Cornwall Council makes up the main part of the council tax bill in the county with additional components from the police and the town or parish council.
Carl Leadbetter, chairman of the finance and policy committee at Newquay Town Council, said the increase would "hurt some people" but was "necessary".
He said: "We need to build resilience against the cuts that are coming in local services from Cornwall Council."
Local authorities such as Cornwall Council can only increase their council tax bills by a maximum of 2% without triggering a referendum but there is no such limit on town and parish councils.
Ross Wallace gave the Owls an early lead with a finish into an empty net from 40 yards after John Ruddy failed to get distance on a clearance.
Jordan Rhodes made it 2-0 with a header from Fernando Forestieri's cross before Cameron Jerome pulled one back only for Morgan Fox to make it 3-1 at the break.
Rhodes headed his second before Forestieri scored a fine free-kick.
The defeat stretched Norwich's winless run to four matches and left them nine points adrift of the play-off places.
The Owls went into the game on the back of two defeats, but took an early lead in unusual circumstances.
Midfielder Sam Hutchinson closed down Ruddy, who had left his area to clear the ball, and the keeper could only find Wallace, who controlled well before showing great technique to find the back of the net from long range.
Norwich gave themselves a lifeline when Jerome pounced after Steve Naismith's initial effort was saved, but Fox's header from Forestieri's near-post corner restored Wednesday's two-goal lead just three minutes later.
Wednesday boss Carlos Carvalhal had backed striker Rhodes to improve after a slow start to his Hillsborough career and the Scotland international proved the Portuguese right with two well executed headers as the hosts cruised to their biggest win of the season.
Sheffield Wednesday boss Carlos Carvalhal:
"My players did fantastic and they did exactly what they must do. It was probably the best performance of the season.
"When we are like this, playing good football, we can achieve more goals and a better performance.
"I had a very good expectation about the game. We played some very good football and put our opponents under pressure for long periods during the game."
Norwich City manger Alex Neil:
"I'm obviously disappointed and frustrated. I think we understood the gravity of the game but ultimately we didn't handle it.
"We gifted two goals to Sheffield Wednesday and then started to play a little bit. If you're going to gift two goals to a team like Sheffield Wednesday, you're going to struggle.
"The lads were disappointed with their performance and they know they should have done better. They know it was unacceptable."
Match ends, Sheffield Wednesday 5, Norwich City 1.
Second Half ends, Sheffield Wednesday 5, Norwich City 1.
Mitchell Dijks (Norwich City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Fernando Forestieri (Sheffield Wednesday).
Offside, Norwich City. John Ruddy tries a through ball, but Cameron Jerome is caught offside.
Jonny Howson (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Josè Semedo (Sheffield Wednesday).
Corner, Sheffield Wednesday. Conceded by Russell Martin.
Foul by Alexander Tettey (Norwich City).
Fernando Forestieri (Sheffield Wednesday) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Josh Murphy (Norwich City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Sam Winnall (Sheffield Wednesday).
Attempt blocked. Jonny Howson (Norwich City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Mitchell Dijks.
Attempt saved. Josh Murphy (Norwich City) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Alex Pritchard.
Attempt blocked. Jordan Rhodes (Sheffield Wednesday) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Sam Winnall with a headed pass.
Hand ball by Fernando Forestieri (Sheffield Wednesday).
Mitchell Dijks (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Callum McManaman (Sheffield Wednesday).
Foul by Ivo Pinto (Norwich City).
Fernando Forestieri (Sheffield Wednesday) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Substitution, Sheffield Wednesday. Callum McManaman replaces Ross Wallace.
Offside, Norwich City. Jonny Howson tries a through ball, but Cameron Jerome is caught offside.
Substitution, Sheffield Wednesday. Josè Semedo replaces Barry Bannan because of an injury.
Josh Murphy (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Barry Bannan (Sheffield Wednesday).
Substitution, Norwich City. Alex Pritchard replaces Wes Hoolahan.
Substitution, Norwich City. Josh Murphy replaces Steven Naismith.
Foul by Alexander Tettey (Norwich City).
Fernando Forestieri (Sheffield Wednesday) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Goal! Sheffield Wednesday 5, Norwich City 1. Fernando Forestieri (Sheffield Wednesday) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the top right corner.
Foul by Wes Hoolahan (Norwich City).
Fernando Forestieri (Sheffield Wednesday) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Mitchell Dijks (Norwich City).
Ross Wallace (Sheffield Wednesday) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Attempt blocked. Wes Hoolahan (Norwich City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Steven Naismith.
Attempt missed. Ryan Bennett (Norwich City) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Wes Hoolahan with a cross following a set piece situation.
Steven Naismith (Norwich City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by David Jones (Sheffield Wednesday).
Attempt saved. Cameron Jerome (Norwich City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Steven Naismith (Norwich City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
But when they left the classroom behind, the similarities ended.
Lancaster was a Rugby Football Union company man. The Cumbrian was promoted into one of the most coveted jobs in world rugby with an abundance of good intentions, but a glaring lack of club - never mind international - coaching experience.
Jones has taken a route never travelled. From the wrong side of the Sydney tracks, to national hero in Japan and now England's first foreign head coach, via two World Cup finals and club rugby on three continents.
As the 56-year-old Australian prepares to begin a new era with the oldest international fixture - a meeting with Scotland in Edinburgh on Saturday - we trace the experiences that formed him and will form England.
Glen Ella first met Jones at La Perouse primary school when they were five years old. They have been friends, team-mates and coaching colleagues for 50 years.
Their secondary school was Matraville High in an eastern suburb of Sydney known chiefly for the airport, the notorious Long Bay jail and swaths of social housing.
Matraville did not have rugby union team when Ella and Jones first arrived. By the time they left it had nurtured half a future Wallabies backline.
"We were all rugby league players at first, coming from a strong league part of Sydney. Then the coach changed Matraville to a union school just as we were turning 13," Ella explains.
"We had a very mobile pack - Eddie was part of that as hooker - and we had some pretty good backs.
"Me, my other two brothers Gary and Mark, and Lloyd Walker all represented Australia - four Wallabies to come out of that school backline. We could run riot a little bit."
Former Australia, Leicester and Randwick coach Bob Dwyer was moved to call the Matraville class of 1977 "the most freakish group of kids ever to come together". Their clashes were cultural as well as physical.
"We won three out four state competitions. One time we played St Josephs College, a big private school and probably the biggest rugby school in Australia," adds Ella.
"We turned up just in our rugby shirts. That was all we had. We were all wearing board shorts and different coloured socks.
"They turned up with four buses, did this big run-through and war chant and we thought 'what the hell is going on here?'.
"It was kind of a scary moment - but we smacked their asses anyway."
Jones, whose Australian soldier father met his Japanese mother while Allied Forces occupied Tokyo at the end of the Second World War, excelled in the classroom as well as on the pitch.
"Eddie was probably the most academic of all the mates he played rugby with," adds Ella.
"He was very, very bright. He was still part of the boys, he just applied himself better than the rest of us.
If Jones' latest involvement with English rugby is a landmark, his first was a footnote.
Towards the end of a career in which he played more than 150 times for Australian club side Randwick and represented New South Wales, Jones briefly turned out for Leicester.
Welford Road in the early 1990s, where big beasts such as Dean Richards, Graham Rowntree and John Wells roamed, had a culture of hard men, hard training and hard yards.
Jones, who weighed less than 12 stone 8 pounds (80kg), remembers trying a quick line-out and being informed by a prop "we don't do that here".
He made three first-team appearances during the 1991-92 season, featuring in victories over Bedford, Oxford University and Nuneaton, before returning to Australia to work as a teacher and coach at Randwick.
"He was not your typical rough-and-tumble type of hooker. He played almost more as a back row," said Wayne Richardson, who played prop alongside Jones during his short time at Tigers.
"He was an excellent tackler - he had to be at his size, he was not the biggest guy that God put breath into.
"He enjoyed a beer - he would always stick about in the clubhouse and mix well with the lads. He was a nice bloke, quiet, unassuming, but gave the impression that he knew what he wanted from life. I guess that has been borne out by where he is now."
As Sir Clive Woodward's opposite number in the 2003 World Cup final, Jones already had an unwanted role in English rugby's finest hour.
However, Australia's mere presence in the match was testament to his abilities.
Beaten 50-21 by New Zealand less than four months before, Jones turned the tables to shock the All Blacks in the semi-finals and give the Wallabies a shot of retaining their title on home soil.
"We weren't the best team in the tournament, but we almost stole it," recalls full-back Matt Burke.
"It was a real opportunity, there were just three points in it after 100 minutes of rugby in the final."
It was a game that Burke watched from the stands in his suit. He had played in all four of the Wallabies' group games, but was dropped for the quarter-final, the last-four tie and the final.
"That 2003 team was a really tight group. Eddie managed those players who were out of the squad, keeping them motivated and preventing the whole thing from fracturing," he reflects.
"He quickly worked out each player - which to mollycoddle and which to yell at.
"Whether he is talking to a 6ft 8in lock or a slight fly-half, he has the same intensity and authority and, if need be, he can cut them to shreds. His tongue is very sharp.
"I was 30 back in 2003 and we had some frank conversations about what I could do better to extend my career, but I enjoyed my time working with Eddie."
And for Jones, all time is work time.
"The assistant coaches were getting emails at two in the morning telling them what could be done," remembers Burke.
Ella, part of that backroom team, remembers Jones also shoving hard copies of his tactical thoughts under his hotel room door in the small hours. He adds that - certainly before suffering a stroke in October 2013 - Jones routinely got only five hours sleep a night..
"He certainly gets his pound of flesh from his players and I think they respond to that pressure," adds Burke
"Eddie likes information to come from the players but, at the end of the day, he is the coach and tells you what to do. I like that in him and, looking from afar, maybe there were a few too many chiefs in that England team at the recent World Cup."
Four years later, same stage, same opposition, but a different employer and a different outcome.
Hired by head coach Jake White as a technical adviser just before the 2007 World Cup in France, Jones helped the Springboks to their first title on foreign soil with a narrow victory over England in the final.
But it was at the post-match meal that Jones' influence on South Africa was most obvious.
Despite protests from the squad and coaches, the South African Rugby Union had ruled that Jones - as a foreigner - would not be permitted to wear the Springboks' green-and-yellow team blazer.
After their victory, wing Bryan Habana duly gave his to Jones as a thank you and he, the rest of the team and Jones wore matching suits instead to the celebrations.
"Eddie only joined up with us a couple of weeks before we went to France, but his impact was immediate," explains centre Jean de Villiers, who was part of the squad.
"He helped with the backline's creativity by fixing running lines and minor details that you sometimes miss which can make a big difference.
"In the end stages of the competition he also helped to settle the nerves of our coaching staff as they came under pressure. His experience of 2003 really helped."
De Villiers has more recently been on the other end of Jones' wisdom, issuing an excruciating apology to the South African nation after a shock defeat to Japan at the 2015 World Cup.
"Everything that they did that day was cohesive and the team effort was just great - you could see Eddie's hand in that," he added.
"Everyone was talking about the scrum as an opportunity for us and Eddie's analysis took it out as a contest.
"The hooker was hooking the ball back very fast. It was the first time I have played in a defence where you see the ball go into the scrum and not even two seconds later the ball is out and in the inside centre's hands."
The Brave Blossoms' spectacular heist against the Springboks made 'rugby' the third most commonly searched word in Japan.
Neatly, it came about through Jones' own search for Japan's national character.
"Adapting his style for Japanese thinking and technique was something he thought long and hard about," explains Craig Wing, a former Australia rugby league international who was part of the Japan World Cup squad and first met Jones when he tried to persuade him to switch codes 15 years ago.
"He wanted to play a fast style of play that revolved around fitness, body height and mobility so that our perceived weight disadvantage was an advantage.
"In high school in Japan, they get taught to tackle, not just below the waist, but below the knees.
"It was a big shock to me and when I first came to Japan. I thought it was quite stupid because you would see guys getting knocked out, but Eddie turned that into a strength as well.
"South Africa had big strong runners, who like contact, but they could not bump any of our guys off because they were so low."
Jones also tapped into the ferocious work ethic that sees the average Japanese office worker take only half of their 18 days of paid holiday for fear of disloyalty to their company and colleagues.
"The first World Cup training camp was in April 2015 and for five weeks we did not get a single day off - we did something like 105 sessions in that period," explains Wing.
"We would have 05:30 starts and some of the medical staff would not finish until 23:00 at night - but everything with Eddie had a purpose. I never felt that we were going through the motions and doing a drill to tick a box."
Jones has spoken about rediscovering England's traditional strengths of "a strong set-piece", a "strong defence" and, above all, a "bulldog spirit" to get their chariot back on the road, although he will have less access to his players than he did with Japan.
His appointment of Dylan Hartley as captain - complete with lengthy disciplinary rap sheet - suggests he will not be spending as much precious time preaching "culture", "values" and "ethics" as predecessor Stuart Lancaster did.
"There is a bit of the Aussie larrikin in Eddie. He understands young guys will be young guys, they are going to do silly things, but if your performance is there what you do off the field is your responsibility," says Wing.
"He is not a babysitter and the team is not there to babysit you."
Jones certainly will not be content to sit back and supervise. For better or worse, England will learn lessons - and fast - from their first foreign coach.
David Pearce, from Walsall, was told the news by Chancellor George Osborne, who said the image will be "recognised by millions in the years ahead".
It features the four plants associated with the four nations that make up the UK.
The new coin has the same shape as the old 12-sided threepence piece - not used since 1971.
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"I was really excited to hear that I had won the competition to design the new £1 coin but hugely shocked as well," said David.
"I heard about the competition through my design teacher at school and I thought I had nothing to lose so I decided to enter.
"I spent a lot of time researching what coin designs looked like and what sort of designs would represent all parts of the UK before submitting my idea and I honestly cannot believe I have won."
His design features the leek, thistle, shamrock and rose, coming out of a royal coronet, or crown.
The Chancellor rang the teenager to tell him the news.
"Designing the new £1 coin was a brilliant opportunity to leave a lasting legacy on what will be the most secure coin in circulation anywhere," he said
"The competition captured the imagination of thousands of people and David Pearce's winning design will be recognised by millions in the years ahead.
"It was fantastic to congratulate him and other young entrants in person in Downing Street."
David beat competition from more than 6,000 entries and will see his design in circulation in 2017.
The £1 is being replaced for the first time in more than 30 years because of fears it is now easier to counterfeit.
It will become the most secure coin in circulation because of its bi-metallic construction and new anti-counterfeiting technology, the Royal Mint says.
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Tens of thousands of new cases have been reported in the Dominican Republic and its neighbour Haiti.
There is currently no vaccine or treatment for the mosquito-born virus, which resembles dengue fever and can cause fever, skin rash and joint pain.
European health authorities have warned travellers to take extra precautions.
The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control told people travelling to the Caribbean to apply insect repellent and avoid mosquito bites.
France has detected more than 70 imported cases of chikungunya, mainly in people returning from holidays in the French Antilles.
The centre said there was a risk the virus could spread in Europe if infected patients were bitten by mosquitoes on their return home and those mosquitoes then infected other people.
•Viral disease spread by mosquitoes that bite during daylight hours
•No direct person-to-person transmission
•Name derives from a word meaning "to become contorted" from the African Kimakonde language
•Symptoms include the sudden onset of fever and joint pain, particularly affecting the hands, wrists, ankles and feet
•Most patients recover after a few days but in some cases the joint pain may persist for weeks, months or even longer
There are also signs chikungunya is spreading further to Central and South America.
According to the latest figures released by the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO), almost 265,000 suspected and confirmed cases have been recorded since the outbreak began in December.
More than half of those have been in the Dominican Republic, which has stepped up its fumigation efforts in an attempt to reduce the number of mosquitoes.
Health officials warn that the true numbers may be much higher as some countries have been slow in testing and reporting cases.
Chikungunya is rarely fatal but, according to the PAHO, 21 people have died in the Caribbean after contracting the virus.
There have also been cases in Central America, with El Salvador the hardest hit with 1,300 suspected incidences.
Paraguay recorded its first citizen with the virus on Tuesday, but said the man had contracted it while travelling in the Dominican Republic.
The report by business advisers EY indicates the fall in the price of oil led to a fall in business activity for firms serving North Sea producers.
They anticipate the international price of oil will mean 2016 saw a continuation of the downward trend.
But its authors said the industry still makes a significant contribution to the UK economy.
EY's Review of the UK oilfield industry will be launched formally in Aberdeen later.
It is expected to show the overall turnover of the UK oil and gas industry was £36bn - the third-highest annual level on record.
Part of that has been attributed to firms winning work internationally as the North Sea declined.
EY's analysts will indicate room for optimism, with oil prices becoming more stable and takeover deals stimulating new investment.
The declaration on Monday by separatist leaders that their self-declared "Donetsk People's Republic" was now an independent, sovereign state which could ultimately be absorbed into Russia is likely to hasten the exodus.
"If a separate Donetsk People's Republic is founded here, I will have to leave," says Olga, a businesswoman and single mother with a young daughter.
"I won't be able to speak Ukrainian, my native language. A lot of my friends are currently selling their houses and moving to west Ukraine. People are afraid for their lives and families."
Although it is not an easy decision for her, she believes she has no choice because "freedom is the most important thing".
The fears are greatest amongst pro-Ukrainian activists who have spoken out against the ethnic Russians leading the drive to break away from Ukraine.
"Almost all my activist friends have now left," one source told the BBC whose own family are now packing up and heading west.
Their fears are well-founded. Pro-Russian militants have been filmed dragging activists into the now notorious regional government building in Donetsk city, which has been occupied by the separatists since March and has now become the headquarters of the so-called Donetsk People's Republic.
There are reports that one floor of the building is used as a makeshift prison and interrogation centre. The glass entrance doors have been covered, making it impossible to see what is happening inside.
The divide between the majority ethnic Russian population and the Ukrainian-speaking community in the eastern regions of Donetsk and Luhansk is widening.
Sunday's unofficial referendum on independence organised by the pro-Russian separatists highlighted and exacerbated the division.
It seems very few Ukrainian-speakers took part.
"It was a joke, it was illegal and we just didn't react to it because the aim of the referendum was to break up Ukraine," said Olga.
"There was nothing in it for us."
Adding to the fears of the Ukrainian-speaking population in this region is the announcement that the leadership of the pro-Russian separatists, who control much of Donetsk, has apparently now changed.
At the news conference on Monday when the separatists declared independence, the then overall leader, Denis Pushulin was asked what his status was.
He replied he was now just one of the leaders and the main commander was Igor Girkin, also known as "Strelkov" - meaning "the gunman".
He is a much-feared separatist militia commander who is accused by the Ukrainian government and the European Union of being a Russian military intelligence officer.
Last month he was added to the EU's sanctions list.
Alec Wallbank, 31, from Pontypridd, was found not guilty of two charges at Cardiff Crown Court in January.
Prosecutors have now said they are not proceeding with four more allegations, and not guilty verdicts have been recorded.
It was claimed Mr Wallbank had sex with a woman discharged from Cardiff's Whitchurch Hospital.
But his trial was halted when Judge Thomas Crowther QC told the jury to find the carer not guilty of two counts of engaging in sexual activity with a patient.
Mr Wallbank had always denied all the allegations against him.
Prosecutors said on Wednesday that they would not be offering any evidence in the outstanding four charges being faced by Mr Wallbank.
Four-year-old Sean Turner, from Warminster in Wiltshire, died at the hospital in March 2012, six weeks after receiving corrective heart surgery.
Having been returned to Ward 32 - a specialist heart unit for children - the day after the operation, his parents, Steve and Yolanda, became worried Sean was "deteriorating".
As their concerns grew, Sean's parents asked for him to be transferred to intensive care but were told by medical staff it was not possible as he was "not sick enough".
Parents 'let down' by children's hospital
"We started to become scared and worry about the care he was receiving. Sean seemed so unwell and nobody really seemed to be getting on top of what was wrong," Ms Turner said.
Sean had to go back into theatre as he had a build-up of fluid around his heart and on his lung and his parents expected him to go back into intensive care.
They said they were surprised when he was returned to Ward 32 instead.
Just a few days after being told their son was "not sick enough", they say, a doctor told them Sean was the "illest child in the hospital".
He vomited constantly and was unable to eat. He was so dehydrated he would grab wet wipes, intended for washing, and try to suck out the moisture.
Only when he had a cardiac arrest in his father's arms, four days after the operation, was Sean allowed to return to intensive care.
He died six weeks later.
The experience left the Turners distraught and frustrated. When a coroner ruled the hospital had not failed Sean, they campaigned for an inquiry.
In the following weeks they came to believe the hospital "didn't want to be honest" with them and accused bosses of a "cover up". This feeling was made worse when having specifically asked if there were other families who had lost children on the ward, they were told there were not.
Then they "stumbled across" the story of Luke Jenkins, from Cardiff, who died on Ward 32 a few weeks after Sean.
Yolanda Turner said: "We were just shocked that their experience on the same ward was identical to ours."
After the inquest, when Sean's case became public, the couple were "inundated" with messages.
They said about 35 families contacted them to say they too had lost a child at the hospital.
Damien Girley and Amie Fenlon's son Tommy died on his second birthday while awaiting a heart operation.
His parents said the procedure was delayed and then cancelled.
Ms Fenlon said: "We weren't told how seriously Tommy needed the operation. I'm angry.
"We should have been told all these things and it could have made a difference, and he still could be here today."
After the death of Sean, Mr Turner contacted NHS England's medical director, Bruce Keogh, via Twitter and pleaded with him to intervene.
He agreed to meet with the Turners and other concerned parents.
The Turners said after meeting the Jenkins family, they pressured the Care and Quality Commission (CQC), which made an unannounced inspection and discovered the ward failed to meet safety standards for staffing levels, training and support and patient welfare.
Mr Turner said: "We want nothing more than for Bristol to be the safest cardiac centre in this country."
The midfielder broke the deadlock with a right-footed finish after combining with Alex MacDonald and Liam Sercombe.
He doubled the lead after the break by running on to George Waring's pass for a low finish past Liam O'Brien.
Substitute Danny Hylton hit the bar before MacDonald headed in number three and Roofe completed his treble late on for the second-placed U's.
Oxford consolidated their automatic promotion push following defeat against Leyton Orient on Saturday while Dagenham are nine points adrift of safety at the bottom with nine games remaining.
Stephen Curry's 36 points and 29 from Kevin Durant helped the Oakland-based team complete a 4-0 clean sweep in their best-of-seven Western Conference finals.
They will now face defending champions Cleveland Cavaliers or Boston Celtics, with the Cavaliers leading the Eastern Conference finals 2-1.
The NBA Finals start on 1 June.
In completing their 4-0 series win at the AT&T Center in Texas, Golden State also became the first side to record three clean sweeps in the play-offs.
"Going 12-0 is great, but it doesn't mean anything going into the next series, and we have to understand that," Curry said.
Acting coach Mike Brown believes his side, who blew a 3-1 lead in last year's best-of-seven finals, can still improve.
"To get to our ultimate goal of winning the whole thing, we've got to be better on both ends of the floor," he said.
Monday's game may have also marked the end of Manu Ginobili's career.
A four-time NBA champion with the Spurs, the 39-year-old Argentine said he is yet to decide whether to retire or not.
"I always said I wanted to let it sink in for three weeks, whatever. Sit with my wife and see how it feels," Ginobili said.
"I have to choose between two wonderful options.
"One is to keep playing in this league at this age enjoying playing a sport I still love. The other one is to stay at home and be a dad, enjoy my whole family and spend time with them.
"Whatever I decide to do, I'll be a happy camper."
Ginobili scored 15 points and contributed seven assists on Monday.
UK Oil and Gas Investments (UKOG) drilled a well at Horse Hill, near Gatwick airport, in 2014.
The company later claimed there could be up to 124 billion barrels of oil under the Weald Basin.
UKOG has maintained that it does not intend to use the controversial fracking technique in its attempt to extract the oil.
One protester told the BBC: "They're talking a lot about tight oil, which is essentially the same thing as shale oil - they're just trying to avoid the f-word."
It is the second time the protesters have set up camp at the site.
Engineers are due to test the well at three levels to see how easily oil will flow.
The deepest will be into Kimmeridge Limestone about 700m (2,296ft) down, with another section in the same limestone about 650m (2,132ft) deep.
The shallowest will be into Portland Sandstone at 600m (1,968ft).
Stephen Sanderson, executive chairman of UKOG, said there would be no fracking.
"The zone we're looking at is 700m. We're not allowed to frack above 1,000m," he said.
Natalie Bennett, leader of the Green Party, visited the site on Friday in support of the protesters.
"We shouldn't be heading in this direction in Britain in 2016.
"What we need to do is be investing in renewables, investing in energy conservation," she said.
Mr Sanderson said oil supplies would "create a lot of jobs and a lot of wealth for the country".
"That's good for the local area, it's good for England, and it's good for the UK."
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Are you feeling inspired to venture out into the unknown? You don't have to be the next Jonnie Peacock or Laura Trott to try something new and get active.
Or how about trying your hand at all the Olympic and Paralympic events to see which suits you?
That is what John, Jen, Freya and Kathy did...
Two and a half years ago John Willis, 55, from Cambridge set up a charity 'Power2Inspire' to encourage people of all ages and abilities to take up sport together.
John was born without fully-formed limbs but has always had the passion to inspire. So last year he decided to challenge himself by attempting to take part in as many Paralympic and Olympic sports as he could.
"I want to inspire everybody to be more active and to join in," says John. "The benefits are not just physical but mental as well."
Originally the target was set at 34 sports and, at the time of writing, John has completed 28. One that he particularly enjoyed was judo:
"Judo was great fun and I wish I had learnt these skills at 15 not 55.
"When you are disabled you feel a lot more vulnerable in difficult situations than maybe other people do. So I was really thrilled to be taught some good self-defence moves.
"Using your body, hip and various other things to drag opponents towards you, you just twist and bang they go over - it's quite fun!
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"The journey was a great way of realising people of all different shapes and sizes are passionate about their sports.
"It was a privilege to make so many friends through shooting, judo, rowing, handball, goalball and boccia - such a variety and they have all been so fantastically welcoming.
"I've fallen in love with too many sports doing this. I got to play badminton with triple world champion para-badminton player Rachel Choong and to face my fear of horse riding.
"I was put off riding at an early age, so to get on a horse was a real mental challenge. But I did. I did dressage and I got a rosette!
"There has been so much laughter and happiness around the events; laughing at handball and having a great time at water polo even if I got dunked!
"Everybody has just been welcoming, fun, happy - and that's why people should take up sport."
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So if you fancy giving a new sport a go yourself but feel there might be barriers in the way, here is John's advice to you:
"Be bold, be brave and ask for help. Ten or 20 years ago there was a reasonable excuse that as a disabled person you feel you might be rejected.
"There is no likelihood of that now - people are phenomenally helpful. We have done tennis, horse riding, badminton, sailing and everywhere we have been people have been so helpful.
"England Athletics allowed me to join in with hammer throwing in one of their competitions. It's not in the Paralympics but it was the one sport I could do without any help and they were wonderfully inclusive.
"So you may need to be patient and think about how you are going to do it, but just ask, because people are enthusiastic and willing to help."
After watching the 2012 London Olympics, Jen Offord went from being a sports novice to being inspired not just to get active but to try out every single women's Olympic sport.
If you want to, just do it - there is no reason why you shouldn't
Thirty-eight new challenges later the positive effects of exercise had indoctrinated her. Four years on, her impressive list has been refined into two pet sports - boxing and cycling.
"It was just loads of fun really more than anything else," she recalls of the experience.
"As you get older you can lose that sense of fun and you have less time, so it was just really good fun and nice to do different things and get out of your comfort zone.
"The best thing about it for me was not just the fact that I had done all those sports, but that I pulled off the feat as a package.
"I felt quite proud especially because it took so much to plan.
"I did 37 of the 38 sports - women don't compete in Greco-Roman wrestling and I thought it's probably best to sit that one out!
"Before taking on this challenge I wasn't at all active. I had run a marathon when I was 26 and after I went to the odd gym class, but nothing like this.
"Now I'm quite regimented about working out because I like how I can get something good out of it.
"Watching the Olympics this year just made me want to do it all again.
"It was hard work but it was really worth it.
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"I always say to my friends it was the best thing I've done in my adult life, because it has completely changed my life.
"So if you want to, just do it - there is no reason why you shouldn't.
"Take a friend if you feel nervous. It's a great social thing to do."
This year, Freya Rodger from south-east London decided to take up the challenge of Freyathlon after recovering from cancer, which had had a serious impact on her active lifestyle.
She suddenly found she wasn't as strong as she used to be and needed to build herself back up.
Freya's aim was to complete all the 41 Olympic events before the closing ceremony at the 2016 Rio Olympics.
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By the time the closing ceremony came around, Freya had completed 40 of the 41. She had been unable to complete the sailing after two failed attempts, because of algae and poor weather, but eventually rounded off her journey in style.
"My aim was to take part in sports in my area that had low or no cost," she says.
"Because I didn't want getting active to break the bank and I wanted to find out the range of activities available.
"One of the things that has been an absolute pleasure was discovering how many activities and how many sports are happening in church halls, parks, school halls - there are so many places that we can all access.
"I loved the BMX cycling, archery, table tennis, and oddly I discovered I really loved the triathlon.
"But the thing I was most excited about was the swimming.
"At the beginning of this year I had never swum a stroke before and I really didn't like putting my face in water.
"I took adult swim classes and learnt how to swim front crawl, then I had to build up stamina and learn to swim in a wet suit and in open water - so that feels very special.
"I'm really pleased I've been able to overcome the fear I had and I've done almost all the Olympic swimming programme. I struggled with butterfly but have done every distance including the 10k!"
"By the time the Olympics came around I'd done most of the events, but it made me appreciate the skills and training involved so much more.
"I had just scratched the surface of the all the events, but I was in awe of the elite athletes for the training, dedication, commitment, skills and attitude.
"I really appreciated them in a way I never had before and have a whole new level of respect for them.
"Setting myself this challenge, one of the things that struck me the most is how much I enjoyed being active every day.
"It doesn't mean every day I go to the gym now. It can be a walk in the park, cycling to work or going for a swim and I miss it when I'm not being active - it's become part of my day.
"Sometimes it's as easy as stepping out of the front door and going for a walk or a run."
And if you don't fancy leaving the comforts of your own home why not try out some sports indoors, like Kathy Porter did:
"I've always been passionate about all sports and it's fantastic to see people at the very top of their game performing to the best of their ability and having fun at the same time," said Kathy.
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"Watching them inspires me to take part and enjoy sport too, which has both physical and mental benefits. The Olympics made me get a golf club and a hockey stick out of the garage and have a swing and despite having MS I found that yes, I could still do it!
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"Enjoying sport is central to my sense of wellbeing. I'm even planning a tandem Sky Dive to raise funds for my favourite charity, the MS Trust - it's so important to make the most of every opportunity."
Fast & Furious 7 took £12.7m between Friday and Sunday, the second highest debut of 2015 so far.
Only Fifty Shades of Grey has topped that total this year, having made £13.5m in its first three days.
Disney's Cinderella remake is second in this week's chart, having made £2.9m in its second weekend in cinemas.
Animated adventure Home is ranked third, having made £2.3m between Friday and Sunday.
Fast & Furious 7 has enjoyed record-breaking success around the world, having taken $384m (£257m) in its opening weekend.
Almost half of that figure was made in the US and Canada, where the film is known simply as Furious 7.
The film marks the final screen appearance of actor Paul Walker, who died in a car crash in 2013 while the film was being made.
Vin Diesel and Dwayne Johnson also appear in the sequel, which sees Diesel's Dominic Toretto pursued by a vindictive killer played by Britain's Jason Statham.
Other new entries fared poorly in this week's chart, among them Russell Crowe's directorial debut The Water Diviner and the Ben Stiller comedy While We're Young.
The former, a drama set in the aftermath of World War One, is ranked seventh, having made £521,546 between Friday and Sunday.
The latter, in which Stiller plays a film-maker trying to recapture his youth, is at eight, having taken £427,151 over the same period.
The only other new entry in this week's Top 10, the reissued "final cut" of 1982 release Blade Runner, is ranked at nine with three-day takings of £267,452.
It was confirmed in February that Harrison Ford is to return to the role of Rick Deckard in a forthcoming sequel to Sir Ridley Scott's seminal sci-fi.
The Flyers began the New Year on a bittersweet note, losing 4-1 at home to Braehead Clan after ending the previous year with three straight wins.
And Dutiaume was also pleased to land new signing Bryan Cameron, whose arrival was announced just prior to the game against Braehead.
"Winning the three wins leading up to New Year was a great way to end a five-game skid," Dutiaume said. "Bouncing back with three in a row really helped confidence.
"But it wasn't meant to be against Braehead and it's something of a seasonal issue for us and we'll have to address it. The game started out alright, but as it wore on, we clearly tired.
"Ever since losing Shayne Stockton through injury, we were severely lacking right-handed forwards and by bringing in Bryan Cameron, it certainly helps.
"It lets some of my left-handers play in their natural position as well so I'm pleased we were able to bring him in."
Flyers finished off 2016 in style as they followed up a Boxing Day win over Edinburgh Capitals with points in Dundee and Edinburgh on Saturday.
The game on Tayside on Wednesday saw the Flyers win 5-3 overall, but go four up without reply by the end of the first period as Matt Sisca, Ric Jackman, David Turon and Carlo Finucci all found the net.
Kevin Bruijsten pulled one back, but Turon restored the four-goal gap followed by Brett Switzer and Vinny Scarsella closing the gap to two as Fife took the points.
Dutiaume's side headed to Edinburgh on Saturday for their traditional end of year showdown and secured a 6-3 win to add to Edinburgh's woes.
Two from Finucci and one from Edinburgh's Ian Schultz saw the first period end with a narrow lead for the Flyers, but Ryan Dingle added an early third during the middle session.
Although Matt Tipoff got another back for the home team, Brendan Brooks and Justin Fox opened up a three-goal advantage, with Jacob Johnston and Dingle trading late goals for either team.
Flyers returned home for their first game of 2017 against Braehead Clan at Fife Ice Arena, but they were to lose to the Glasgow side for a sixth meeting in a row.
Mike Hammond's opener was cancelled out by Fox, but Braehead claimed the points through Matt Beca, Matt Keith and a late Scott Pitt empty net goal.
Braehead may have started 2017 well with that win in Fife but their end to 2016 optimised their indifferent season so far.
A run of four games in five days continued after Boxing Day's loss to Belfast Giants with a 7-2 victory over Edinburgh Capitals in Murrayfield.
Tipoff and Callum Boyd traded early goals, with Braehead surging ahead through Hammond, Pitt (two) and a penalty shot by Beca.
Michal Dobron pulled one back for Edinburgh before Matt Keith and Daniel Ahsberg rounded off an excellent win away from home.
Braehead returned home to take on out-of-sorts Dundee Stars and inflicted a 5-0 win over Marc LeFebvre's side in arguably their best performance of the season.
Ahsberg's second in two games, followed by strikes from Beca, two from Keith and a late one from Hammond made it a second straight win as Braehead's busy week continued.
By the end of it, they had run out of steam when they went to Belfast Giants for their final game of 2016, losing 5-3 to the title challengers in Northern Ireland.
Another from Ahsberg was cancelled out by David Rutherford and Colin Shields before Craig Peacock levelled for the visitors.
James Desmarais and Alex Foster opened up a two-goal lead and although Alex Leavitt pulled one back, Foster's second clinched the points in the end for the home side.
Dundee Stars' poor run of form extended into the New Year when they were beaten 4-1 by league leaders Cardiff Devils to make it 12 losses in their last 13 games.
Joey Martin, Gleason Fournier, Matthew Myers and Mark Louis had Cardiff four up by the end of the second, with Craig Moore pinching a consolation in the third.
That ended a run of five away games in six with a total mileage of just under 2,500, but it did little to help Dundee's fight to get out of the bottom two.
The final game of the week took Edinburgh Capitals to Nottingham Panthers on Monday, looking to arrest the slide of six losses and 44 goals conceded in that run.
But they were beaten 4-2, with Alex Nikiforuk's penalty shot and one from Jeff Brown giving the home side a two-goal lead after one period.
Ian Schultz scored for Edinburgh followed by Brad Moran adding Panthers' third and despite Pavel Vorobyev netting for the visitors, Chris Lawrence secured the points at the end for Nottingham.
Tuesday
Edinburgh Capitals 2-7 Braehead Clan
Wednesday
Dundee Stars 3-5 Fife Flyers
Thursday
Braehead Clan 5-0 Dundee Stars
Friday
Belfast Giants 5-3 Braehead Clan
Saturday
Edinburgh Capitals 3-6 Fife Flyers
Sunday
Cardiff Devils 4-1 Dundee Stars
Monday
Nottingham Panthers 4-2 Edinburgh Capitals
Fife Flyers 1-4 Braehead Clan
A car bomb exploded outside a restaurant as people were watching the English Premier League match between Manchester United and Arsenal.
In a second explosion, a suicide bomber blew himself up at a busy junction.
This is the fourth major al-Shabab attack in Somalia since the beginning of the year.
It came on the same day as countries which contribute to the African Union force in Somalia, Amisom, pledged "to reinforce military operations in Somalia, to effectively counter threats from al-Shabab".
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President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud held an emergency cabinet meeting on Sunday evening in response to the Baidoa attack, and Security Minister Abdirizak Mohamed Omar called for extra laws to help the government fight the militant group.
AU representative in Somalia Francisco Madeira condemned the attack saying he was "saddened by the loss of innocent lives through acts of terror committed by ruthless individuals who have no value for life".
In addition to the 30 deaths, the attacks injured 60 people who are being treated in hospital, a local journalist told the BBC.
15 January - on a Kenyan base in el-Ade that Somalia's president said killed at least 180 soldiers
21 January - on a restaurant at Mogadishu's Lido beach killing 20 people
26 February - on Mogadishu's SYL hotel killing nine people
28 February - on a restaurant and busy junction in Baidoa killing at least 30 people
Baidoa is being protected by Ethiopian soldiers, who make up part of the 22,000-strong Amisom force.
Troops from Uganda, Kenya, Burundi, Sierra Leone and Djibouti are also part of the force that supports the Somali government in its attempt to gain control over the country.
Heads of state from the troop supplying countries said after a meeting in Djibouti on Sunday that they were concerned about the "decision by the European Union to reduce financial support to Amisom... by 20% especially during this critical phase of operations".
The EU, which pays for troop allowances, decided to cut its funding earlier this month.
The leaders of the countries contributing troops to Amisom have called for an urgent review of their military response to al-Shabab, following weeks of sustained violence.
In addition to the weekend's attacks, jihadi fighters have clashed with Amisom troops in different parts of the country, forcing the peacekeepers to withdraw from some areas.
Somalia's allies now say more needs to be done to stem these attacks.
The Amisom nations agreed at Sunday's meeting in Djibouti that they need more funding and logistical support for their own operations, not to mention helping the Somali National Army stand on its own feet.
The leaders complained that the absence of their troops in some key regions provided a safe haven for al-Shabab.
Caley Thistle boss Richie Foran hopes to have international clearance in time for Mckay, 28, to feature in Tuesday's Premiership match away to Hamilton.
He replaces Lonsana Doumbouya, who has been allowed to leave despite being the club's top scorer with six goals.
Mckay was prolific for the Highlanders in his three and a half years with the club from July 2011, netting 62 times.
He moved to Wigan in January 2015 and subsequently had loan spells at Dundee United and, this season, Oldham.
He scored four times for the English League One club in 33 appearances.
Capped once by Guinea, Doumbouya, 26, arrived in the summer after a season with Belgian club Cercle Brugge.
The Premiership's bottom club have also agreed a loan deal for 19-year-old Celtic defender Jamie McCart and released Ali Sutherland.
At a parliamentary hearing, Damian Collins mentioned a claim Warnock made players pay to be selected for games.
The claim was made by Jason Puncheon - who played under Warnock for two clubs - though he later withdrew it, accepted it was "unfounded" and apologised.
Puncheon was fined £15,000 by the Football Association in March 2014.
"These allegations are completely and utterly false," said Warnock in a statement.
"The FA commission considered all of the evidence in detail in 2014 and it found the allegations which were published about me were unfounded."
Warnock added: "I am disappointed that these allegations have been repeated after Mr Puncheon's apology and after the FA investigated fully."
Conservative MP Collins, the chair of the parliamentary culture, media and sport committee, was questioning Football Association chairman Greg Clarke and director of strategy Robert Sullivan at Monday's hearing on football governance.
He was speaking using parliamentary privilege, which allows politicians to raise allegations without fear of legal redress.
Collins said: "In January 2014 it was reported that Jason Puncheon, the Crystal Palace player, made allegations on Twitter regarding Neil Warnock - his former manager.
"The tweets have been deleted but they are available online and I'll read out the relevant bit.
"He said, 'What I won't accept is an opinion from a man who's crooked and ruining the game. The man who signs players, gives them extra wages and appearance bonuses to make sure they pay him to get into the team or on the bench. The fact that he can even talk about training is shocking. He was never there'."
Clarke was asked why the FA had not contacted Puncheon - who played for Warnock at QPR and Palace - to ask him why he made the comments, rather than fining him.
Clarke, who succeeded Greg Dyke in August, said he had not been in his job at the time, and was unaware of what had happened.
Sullivan, who was also giving evidence, said no action had been taken against Warnock because there has been no "hard evidence".
Warnock, 67, has managed 17 different clubs at Premier League and Football League level during a 36-year career in management.
He was appointed manager of Championship side Cardiff on 5 October and has been in charge for just one game - Friday's 2-1 win over Bristol City.
Police have appealed for information after a person rang Canterbury Academy warning of an explosive device.
Calls were also made to Ringmer School, near Lewes, Cranmere Primary, in Esher, Barming Primary, in Maidstone, and Kingsham Primary, in Chichester.
The Department for Education said "clear emergency arrangements" were in place.
About 20 schools across the country have received warnings from anonymous callers.
The move, agreed with leaders of the region's 10 councils, will give local politicians greater control over billions of pounds of public money,
The mayor will oversee policies such as transport, social care and housing as well as police budgets.
The announcement comes two years after people in the city of Manchester voted against having an elected mayor.
The chancellor described the deal as "a massive moment for the north of England".
"I have reached agreement with the civic leaders of Greater Manchester to create the first metro-wide elected mayor outside of London," he said.
"This will give Mancunians a powerful voice and bring practical improvements for local people, with better transport links, an Oyster-style travelcard and more investment in skills and the city's economy.
"I want to talk to other cities who are keen to follow Manchester's lead - every city is different and no model of local power will be the same.
"Giving cities power is part of our long-term economic plan to reduce the decades-old gap between north and south; London and the rest," he said.
The first mayoral election is expected to take place in 2017.
The mayor will lead Greater Manchester Combined Authority, chair its meetings and allocate responsibilities to its cabinet, which is made up of the leaders of each of the area's 10 local authorities.
Greater Manchester's leaders have always rejected the idea of a Boris-type elected mayor, but it appears the deal on the table was too good to turn down.
It involves control of budgets and power to decide what happens with transport, housing, planning and policing. One politician told me they were "amazed" at the amount of powers being released to them.
The concern was about one person having all the power over an area where different places have different needs. So what Wigan and Oldham need might be very different to what Manchester needs or wants.
But in order to introduce major changes, the mayor will still need the support of two thirds of the combined authority's leaders.
One council source told me this effectively "puts the brakes" on the kind of elected mayor they were worried about.
Find out what the people of Manchester think
Councils in Greater Manchester currently control £5bn of public money each year. This deal would give them control over a further £2bn.
The deal was agreed less than two weeks after details emerged of an alternative plan for devolution in the region, which did not feature a mayor.
Sir Richard Leese, vice chairman of Greater Manchester Combined Authority, said: "It was clear that an over-centralised national system was not delivering the best results for our people or our economy.
"We are extremely pleased that we can now demonstrate what a city region with greater freedoms can achieve and contribute further to the growth of the UK."
Communities Secretary Eric Pickles said: "This landmark agreement shows how serious we are about moving powers out of Whitehall and reinforces the significant authority and finance already given to local communities."
However, Liverpool's elected Mayor Joe Anderson was critical of the plans.
He said: "Manchester and many of our other great northern cities have been absolutely battered by the government's austerity measures and cuts. Whatever they're giving back to the region with this plan is nothing compared to what they are taking away.
"It's like the government taking a house off you and giving you a shed to live in. But a shed is still better than nothing.
"Granting more power to Manchester is a step in the right direction and I'm pleased they're doing it, rather than just talking about it. But it's only a first step."
The plans have called into question the role of Greater Manchester's police and crime commissioner (PCC), as responsibility for setting police budgets would be transferred to the elected mayor.
As mayor of London, Boris Johnson fulfils the PCC role in London.
However, BBC political correspondent Ross Hawkins said Treasury sources insisted the announcement did not amount to scrapping the PCC position in Manchester, currently filled by the former Labour MP Tony Lloyd.
But it would put an end to the principle of an elected local representative whose sole job is to oversee the police outside the capital, he said.
The incident involved a blue Lupo and lorry at Llanelwedd, near Llandrindod Wells, at 19:50 BST on Wednesday.
While the driver of the lorry was uninjured, a woman who was driving the car died.
Dyfed-Powys Police has appealed for witnesses.
Prof Calvin Jones admitted the South Wales Metro plan had raised hopes that the Valleys would immediately benefit.
The Welsh Government said the Metro would be "transformational" as they hope first services will be running on the network by 2023.
But Prof Jones said the first places to benefit "may indeed be in Cardiff".
"This is a minimum of a 15-year to 20-year project," Prof Jones of the Cardiff Business School told the BBC's Sunday Politics Wales TV programme.
"The expectations of this process, between the shiny Metro and the reality of what will be an incremental long-term development, are very difficult to manage."
The initial work will be carried out to upgrade the existing Valleys lines and it is estimated that part of the billion pound scheme could cost around £734m up to 2023.
The Metro scheme promises better trains, faster buses and light rail or tram services in Cardiff and the south Wales valleys.
Welsh ministers are working towards making an application for funds by mid-2017, with construction to begin in 2019 and completion by the end of 2022.
The finance includes £125m from UK government funds and £369m from the Welsh budget.
First Minister Carwyn Jones travelled to the European Commission in Brussels on Wednesday in a bid to secure £110m of EU funding for the South Wales Metro project.
A Welsh government spokesman told BBC Wales the response in those meetings had been "encouraging".
Economy Secretary Ken Skates said the government hoped to "have diggers in the ground towards the end of this decade".
"The Metro will be a transformational piece of infrastructure for south Wales," he said.
"This will connect many communities that are currently feeling quite isolated and I've been very clear all along that the Metro should primarily serve the valleys communities.
"By 2023 we hope to have Metro services up and running."
Geraint Corkrey, owner of the Navigation pub and cafe in Treharris, in Merthyr Tydfil county borough, said: "We'd like to think that a Metro system with a stop in Treharris would bring people into the village.
"Hopefully that would benefit the local economy and boost the area in general, which personally I think is much needed."
However, Prof Jones warned: "The first places to benefit from the Metro may indeed be in Cardiff.
"The problem with that is people in Treharris don't want to wait too long."
A computer error caused the US Geological Survey (USGS) to issue the false alarm about the magnitude 6.8 quake.
The quake actually took place in 1925 when it laid waste to the city of Santa Barbara and caused 13 deaths.
In a statement, the USGS said its computers had "misinterpreted" data causing the alarm to be wrongly issued.
News organisations across the US received the emailed alert about the quake which, if it had been real, would have been one of the largest ever recorded in California.
Few organisations reacted directly to the news because it was dated 29 June 2025 - exactly 100 years after the actual event took place.
The LA Times, which uses AI-based software to automatically write up the USGS alerts, did issue a news story based on the alarm notice.
The federal body said work it was doing to revise and update information about where the historic quake struck had caused computer systems to misinterpret the data and think it was seeing a novel event.
It apologised for causing any alarm and said it was "working to resolve the issue".
The 1925 quake is classed as a level seven-to-nine event on the intensity scale used by the USGS to measure the damage done by earthquakes.
At the higher end of this range, the quakes would cause "considerable" damage even to structures designed to withstand tremors, bring about a partial collapse of substantial buildings and make many buildings shift on their foundations.
Half of those consulted by the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) said patient care was compromised by insufficient staffing on their most recent shift.
The claims emerged in a submission to Holyrood's health committee on the 2018/19 draft budget.
The Scottish government said the number of nurses and midwives had significantly increased since 2012.
It is also committed to increasing the number of training places for health care workers, Health Secretary Shona Robison added.
However the report is the latest in a series of warnings over staffing issues in Scotland's health service.
The RCN's submission was based on the preliminary results of a survey of 3,300 nurses and health care support workers from across Scotland.
Of those who said high quality care had been affected by staff shortages, a third said there were not enough registered nurses.
A quarter said there were inadequate numbers of health care support workers and nearly half had concerns about the mix of skills on their last shift.
Other findings include:
The RCN used their report to call for more support for the healthcare workforce.
It said: "There needs to be recognition of the fact that people are the NHS' greatest resource and that investment in workforce will have a positive impact for patients, as well as seeing improvements in areas like sickness rates and retention."
And it added: "The RCN recognises the Scottish government's commitment to scrapping the 1% pay cap for NHS staff, but unless staff are appropriately remunerated, as well as being given the time and support to develop, issues around recruitment and retention within nursing teams will persist."
The RCN will publish more detailed analysis of the survey results later in the summer.
The findings have led to further claims that morale among health care staff is at "rock bottom" and nurses are being "stretched to breaking point".
Scottish Labour health spokesman Anas Sarwar said: "This is a deeply worrying revelation.
"It reinforces our warnings that the SNP has presided over a workforce crisis in our NHS, leaving staff over-worked, under-valued and under-resourced.
"Morale is at rock bottom in the health service, with staff reporting there simply aren't enough of them to do the job properly. That risks compromising patient safety.
"This is part of the legacy left by Nicola Sturgeon who as health secretary slashed the number of training places for nurses and midwives.
"As a result, spending on agency nurses in Scotland has risen six-fold in just five years under the SNP, which is just one reason why our health service is in desperate need for a meaningful workforce plan."
Alex Cole-Hamilton, the Scottish Liberal Democrat's health spokesman, described it as a "damning insight" into the state of Scotland's NHS.
He added: "Our nurses within the NHS work incredibly hard but it is clear they are being stretched to breaking point.
"The SNP need to step in immediately and make sure that our wards are fully staffed.
"That starts by scrapping the NHS pay cap and give staff the resources and support they need to do their jobs. "
The Scottish Conservative's Miles Briggs said hospitals were being hit by the SNP government's "horrendous lack of forward planning".
"This is more damning evidence of that mismanagement, and it comes from those who know best," he added.
"We have warned the Scottish government for years that there aren't enough nurses working currently, and there aren't enough coming through the system.
"This falls completely on the SNP's head, and it must act swiftly to address these very serious concerns."
Shona Robison, the cabinet secretary for health, defended the government's record.
She said: "There are over 3,300 more whole time equivalent nursing and midwifery staff working in our NHS compared to five years ago. This year we have also increased nursing and midwifery training places by 4.7%, bringing the total number of places available in 2017-18 to 3,360.
"For the last five years, this government has made consecutive increases to the number of student nurse training places.
"We're working with health boards to reduce the overall use of agency staff, including by establishing regional and national staff banks - which allows health boards greater access to a pool of highly-skilled, flexible NHS staff. Last year, agency nursing represented just 0.4% of the total NHS nursing workforce."
She added: "Our recently published NHS workforce plan also sets out a commitment to delivering around 2,600 additional nursing and midwifery training places by the end of this Parliament, as part of a wide-ranging set of measures to support and sustain our workforce.
"In addition to this we have committed to enshrine safe staffing in law and are currently considering the responses we received to the recently closed consultation on this."
Cumbria Police is looking for volunteer "mobile speed watch operators" in the west of the county.
They will use specialist equipment to monitor vehicles in areas identified as being high risk and educate motorists about the risks of driving too fast.
The pilot initiative was intended to address "the problem of real or perceived speed related offending", the force said.
Ch Insp Matt Kennerley said volunteers were a "valued part of our policing family".
Last year, doctors at the hospital treated 60 new cases of a particularly nasty infection called acanthamoeba keratitis - around two to three times more cases than in recent years.
Bacteria, fungi and micro-organisms can stick to contact lenses and cause pain, irritation and serious harm.
One woman whose eye became infected from her contact lens has described being kept awake for a week while doctors tried to treat the problem.
Jessica Greaney, 18, a student at Nottingham University, was told the probable cause of the infection was a drop of water which had splashed on to one of her lenses while she was washing them.
"[The parasite] was eating through the cornea of my eye," she told Radio 5 live.
So here are some of the risks, and the dos and don'ts:
Unless your optician has said you can, it is a bad idea to leave your contacts in when you go to bed.
Most contact lenses are not designed for this and extended wear can aggravate the cornea - the transparent outer covering of the eye - leaving it more vulnerable to infection.
Water can carry and spread a rare but dangerous infection called acanthamoeba keratitis. People who wear contacts are particularly susceptible to the infection, which attacks the cornea. Water-borne bacteria and other bugs, such as acanthamoeba, can attach to contact lenses during swimming and cause infection. This is particularly a problem in public pools where there can often be traces of urine and faecal matter.
If you want to swim with your contacts in, use a pair of tight-fitting swimming goggles to help protect your eyes.
It's essential that you disinfect them as this prevents harmful organisms building up on the lens.
Wash, rinse and dry your hands thoroughly before handling your lenses to prevent spreading nasty germs
It may be tempting to cut corners, especially if you are away from home and have forgotten to bring your lens-cleaning kit. But don't. Tap water, although safe to drink, can still carry bacteria that is harmful to the eyes.
Saliva is not a hygienic way to clean or wet your lenses.
Take care not to catch the lens or the eye with your fingernails
Don't mix your right and left lenses up - get into the habit of inserting and removing the same lens first
Before you put lenses in, check they are not damaged or inside-out. The lens should be shaped like a cup. If it is inside-out it will be shaped like a saucer, with the edges facing out
Give the lens a rinse with saline or conditioning solution (depending on the type of lens) and place it on to the tip of the index finger of your dominant hand
Pull the lower eyelid down with the middle finger of the dominant hand and lift the upper eyelid with your other hand and gently place the lens on the eye without blinking
When the lens is on the eye, close the eye slowly and blink gently a few times until the lens begins to feel comfortable
To remove soft lenses, keep your chin down and look upwards
Separate you eyelids in the same way as before and slide your contact lens down on to the white of your eye. Then gently pinch the lens with your thumb and index finger. Never use your nails
To remove hard lenses, place your middle and ring finger at the outer corner of your eye and pull your eyelids tight over towards your ear. Blink - the lens should come out
Dispose of or store the lenses appropriately.
Never ignore problems or discomfort. Remove the contact lens and seek medical advice.
At a forum for young people, Mrs Merkel tells the Palestinian girl, Reem, that not all migrants can stay in Germany and "some will have to go home".
Mrs Merkel then strokes Reem, who is now crying, on the back.
Reem had said she and her family had been waiting four years to gain permanent residency in Germany.
Within hours of the video being broadcast, the term #Merkelstreichelt (Merkel strokes) trended on Twitter.
Some social media users complained that Mrs Merkel had "petted" the girl and failed to show enough sensitivity, although others defended the leader's reaction.
In the video, Reem tells Mrs Merkel that her family was told they would have to return to a camp in Lebanon imminently - only to receive a last-minute temporary German residency permit.
"I would like to go to university," says Reem, in fluent German.
"It's really very hard to watch how other people can enjoy life and you yourself can't. I don't know what my future will bring."
Mrs Merkel replied that "politics can be tough", adding: "You are an extremely nice person but you also know that there are thousands and thousands of people in Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon."
Germany could not manage if all wanted to move there, she said.
Germany says it expects 400,000 asylum applications by the end of 2015 - more than double the amount if received in 2014.
The right-wing Pegida group has marched against what it calls the Islamisation of Germany, and the country's newest political party, Alternative for Germany (AfD), has called for tighter immigration control.
"The mistakes in the government's refugee policies can't be patted away," Katrin Goering-Eckardt, a Green Party MP, said.
"This week has been fantastic for German public diplomacy. All that was missing was Merkel making refugee children cry," the Belarus-born writer Evgeny Morozov said.
It has been six years since the plan to replace 112-year-old HMP Inverness was announced.
Earlier this week, HM Chief Inspector of Prisons for Scotland David Strang said the jail had problems with overcrowding and needed repairs.
The SPS said it was working on finding a suitable new site.
Spokesman Tom Fox told BBC Radio Scotland: "We require to identify a site before we can begin the procurement process to find someone to build a new prison, and that is not something we are going to be able to achieve overnight.
"I think it is fair to say the Scottish government has been very generous to the prison service over the last few years in terms of allowing us to do a major refurb of our estate."
Mr Fox said before funding could be sought from the government for a new prison in the Highlands, a site would have been found, the land bought and outline planning permission for the building approved.
Conservative Highlands MSP Mary Scanlon said a replacement prison was "essential".
She said over the last 15 years the 103-prisoner-capacity jail "had regularly" held up to 150 to 160 prisoners.
The MSP said: "Inverness Prison is the smallest and one of the oldest in Scotland."
In 2010, the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) was told it could not build a new prison on land where a new academic and research campus is being built in Inverness.
The SPS had been in discussion with landowner Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) about constructing the jail at Beechwood.
HIE said the plan was given serious consideration but it did not have "a strong strategic fit" with its vision.
It offered to help the SPS find another site.
The charity said the number of destitute refugees and asylum seekers it had helped in Glasgow had increased from 326 in 2014 to 820 in 2016.
It accused the UK government of making the asylum process "increasingly difficult" - a claim the Home Office has disputed.
The Scottish government said the situation was "unacceptable".
According to the charity, the new figures to "some extent" reflected an overall increase in the number of people claiming protection in Scotland, including asylum seekers from Syria.
But it claimed changes made in 2014 to the support and advice offered by the Home Office had also increased destitution among migrants.
A BRC spokeswoman said: "There's been a change to a telephone model of providing [asylum support] advice, which has made it more difficult for those with language barriers to access support."
She added that she believed the Home Office was requiring "more and more" information from asylum applicants, while also withdrawing advocacy from the service specification.
Asked how destitution had been defined, the BRC said it considered clients to be destitute if they did not eat sufficiently, had no fixed home, could not afford essential items and/or were experiencing worsening health.
In April 2014, government-funded advice for asylum seekers living in Scotland began being delivered by Migrant Help, a charity based in the south east of England.
Previously, this contract was held by the Scottish Refugee Council (SRC), based in Glasgow.
The Home Office disputed any suggestions that Migrant Help did not offer the same level of face-to-face support as SRC, adding that Migrant Help had a "well-established presence" in Scotland.
The figures prompted the Scottish government to accuse the UK government of delivering a "consistent reduction" in the support it offered to asylum seekers.
Last year, the SRC called for an inquiry into the treatment of asylum seekers in Glasgow.
Noreen, a single mum in Glasgow, was destitute and an asylum seeker during her pregnancy
After fleeing persecution in her homeland of Pakistan, Noreen's claim for asylum in the UK was initially refused.
Alone and with no right to work or receive government support, she told BBC Scotland enduring her pregnancy was "a living nightmare".
"I was so down that when I was seven months pregnant I told the doctor I didn't want the baby - but it was already too late."
"I was crying saying, 'I am so hungry, I don't even have any food'," she said.
Noreen said she did not receive government support until she was nine months pregnant.
Until then, she was forced to rely on charities and friends to survive.
But Noreen revealed that before her pregnancy, the asylum process had already driven her into a severe depression.
"I was admitted to hospital twice, after trying to cut my veins," she told BBC Scotland.
"I didn't want to live - there was no hope for me," she added.
Today, Noreen has been granted refugee status and lives with her two children in Glasgow.
Names have been changed.
What can the Scottish government do?
While immigration and asylum policy is reserved to the UK government, the Scottish government can provide support to asylum seekers under devolved functions, such as education, social care and health.
The Scottish Parliament's Equalities and Human Rights Committee (EHRC) has launched an inquiry into destitution amongst asylum seekers - which will publish its findings and recommendations in April.
Equalities Secretary Angela Constance said she hoped the inquiry would "shine a light" on the issue of destitution and asylum in Scotland.
The Scottish Refugee Council said it hoped the EHRC inquiry would lead to "concrete actions to support people bearing the brunt of the UK government's hostile environment policy for immigrants".
A Home Office spokesman said: "The UK has a proud history of granting asylum to those who need our protection and those seeking refuge have access to a range of advice and support in the UK.
"Migrant Help offers asylum seekers access to online literature and both telephone and face-to-face advice.
"Outreach sessions are held around the UK, including in Scotland where [Migrant Help] have a well-established presence.
"It is only right that the service refers asylum seekers looking for legal advice to qualified solicitors who are cleared to handle immigration matters.
"Those who do not need our help should leave the country rather than being supported by UK taxpayers."
Migrant Help said: "In Scotland, Migrant Help offers face-to-face advice to asylum seekers accommodated in the initial accommodation, but also to those in dispersal accommodation who are deemed vulnerable.
"All asylum seekers across the UK can access our free telephone helpline which offers independent advice tailored to the region where the caller is based."
Press Secretary Josh Earnest dismissed the president-elect's unsubstantiated allegations that millions of people had cast illegal votes.
Mr Trump also alleged voter fraud in Virginia, New Hampshire and California, states which Hillary Clinton won.
Mr Earnest deferred to Mr Trump's team for further comment.
Could US election recounts change result?
US election results
"What I can say, as an objective fact, is that there has been no evidence produced to substantiate a claim like that," he told reporters at a White House briefing.
Mr Trump, who won the all-important electoral college count, aired his grievances with the election result in a tweet on Sunday.
"In addition to winning the Electoral College in a landslide, I won the popular vote if you deduct the millions of people who voted illegally," he wrote.
Analysis: Anthony Zurcher, BBC North America reporter
It's a classic Donald Trump move. Take an accusation, and turn it on an accuser. His opponents want a recount in states he won? Then he'll allege massive voter fraud in states carried by Hillary Clinton.
There is, of course, no evidence of the "millions" of illegal votes that Mr Trump says were cast for Democrats. If there were, it would merit a full investigation and not a series of Sunday-morning tweets from the president-elect. The veracity of these accusations seems of little import to Mr Trump.
What matters is that by going on the offensive, he turns a story about the legitimacy of his narrow wins in key states into a muddled mess. As he has done in the past, he raises the volume in hopes of drowning out a negative story.
The irony is that, in this case, it seems a pointless undertaking. The Green Party-funded recounts will almost certainly fail to reveal electoral malfeasance. Mr Trump could have let them proceed without comment and avoided any controversy.
Then again, for this president-elect, controversy is like water to a fish. It surrounds and sustains him. Perhaps he can't function without it.
The president-elect's Twitter outburst comes after the Clinton camp said it would support a vote recount in Wisconsin initiated by Green Party candidate Jill Stein.
Ms Stein also notified the elections board in Michigan, where Mr Trump's 16 electoral votes were certified on Monday, that it would seek a statewide recount of the presidential election results.
Her campaign moved to do the same in Pennsylvania.
Mr Trump won by two-tenths of a percentage point out of nearly 4.8 million votes, making it the closest presidential race in Michigan in more than 75 years.
He is the first Republican presidential nominee to win Michigan since 1988.
Ms Stein's recount effort was driven by the #recount2016 social media campaign, which has raised over $6.3m (£5m).
During her entire presidential run, Ms Stein's campaign only raised $3.5m.
Results would need to be overturned in Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania to alter the outcome of the November presidential election - something analysts say is highly unlikely.
Mrs Clinton's campaign's general counsel, Marc Elias, said there was no evidence to conclude the election had been sabotaged.
But, he added, "we have an obligation to the more than 64 million Americans who cast ballots for Hillary Clinton to participate in ongoing proceedings to ensure that an accurate vote count will be reported".
Also on Monday, Mr Trump met with former CIA Director and retired Army General David Petraeus, who was convicted of sharing classified information with his lover in 2012.
Mr Petraeus is reportedly being considered for the role of Secretary of State, the nation's top diplomat.
Mrs Clinton was criticised by Mr Trump during the campaign for her handling of classified information during her time as Secretary of State.
Despite calling her handling of the classified information "extremely careless", the FBI never found Mrs Clinton's behaviour to be criminal.
Here's how some of the main news outlets reacted to Mr Trump's claims on Twitter:
Earlier this week, a US Supreme Court ruling sided with bondholders demanding Argentina pay them the amount in full.
Argentina defaulted on debts in 2001 following a severe economic crisis.
It has been in a legal battle with a number of US hedge funds which lent money to the country.
Many hedge funds have agreed to accept a partial repayment, but others, led by NML and Aurelius Capital Management, are demanding payment in full.
Earlier this week, President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner went on national television to say her country could not afford to honour the Supreme Court's ruling, but said her government was willing to discuss the issue further.
However, Chief of the Cabinet of Ministers Jorge Capitanich said on Thursday there were no plans to negotiate with the hedge funds directly in New York.
"There's no Argentine mission or committee going to New York," he said.
Argentina argues that the hedge funds bought most of the debt at a big discount after the 2001 default, and have since tried to impede the country's efforts to restructure.
Investors holding more than 92% of the defaulted debt agreed in 2005 and 2010 to write off two-thirds of their pre-crisis value, providing Argentina with time to re-build its economy.
But the hedge funds owning the remaining 8% held out against the restructuring.
Thieves carried out the raid at the Royal Bank of Scotland's Langholm branch on 11 November.
Ch Supt Gary Ritchie said he hoped to be able to issue an update on the investigation "very soon".
He also moved to reassure the public over policing levels across Dumfries and Galloway.
"The policing provision I think for the remote areas in the division is in actual fact pretty sound and reflective of the type of demand that we get there," he said.
"We are able to respond very well when something like that happens and I think the policing provision is probably balanced in the right way."
However, he said he understood public concerns after such an incident.
"People, obviously, after something like this have a nervousness and fear that their community is exposed - especially in an area like Dumfries and Galloway where we have a lot or rural and remote communities," he said.
"What I would say is that it is very much a one-off - we don't see much crime like that in the area.
"Unfortunately for the type of crime it is, the criminals do pick places that are remote and are generally considered to be safe.
"It's not something that we regularly see."
Elor Azaria, 19 at the time, shot Abdul Fatah al-Sharif, 21, in the head while he was lying immobile on a road.
A military court convicted the soldier after dismissing his assertion that the Palestinian still posed a danger.
The case has divided Israeli opinion. Azaria, a sergeant, will be sentenced next Sunday, Israel's military says.
There have been rallies to support the soldier, but top military figures say his actions do not reflect the values of the Israel Defence Forces (IDF).
Mr Netanyahu issued his call on Facebook, writing: "I support giving Elor Azaria a pardon."
"This is a difficult and painful day for all of us - and first and foremost for Elor and his family, soldiers and for the parents of our soldiers, and me among them."
In March, the prime minister called Azaria's family to express sympathy for their predicament.
He joins some other members of the governing coalition in calling for a pardon, including right-wing Education Minister Naftali Bennett.
But centre-left politician and former Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni said the verdict should be accepted.
"Only that way can we stop the bleeding within Israeli society since the event occurred and reunite around the military and Israel as a state of laws, whose army is outside political discourse."
President Reuven Rivlin said he could only deal with the issue of a pardon once the judicial process had run its course.
The incident took place in Hebron in the occupied West Bank on 24 March.
Sharif and another 21-year-old Palestinian, Ramzi Aziz al-Qasrawi, stabbed and wounded an Israeli soldier before troops opened fire on them, wounding Sharif and killing Qasrawi.
Footage of the scene several minutes later, filmed by a Palestinian and released by the Israeli human rights group B'Tselem, shows Sharif alive, wounded and now unarmed.
A soldier, identified as Azaria, is then seen cocking his rifle and fatally shooting Sharif in the head from several metres away.
Israel-Palestinians: Blame and bitterness keeping peace at bay
In their indictment, prosecutors said Azaria "violated the rules of engagement without operational justification as the terrorist was lying on the ground wounded and represented no immediate threat for the accused or others who were present".
Delivering the verdict on Wednesday, the panel of three military judges rejected Azaria's defence that he shot Sharif because he continued to pose a threat.
He had told the court that he believed there might be a suicide belt under the Palestinian's jacket.
The judges, who took two-and-a-half hours to deliver their verdict, noted that Azaria's commanders had testified that he did not mention the same concerns when they questioned him immediately after the shooting incident.
The judges also cited another soldier, who told military investigators that Azaria had said during the incident: "They stabbed my friend and tried to kill him - he deserves to die."
Azaria told the court that he did not recall having any such conversation, but the head of the judging panel, Col Maya Heller, described him as an "unreliable witness".
"His motive for shooting was that he felt the terrorist deserved to die," she said.
A spokesman for Azaria's family said evidence proving his innocence had been ignored. "It was like the court was detached from the fact that this was the area of an attack," he said.
The soldier's mother, Oshra, shouted at the judges: "You should be ashamed of yourselves."
The defence team has said it will appeal against the verdict. Manslaughter in Israel carries a maximum 20-year term.
Sharif's father Yusri said Azaria deserved a life sentence. Sharif's uncle, Fathi, told Haaretz that the decision to try him for manslaughter rather than murder was "a perversion of justice and of the court".
Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman, who expressed support for Azaria before taking office in May, said the verdict was "difficult" and that the defence establishment would "do everything it can to assist the soldier and his family".
But he also called on the public to respect the court's decision.
Sari Bashi, Israel advocacy director at Human Rights Watch, described the verdict as "a positive step toward reining in excessive use of force by Israeli soldiers against Palestinians".
The shooting happened during a wave of knife, gun and vehicle ramming attacks by Palestinians or Israeli Arabs in Israel and the West Bank that has killed at least 42 people since September 2015, according to the Israeli authorities.
Human Rights Watch said on Monday that video footage or witness accounts raised serious questions about many of the more than 150 instances in which Israeli forces have fatally shot Palestinians during attacks or attempted attacks on Israelis.
Twelve men, aged 25 to 28, were travelling to the Slovakian capital Bratislava from Luton on Friday.
Violence broke out and and six were later detained by police after an unscheduled landing in Berlin.
Groom Joshua Mariner, 26, from Southampton in Hampshire, said he was not among those thrown off the plane.
One of the group exposed himself while others were fighting, passengers said.
In a statement given to the Southern Daily Echo, Mr Mariner said: "The lads' behaviour was unacceptable and they will now have to suffer the consequences of their actions.
"It was reported by German police that I was one of the lads arrested which isn't true and I will be seeking legal advice as it has caused a lot of distress for me and my family."
Police in Berlin said in a statement that six members of the group - from Southampton - were threatening security on board and did not comply with the crew's instructions.
A video from the plane, published by the Sun newspaper, showed one member of the group swearing at another man and threatening him before throwing a punch.
The men were removed from the aircraft after the pilot decided to land at Berlin Schonefeld Airport.
Reza Heravi, an eyewitness and passenger on the plane, said it was clear the men were "massively drunk" before they boarded the flight and had been singing loudly.
He said: "As we took off, they were hardly seated, they kept standing up and shouting random stuff.
"At one point, one of the guys pulled down his trousers and exposed himself to the air hostess."
He added: "They then decided to have a fight between themselves.
"One of the very drunken members of the group tried to stop the fight but was unsuccessful. That's when the cabin crew said we need to stop off in Berlin."
Mr Heravi said it took 20 minutes to get the men off the aircraft and the flight arrived in Bratislava two hours late.
Another passenger, Darius Davies, said one of the men had been given "a lot of pints to down" before boarding the flight, while some of the group had been "catcalling the stewardesses".
One man ended up without his trousers after his friends hid them, while others inflated their life-vests, he added.
"It was a terrible flight. They were very boisterous. We were stuck for hours trying to get back," he said.
Police officers at the airport charged the men with misdemeanours under German aviation security laws which are punishable by a fine of up to €25,000 (£20,000), police said.
A possible civil damages suit from the airline could also follow.
The six men were later released. The other six members of the stag group continued their journey.
A Ryanair spokesman said the airline did not tolerate "unruly or disruptive behaviour at any time and the safety and comfort of our customers, crew and aircraft is our number one priority".
"This is now a matter for local police," the spokesman added.
Home Office minister Norman Baker said the substances, mostly created in laboratories in East Asia, were a "very serious issue" for public health.
They were dangerous because people buying the hallucinogenic drugs did not know what was in them, he added.
The government has imposed bans on more than 250 legal highs.
They are officially known as "new psychoactive substances", with several new types coming on to the market each week.
Legal highs are marketed at young people and presented in bright packaging.
Mr Baker said they were readily available, even reportedly being sold from ice cream vans outside schools, adding: "That's not at all acceptable."
He will be meeting experts on Thursday to discuss the best ways of keeping up with the influx of legal highs.
He told the BBC that the Home Office had been looking at models around the world, such as Ireland, where a blanket ban on new substances has been brought in, and New Zealand, where legal highs are dealt with as a health issue.
The latest official UK figures show 68 deaths were linked to legal highs in 2012, up from 10 in 2009.
Mr Baker said: "This is a growing problem. Some of these substances are very dangerous and can and do lead to deaths.
"The way they're marketed and presented suggests to people that they are legal and safe. But sometimes they are not legal and they are certainly not safe."
He also said there were "no simple solution".
Mr Baker said the summit and a separate review would inform government policy, which was expected to be turned into legislation at some stage.
The government announced in January that the UK was opting out of planned European Commission rules on legal highs, arguing that they would make banning them slower and "fetter" efforts to deal with the problem.
The 24-year-old won the sprint at the 100th Welsh Athletics Championships in 11.69secs.
Moore has just returned to bobsleigh training in preparation for the Winter Olympics in South Korea next February.
The Commonwealths are staged on Australia's Gold Coast the following April when Moore is hoping to run.
"It is possible and the timings work quite nicely," said Moore.
"Both competitions are going to need a massive amount of hard work and commitment.
"It would be amazing but I am realistic with my goals.
"It's such an exciting time and I am looking forward to what's happening in the next year.
"We have just started back in bobsleigh training and I am sure the two sports will help each other in the summer.
"The bobsleigh work is helping my athletics start and given me a lot more power there. The running is helping my bobsleigh in terms of keeping up with the sled."
Moore was pleased with her form on the track after winning the Welsh title in Cardiff.
"I knew it was going to be tough but the season has gone well," said Moore.
"The last two years have been difficult through injury and illness so I am glad to be back in some kind of form."
Moore is still outside the Commonwealth Games individual qualification standards and believes the most realistic chance of reaching the Gold Coast would be a relay place.
She was part of the Wales 4x100m quartet who reached the Commonwealth final in Glasgow three years ago, but there are no guarantees there will be a relay squad selected to go to Australia next year.
"The relay is one of the better opportunities because the standards are so tough and quite a lot of people have qualified already," said Moore.
"We are looking to do a couple of relays with Welsh Athletics and hope to do a good time."
This would be two months after the Winter Olympics where Moore is trying to book a place in the bobsleigh pair.
Moore only made her debut in the sport in November 2016 and was crowned World Junior gold medallists with Mica McNeill before the pair finished 16th in the senior World Championships.
"Bobsleigh was quite scary at times but I really enjoyed it," said Moore.
"I am looking forward to getting back and working hard and trying to secure a place in the Olympics."
Financially struggling Bolton cut Davies' price to resolve an issue over wages and thought a deal had been done.
The player was set for a medical on Thursday and was pulled out of Tuesday's league meeting between the two clubs, which Wednesday won 3-2.
But the deal is on hold, with Davies' agent Will Salthouse questioning why.
"Sheffield Wednesday have said medical reasons but the player has not had a medical with them and they have not had any of his medical records," he said.
Bolton have contacted the Football League, although it is not known whether they intend to lodge a formal complaint.
Another Wanderers player, Zach Clough, has decided not to accept a transfer to Bristol City, despite a fee being agreed between the two clubs.
Unless there are further developments, Davies and Clough will be available for Bolton's Championship game at Nottingham Forest.
Bolton are trying desperately to raise funds before Monday's High Court appearance, when they face a winding-up petition brought by Revenue & Customs.
There had been hope before Christmas that a takeover of the club, £172.8m in debt, would have been completed by now.
However, discussions with various parties have failed to reach a successful conclusion.
Bolton are bottom of the Championship and if they went into administration, which is still a possibility, the 12-point penalty would leave them 18 points from safety.
At an SPD party meeting in Berlin, he denounced Eurosceptics and the "racist" rhetoric of US President Donald Trump.
The convention unanimously confirmed Mr Schulz as the candidate who will lead the Social Democrats to the election.
It has been the junior partner in Germany's "grand coalition" since 2013.
The party hopes that Mr Schulz, a former president of the European Parliament, will boost its chances of governing without Mrs Merkel's CDU.
Opinion polls suggest the Social Democrats trail the CDU, although Mr Schulz's personal rating compares favourably with that of Mrs Merkel, who plans to run for a fourth term.
In his speech on Sunday, he blamed the rise of populism on a growing gap between average workers and the rich.
The 61-year-old attacked plans by Christian Democrats to cut taxes and increase defence spending at the expense of welfare programmes.
Mr Schultz also said that as leader of the EU Parliament he had always stood up "to those who attempt to destroy this project of unity".
"Those people find in me a determined opponent," he added.
Referring to Donald Trump, he denounced what he called the president's "misogynistic, anti-democratic and racist" rhetoric.
Ahead of Sunday's convention, SPD General Secretary Katarina Barley said the party had seen 13,000 new members join this year.
Mr Schulz was the only nominee for the post of party chairman. He received 100% of the delegates' votes - an unprecedented result in the SPD's post-war history.
He replaces Sigmar Gabriel, who stepped down as chairman in January in an attempt to improve the party's chances.
A former bookseller, Mr Schulz comes from Aachen near the Dutch border and once considered becoming a professional footballer.
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Staff at the Pairi Daiza wildlife park called it a "true miracle" because pandas struggle to reproduce in captivity.
There are fewer than 2,000 pandas alive in the wild, but numbers have increased in the last 10 years.
Hao Hao, whose name means "kindly", scooped up her baby and held it in her jaws to protect and clean it.
The cub was described as "a little pink sausage" and let out a cute squeal immediately after birth.
The little panda weighs just 171g (6oz) and has yet to be given a name.
Pranava Prakash said five men barged into the gallery in the Noida district on Sunday, saying the pictures were "against Indian culture".
He said he was thrown to the floor and a number of pictures were damaged.
Hardline Hindu groups have in the past protested over art works they say offend their beliefs.
The attack also comes in the wake of an intensified debate over artistic free speech, with controversial UK writer Sir Salman Rushdie abandoning plans to attend a literary festival in Jaipur amid security concerns.
Mr Prakash told Agence France-Presse news agency: "Five guys came in on Sunday and started yelling at me, saying, 'Your paintings are against Indian culture, we cannot tolerate them'.
"They slapped me twice, threw me to the floor and then began pulling down the paintings, damaging three of my pictures."
The nude paintings in the Espace Alternative Gallery include depictions of Bollywood star Vidya Balan, Pakistani actress Veena Malik and model Poonam Pandey.
The latter painting features Ms Pandey with words written on her bosom, while Ms Malik appears with the Pakistani flag painted on her back.
Mr Prakash said: "There is a certain section of people who think they alone are the custodians of Indian culture, and anyone who disagrees with them is the enemy."
Hardline Hindu groups have protested in the past over art works they regard as offensive, including by late artist MF Husain.
Valentine's Day has also come under attack for being anti-Hindu.
Sir Salman lashed out at extremists who he said were undermining free speech after an attempt to address the Jaipur festival by video-link were abandoned amid threats of violence by Muslim hardliners opposed to his book, The Satanic Verses.
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Earlier this month, jurors decided not to sentence James Holmes to death.
His lawyers had argued the former neuroscience graduate student was mentally ill at the time of the shooting and should not be executed.
Some survivors of the July 2012 attack have criticised the jury's sentence.
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He threw smoke canisters and shot at people trying to escape.
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Bodies were still being collected from morgues as the first burials were conducted in the west of the city.
The bomber targeted a protest march by members of the Hazara minority, Shia Muslims reviled by IS, a Sunni group.
President Ashraf Ghani has led prayers for the dead and Afghanistan is observing a day of national mourning.
Some families were still searching for missing relatives on Sunday, gathering outside hospitals to read the names posted on the walls, and checking morgues.
One family told the BBC they had four people still unaccounted for.
Mourners could be seen brushing down earth over the graves of victims in a report by the Associated Press news agency.
On a hilltop, a digger was used to prepare for further interments.
The government banned all public gatherings and demonstrations for 10 days after Saturday's attack, which also wounded at least 230 people.
Thousands of Hazaras had been protesting in in Deh Mazang Square over a new power line, saying its route bypassed provinces in central Afghanistan where many of them live.
Few details were immediately known about the dead.
One of those killed was an Afghan journalist, Hussiani Mohammadi, according to fellow reporter Bilal Sarwary.
An unnamed victim had been the sole bread winner of his family, his cousin, Sayed Mohammad, told Reuters news agency after finding the man's sandals in a pile of bloodied personal effects. He was killed along with three other relatives, Mr Mohammad said.
An Afghan intelligence source told the BBC that an IS commander named Abo Ali had sent three bombers from Nangarhar province to carry out the attack.
It appears that only one attacker managed to detonate his explosives. The belt of the second failed to explode and the third attacker was killed by security forces, the source said.
Speaking at a hospital, one protester, Sabira Jan, described what had happened: "We were holding a peaceful demonstration when I heard a bang and then everyone was escaping and yelling.
"I saw many people were killed and most of them were covered with blood. There was nobody to help the victims. Policemen were looking at us, and after that I heard gunshots, then I don't know what happened."
President Ghani vowed to take revenge against those responsible for the attack, which was also condemned by the Taliban, Afghanistan's most prominent Islamist militant group, who accused IS of seeking to start a civil war.
The UN mission in Afghanistan described the attack as a "war crime".
The Hazaras, who live mainly in the centre of the country, have long complained of discrimination. During Taliban rule in the late 1990s, many of them fled to Pakistan, Iran and Tajikistan.
Some Hazaras were furious at both the government and their own political leaders who, they said, had exploited the grievances of their community at longstanding discrimination to shore up their own power bases.
"They sold us and we will never forget this," mourner Ghulam Abbas told Reuters. "They've built skyscrapers for themselves and their families from our blood."
The Kilcoo pair both underwent surgery on dislocated shoulders in March and are out of the provincial quarter-final with the champions at Clones on 5 June.
No indication has yet been given of a return date for the injured pair.
Meanwhile Niall Madine has informed Down boss Eamonn Burns that he is opting out of the Mourne panel.
Madine, who has been a Championship regular for Down in recent seasons, has decided to travel to America in June.
The Saval forward only made two substitute appearances, against Donegal and Roscommon, in the Mournemen's Football League campaign, which saw them lose every game in being relegated from Division One.
Last month, Rostrevor's Caolan Mooney informed Burns that he was quitting the county panel.
In a boost to his defensive options, Burns is soon expected to be able to call upon the experienced Benny McArdle, who has been sidelined since rupturing his Achilles tendon last summer.
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Eve Muirhead's rink beat world champions Switzerland 7-5 but conceded to Russia after the minimum six ends at 8-2 down.
The men led by Dave Edwards succumbed 7-4 to Germany - who are newly promoted from the European second tier.
The women have won three games from five, the men have won two from five.
"That was a tough one but you get games like that where you're on the back foot for the whole match," Muirhead told BBC Sport after the Russia defeat.
"We know we can play better than that. We just struggled a little bit with our draw weight tonight.
"But we had a good win against Switzerland and at three wins and two losses we'll take that at this stage.
"But we know we can't drop any more so we'll be coming out sharp for Estonia and Germany next."
David Edwards's rink were leading Germany until their opponents scored four to take the lead in the ninth end.
That was their third defeat in a row after two opening wins and on Tuesday they will aim to get back on track against the Czech Republic and Russia.
Meanwhile, in the B Division, England'smen beat Estonia 7-5 to maintain a perfect record of played six, won six.
They are guaranteed a place in the B Division medals play-offs where, if they take gold or silver, they will be promoted to the top tier for next year's competition.
The gold medallist in the B Division also plays against the eighth-placed team in the A Division for the right to play at the World Championship next year.
England's women remain well placed to make the medals play-offs having beaten Hungary 10-6.
They complete their round-robin schedule on Wednesday against Poland and Italy.
Wales'smen were beaten 8-4 by Hungary and lie mid-table.
The 58-year-old former USA boss is the first American to manage in the Premier League, following the Swans' sacking of Francesco Guidolin.
After his last game in charge of French side Le Havre, Bradley said: "To go to the Premier League is special.
"It's still an opportunity for me, for my family and for American football. That's important."
The Welsh side have won just once in their past seven matches and are 17th in the Premier League table.
Swansea's American owners, Steve Kaplan and Jason Levien, and chairman Huw Jenkins ended the 10-month tenure of Italian Guidolin on Monday with the club above the relegation places only on goal difference.
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Bradley beat ex-Manchester United assistant manager Ryan Giggs, former Derby boss Paul Clement and the one-time Villarreal manager Marcelino to the job after spells in Egypt, Norway and France since leaving the USA in 2011.
He spent last season at French second-tier side Le Havre, missing out on promotion to Ligue 1 by a single goal.
"I am sorry to leave, especially at this moment," said Bradley after Monday's 2-1 win over Sochaux, a result that left Le Havre fifth in Ligue 2.
"In a perfect world I would go right to the end with this team just like last year - but football does not control timing."
Bradley is expected to take his first training session at Swansea on Wednesday, with the club's next game against Arsenal at Emirates Stadium on Saturday, 15 October after the international break.
His first decision is likely to be the make-up of his support staff.
Guidolin's backroom team - Diego Bortoluzzi, Gabriele Ambrosetti and Claudio Bordon - were released alongside the 61-year-old, who was dismissed on his birthday.
Club stalwart Alan Curtis, who spent time as interim manager last season following Garry Monk's December departure, is expected to play a key role at the Liberty Stadium.
The hosts made a bright start with Craig Eastmond and Biamou both testing Grant Smith in the Wood goal.
Sutton finally broke the deadlock in the 31st minute when a long ball from Jamie Collins was headed on by Adam Coombes for Biamou to rifle home right-footed from 15 yards for his second goal in as many games.
Eastmond wasted a chance to double the lead four minutes later when he cleared the bar in a great position on the edge of the area.
Will Puddy, signed on a month's loan from Bristol Rovers following an injury to Ross Warner which meant striker Simon Downer had to go in goal on Saturday, rescued the hosts just before the break by making a great save - rushing out to deny Bruno Andrade.
Smith was much the busier of the two goalkeepers after the break and he did well to push efforts from Coombes and Roarie Deacon round the post.
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Match ends, Sutton United 1, Boreham Wood 0.
Second Half ends, Sutton United 1, Boreham Wood 0.
Mark Ricketts (Boreham Wood) is shown the yellow card.
Jack Jebb (Sutton United) is shown the yellow card.
Simon Downer (Sutton United) is shown the yellow card.
Substitution, Sutton United. Craig Dundas replaces Adam Coombes.
Substitution, Sutton United. Gomis replaces Maxime Biamou.
Maxime Biamou (Sutton United) is shown the yellow card.
Substitution, Boreham Wood. Angelo Balanta replaces Kenny Davis.
David Stephens (Boreham Wood) is shown the yellow card.
Ben Nunn (Boreham Wood) is shown the yellow card.
Second Half begins Sutton United 1, Boreham Wood 0.
Substitution, Boreham Wood. Ben Nunn replaces Anthony Jeffrey.
First Half ends, Sutton United 1, Boreham Wood 0.
Kenny Davis (Boreham Wood) is shown the yellow card.
Goal! Sutton United 1, Boreham Wood 0. Maxime Biamou (Sutton United).
Craig Eastmond (Sutton United) is shown the yellow card.
Substitution, Boreham Wood. Jason Williams replaces Morgan Ferrier.
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
Three men in their twenties were found in Gloucester Road at around 20:00.
Two were taken to hospital with serious injuries. A man, 22, died at the scene. A fourth man presented himself to hospital with stab wounds.
An eyewitness told the Express they saw a woman believed to be a relative of the dead man running down the street screaming "he's dead, he's dead".
The Met said next of kin had been informed but no arrests had yet been made.
Several residents told the BBC there had been problems in the area since the local police station closed.
One woman said she "knew something like this was going to happen".
Another added: "Things have been heading that way for a while. This is not a very god area, there's drugs and all kinds of things going on."
Another resident, Miroslaw Misiukiecz, said: "I was attacked around three weeks ago on my doorstep by a young man.
"It's since they closed the police station at Norwood Junction a couple of years ago. Before it was safe, but now it's not."
The wounded men are aged 21, 22 and 27. Their injuries are not considered to be life-threatening, police said.
Ch Supt Andy Tarrant said such attacks were "rare" and Scotland Yard were "doing everything we can to catch those responsible."
Colwyn Bay crematorium will run a webcast for absent family and friends so they can still pay their respects.
Conwy council said the move will make services more accessible and "give people the opportunity to pay their respects, wherever they may be".
CD and DVD recordings of services are also going to be available to buy.
Residents of streets such as Isis Close say payments were halted or delayed due to "keywords" linked to their orders.
Isis is the name given to part of The Thames in Oxfordshire, but it can also refer to the so-called Islamic State.
PayPal said, by law, it had to scan for terrorist and other references, but it did not have a policy of banning payments containing the name Isis.
Kim Wallace, of Isis Close, Abingdon, discovered her account had been investigated after six payments were temporarily halted, including one for a crochet kit.
She said: "It's a problem, especially with eBay, because your rating goes down. It's just annoying, but it's funny at the same time."
Sarah Carter, of Isis Avenue, Bicester, noticed payments for items she sold online had been refused but was never given an explanation.
"They [PayPal] did say maybe some of my keywords could be being flagged up.
"I tried transferring some money from my PayPal account to my normal account, which they put on hold as pending, but after 72 hours it went through."
Ray Corrigan, a senior lecturer in technology at Open University, said: "It's very easy to get tagged with a toxic word on the internet and, if you have PayPal or other large organisations using words as a way of filtering people, you are going to run into ridiculous mistakes.
"You have got perfectly respectable people in suburbs in Oxford who are going to be tagged as persona non grata."
In February, Isis Academy changed its name to Iffley Academy to avoid being confused with the jihadist organisation.
Pembrokeshire council investigated Torquing Group after complaints were made against the project.
About 12,000 backers lost money after more than £2m was invested in the initiative, based in Pembroke Dock.
But the council said there was "not enough evidence to justify a successful criminal prosecution".
Backers lost their money, which was invested through crowd funding, when the firm went into voluntary liquidation in November.
Following complaints, the council's trading standards team launched an investigation relating to the advertising and sale of the Zano drones.
On Thursday, Huw George, cabinet member for environmental and regulatory services, said: "Over the past six months we have carried out a thorough and exhaustive investigation into the Zano project.
"We have concluded that there is not enough evidence to justify a successful criminal prosecution on several grounds - including that there was insufficient proof that the drone was incapable of carrying out the functions advertised at the time of the launch."
All the team members say they will continue their protest until the school gets satisfactory answers on the issue.
The university suspended the players this week after an internal inquiry without providing any reasons.
Police earlier declined to arrest or charge any of the players over claims a woman was assaulted in September.
The woman has told police she was drunk when she was assaulted by several men at an off-campus apartment.
Some of the players have said that they had consensual sex with her.
The Minnesota team now say they are not ruling out missing the Holiday Bowl on 27 December against Washington State.
Bordeaux led 20-15 at half-time with Yann Lesgourgues and Marco Tauleigne tries while Andrew Trimble and Franco van der Merwe went over for Ulster.
Darren Cave's converted try put Ulster ahead before two Simon Hickey penalties clinched victory for the visitors.
The win was not enough to see Bordeaux progress to the last eight.
Ulster's hopes of progress ended in last weekend's defeat by Exeter while Bordeaux needed a convincing bonus-point victory to stay in the mix to make the quarter-finals.
The French side started strongly in the Belfast sunshine and an Ian Madigan penalty was followed by Lesgourgues' converted try, with the scrum-half dispossessing David Shanahan and sprinting over.
Ulster hit back as Trimble went in at the corner but the momentum quickly swung back to Bordeaux in a pulsating but error-strewn first half.
Against the head Bordeaux pushed Ulster back over their line in a powerful scrum and Tauleigne touched down - Madigan again added the extras.
Ulster's forwards showed their strength at the other end with a line-out maul ending with a van der Merwe try and Paddy Jackson conversion.
Madigan fired over a penalty before Geoffrey Cros was yellow-carded for failing to release as Jackson charged towards the line - the Ulster fly-half converted the resulting penalty with the last kick of the half.
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The hosts made the running on the restart although Jackson saw his penalty slide wide.
Ulster's pressure was rewarded when Cave barged through and made contact with the base of a post for the try, which Jackson converted.
It was the first time Ulster held the lead but it didn't last long with Bordeaux replacement Simon Hickey slotting over two penalties to make it 26-22.
Bordeaux resisted late Ulster pressure to secure the win but it was not enough to keep them in the competition as they finished second in Pool 5.
Ulster ended bottom with just two wins from six games in a frustrating campaign for the 1999 champions.
Ulster: Piutau, Bowe, Cave, McCloskey, Trimble, P. Jackson, Shanahan, Warwick, R. Best, Simpson, Diack, van der Merwe, Henderson, Henry, Reidy.
Replacements: Gilroy for Bowe (63), P. Marshall for Shanahan (41), Black for Warwick (70), Treadwell for Diack (46), C. Ross for van der Merwe (54). Not Used: Andrew, Lutton, Herron.
Bordeaux-Begles: Cros, Ducuing, Dubie, Vakacegu, Connor, Madigan, Lesgourgues, S. Kitshoff, Maynadier, Clerc, Palmer, Botha, Madaule, Goujon, Tauleigne.
Replacements: Rey for Vakacegu (59), Hickey for Madigan (59), Audy for Lesgourgues (51), Auzqui for Maynadier (60), Cobilas for Clerc (54), Chalmers for Tauleigne (69). Not Used: Taofifenua, Edwards.
Sin Bin: Cros (40).
Ref: Matthew Carley (RFU).
It is a slight improvement on the think tank's 3.3% estimate, which it predicted in March.
The OECD said increased trade and investment flows had offset a weaker outlook in the US.
It said UK growth forecasts of 1.6% in 2017 and 1% in 2018 remained unchanged from its March prediction.
Despite the OECD's upgrade to its global growth forecast, secretary general, Angel Gurria remained downbeat:
"Everything is relative. What I would not like us to do is celebrate the fact we're moving from very bad to mediocre.
"It doesn't mean that we have to get used to it or live with it. We have to continue to strive to do better."
He warned that the improved outlook could be damaged by protectionism and it was not strong enough to satisfy people's expectations for a better standard of living or greater equality.
Growth continues to fall short of rates seen before the 2008-09 financial crisis.
On the UK economy, the OECD said it will slow in the coming years as Brexit uncertainty hampers growth and consumers endure a spending squeeze caused by higher prices and lower wages.
Its economic forecast said: "Households are expected to continue to support their consumption by further reducing their saving rate.
"Business investment is projected to contract amid the large uncertainty and because of lower corporate margins."
German growth has helped boost the eurozone economy, with forecasts at 1.8% both this and next year, up from 1.6% for 2017 and 2018 respectively.
The think tank downgraded its outlook for the US, despite a weaker dollar boosting exports and tax cuts supporting household spending and business investment.
The OECD forecast US growth of 2.1% this year and 2.4% in 2018.
This is down from March when it estimated a 2.4% increase in US growth this year and 2.8% for 2018.
The OECD's chief economist, Catherine Mann, attributed the downgraded outlook to delays in the Trump administration pushing ahead with planned tax cuts and infrastructure spending.
Celebrations at the colourful west London event will come to a halt at 15:00 BST on 28 August.
Chairman Pepe Francis said the tribute would allow people to "show proper respect for our grieving friends and neighbours".
At least 80 people were killed in blaze in North Kensington on 14 June.
Mr Francis said it "feels right that we continue" the carnival, which takes place close to Grenfell Tower.
"We don't pretend we can give solace. But we can, and will, offer respect and solidarity," he said.
More than one million people are expected to attend the festivities which take place on 27 and 28 August.
On Tuesday, two-year-old Jeremiah Deen became the latest person to be formally identified as a victim of the fire at the 24-storey tower.
Forty-five people have now been formally identified as victims.
Jack Marriott slotted in from Olly Lee's pass to give the hosts an early lead before Charlie Wyke levelled just before the break.
Josh McQuoid put the home team back in front immediately after the restart and Danny Green extended the lead with a volley from 20 yards.
Goals by subs Alex Gilliead and Jabo Ibehre got Carlisle back level before Derek Asamoah's low drive won it.
Luton boss John Still told BBC Three Counties Radio:
"I think it was the second goal, we had three defenders on the floor, well you've got no chance of defending if you're on the floor.
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"In possession we were terrific, but we've got to defend better.
"Defending's been our Achilles heel this season, I thought we'd got over that and only conceded 1 in 4.
"We've got 3 goals at home and it should be enough, but it wasn't."
Bristow Helicopters revealed last month it could make 130 of its 1,950 UK staff redundant.
CHC then announced that about 50 jobs were at risk amid "challenging conditions" for the offshore industry.
Balpa said its members had indicated "strong support" for strike action and that a move to a formal strike vote would be considered.
The union said pilots accepted the downturn in the industry meant jobs would go.
However, Balpa said concerns surrounded the way firms were dealing with job losses and the impact on safety.
General secretary Jim McAuslan said: "We are not being unreasonable. We know the downturn in the North Sea is going to hit jobs, but the way the companies are going about it is causing massive frustration, borne out by the very high turnout and strong 'yes' vote in this ballot conducted over just four days.
"In the event management do not substantially shift their position, Balpa's National Executive Council will be meeting early next month to consider a move to a formal strike vote, something we are still hoping to avoid."
He continued: "Safety must come first.
"We are not saying that helicopter companies are indifferent to these issues, but we would be remiss if we didn't highlight the stress and pressure that pilots are feeling.
"We will be passing these concerns on to the Civil Aviation Authority who regulate aviation in the North Sea."
Deirdre Michie, chief executive of industry body Oil and Gas UK, said: "We urge all stakeholders in this great UK industry - companies, unions and employees alike - to reject conflict and work together to avoid industrial action which would only serve to further undermine the sector's future in terms of jobs, investment, innovation and energy security for the long-term."
One of the claims to fame of this idyllic Swiss city is that it provided one of the settings in Ernest Hemingway's acclaimed novel A Farewell to Arms.
No one has any illusions Syria's warring parties will put down their guns anytime soon in peace talks set to be launched there on Wednesday.
Montreux will only mark the ceremonial start. Representatives of dozens of invited nations will sit down with prepared speeches certain to exhort fighters on all sides to end the profound suffering of their people and find a negotiated way out of this deepening crisis.
Then, on Friday, when delegates to a luxury watch fair leave their Geneva hotels, Syrian delegations will move there to begin negotiations in a process mediated by UN envoy Lakhdar Brahimi. That is, unless the process collapses from the start in Montreux.
"We really don't know what will happen," admitted one official involved in the preparations.
But, in the absence of any other strategy, it's become the only game in town, at least for some of the key players.
"We need to try this since there is nothing better on the horizon," was how one Western diplomat described the historic gathering known as Geneva ll.
"Everyone is hurting," he regretted in a compact summary of a war that is said to have already taken at least 130,000 lives and left large swathes of Syria in utter ruin.
But the warring sides are not ready to talk.
For months, opposition leaders have complained they were being pushed towards the negotiating table. George Sabra, whose Syrian National Council refused to take part in the talks, told me the pressure was "shameful".
And the Syrian government kept saying it was ready to go. "We are ready, yesterday, today, tomorrow, we are prepared," was how Syria's Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad put it to me in an interview in Damascus in late December.
But talk to any of President Assad's supporters and they will tell you these talks are about "fighting terrorism" of Syria's Islamist groups, not the "transition" set out in the Geneva l document that underpins this process.
In the final countdown, the war of words intensified.
The head of the main National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces, Ahmad Jarba made it clear "the negotiating table for us is a track toward achieving the demands of the 'revolution' - at the top of them removing the butcher from power".
But President Assad spoke again of the "significant" chance he will seek a new term, and contemptuously dismissed the opposition as puppets of foreign powers.
"They were created during the crisis by foreign intelligence agencies whether in Qatar, Saudi Arabia, France, the United States or other countries," he told the French news agency AFP.
Among Syrians, and their foreign backers, there is disarray, disagreement and doubt.
The 11th-hour invitation to Iran - one of President Assad's key backers - by the United Nations, and then the removal of that invitation, was a diplomatic debacle over a war that is no longer just about Syria.
Behind the scenes, wrangling among major players and payers like Saudi Arabia and Qatar played out in a political tug of war involving the array of opposition factions.
The slim thread that keeps this process going is the hope that, over time, a negotiated escape from a devastating war will eventually emerge. But it will be years in the making.
One of the oft-cited lessons from Northern Ireland's talks is the need for a recognition from all sides that they cannot win by military means. Syria's warriors aren't exhausted yet.
One of the many armed groups now fighting on the ground, and fighting among themselves, is the recently created Islamic Front.
One of its leading members, Abu Omar, wrote on his Twitter account that Syria's future would be "formulated here on the ground of heroism, and signed with blood on the front lines, not in hollow conferences attended by those who don't even represent themselves".
The Syrian opposition coalition that reluctantly agreed to sit at the table fears Montreux will simply be a photo-opportunity that will further undermine their already tenuous legitimacy.
As he set out for Montreux, the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon made a last appeal.
"I especially appeal to the Syrian parties themselves to keep one goal in mind - the end of the suffering of the Syrian people and the beginning of a transition to a new Syria," he said.
Everyone fears the end of this tragedy is nowhere in sight. But there is a fervent hope, most of all among Syrians, that this week could, at the very least, signal the beginning of the end.
The wing and centre made 140 appearances for the Blue and Blacks from 1949-1960, scoring 74 tries.
He won 12 Wales caps and was among the Cardiff players who beat New Zealand twice in 1953, for club and country.
Griffiths was the last survivor of that Cardiff win over the All Blacks. He also won three Lions Test caps in South Africa in 1955.
Cardiff said in a statement on their website: "He was a true great of the game and brought great credit on himself and Cardiff Rugby Club."
Griffiths was born in Penygraig in the Rhondda, and went to Loughborough College where he excelled at rugby and athletics.
His sprinting speed made him a dangerous and versatile attacking player, able to cover the wing, centre and full-back positions.
He joined Cardiff RFC in 1949 as a wing alongside the legendary centre partnership of Bleddyn Williams and Dr Jack Matthews.
In November 1953 Griffiths was selected at centre alongside club captain Williams as Cardiff beat the All Blacks 8-3.
Less than a month later the pair were again paired as Wales beat the tourists 13-8 - the last time they beat New Zealand.
In all Griffiths made 12 appearances for Wales between 1953 and 1957 and scored five tries.
He was not originally included in the touring party for the Lions' tour of South Africa in 1955, but excelled after receiving a late call-up as injury cover.
He played in 12 matches, including the final three Tests as the Lions drew the series 2-all.
The tour made a big impression on Griffiths as a player and a teacher: "The rugby was great. I think it was the toughest rugby I'd ever played," he told the British and Irish Lions website.
"It was two-all at the end, - but it was like a dream in many ways.
"Because I was a teacher, probably three days out of five, I would talk at one school or another.
"I'd often go to the start of the morning's prayer meeting, then maybe talk to the sixth formers and then talk to the rugby players, and they all seemed to be rugby players in South Africa!
"In many ways, it was an education for me. I couldn't speak Afrikaans - I could speak Welsh and English but Afrikaans was a bit beyond me. It was just a marvellous educational development of the right sort."
A month after his return from tour Griffiths was selected to represent Wales at athletics.
They support her pick of Tim Kaine as a running mate. They want their delegates on the Democratic National Convention floor to be respectful. They urge the party to rally behind the presumptive nominee.
On Monday night Mr Sanders himself gave the party's standard-bearer everything she could have wanted.
After a rock-star welcome from his legions of supporters in the convention hall, the man who only recently joined the Democratic Party made a whole-hearted pitch for that party's soon-to-be nominee.
"Hillary Clinton must become the next president of the United States," Mr Sanders said to raucous cheers from the Clinton faithful, many of whom had been nervously awaiting this exact moment. "The choice is not even close."
Mr Sanders said he would do everything he could to help her get elected and that she would make "an outstanding president". He drew a sharp contrast time and time again with Mrs Clinton's Republican opponent, Donald Trump.
"This election is about which candidate understands the real problems facing this country and has offered real solutions," he said. "Not just bombast, fear-mongering, name-calling and divisiveness."
More than that, Mr Sanders had a message for his supporters who have said they may not back Mrs Clinton in the November general election; that it's "Bernie or bust".
"If you don't believe this election is important, if you think you can sit it out, take a moment to think about the Supreme Court justices that Donald Trump would nominate and what that would mean to civil liberties, equal rights and the future of our country," he said.
The problem for Mrs Clinton - and, for that matter, for Mr Sanders - is that Bernie delegates aren't particularly keen on taking orders from anyone, even the man whose campaign brought them all to Philadelphia.
Self-styled revolutions can be unpredictable like that. As French journalist Jacques Mallet du Pan once wrote, they do have a tendency of devouring their children.
After Mr Sanders's speech, Sanders supporters took to the convention halls to chant "We won't vote for Hillary" and "This is what democracy looks like".
Under her breath, one Clinton supporter muttered: "This is what losers look like."
The problem for the Clinton campaign, however, is that the Sanders "revolution" is refusing to acknowledge defeat.
At a Monday afternoon rally Bernie Sanders was booed by his own supporters when he told them to back Mrs Clinton. And that was just a preview of the fireworks that would take place when the convention was gavelled to order.
Speaker after speaker who mentioned Mrs Clinton - even in passing - was jeered. When civil rights icon Elijah Cummings took the stage, the Sanders delegates stood, waved signs and chanted against the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal
According to Lauren Steiner, a California Sanders delegate who helped organise the convention-floor demonstration, all of this was planned weeks in advance - in emails, conference calls and in-person meetings. A direct plea via email from Mr Sanders to his supporters, insisting that demonstrations would be counterproductive, was shrugged off.
"Here's the guy that gets arrested protesting segregated housing, and he's telling us not to do a protest?" she asked.
For Ms Steiner and other Sanders delegates, Mr Sanders may have carried their movement for the past year, but the wave he rode will outlive his campaign - and already could be moving beyond his control.
"Bernie Sanders's political revolution does not depend on Bernie Sanders or any one person," Steiner said. "It's millions of people getting up and saying enough is enough, this country belongs to all of us."
Earlier in the day other Sanders supporters from California - a state delegation full of "beautiful troublemakers" in the words of delegate Robert Shearer - spoke about the rocky convention that could be in store for Mrs Clinton.
"We take very seriously the principle Bernie enunciated from early in campaign, that social change comes from the bottom up," said Karen Bernal, one of the leaders of the state's Sanders delegation. "As beloved as Bernie is, he's not running the show."
Norman Solomon, who serves as national co-ordinator of the Bernie Delegates Network, says that more than 80% of the nearly two-thirds of Sanders delegates he polled objected to Mr Kaine, a relative moderate within the party, being the vice-presidential nominee.
"Putting him on the ticket is not reaching out," he said. "If that's reaching out, it's political thumbs put in the eyes of Bernie Sanders supporters."
He says a variety of next steps are on the table - including a walkout during Mrs Clinton's Thursday nomination acceptance speech or an attempt to formally offer an alternate to running-mate Kaine on Tuesday.
While a majority of Sanders supporters nationally have said they will back Mrs Clinton, the true believers here - most of whom have paid their own way to the convention hall to cheer their candidate - are a different breed.
At a pro-Sanders rally on Monday afternoon, some demonstrators told the BBC that they wouldn't mind if Mr Trump won - if it opened the door to someone from their movement to rise to the presidency in four years.
It's a prospect Mr Solomon dismisses, however. He says that Sanders supporters in most states can vote their conscience - but in key electoral battlegrounds, they'll "hold their noses" and opt for Mrs Clinton.
It's not exactly the most rousing endorsement, but it may be the best Mrs Clinton can hope for from this crowd - and, thanks in part to Mr Sanders's efforts Monday night, it might be enough.
More than 1,000 schools in England, Wales and Northern Ireland have signed up to a project putting them in touch with local employers.
The National Association of Head Teachers says it wants to raise the aspirations of children.
Education Secretary Nicky Morgan says the project will "inspire children" to think about different opportunities.
There have been widespread calls for improvements to careers advice in school - the education secretary recently saying that this had been overlooked for too long.
A report from an advisory body set up by the government said last month that careers services for young people needed to be urgently improved.
The Primary Futures project has been launched by head teachers, with the Education and Employers Taskforce, to develop a scheme to link schools with the workplace.
NAHT general-secretary Russell Hobby says that primary school children are "right at the age where they are beginning to develop their aspirations and ambitions".
The project will create links between schools and employers, providing primary teachers with people they can invite to talk about their jobs.
A survey for the head teachers' union found that there was widespread demand from primary schools to make connections with local employers - if it was straightforward to arrange.
They were also keen to have careers links which could show pupils the value of improving their skills in literacy and numeracy.
Primary Future is promising a wide range of potential job types to invite into schools, from "archaeologists to zoologists".
CBI director-general John Cridland said he wanted all businesses to "increase their engagement with schools because they have a key role to play in raising ambition and inspiring pupils to pursue exciting careers".
"We know that even at an early age, the more that young people get an understanding of and interest in the workplace and different jobs, the better they will be prepared for life outside the school gates," said Mr Cridland.
Education Secretary Nicky Morgan said: "We want schools to connect with industry and the business community in order to inspire children to consider the vast array of different opportunities available to them."
Getting people from different types of jobs into school "will help to show children what they could achieve and that no occupation should be closed to them because of their gender. It is exciting to see schools taking the initiative in this way," said the education secretary.
The measures include minimum eight-year sentences for fatal one-punch assaults influenced by drugs or alcohol.
Liquor shops will close earlier and premises in parts of Sydney will have to stop serving drinks by 03:00.
The move comes after the death of an 18-year-old who was attacked in Sydney.
Campaigners called for measures tackling alcohol-fuelled violence after Daniel Christie died after being punched in Sydney's King's Cross area on New Year's Eve.
Another 18-year-old, Thomas Kelly, died after being punched in 2012.
Single-punch attacks have been described colloquially as "king hits". However, campaigners and families of victims have called for them to be referred to as "coward punches" instead.
In a statement, NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell said: "I have been horrified by the continued drug and alcohol-fuelled attacks on city streets and the increase in violence used in these attacks."
"The idea that it's OK to go out, get intoxicated, start a fight or throw a coward's punch is completely unacceptable."
"I expect opposition to some or all of the measures," he said. "These new measures are tough and for that I make no apologies."
The measures also include lockouts in parts of Sydney's central business district, where people will be prevented from entering venues after 01:30, and the introduction of a state-wide 10pm closing time for liquor stores.
Similar lockout laws are in place in NSW's Newcastle area, and South Australia.
Supporters say the laws have been successful in reducing alcohol-related violence, but some venue owners say the measures have hurt businesses and that other measures, such as increased policing, are more effective.
Thomas Kelly's parents said they welcomed the measures, which had gone "way above what we were asking for".
"It's bittersweet to know that the reform will come in shortly but it's also still terrible for us as a family," they said.
Thomas Kelly's attacker, Kieran Loveridge, was given a minimum four year sentence in November. Campaigners described the sentence as too lenient.
The company was fined £500 for the incident in July 2015.
It happened at the Islandbank Pumping Station in Newry, County Down.
An inspector saw a "significant volume" of untreated sewage flowing over the wall of the facility and into the canal.
The court was told that during the morning of 13 July, the storm chamber alarms went off at the electronic control centre.
But because they were considered "fleeting" in nature, they were interpreted as an instrument fault.
The alert was not passed on to on-call staff for investigation.
The inspector from the Environment Agency saw sewage related debris on the road and floating in the canal.
Northern Ireland Water was fined under the legislation for making a discharge of sewage effluent to a waterway.
Mr Scargill's letter alleges his arrest was planned by senior South Yorkshire Police officers and claims the force kept a "conspiracy file" on him.
The IPCC said it would consider the content of Mr Scargill's letter.
South Yorkshire Police said it would assist the watchdog "in any way".
Mr Scargill was arrested on 30 May 1984 at the coking plant in Rotherham. He was later found guilty of two charges of obstruction and fined £250.
On 18 June, 93 people were arrested after a confrontation between about 10,000 striking miners and some 5,000 police officers.
The clash, which became known as the Battle of Orgreave, saw 51 miners and 72 police officers injured.
In the letter to the IPCC, Mr Scargill said his lawyer had "accidentally seen a file marked Scargill Conspiracy File" during a visit to South Yorkshire Police headquarters following the arrest at Orgreave.
He said that, as a result, his lawyer had advised him to "adopt a course of action to protect me physically and against any attempt at a 'stitch-up' by undercover officers".
Mr Scargill also claimed his lawyer was approached by a police officer at Rotherham County Court and told of a plot to arrest the union leader as soon as he arrived at Orgreave.
He said "it was obvious then and it is obvious now that decisions were taken at the very highest level to arrest me, apparently on any charge, [when] I arrived at Orgreave".
Calling on the IPCC to investigate the claims, he said he was prepared to attend an interview.
Mr Scargill was not available for interview in relation to the letter.
A spokesperson for South Yorkshire Police said: "We are aware that Mr Scargill made a complaint to the force during the period of the Orgreave dispute.
"There are additional elements within his letter that, to the best of our knowledge, have not been raised as a complaint with the force previously.
"The force will assist the IPCC in any way following their consideration of the content."
South Yorkshire Police has referred itself to the IPCC over the conduct of the force around the Orgreave confrontation after a BBC documentary claimed officers may have colluded in writing court statements.
Last week, the police watchdog apologised for the lack of progress in the Orgreave investigation after a protest outside its Wakefield office by the campaigners from the Orgreave Truth and Justice Campaign.
Perimeter fencing is being put in place and venues are going into lockdown, with airport-style checks in place.
It is the biggest security operation Police Scotland has under taken and is costing £90m.
Gold Commander Deputy Chief Constable Steve Allen said his officers were ready to respond to any eventuality.
He told BBC Scotland: "It's a huge responsibility. We are there to keep people safe.
"I think we have thought of everything. It's our job to be able to respond appropriately and adapt. We are good at what we do, we have lots of experience, so I am really confident that we will deliver."
The security operation is a huge multi-agency effort, headed by Police Scotland, but also involving military personnel, prison officers and private firms.
A command and control centre has been set up in Govan and by next week will be a 24-hour operation.
The police will take the lead in dealing with any security incidents but staff from other partner agencies including the MoD, the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service, the Scottish Ambulance Service, both the Scottish and UK governments and the Games venues will be based at the control centre to provide support and back-up.
"We prepare against a very detailed threat and risk assessment which takes us all the way from terrorist incident through to other forms of criminal activity," Mr Allen said.
"We look at outbreaks of disease for example, natural disasters - a whole wide range of potential things that could happen and our plan takes account of all of those."
Silver Commander Assistant Chief Constable Derek Robertson said having everyone "under one roof" would allow security breaches to be dealt with "quickly and efficiently".
"Should there be an incident, you have your partners all around you immediately which makes it a lot easier to deliver safety for the incident and get a resolution quickly so the Games can continue."
At the venues security measures such as perimeter fencing, bollards and lighting are being put in place.
The Athletes' Village in the east end of the city is now officially in lockdown, which means anyone entering must have the correct documentation and go through security checks.
The venues will follow suit over the coming weeks. Officers will carry out detailed "defensive sweeps" searching for any suspicious items before declaring them ready for lockdown.
Mr Robertson said spectators coming to events should expect the kind of security seen at airports.
"We'll be checking bags, there will be x-ray procedures, there will be standard protocols to make sure there is nothing illegal going into the venues and everyone has a safe environment to enjoy the games."
The police will be assisted in their efforts to keep venues secure by 17 private firms, about 2,400 members of the armed forces and 65 officers from the Scottish Prison Service.
Lesley Condie, from HMP Barlinnie, who has been training to be part of the security at two of the venues, said: "It's the same sort of job but a different setting. I am really excited to do it. It's something the prison service has never done before."
Stewart Walden, who works at HMP Dumfries, added: "It's not every day that we get the chance to even come outside the jail never mind working up in Glasgow. It's a great opportunity."
Last month Police Scotland announced Project Servator - policing tactics designed to deter, detect and disrupt criminal and terrorist activity ahead of the Commonwealth Games.
This operation sees "highly visible yet unpredictable" deployments of specially trained officers around the clock to keep people safe - at venues, on the transport network and on the streets themselves in the run up to, and during the Commonwealth Games. It involves mounted police, dog units and the force helicopter.
Silver commander Mr Robertson added: "The safety of the public and the safety of residents in the area are paramount for us.
"We plan accordingly and we make sure everyone is briefed and we are all working together efficiently and effectively.
"Rest assured we have planned for this and will deliver it for the public."
Logging on at 07:58 on my tablet, I was hoping to buy mobile phones at 1 rupee ($0.02; £0.01).
Along with me, were hundreds of thousands of other online shoppers across India.
This was supposed to be India's version of Black Friday - the start of the Christmas shopping season in the US - and the country's largest online retailer, Flipkart, was offering massive discounts across a whole range of items.
The mega sale started at 08:00 and within minutes most of the products appeared as "out of stock".
There were many good offers - like Karbonn cellphone at 1 rupee (original price 2,499 rupees), the Samsung Tab2 at 1,390 rupees (original price 13,900 rupees), hand blenders at 1 rupee (original price 1,995 rupees) and JBL headphones at 99 rupees (original price 5,490 rupees).
The sale was advertised as the "Big Billion Day" and Flipkart founders Sachin Bansal and Binny Bansal (who are not related) wrote personalised emails to customers inviting them to shop.
"To celebrate Flipkart's journey, we are going to have a sale to end all sales. The Big Billion Day Sale is on 6-10-2014... and the date is no coincidence. The day 6-10 marks the number of the flat we started out from," they wrote.
It was a battle to win customers in a highly competitive market with rivals like Snapdeal and Amazon rapidly increasing their market share.
But it didn't exactly go to plan.
The big rush of customers online crashed Flipkart's servers. The company denied it but several shoppers put up screen grabs of errors and the payment page freezing on Twitter and Facebook.
Then there were angry customers putting up links to prove that supposedly discounted items on Flipkart were actually being sold at prices higher than other websites.
For example, a MacBookAir 13-inch was priced at 56,490 rupees on Flipkart but Snapdeal was selling it for 49,999 rupees.
Or, as pointed out by customers on Twitter, some items were marked up before the sale and then offered at discounts.
By the end of the day, #flopkart and #failkart were trending as disgruntled customers took to making fun of the sales.
Despite all the negative publicity, the sale day saw many, including me, download the website app on our mobile phones and register new accounts.
Flipkart announced that they "got a billion hits" and achieved "sales of $100m (6bn rupees; £60m)".
The company registered sales of $1bn last year, so to achieve $100m in a day seems extraordinary.
But media reports suggest that the frustrating shopping experience has actually pushed a lot of Flipkart's customers to rivals Amazon and Snapdeal.
Joe Storey, 27, is accused of bludgeoning Kerri McAuley, 32, who was found dead at Southalls Way, Norwich on 8 January.
Pathologist Dr Benjamin Swift told Norwich Crown Court Ms McAuley sustained multiple facial lacerations and one of her ears was torn.
Storey, of Murrells Court, denies murder but admits manslaughter.
Dr Swift said some of the injuries were caused by "blunt force impact".
"The front of her face had sunk or collapsed inward by 1cm [partly due to broken nose bones]," he said.
"A laceration to the left hand side of the mouth was consistent with a punch to the mouth."
Dr Swift said there was also blood in her lungs.
He told the court there was also evidence of compression to the neck, including bruising to the neck.
Her brain was examined and it was found to have been damaged through lack of oxygen and by force, while "there were no injuries to suggest Kerri had been striking out [in self defence]", said Dr Swift.
On Monday, senior investigating officer Det Sgt Jody Balme told the court that in a text message exchange Mr Storey continued to profess his love for Kerri and vowed never to hit her again.
In her texts Ms McAuley described Mr Storey's behaviour as "not normal". She wrote: "you are not ready to care for anyone but yourself".
"You were trying to kill me, you were suffocating me until I nearly passed out", adding that if he stays away "hopefully you won't go to prison for beating me to a pulp".
Later Mr Storey and Ms McAuley agreed to meet up again.
Earlier the court heard that Ms McAuley had suffered 19 separate injuries to her head and face.
Mr Storey was not in court because of ill health.
The court has adjourned for the day, and the defence is expected to start on Wednesday.
Batook Pandya MBE founded the charity Stand Against Racism and Inequality (SARI) in 1988.
Mr Pandya came to Britain from Kenya in 1963 when he was 17 and initially worked as an engineer for British Aerospace. He died in 2014.
The plaque is outside the charity's offices in Portland Square.
Gordon Young of Bristol Civic Society said the plaque will serve to "honour" Mr Pandya as an individual who made "an important contribution to our city".
Esther Deans MBE, Chair of SARI said Mr Pandya was a "tireless campaigner for positive race relations".
"We are extremely proud that his efforts will now go down in Bristol's history for our future generations to celebrate," she said.
Bristol Mayor, George Ferguson described Mr Pandya as "a giant in Bristol public life - with a passion for fairness and cultural integration".
SARI is run by and for victims of racial harassment or attack and describes itself as "an autonomous user-led charity".
The charity now has 20 members of staff and deals with almost 400 cases each year.
The pop star was suffering from dilated cardiomyopathy with myocarditis and fatty liver, according to Darren Salter, senior coroner for Oxfordshire.
The singer died aged 53 on Christmas Day at his home in Goring-on-Thames, Oxfordshire.
Because there was a "natural cause of death", the coroner said there was no need for an inquest.
Thames Valley Police originally said his death was unexplained but not suspicious and an initial post-mortem examination was "inconclusive".
On Tuesday, the coroner said in a statement: "Inquiries into the death of George Michael have been concluded and the final post-mortem report received.
"As there is a confirmed natural cause of death, being dilated cardiomyopathy with myocarditis and fatty liver, the investigation is being discontinued and there is no need for an inquest or any further enquiries.
"No further updates will be provided and the family requests the media and public respect their privacy."
By Michelle Roberts, BBC News online health editor
The medical terms used on death certificates outline the cause of death, but not all the risk factors that have led up to it.
George Michael's lists three conditions: dilated cardiomyopathy, myocarditis and fatty liver.
This means his heart was enlarged, weakened and inflamed. The muscle wasn't doing the job of pumping blood as well as it should have.
His liver was also abnormal, containing unhealthy collections of fat. There are many possible causes for this - heavy alcohol use is one.
At the weekend, the singer's former partner Kenny Goss was quoted as saying: "I think his body just gave up. All these years, it was just weak."
He told The Sunday Mirror: "We just want closure, we want the funeral to happen, it's been a long time now."
Fadi Fawaz, the singer's partner at the time of his death, told the Telegraph in late December he had found the star "lying peacefully in bed".
After the cause of death was revealed on Tuesday, Fawaz responded to weeks of speculation by posting a photo of himself with Michael on Twitter along with the words: "The Truth is out..."
Following the coroner's statement, Thames Valley Police said it had closed its investigation into Michael's death.
"As the cause of death was natural, no further action is proposed or required," it said.
Michael made his name with pop group Wham! in the 1980s and went on to enjoy huge success as a solo performer.
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Togwell has agreed an 18-month contract and will be reunited with former Barnet manager Martin Allen.
The 32-year-old helped Barnet to promotion from the National League in 2015, making 99 appearances for them.
"I'm pleased to be joining a club with plenty of ambition," Togwell said. "I'm also looking forward to working for a manager whom I enjoy working for."
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Evans, on Cooley Rorkes Drift, shed tears of joy after a routine that incurred 37.2 penalties.
Australian Christopher Burton, with Graf Liberty, leads on 32.9, with German Ingrid Klimke on 37.2 on board Horseware Hale Bob.
No British riders came close to breaking into the top 10.
Alexander Bragg and Tom McEwen lie in equal 18th going into Saturday's cross-country.
Reigning Olympic champion, world number one and Badminton title holder Michael Jung, meanwhile, lies ninth on La Bioesthetique Sam, seven penalties adrift of Burton. Day one leader Thibaut Vallette of France is seventh.
But Evans was the story of the day, and the 45-year-old called Cooley Rorkes Drift "the horse of a lifetime".
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No Irish rider has won at Badminton since Major Eddie Boylan triumphed on Durlas Eile in 1965.
"This is very special, and I can't believe it," said Evans.
"You try not to look at the scoreboard, but when I halted at the end of the test and got some nines among the marks, I thought, 'oh, my God'.
"It hasn't sunk in, and it won't sink in. If I am still in this position on Sunday night, it will mean a huge amount."
Badminton standings after the dressage
1. Christopher Burton (Aus) (Graf Liberty) 32.9pens
2. Ingrid Klimke (Ger) (Horseware Hale Bob Old) 36.4
3. Jonty Evans (Ire) (Cooley Rorkes Drift) 37.2
4. Karin Donckers (Bel) (Fletcha Van T'Verahof) 37.3
5. Lauren Kieffer (USA) (Veronica) 38.0
5. Andrew Nicholson (NZ) (Nereo) 38.0
7. Thibaut Vallette (Fra) (Qing Du Briot Ene HN) 38.7
8. Bettina Hoy (Ger) (Designer 10) 39.2
9. Michael Jung (Ger) (La Biosthetique Sam FBW) 40.0
10. Astier Nicolas (Fra) (Piaf De B'Neville) 41.5
The 42-year-old batsman, who was named one of Wisden's five Cricketers of the Year on Wednesday, has led his side in 53 Tests since taking over in 2010.
Pakistan take on West Indies in a three-match series, with the first Test in Kingston starting on 21 April.
"My cricket journey was very good," said Misbah.
"There were many hardships in my career but for now I am focusing on the present."
Misbah made his Test debut in 2001 but had only 19 caps when he was appointed captain, having returned to the squad in 2007 after a four-year absence.
He had been dropped earlier in 2010 but was named captain after predecessor Salman Butt was suspended and later jailed on spot-fixing charges, along with Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Asif.
Misbah is Pakistan's most successful Test captain, with 24 wins from his 53 matches in charges, having also briefly led his side to the number one Test ranking last year.
He has scored 4,951 runs in 72 Tests at an average of 45.84, hitting the most recent of his 10 centuries in victory over England at Lord's in July.
Since that drawn series with England, his side have beaten West Indies but lost a two-Test series in New Zealand and been whitewashed 3-0 by Australia.
"The series against West Indies is a good opportunity to get the team back on the winning track," he added.
Misbah led Pakistan in one-day internationals from 2011 until his retirement from limited-overs cricket after the 2015 World Cup, having also been in charge for eight T20 internationals.
The cash-strapped National League club is still looking for new owners.
With finances tight, Nicholson asked the players whether they would prefer to be driven or have an overnight stay.
"Obviously it's not perfect but it's the position we are in where every penny counts at the club right now," Nicholson wrote on Facebook.
"I'm proud that the players are willing to do whatever it takes to give themselves the best chance of winning and that how it looks comes second to what's most important."
It takes just over four hours to drive the 227 miles between Torquay and Boreham Wood in a car, and up to two hours more in a coach - something Nicholson felt was not ideal ahead on the morning of a game.
"I asked if I could use the budget for the coach for a hotel instead, which the chairman kindly agreed to," added Nicholson.
"I then put it to the players as it is their preparation and their petrol money to get there. To a man they all went for, what I fully believe, to be the best preparation and took the hotel stay."
Devon-based Torquay have some of the longest away trips over the course of a season - their closest away trip is 125 miles to Forest Green Rovers - and cut costs on away travel last season when Nicholson drove a minibus with the players in to away matches.
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Resuming on 310-6, England progressed to 498-9 declared.
Moeen, 28 not out overnight, compiled an unbeaten 155 and Woakes added 39.
And the Warwickshire all-rounder returned with the ball to destroy Sri Lanka, picking up 3-9 as the tourists slumped to 91-8, still 407 runs behind.
After an even first day, for Sri Lanka this was an unwelcome return to the failings of the first Test as they lost control of the game with the ball and then produced an indisciplined performance with the bat.
It now seems inevitable England will wrap up a second successive win - and with it the three-match series.
Having passed 40 just once in his previous 17 Test innings, there were some question marks over Moeen's batting going into this match.
But the all-rounder delivered a superb riposte to his critics with a magnificent innings full of his trademark flowing drives and wristy flicks.
Moeen extended his partnership with Woakes to 92, then once Woakes was caught behind he cut loose, going to his century with a lofted straight drive for a one-bounce four and clouting two sixes.
He also passed 1,000 Test runs during the course of his innings - becoming the fifth-fastest Englishman to achieve the double of 1,000 runs and 50 wickets.
Both of Moeen's Test hundreds have come at number seven - a position where he now averages 276 - and this innings will intensify the debate over whether he should bat higher up the order for England.
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While one all-rounder was solidifying his place in his side, another was making his claim to be a established member of it.
Woakes's Test career so far has been thwarted - he averaged 21.50 with the bat and 63.75 with the ball before this match - but here he proved that he can be effective at the highest level of the game.
First he passed his previous highest Test score of 26 with a well-paced innings in the morning session.
Then he translated the bowling form that had seen him take 9-34 in a County Championship match earlier this week to the Test arena.
Bowling with pace and control, he induced thin edges from Angelo Mathews and Milinda Siriwardana, and took the shoulder of Kusal Mendis's bat with a vicious delivery which looped to gully.
Sri Lanka were thoroughly outplayed on a dreadful day for the tourists which will likely end their competitive involvement in the series.
Having caught brilliantly on the first day, Sri Lanka undid all their good work in the field - and set the tone for the day - by shelling two catches in the opening half-hour.
First Dimuth Karunaratne spilt Moeen at slip when he was on 36, then wicketkeeper Dinesh Chandimal missed the simplest of chances to reprieve Woakes on eight.
Their tactics in the field were also baffling at times, as they allowed Moeen to keep strike even when he was batting in partnership with Steven Finn and James Anderson.
And their woes continued with the bat, with seven batsmen falling to catches behind the wicket following the early dismissal of Karunaratne who was bowled.
England all-rounder Moeen Ali on Sky Sports: "It was perfect, especially the way we bowled. To have them eight down is a brilliant evening. I think we would make them follow-on and try to bowl them out again.
"It's about time I got some runs, I felt like I owed the team. Today was a great feeling. I like playing with freedom so, if I see it, I go for it.
"My off-side play is a strength and weakness, so I will keep playing that way. I enjoy batting at number six, but batting eight hasn't fazed me. I have to get scores if I want to go up the order."
Ex-England batsman Geoffrey Boycott on Test Match Special: "It's men against boys, a mismatch. I said early in the match that Sri Lanka are just not good enough in any department to compete against England.
"Yesterday they caught brilliantly and the seamers kept them in the game, but today they were awful. Three catches went down, and the keeper never even got his gloves on a straightforward nick.
"The ground fielding was scrappy, the captaincy got worse, he spread the field and had seven or eight on the boundary for Moeen. What chance do the bowlers have there? That was the worst day I've seen from Angelo Mathews, and I like his captaincy."
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Dr Keith McNeil has led Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge since November 2012 and stood down on Monday saying it faced "serious challenges".
The hospital was running a deficit of £1.2m a week and chief finance officer Paul James also resigned.
About 200 doctors met on Tuesday to discuss the resignations believed to be linked to a report due out next week.
A Care Quality Commission report following an inspection is due to be published on 22 September.
In a statement, Dr McNeil said he was convinced the Cambridge hospital provided some of the best patient-care in Europe despite its financial challenges.
Many of the consultants now want to lobby for the reinstatement of Dr McNeil.
In an official statement, neither Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Trust nor Dr McNeil gave a reason for his resignation.
The trust's finances were being investigated by Monitor after the hospital introduced a £200m computerised patient record system last year and one of its doctors, Myles Bradbury, was convicted for sexually abusing child patients.
Jane Ramsey, chairwoman of the trust, thanked Dr McNeil "for his efforts",
David Wherrett is now acting chief executive officer at the hospital.
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Personal tax allowances allow people to earn about £10,000 a year tax free.
The change will affect about 1,150 people, about 3% of taxpayers, who earn more than £138,000 annually and would generate £2.4m in tax receipts a year.
The move comes alongside increases in the allowances which are due to lose the States about £1.1m a year.
The Policy and Resources Committee said the changes were "in order to maintain Guernsey's personal tax competitiveness with other jurisdictions, such as Jersey, the Isle of Man and the UK".
As part of the proposals, extra allowances for those aged over 65 could be removed from 2019 as it is "considered to be inequitable, positively discriminating in favour of older people but not targeting those most in need".
Guernsey Budget headlines
The above are to be voted on by the States in November, while the plans below take effect immediately.
Deputy Gavin St Pier, President of the committee, described the budget as a "challenge" after revenue shortfalls in 2015 and 2016, but claimed it is "responsible, fair, progressive and realistic".
He said the "burden had been shared fairly" between cuts in public sector spending by about £10m and duty and tax increases expected to earn £5.4m.
"The budget is also realistic and recognises the need to make additional funding available for health and social care services ahead of their reform and to increase funding for investment in our capital infrastructure," he added.
The PM said the country's "important religious roots" made it "a successful home to people of all faiths and none".
Labour's Jeremy Corbyn used a newspaper article to highlight homelessness and praise emergency workers.
Green Party leader Natalie Bennett called for a "different sort of society" while Lib Dem Tim Farron said the world was "in need of hope".
Mr Cameron highlighted the plight of people spending Christmas in refugee camps having fled the civil war in Syria, while Christians in some parts of the world would go to church in fear of persecution.
"Throughout the United Kingdom, some will spend the festive period ill, homeless or alone," he said.
He paid tribute to people working at Christmas "to help the vulnerable" and said the armed forces were "in the skies of Iraq and Syria, targeting the terrorists that threaten those countries and our security at home" as well as saving migrants attempting to cross the Mediterranean.
"It is because they face danger that we have peace," he added.
Labour said Mr Corbyn would not issue an official Christmas message, but in a Sunday Mirror article, he said many low-paid workers could not afford to take time off over Christmas, and that homelessness was increasing with tens of thousands of people spending the festive season in temporary accommodation.
People should ask themselves whether they could do more for others, he said.
"Jesus said: 'It is more blessed to give than to receive'", he said.
"It is a similar maxim that inspired our party: 'From each according to their means, to each according to their needs.'"
Ms Bennett said people should look to 2016 "with the understanding that politics shouldn't be just something that gets done to you.
"Politics should be something that you do to make a difference in your society."
Mr Farron said he hoped people would be inspired in 2016 to make the country a more "compassionate, liberal and welcoming one", Lib Dem Voice reported.
Israel-born Schlesinger, who won gold at the same venue in May, missed the events in Paris and Dusseldorf because of illness and injury.
But in Baku she went straight to the semi-finals as top seed and outclassed Khanim Huseynova of Azerbaijan.
The 28-year-old then beat Slovenian Andreja Leski in the final.
Schlesinger's superior experience and physicality told and she was able to secure the arm lock and force Leski to tap.
The result also earned the British judoka 1000 world ranking points.
Lochte, Gunnar Bentz, Jack Conger and Jimmy Feigen were stopped by people posing as armed police, the US Olympic Committee (USOC) said in a statement.
The robbers demanded money and other personal belongings.
Initially the International Olympic Committee (IOC) denied reports of the robbery, before the US committee confirmed it had taken place.
Lochte said on Twitter that he and the other athletes were "safe and unharmed", and thanked all those who had given him support.
The group had been attending a party at the French Olympic team's hospitality house when their taxi was stopped on the way back to the athletes' village.
News of the incident first emerged from Lochte's mother, Ileana, who told USA Today her son was unharmed but shaken by the theft.
"I think they're all shaken up. There were a few of them," she said.
Earlier, IOC spokesman Mark Adams said reports of the robbery were "absolutely not true".
Lochte swam in two events at the Rio Games, winning gold in the 4x200m freestyle relay.
In the build-up to the games, three members of the Spanish Olympics sailing team and an Australian paralympian were robbed at gunpoint.
The Brazilian authorities have deployed more than 80,000 police and soldiers to patrol Rio during the games.
An earlier report said that the USOC had denied the incident occurred when it was instead the IOC. This has been amended.
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Speaking in Blackburn, Shahed Tameez said they should make their mark as doctors or leaders in British businesses.
Investigations continue into the death of US journalist James Foley apparently at the hands of a British extremist.
Representatives of the US and Russia, which back opposing sides in the conflict, held talks earlier in an effort to agree a joint position.
The continuing fighting on the ground in Syria has dimmed hopes for a truce.
Meanwhile, UN envoy Staffan de Mistura conceded hopes of resuming peace talks on 25 February were not realistic.
But he also insisted the talks could be successful "if emergency aid continues and we get a ceasefire".
On Wednesday, the UN and Syrian Arab Red Crescent were able to deliver desperately-needed supplies of food and medicine for 80,000 people in three besieged towns around Damascus and two in Idlib province.
The UN is also planning a "high-altitude" airdrop of aid for 200,000 people trapped in government-controlled areas of the eastern city of Deir al-Zour that are surrounded by Islamic State militants.
Last week, members of the International Syria Support Group (ISSG) agreed that humanitarian access to besieged areas in Syria would be stepped up and that a taskforce would by Friday "elaborate modalities" for a cessation of hostilities.
They said it should apply to any of the warring parties other than so-called IS and al-Nusra Front, an al-Qaeda affiliate that is part of a major rebel alliance.
The military officials meeting in Geneva on Friday afternoon are expected discuss which areas of Syria will be covered and which groups should be included, according to the Associated Press. They will also seek agreement on what actions would constitute violations and appropriate responses.
Ahead of the talks, Mr de Mistura was quoted by the Swedish newspaper, Svenska Dagbladet, as saying: "The Americans and Russians must sit down and agree on a concrete plan on a cessation of hostilities."
The US, which backs the opposition to President Bashar al-Assad and is carrying out air strikes on IS positions in Syria as part of a multinational coalition, has criticised Russia's decision to continue its air campaign in support of government offensives in northern and southern Syria in the past week.
Washington suspects Moscow is delaying the start of the cessation of hostilities for as long as possible to give Mr Assad time to crush rebel forces around the divided northern city of Aleppo.
However, Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told the BBC: "We are absolutely for and support everything which goes in the direction of a peace agreement."
There was no sign of a ceasefire taking force inside Syria on Friday.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a UK-based monitoring group that has a network of sources on the ground, reported clashes and air strikes in the western outskirts of Damascus, the countryside north of the city of Homs and in the northern provinces of Hama and Idlib.
Turkey, which opposes Mr Assad, was also continuing to shell a Syrian Kurdish militia across the border near the rebel-held town of Azaz, Turkey's state-run Anadolu news agency reported.
It comes after the Turkish government blamed the Popular Protection Units (YPG), which is aligned to the banned Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), for a bomb attack in Ankara on Wednesday.
YPG fighters have taken advantage of the Syrian government offensive and accompanying Russian air strikes in Aleppo province to capture several towns and an airbase from rebel groups.
Mr de Mistura said the Turkish bombardment was "complicating" the situation in Syria, and warned: "Any type of further conflict along the border of Syria has the potential to spin out of control."
The 23-year-old was released by the Imps last week after six goals in 73 league games.
He spent three months on loan at Wrexham earlier this season, making six appearances in the National League.
The former Everton trainee could make his debut for the Mariners in Saturday's home game against struggling Altrincham.
It means there are now 12 players on the contracts which are funded 60% by the WRU and 40% by the regions.
The length of the contracts has not been disclosed.
"[They] represent a cross section of experience, but each [has] proven talent," said coach Warren Gatland.
Second row Jones, 29, has played 88 matches for Wales and captained the British and Irish Lions to their historic Third Test victory over Australia in 2013.
His Ospreys team-mate Biggar, 25, has established himself as Wales' first choice fly-half while 24-year-old centre Williams made a try-scoring appearance off the bench in the 23-16 win over Ireland.
Blues outside-half Anscombe has been a non-playing member of the Wales squad during the Six Nations after moving to Cardiff from New Zealand in November, 2014.
The quartet follow Rhys Webb (Ospreys), Sam Warburton (Cardiff Blues), Dan Lydiate (Ospreys), Jake Ball, Samson Lee, Rhodri Jones (all Scarlets) and Tyler Morgan and Hallam Amos (both Newport Gwent Dragons) in signing dual contracts..
"Within the group of 12 we have signed a mixture of emerging talent and players who have secured reputations for excellence through their appearances for their Regions, Wales and the British & Irish Lions," added Gatland.
"The strength of the group is of great benefit to professional rugby in Wales and we are looking forward to working closely with the Regions and these players in the years ahead."
The chants of discontent among the more than 300 different tongues amalgamated by the British into one nation called Nigeria never seem to end.
As one ethnic group pauses to catch its breath, another mounts the world media stage, while others await their big moment.
Nigeria's system of government encourages this attention seeking.
Each of the country's different regions looks towards the centre - the federal government in the capital, Abuja. If the presidency is occupied by someone from a particular town, state or region, people from that place go to sleep, assured, rightly or wrongly, that their concerns will most certainly also be his.
Other groups must constantly "shine their eyes", keeping watch to ensure that their kinsmen and women are among federal government appointees, that their allocations are fair and intact, that the development being planned for other regions also extends to theirs.
When this does not seem to be happening, the chanting begins.
For years, the people of the Niger Delta agitated for more representation at the centre. After all, their region was producing all the crude oil that was feeding other regions.
Their heart's desire was granted when Goodluck Jonathan was elected president in 2011. After he was voted out in 2015, the restiveness resumed, with activist groups such as The Avengers making their voices heard through the bombing of petroleum pipelines.
Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani:
"Decentralisation will certainly be one of the main issues at the next elections in 2019."
The Igbos of south-east Nigeria have never had a real turn at being president, apart from when Nnamdi Azikiwe occupied the ceremonial position immediately after independence from Britain in 1960.
For decades, they have cried out about being marginalised, about not getting their fair share of entitlements from the centre.
But, with no pipelines to bomb and no militant groups to fund, how could they get the attention of the world?
Fifty years ago, the Igbos attempted to secede, abandoning the Nigerian union entirely and found their own nation called Biafra.
Unwilling to let them go, the Nigerian government resisted. A ghastly civil war ensued.
After three years of fighting, the Igbos surrendered in 1970. Threatening to resurrect Biafra now seems to be the chosen way for the discontented Igbos to get the attention they desperately seek.
And, three years ago, a young Anglo-Igbo man, Nnamdi Kanu, flew in from his home in Peckham, London, to champion the struggle under a group called Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (Ipob).
At some point during his 15-month incarceration by the Nigerian government, the Londoner received the support of his local British MP, who wrote a petition decrying the detention of "my constituent".
In a popular speech last year, former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar called for the country to be restructured, with less power at the centre and more autonomy for the regions. Each region could then exploit its own natural resources, thrive on its own terms and pay taxes to the central government.
"The call for restructuring is even more relevant today in light of the governance and economic challenges facing us," Mr Abubakar said.
"And the rising tide of agitations, some militant and violent, require a reset in our relationships as a united nation... Nigeria must remain a united country.
"Our potentials are enormous. But I also believe that a united country, which I think most Nigerians desire, should never be taken for granted or taken as evidence that Nigerians are content with the current structure of the federation."
Not everyone is keen on this restructuring idea yet.
Some feel that certain regions might be disadvantaged with a decentralised structure. But ever since Mr Abubakar made that call, it has reverberated across the country, with distinguished citizens of various ethnic groups also insisting that this is the way forward for peace and progress.
It will certainly be one of the main issues at the next elections in 2019.
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The 24-year-old from Ontario joins the Giants after a season split with Tulsa Oilers and Manitoba Moose.
Murphy played twice for Colgate University in the inaugural Friendship Four tournament in Belfast in 2015.
"We think he will be a popular player in Belfast with the energy he will provide," said Giants Head of Hockey Operations Steve Thornton.
"We are fortunate that we had the chance to see Darcy play and we really liked the way he skated and competed. We think that he is better suited to the big ice.
"Darcy is young and still on the up swing which is also something we wanted more of this year. He just finished his first year pro, had close to 20 goals on a very low scoring team and earned an AHL call up.
"We are also excited that the Friendship Four is turning into a nice recruiting tool for future Giants."
Head Coach Adam Keefe added that he was "very excited to add a young player of Darcy's calibre who will bring us youth, energy and a strong compete level".
"When I was in Belfast with the Friendship Four, I really fell in love with the city. Being able to continue my studies with a masters degree at Ulster University was also a major factor in joining," explained Murphy.
"The Belfast Giants have a great program with great facilities and, from everything I have heard, I believe it will be a great fit for me."
"I will bring some offensive touch and will also want to be good defensively in our own end. As long as I go out there and give 100% for the Giants, that is the only thing I can control and I pride myself on that," continued the Giants' newest recruit.
It was the Blues' 21st victory of the league season and another big step towards winning the title in Antonio Conte's first season as manager.
The Italian was once again spot on with his tactics - nullifying the predictable aerial threat of the Hammers' 6ft 4in frontman Andy Carroll early in the match.
And then in the 25th minute his attackers cruelly exposed the hosts' defence with a devastating counter-attack.
N'Golo Kante read a pass from Robert Snodgrass deep inside the Chelsea half on the left and played the ball to Hazard. The Belgium winger drove forward, played a one-two with Pedro and then shifted the ball past keeper Darren Randolph before slotting home.
The Blues doubled their lead after the break when Hazard's corner from the left was turned in with his thigh by Costa - the Spain striker's 17th league goal of the season.
The Hammers came close after Costa's strike when Sofiane Feghouli's low drive was brilliantly saved by Thibaut Courtois. Chelsea wing-back Marcos Alonso then appeared to block Manuel Lanzini's half-volley with his arm moments later - but referee Andre Marriner deemed it to be accidental.
West Ham finally pierced the last line of defence in stoppage time. Carroll robbed Cesc Fabregas and fed Andre Ayew, who squared for Lanzini to fire in.
No doubt there were West Ham supporters who would have fancied their team's chances of causing an upset on Monday.
They came into the match having lost only one of their past six league games, picking up three wins. And one of the Blues' four defeats came at London Stadium in the EFL Cup earlier this season.
But perhaps what gave those fans greatest belief of a win was the return of Carroll, back after a month out with a groin injury - and the big striker was central to the Hammers' tactics.
In the opening 20 minutes, both Snodgrass and Feghouli provided the ex-Newcastle and Liverpool forward with high lofted balls. Unfortunately for Hammers manager Slaven Bilic, Chelsea had done their homework as their defenders repeatedly prevented Carroll from having an effort on goal.
He became a peripheral figure in the second half as West Ham looked for a new way of breaching the visitors' defence.
They managed to do so through Lanzini in the dying seconds, but there was too little time to find an equaliser.
Not even an intruder who made his way towards the Chelsea players after Hazard's goal could nudge the visitors off their stride. He, like West Ham's attack, was quickly contained.
Chelsea's attack then demonstrated why they are top of the table - the opening goal was a delight.
Kante, who as a defensive midfielder made the second-highest number of sprints on the night - 77 - darted back to cut out Snodgrass' ball. It was then over to Hazard and Pedro, with the Belgian having the confidence and composure to take the ball past Randolph before tucking in.
It was not as good as his Match of the Day goal of the month against Arsenal on 4 February, but impressive nonetheless. Costa, who had a quiet game, then added a simple second after the break.
The Blues did lose their concentration on two occasions: once when Courtois made a great save to block Feghouli's low drive, and then in stoppage time when the Belgium keeper was beaten by Lanzini.
But those mistakes have been few and far between this season.
Chelsea have an FA Cup quarter-final against Manchester United coming up on Monday, 13 March (19:45 GMT) and then it is back to league action the following Saturday when they travel to Stoke.
West Ham are away at Bournemouth in the Premier League on Saturday, 11 March (15:00 GMT).
Match ends, West Ham United 1, Chelsea 2.
Second Half ends, West Ham United 1, Chelsea 2.
Goal! West Ham United 1, Chelsea 2. Manuel Lanzini (West Ham United) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by André Ayew.
Foul by Sam Byram (West Ham United).
Marcos Alonso (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Offside, Chelsea. Kurt Zouma tries a through ball, but Diego Costa is caught offside.
Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Aaron Cresswell.
Attempt blocked. Willian (Chelsea) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by César Azpilicueta.
Attempt missed. Cesc Fàbregas (Chelsea) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Willian.
Foul by Edimilson Fernandes (West Ham United).
Cesc Fàbregas (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Cheikhou Kouyaté (West Ham United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Diego Costa (Chelsea).
Substitution, West Ham United. Edimilson Fernandes replaces Mark Noble.
Substitution, Chelsea. Kurt Zouma replaces Victor Moses.
Substitution, Chelsea. Willian replaces Eden Hazard.
Corner, West Ham United. Conceded by Victor Moses.
Attempt missed. Pedro Obiang (West Ham United) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Robert Snodgrass.
Pedro Obiang (West Ham United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Nemanja Matic (Chelsea).
Attempt missed. Andy Carroll (West Ham United) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Mark Noble.
Pedro Obiang (West Ham United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Cesc Fàbregas (Chelsea).
Attempt missed. César Azpilicueta (Chelsea) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right following a corner.
Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Darren Randolph.
Attempt saved. Diego Costa (Chelsea) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Eden Hazard.
Substitution, Chelsea. Nemanja Matic replaces Pedro.
Substitution, West Ham United. Sam Byram replaces Winston Reid because of an injury.
Substitution, West Ham United. André Ayew replaces Sofiane Feghouli.
Attempt missed. José Fonte (West Ham United) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Winston Reid with a cross following a corner.
Attempt blocked. Mark Noble (West Ham United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt blocked. Sofiane Feghouli (West Ham United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Corner, West Ham United. Conceded by César Azpilicueta.
Foul by David Luiz (Chelsea).
Andy Carroll (West Ham United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Andy Carroll (West Ham United) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top left corner.
Attempt missed. Marcos Alonso (Chelsea) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Eden Hazard.
Attempt missed. Manuel Lanzini (West Ham United) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
Goal! West Ham United 0, Chelsea 2. Diego Costa (Chelsea) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal following a corner.
Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Cheikhou Kouyaté.
The match at the SSE Arena in Belfast was goalless until Colton Fretter netted for the visitors at 10:26 in the final period.
The lead was short-lived, though, as Colin Shields got the Giants level within 22 seconds.
Chris Higgins scored the overtime winner for the second-placed Giants.
The teams face each other in another league match in Belfast on Sunday, 8 January (16:00 GMT).
The hosts edged the opening period in possession and shots, but Ervins Mustukovs in the Sheffield goal kept the Giants at bay.
In the second period home netminder Jackson Whistle and the Giants defence killed off three Steelers powerplays.
Mustukovs was again the difference early in the final period as he produced a string of impressive saves to deny the Giants in two early powerplay opportunities.
After just over 50 minutes without a goal, the game sprung to life with two inside 22 seconds.
Fretter, assisted by John Armstrong and Mathieu Roy, netted from close range and then Shields squeezed the puck into the Steelers' net, assisted by James Desmarais and Steve Saviano.
In overtime, the Giants broke into the Sheffield zone with Blair Riley dishing the puck to Higgins who, one-on-one with the goalie, pulled a move and netted to secure the win for the hosts at 60:31.
Matt Salmon, 25, had worked for the club for three-and-a-half years, mainly as the academy physio.
He was originally diagnosed with lung cancer in 2010 but only announced his retirement on Wednesday following a consultation with doctors.
Speaking on Wednesday, he said he had loved "every single moment" of his job.
"It has been an incredibly difficult decision to resign from my dream job at the age of 25 but unfortunately I have reached a stage where I am not able to give our players the level of care they deserve," he said.
He thanked his colleagues for their support during his illness.
"The fact that people who achieved so much in the game offer their time and support shows what sort of club Mansfield Town is and mirrors the principles that the town was built on," he said.
"I will finish by wishing the club, players, staff and fans all the best for next season and I look forward to the club playing League One football, which everyone at the club deserves."
The club said Mr Salmon was surrounded by his family and friends when he died peacefully during the early hours of Friday.
Chairman John Radford said he was a "thoroughly decent person" and everyone at Mansfield Town would miss him.
In a statement, youth directors Mark Hawkins and Steve Hymas said: "Matt was an inspirational person, taken far too young."
N'Doye, 30, has agreed a three-year deal with the Turkish side.
The Senegal international joined the Tigers from Lokomotiv Moscow in January and scored five goals in 17 Premier League games as Steve Bruce's side were relegated to the Championship.
Hull tweeted: "Everyone wishes Dame all the best for the future and thank him for his efforts at the club."
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Erdem Gul received five years and Can Dundar five years and 10 months.
Mr Dundar and Mr Gul, editor and Ankara bureau chief of opposition daily Cumhuriyet, had reported that Turkey had tried to ship arms to rebels fighting the Syrian government.
Shortly before the verdict, a gunman attempted to kill Mr Dundar.
The assailant fired several shots while Mr Dundar was briefing reporters outside the courthouse. Mr Dundar escaped unharmed and the gunman was arrested. A reporter was lightly injured in the leg.
Speaking after the verdict, Mr Dundar said the sentence, and the assassination attempt, were "not given only to suppress and silence us" but to "intimidate the Turkish media and make us scared of writing".
The two men were acquitted of more serious charge of espionage, which could have carried with it a life sentence. But their very prosecution has proved controversial, drawing sharp criticism from human rights campaigners and fellow journalists.
The two men are expected to appeal against the verdicts.
John Dalhuisen, Europe and Central Asia Director for Amnesty International, called the convictions a "travesty of justice".
He said: "The decision, which punishes good journalism with five years' imprisonment, shows how the law has buckled and broken under political pressure in Turkey."
Mr Dundar and Mr Gul were charged in November with espionage after their reports in May 2015 alleging that Turkey's intelligence services were sending weapons and ammunition to Islamist rebels fighting the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
Turkish security forces intercepted a convoy of lorries near the Syrian border in January 2014, and Cumhuriyet alleged these vehicles were linked to Turkey's MIT intelligence organisation.
Alongside the newspaper report was video footage showing police discovering crates of weapons hidden beneath boxes of medicine.
The Turkish government insisted that the lorries were not carrying weapons to the Islamist rebels as alleged, but bringing aid to Syria's Turkmen minority, a Turkic-speaking ethnic group.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that the video footage was a state secret, and by publishing it Cumhuriyet daily had engaged in an act of espionage.
"Whoever wrote this story will pay a heavy price for this. I will not let him go unpunished," he vowed live on television.
Referring to Mr Erdogan, Mr Dundar said: "Today, we know that the reason for the threats we have been receiving for weeks and the bullets fired from that gun today are due to the fact that we have been shown as targets by the highest office in the state."
The journalists have become a symbol of the erosion of press freedom in Turkey, says the BBC's Mark Lowen in Istanbul.
Media freedom has plummeted in Turkey, which now ranks 151st of 180 countries in an index by the watchdog Reporters without Borders.
Press freedom 'a major concern'
The highest number of deaths - two Israelis, two Poles and eight Nepalese - happened when a blizzard hit a point on the Annapurna Circuit.
Many trekkers returning from the circuit remain out of contact.
BBC South Asia Editor Charles Haviland says it is one the deadliest spells of bad weather ever seen in the region.
Avalanches to the east and west have left 10 more people dead or presumed dead, among them Canadians, Slovaks and an Indian as well as local people.
A French man also died after slipping into the Budhi Gandaki river in heavy rains.
Severe rain and snowstorms in Nepal appear to have been triggered by Cyclone Hudhud in neighbouring India.
Analysis: Phanindra Dahal, BBC Nepali, Kathmandu
It has not been good a year for Nepal's trekking and mountaineering industry. An avalanche on Mount Everest in April killed 16 Sherpas - and resulted in a massive reduction of expeditions to the world's highest peak during the spring season.
The latest disaster comes during the peak trekking period. Thousands of tourists head to Nepal in October, many to enjoy its high altitude mountain passes and pristine beauty. The freak heavy snowfall caught the trekkers off guard.
The tragedy will badly hurt Nepal's tourism, with officials worried about the wider negative message it sends. Trekking and mountaineering are the key backbones of the industry - the major foreign exchange earner for Nepal.
Hudhud hit south-east India earlier this week - satellite pictures now show it moving away from Nepal towards China.
The bad weather hit a resting place 4,500m (14,800ft) above sea level, not far below the Circuit's highest point, the Thorung La pass.
The trekkers who were killed or remain missing were on their way down.
An army official co-ordinating the search operation said two military helicopters had been sent from the capital Kathmandu to assist the rescue operation.
Thousands of trekkers visit the Annapurna Circuit every October, when weather conditions are usually favourable for hiking trips.
What appears to be a freak snowstorm a little under the highest pass caused mayhem, with many people still believed to be trapped in snow.
Only a little to the east, near Mount Manaslu, a French man died after being swept into a river.
The deaths come just months after 16 Sherpa mountain guides died in Nepal's worst ever accident on Mount Everest.
Nepal's high peaks attract some of the world's best climbers - but trekking is generally safe and appeals to masses of ordinary outdoor enthusiasts.
The attack happened at Beechmount Parade just before 06:00 GMT on Friday.
The man has been unable to tell police how many people attacked him and whether or not a weapon was used.
Police have appealed for information about the incident.
Mr Tusk faces questions over embarrassing remarks attributed to his Foreign Minister, Radoslaw Sikorski, about close allies the US and UK.
In another leaked tape, the country's top banker discusses the next election with the interior minister.
Investigations continue into how Wprost magazine obtained the recordings.
Published by the magazine over the past two weeks, they were made in one or more restaurants in the capital, Warsaw, and are believed to date back as far as last summer.
Wprost's chief editor, Sylwester Latkowski, was being questioned on Tuesday as a witness in the inquiry after he resisted attempts to search the magazine's office and computers last week.
Mr Sikorski has not denied the remarks, accompanied by obscenities, that have been attributed to him. Central bank governor Marek Belka has said he will not resign over the remarks he is alleged to have said.
The conservative opposition party, Law and Justice, is calling for Mr Tusk's centre-right coalition to resign but correspondents say this is unlikely at present.
The scandal is especially embarrassing for Poland, the biggest of the former Soviet bloc states to join the EU, as it celebrates 25 years of freedom, marking the overthrow of its communist government and first, semi-free elections in 1989.
The Sejm, or lower house of parliament, is assembling for a three-day debate on the issue, state radio reports.
In one recording, Mr Sikorski can apparently be heard saying Poland's relationship with the US would prove worthless in the event of a crisis involving Germany or Russia: "It is downright harmful because it creates a false sense of security."
As heard on the tape, he also ridicules UK Prime Minister David Cameron's immigration policy and views on the EU.
Mr Sikorski, Poland's nominee to replace Catherine Ashton as EU foreign policy chief, also uses obscene and possibly racist language, according to the transcript published by Wprost.
Defending himself this week, he said the government had come under attack from an as yet unidentified "organised crime group".
In the earlier leak, Wprost published the content of an alleged private conversation in which Poland's top banker discussed the next election with Interior Minister Bartlomiej Sienkiewicz.
Under Polish law, the central bank must remain independent of politics.
Prime Minister Tusk has already said he will not dismiss officials whose compromising conversations were caught on tape in what he called a "criminal" action by "ill-intentioned people".
"The Polish government will not be dictated to by people who illegally planted these bugs... whether by ill-will, naivety, greed or to serve political interests," he told journalists on Monday.
One theory is that the conversations were recorded for purposes of blackmail.
The proposed £2m development has been earmarked for the site of the demolished Dounreay Sports and Social Club.
The power station is also in the process of being knocked down.
A four-lane running track and indoor sports hall equivalent in size to four badminton courts has been proposed.
Subject to planning permission and successful funding applications, the sports complex could be open by the end of 2016.
It would form part of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games legacy programme.
In Luis Enrique's last home match as Barca boss, Eibar went 2-0 up through two stunning Takashi Inui strikes.
David Junca's own goal, Luis Suarez's finish and two goals from Lionel Messi - one a penalty after an earlier miss from the spot - handed Barca the win.
But Madrid's 2-0 victory at Malaga secured their first La Liga since 2012.
Barca knew they could overtake Madrid at the top if Zinedine Zidane's side lost at Malaga and they beat 10th-placed Eibar.
Malaga had beaten Barca 2-0 at home earlier in the season, but Cristiano Ronaldo's second-minute opener and Karim Benzema's second-half strike ensured there was no slip-up from Madrid.
Messi's two goals on the night took his tally to 37 in the league for the season and saw him claim the Pichichi Trophy - awarded to La Liga's top scorer- for the first time since 2013.
Last year's winner Luis Suarez finished second with 29 goals, with Ronaldo third on 25.
Argentina forward Messi's contract with Barca expires in 2018 and speculation has grown over a possible departure as negotiations have dragged on.
But after the game president Josep Bartomeu reiterated the club's confidence in committing the 29-year-old to a new deal when he said: "There's no doubt that the marriage between Messi and Barca will continue."
Luis Enrique's last match as manager of Barcelona comes on Saturday, when the Catalan club take on Alaves in the Copa del Rey final at Atletico Madrid's ground, the Vicente Calderon.
But Sunday's match was his final one at the Nou Camp. To commemorate his three-year spell in charge, huge banners were displayed from the stands before the game reading: 'Forever one of us.'
Luis Enrique, formerly a player at both Barca and Real Madrid, would secure a third consecutive Spanish Cup with victory against Alaves.
He led the club to two successive league titles - before Madrid broke their dominance this year - also winning the Champions League, the Uefa Super Cup and the Club World Cup in 2015.
With his replacement yet to be named, before the game Luis Enrique said he would be back next season - but only as a fan.
"It's not goodbye, but rather a 'see you later'. Next year I will be back at the Camp Nou as a member and enjoy the games," he said.
"I don't just consider myself a Barca fan, but I also have a special regard for Catalonia. I only have words of appreciation."
And after the game, Bartomeu said: "On Monday, 29 May we will announce the new coach."
Match ends, Barcelona 4, Eibar 2.
Second Half ends, Barcelona 4, Eibar 2.
Attempt missed. Kike García (Eibar) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Anaitz Arbilla.
Goal! Barcelona 4, Eibar 2. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
Attempt saved. Luis Suárez (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Lionel Messi with a headed pass.
Offside, Barcelona. Lionel Messi tries a through ball, but Neymar is caught offside.
Foul by Neymar (Barcelona).
Kike García (Eibar) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Neymar (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Anaitz Arbilla (Eibar).
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Jordi Alba (Barcelona) because of an injury.
Substitution, Eibar. Cristian Rivera replaces Gonzalo Escalante because of an injury.
Offside, Barcelona. Luis Suárez tries a through ball, but Lionel Messi is caught offside.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Gonzalo Escalante (Eibar) because of an injury.
Andrés Iniesta (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Gonzalo Escalante (Eibar).
Offside, Barcelona. Sergio Busquets tries a through ball, but André Gomes is caught offside.
Attempt saved. Paco Alcácer (Barcelona) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Neymar.
Offside, Eibar. Florian Lejeune tries a through ball, but Pedro León is caught offside.
Substitution, Eibar. Alejandro Gálvez replaces Sergi Enrich.
Goal! Barcelona 3, Eibar 2. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.
Second yellow card to Ander Capa (Eibar) for a bad foul.
Penalty Barcelona. Neymar draws a foul in the penalty area.
Penalty conceded by Ander Capa (Eibar) after a foul in the penalty area.
Goal! Barcelona 2, Eibar 2. Luis Suárez (Barcelona) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Paco Alcácer with a headed pass following a corner.
Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Pedro León.
Offside, Barcelona. Andrés Iniesta tries a through ball, but Jordi Alba is caught offside.
Substitution, Barcelona. Paco Alcácer replaces Ivan Rakitic.
Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Yoel Rodríguez.
Penalty saved! Lionel Messi (Barcelona) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, left footed shot saved in the bottom right corner.
Penalty Barcelona. Jordi Alba draws a foul in the penalty area.
Penalty conceded by Kike García (Eibar) after a foul in the penalty area.
Substitution, Eibar. Pedro León replaces Rubén Peña.
Attempt missed. Neymar (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Lionel Messi with a through ball.
Offside, Eibar. Ander Capa tries a through ball, but Kike García is caught offside.
Attempt blocked. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Neymar with a cross.
Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Dani García.
André Gomes (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Arriving in his home city of Davao after a trip to Japan, Mr Duterte said God gave him an ultimatum on the plane.
"I heard a voice telling me to stop swearing or the plane will crash in mid-air, and so I promised to stop," he told reporters at the airport.
Mr Duterte's blunt speaking, often directed at the West, has contributed to his popularity at home.
He called President Barack Obama a "son of a whore", called the European Union "hypocritical", threatened to leave the UN and accepted comparisons to Hitler, saying he would gladly kill three million drug addicts.
All were responses to criticisms of his bloody war on drugs, that has seen thousands of alleged drug dealers and users killed by police and vigilante groups.
Mr Duterte said he had promised God he would not "express slang, cuss words and everything", and said a "promise to God is a promise to the Filipino people".
But he suggested his promise might have its limits. Whether he will stick to not swearing when talking about the US, EU or arch political foe Senator Leila de Lima, will depend on timing, local media quoted him as saying.
Like most Filipinos, Mr Duterte is Roman Catholic, although he has boasted about his womanising and called the Pope a "son of a whore" for causing traffic jams during his visit.
The president has spoken about being abused by an American priest as a child, saying that informed his political views.
He recently said that the Philippines wanted "a separation" from long-standing ally the US, and wanted American troops to leave the country, possibly within two years.
Sir Martin, who has previously faced shareholder revolts over his pay, said he was "not embarrassed" by the success of the company he founded.
He said his pay was based on the performance of WPP, the world's largest advertising group.
His comments came as WPP reported a 5.1% increase in quarterly revenues to £3.1bn compared with last year.
Sir Martin told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "I'm not embarrassed about the growth of the company from two people in one room in Lincoln's Inn Fields in 1985 to 190,000 people in 112 countries and a leadership position in our industry, which I think is important."
Meanwhile, Royal London Asset Management said on Thursday it would vote against the 2015 remuneration reports at Standard Chartered and Reckitt Benckiser.
Ashley Hamilton Claxton, corporate governance manager at Royal London, said investors were objecting to plans to award bumper packages in the face of underwhelming performance.
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Sir Martin's pay has previously sparked controversy at WPP, with nearly 60% of shareholders voting against his proposed remuneration package, worth £6.8m, in 2012.
His latest package makes him the best-paid chief executive on the FTSE 100, with much of the £70m payment consisting of a £62.8m long-term bonus.
Sir Martin's annual salary was £1.15m, with the rest consisting of short-term bonuses and other benefits.
WPP, which employs about 190,000 people worldwide, has expanded rapidly in recent years. It brought in $1.8bn worth of revenue from new advertising customers in the first three months of this year.
Growth has been particularly pronounced in the US, UK and western Europe, the company said.
Shareholders of other companies have also expressed anger about executive pay.
On Thursday, 72% of shareholders of engineering firm Weir Group voted against the firm's pay policy.
The company's board now intends to discuss alternative plans with shareholders.
Also on Thursday, 49% of investors at Shire voted against a 25% pay increase for chief executive Flemming Ornskov.
Last month 59% of BP shareholders voted against a 20% pay rise for chief executive Bob Dudley, that would have netted him £14m.
The vote against the increase was non-binding, but BP's chairman said at the annual meeting that the sentiment would be reflected in future pay deals.
Last week, Anglo American said it would be "mindful" of concerns about executive pay after more than two fifths of investors voted against a remuneration deal that included £3.4m for chief executive Mark Cutifani.
During the financial crisis, 90% of shareholders at Royal Bank of Scotland rebelled against then chief executive Fred Goodwin's pension package.
Previously it had encouraged expectant mothers to reconsider such travel because of the potential harm the virus might pose to babies in the womb.
If travel is unavoidable, they should take precautions to avoid bites from mosquitoes that spread the disease.
In recent months, Zika has been spreading across much of the Americas.
The infection has been linked to cases of microcephaly - babies born with underdeveloped brains.
In February, the World Health Organization declared the situation a global public health emergency requiring a united response.
Prof Paul Cosford from Public Health England said: "As our knowledge of the Zika virus, and the evidence linking microcephaly to Zika infection, becomes clearer a more precautionary approach is warranted. This advice will be kept under review and updated as more information becomes available.
"We expect to see small numbers of Zika virus infections in travellers returning to the UK, but the risk to the wider population is negligible as the mosquito vector is not found in the UK."
The symptoms of Zika infection may include:
A spokesman for ABTA, the travel association, said pregnant women due to travel to any of the destinations affected should seek medical advice from their GP.
"Where it is necessary to change or cancel their holiday arrangements in light of the NaTHNaC advice, they should request that their GP provides them with a medical certificate in order to assist them with any possible insurance claim.
"Travel companies will try and be as flexible as possible with pregnant customers who had already booked before the advice changed, and many are offering customers the option to amend their holiday to an alternative destination free of charge."
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Nurudinov, 24, lifted an Olympic record 237kg in the clean and jerk, as well as 194kg in the snatch, to give him a combined total of 431kg.
That was 14kg clear of Armenia's Simon Martirosyan, 19, who won the 2014 Youth Olympics title. Alexandr Zaichikov of Kazakhstan finished third with 416kg.
Kiribati's David Katoatau finished sixth in the B final but entertained the crowd with dances after each lift.
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Uma Bharti, the water resources minister, claims she told the men's accusers to watch as they were hung upside down.
"Rapists should be tortured in front of victims until they beg for forgiveness," she said.
Ms Bharti made the comments while campaigning for a local politician in Agra, in Uttar Pradesh state.
She brought up an infamous case from July 2016 where a mother and her daughter were gang-raped in Bulandshahr, saying the Uttar Pradesh government had failed to give the victims justice.
"The rapists should be hung upside down and beaten till their skin comes off," the minister is reported to have said.
"Salt and chilli should be rubbed on their wounds until they scream. Mothers and sisters should watch so they can get closure."
Ms Bharti said that when she was chief minister of Madhya Pradesh state from 2003-4, she took the same attitude.
"I would tell the cops to hang the rapists upside down and beat them so hard that they would cry out. I would tell women to watch through windows of the police station," she said.
She told the crowd that when a policeman objected, "I told him people who behave like 'danav' (demons) cannot have Manavadhikar (human rights). Their heads should be cut off like Ravana's". Ravana is an evil demon king in Hindu mythology.
Ms Bharti is a member of India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and has previously made the headlines for her controversial comments.
Her torture revelations have resonated with some in India, where the most grievous rape cases sometimes attract the death penalty.
Crimes against women in India have been in the spotlight since the brutal gang-rape and murder of a student in 2012 in Delhi.
The 30-year-old scrum-half, capped 53 times by his national side, replaces England centre Billy Twelvetrees.
Laidlaw has made 42 appearances for the Cherry and Whites since his arrival in the summer of 2014.
"It's a privilege and honour to follow in the footsteps of so many great players at Gloucester, a club with so much heritage and history," he said.
"Billy did a terrific job as captain and I'm delighted that he's still around, because having so many experienced senior pros in the squad makes the role a lot easier."
Ranger has not played a first-team game since November 2014, shortly before he spent seven months absent from former club Blackpool.
The 25-year-old later put that down to the death of two friends.
"He's a good lad, he's getting his head down and in sort of last-chance saloon if you like," Brown told BBC Essex.
Ranger, fined for criminal damage in May 2014, left Blackpool in February.
Ranger began his career at Newcastle and also appeared for Barnsley, Sheffield Wednesday and Swindon.
He has scored 17 goals in 127 league matches during his career.
Brown continued: "He's been given an opportunity by ourselves for a month to start off with and if we see what we've seen in the last few days I'll be delighted.
"I've seen a lad whose application is first-class. He's got ability, that's without a shadow of a doubt unquestionable.
"But the downside to Nile is he's probably missed three or four pre-seasons of late. If you miss a pre-season you miss a chunk of the season.
"We've already tested him and found out what he's capable of, he's quick, can move, got ability with the ball, he's a big lad, we'll see all of that come together [because of pre -season].
"Then, who knows? If he's earned the right to a contract he might be the guy who leads the line for us next year."
David Mooney and Jason Williams are the only strikers Southend have on the books for next season, and Brown is hopeful Ranger can rediscover the form that once earned him England youth honours.
"Nile's still got a good 10 years to establish himself in the game. At this moment in time he will only be remembered for the bad things, unfortunately," said Brown.
"From this moment onwards he has to be remembered for the good things; that's his ability, scoring goals, leading the line, bringing to the party what I know he can do but on a regular basis."
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Ulster move into fourth spot, level on points with the Scarlets, but Connacht continue to struggle in eighth place.
McCloskey's score helped his side to a 13-0 half-time advantage, with Ross crossing after the interval and Paddy Jackson adding 13 points with the boot.
Jack Carty converted his own try for Connacht's only points of the game.
The result means Connacht's unenviable record of not having registered a win in Belfast for 56 years continues.
Their opponents avenged their defeat by the Pro12 champions at the Sportsground in October, which ended their 100% start to the season.
Connacht began the game without 21 players through injury, while Ulster, who won both encounters between the sides in the last campaign, made six changes from the side which started the Champions Cup defeat by Clermont Auvergne five days ago.
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The hosts had a strong wind advantage in the first half and after a scoreless first quarter, Jackson landed a penalty to nudge his side in front.
The impressive McCloskey marked his 50th appearance for Ulster by finishing a fine move involving a strong run by Charles Piutau, touching down in the corner in the 27th minute before Jackson converted.
With Ulster dominant in the set-piece and Iain Henderson outstanding, another Jackson penalty extended the lead at the interval, with Connacht's woes exacerbated by the loss of Danie Poolman and Finlay Bealham through injury.
Pienaar was held up just short of the line, but soon after flanker Ross rumbled over for his first try for Ulster on 53 minutes, Jackson again adding the additional two points.
Fly-half Carty responded quickly by diving over at the opposite end of the pitch and his successful conversion reduced Connacht's deficit back to 13 points.
Jackson landed his third penalty to make victory secure and leave the visitors without a regular season away Pro12 win since March.
Ulster's next match is away to Leinster on New Year's Eve, with Connacht hosting Munster on the same day.
TEAMS
Ulster: C Piutau; L Ludik, L Marshall, S McCloskey, J Stockdale; P Jackson, R Pienaar; A Warwick, R Best (capt), R Ah You; K Treadwell, I Henderson; C Ross, C Henry, R Wilson.
Replacements: R Herring, C Black, W Herbst, F van der Merwe, S Reidy, P Marshall, D Cave, T Bowe.
Connacht: T O'Halloran; N Adeolokun, R Parata, D Poolman, M Healy; J Carty, K Marmion; D Buckley, D Heffernan, F Bealham; Q Roux, J Cannon; S O'Brien, N Fox-Matamua, J Muldoon (capt).
Replacements: S Delahunt, T McCartney, JP Cooney, U Dillane, E McKeon, C Blade, C Gaffney, N Dawai.
Researchers from Goldsmiths, University of London have studied a remote tribe in Africa - where some people have remained in the countryside while others have moved to urban areas.
It found the urbanised group found it much harder to focus their attention.
Researcher Karina Linnell says the difference in powers of concentration was much greater than expected.
It might also confirm the worst fears of all the caffeine-fuelled office workers trying to multi-task.
Dr Linnell, from the university's psychology department, carried out cognitive tests with the Himba tribe in Namibia in south west Africa - and also included a further comparison with young people in London.
She found that the Himba tribesmen and women who had stayed in a rural, cattle-herding setting were much better at tests requiring concentration than members of the same tribe who had been urbanised and were living in towns and cities.
The results for urbanised Himba were "indistinguishable" from the results of undergraduates taking the same tests in London, said Dr Linnell.
The researchers suggest that people in an urban setting have too much stimulation, with an overload of sights and sounds competing for attention.
Concentration is improved when people's senses are aroused, says Dr Linnell, but if this becomes excessive it seems to have the opposite effect and reduces the ability to focus on a single task.
As such the people living in cities were not as good at tests which required sustained focus and the ability not to be distracted.
The rural living people were much better at such tests of concentration, even computer-based tasks, where they might have been expected to be less familiar with the technology.
This is not necessarily a case of being better or worse, says Dr Linnell, but it could be a reflection of what is needed to survive in an overcrowded urban setting.
It is also not a "fleeting" impact, she suggests, as the tests show that urbanised people from this tribe have developed a different way of looking at events.
"There are really quite profound differences as a function of how we live our lives," she says.
Another finding is that the Himba people who have moved to the city are more likely to be dissatisfied and show signs of unhappiness.
In contrast the simpler, frugal life of the rural tribespeople seems to leave them with a greater sense of contentment.
When so many of the world's population are now living in urban settings this has far-reaching significance, says Dr Linnell.
It could mean that many urban dwellers are performing below their capacity when it comes to tasks requiring sustained thinking.
"What if, for example, companies realised certain tasks would be better carried out by employees based outside of the urban environment where their concentration ability is better?" she says.
Dr Linnell also suggests that this urban disruption of concentration could be linked to a reduction in attention spans.
It means record cap-holder Gethin Jenkins drops to the bench against the defending champions.
Sam Warburton is selected on the blind-side with Ospreys' Justin Tipuric at open-side and Dan Lydiate on the bench.
Gareth Anscombe starts at full-back, with Cardiff Blues team-mate Tom James preferred to Alex Cuthbert on the wing, almost six years after his last cap.
The team shows four changes from the one which started the World Cup quarter-final against South Africa in October.
There is no place in the match-day squad for Scarlets full-back Liam Williams, who made his return after injury against Connacht last weekend.
Warburton starts in spite of having played only one hour of rugby since November, while James returns to the squad for the first time since November 2010.
Coach Warren Gatland said the decision to pick Evans ahead of the vastly-experienced Jenkins reflected the Scarlet player's good form.
And with British and Irish Lions Jenkins, Lydiate and Cuthbert on the bench, it means the Wales replacements can boast 364 caps between them.
"We are excited by the make-up of the squad, it's very experienced along with one eye looking to the future," said Gatland.
"Rob [Evans] gets a start at loose-head, he's played well for us before and deserves a chance looking ahead to the next few years.
"We have been impressed with Tom James' form for Cardiff Blues and we are excited by the mix of the back-row which has played well together before.
"It's great to see Jonathan [Davies] back and alongside Jamie Roberts, which makes a pretty experienced midfield.
"We have a very experienced bench, with a lot of caps there and hopefully they will come on and make an impact."
Wales team: Gareth Anscombe (Cardiff Blues); George North (Northampton Saints), Jonathan Davies (ASM Clermont), Jamie Roberts (Harlequins), Tom James (Cardiff Blues); Dan Biggar (Ospreys), Gareth Davies (Scarlets); Rob Evans (Scarlets), Scott Baldwin (Ospreys), Samson Lee (Scarlets), Luke Charteris (Racing 92), Alun Wyn Jones (Ospreys), Sam Warburton (Cardiff Blues, Capt), Justin Tipuric (Ospreys), Taulupe Faletau (Newport Gwent Dragons).
Replacements: Ken Owens (Scarlets), Gethin Jenkins (Cardiff Blues), Tomas Francis (Exeter Chiefs), Bradley Davies (Wasps), Dan Lydiate (Ospreys), Lloyd Williams (Cardiff Blues), Rhys Priestland (Bath Rugby), Alex Cuthbert (Cardiff Blues).
Beattock Station Action Group has joined forces with the regional transport partnership, SWestrans, to commission a feasibility study.
The move follows a meeting with Keith Brown, who was Transport Minister at the time, in September last year.
Beattock station closed in 1972 when the West Coast Main Line was electrified.
The action group hopes to tap into a £30m fund set up by the Scottish government to bring stations back into use.
Supporters claim the station's position, 45 minutes from both Glasgow and Edinburgh, could open up commuter and leisure opportunities and boost the economy of the area.
Findings from the feasibility study are expected to be published early next year.
Taoiseach (prime minster) Enda Kenny said Mr Barry passed away in his home town of Cork surrounded by his family.
Mr Kenny said Mr Barry had given "outstanding service to his country and his native city".
He added that the former Irish foreign minister had played a "central and pivotal role" in negotiating the Anglo-Irish Agreement.
Outside politics, Mr Barry was a successful businessman with the family firm, Barry's Tea, serving as chairman of the Cork-based company, which claims to have 40% of the tea market in the Republic.
Irish President Michael D Higgins said Mr Barry would be deeply missed.
"His view of Irish history was a long one and he brought all that wisdom to bear in his contributions to achieving the Anglo-Irish Agreement of 1985," said Mr Higgins.
"As a person he was immensely popular across all parties and, of course, he had a deep commitment to Cork city and its heritage."
Seamus Mallon, a former deputy leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) and ex-deputy first minister of Northern Ireland, also paid a warm tribute to Mr Barry.
"He had a very clear picture of the problems in the north and he had that well-ordered expertise at the negotiating table," Mr Mallon said.
"If you ally that to his great tenacity, I think it adds up to a very substantial reputation for a man."
Former SDLP leader Dr Alasdair McDonnell said Mr Barry had been a "special friend to Northern Ireland during some of the most challenging days of the Troubles".
"Peter towered above his peers in terms of his integrity, sincerity and commitment to ensuring that we could break free from the cycle of political instability and violence," Dr McDonnell added.
"Peter played a massive role in moving the north away from conflict and his personal kindness to all of us that dealt with him will never be forgotten."
The Anglo-Irish Agreement was signed on 15 November 1985 by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and Taoiseach Garret FitzGerald.
The agreement gave the Republic of Ireland a consultative role in Northern Ireland for the first time, a move opposed by many unionists.
It is credited as the beginning of co-operative talks that would eventually lead to the Good Friday Agreement in 1998.
Micheál Martin, the leader of the Republic of Ireland's biggest opposition party Fianna Fáil, said Mr Barry had distinguished himself in a number of ministerial roles during his tenure in government.
He also paid tribute to the part Mr Barry played in Anglo Irish relations, saying "at a time of great violence and uncertainty, his role in helping to chart a way forward was critical and his contribution will stand the test of time".
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Ospreys controlled the opening 20 minutes and Nicky Smith rumbled over for a converted try.
Ulster gained a foothold in the game with Jackson's penalty leaving the visitors 7-3 ahead at the break.
Jackson added a penalty but Ulster failed to capitalise on their dominance and an excellent Ospreys defence held out until Jackson's winning kick.
The Welsh visitors were aiming to bounce back from last week's defeat by Leinster and they made the early thrusts at a sun-kissed Kingspan Stadium.
They were rewarded when Smith went over from close range on six minutes and Dan Biggar slotted over the extras.
Ospreys pressed for a second try before the momentum switched to Ulster midway through the first half.
Jackson drifted a penalty wide and Darren Cave fumbled as he charged towards the line.
The gap was narrowed by Jackson but he missed another penalty early in the second half before making it two from four after 50 minutes.
Ulster were boosted by the introduction of classy scrum-half Ruan Pienaar and Ireland wing Tommy Bowe, who was making his first appearance since April following a knee injury.
Ospreys soaked up Ulster pressure with resolute defending and they almost scored a try on the counter-attack on 66 minutes.
Eli Walker raced on to a clever Rhys Webb kick but the wing was denied by Jared Payne's last-ditch tackle.
Ospreys continued to threaten on this rare visit to the Ulster 22, which ended when Biggar dragged a drop-goal attempt wide.
Ulster made a final surge and Jackson made no mistake from a penalty in front of the posts with two minutes left.
Ulster: C Piutau, C Gilroy, J Payne, D Cave, L Ludik, P Jackson, P Marshall; : K McCall, R Best, R Ah You, A O'Connor, F van der Merwe (capt), I Henderson, S Reidy, R Wilson.
Replacements: J Andrew, C Black, R Kane, K Treadwell, R Diack, R Pienaar, B Herron, T Bowe.
Ospreys: D Evans, J Hassler, B John, J Matavesi, E Walker, D Biggar, R Webb; N Smith, S Parry, D Arhip, B Davies, A Wyn Jones (capt), J King, J Tipuric, D Baker.
Replacements: S Baldwin, P James, M Fia, R Thornton, O Cracknell, T Ardron, T Habberfield.
Referee: Ben Whitehouse (WRU)
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It shows the pair being punched, and having their bags taken and emptied by another girl in Northfield, Birmingham.
The mobile phone footage has been widely circulated and viewed more than six million times, police said.
At one point the victims are ordered to their knees by the older girl and made to say "sorry" to another female.
Detectives have already spoken to two of the group involved, including a male youth who filmed the incident, and plans are in place to arrest the two female offenders, the spokesman said.
Inspector John Askew, from West Midlands Police, said: "The response from members of the public, clearly disgusted by what they've seen online, has been overwhelming and we've had lots of people getting in touch to provide names of those responsible.
"We have identified the two main suspects and plans are in place for one of the girls, a 16-year-old, to attend a police station for questioning later today.
"We understand the other main suspect is out of the country on holiday but we will speak to her upon her return."
The "unprovoked attack" was reported to police on Saturday night.
The force said it happened on Hilary Grove, although in the video a bag can be seen being thrown on to a dual carriageway road.
Det Con Dean Gordon said the violence shown against the girls was "completely unacceptable".
Rates are the property taxes paid by households and businesses.
Currently, charity shops are exempt but an official consultation has questioned whether that exemption should continue.
Robin Osterley, chief executive of the Charity Retail Association, said the imposition of full rates would cost the charity sector up to £5.5m.
He said this would mean that money "would no longer be available to charities to fund their vital life-saving and life-changing work".
Elsewhere in the UK, charities have their rates reduced by 80% leading the consultation to ask if Northern Ireland charities should "pay some rates".
The consultation has now closed and no decisions are expected until after the Northern Ireland Assembly election in May.
Passengers are waiting about an hour to clear border security at Calais and a further four hours at the terminal, Eurotunnel said.
An earlier broken-down train, which had added to delays, has now been fixed. Eurotunnel is now working on clearing the backlog of trains.
It also warned of queues at Calais due to "reinforced border checks".
Earlier, Eurostar was forced to reschedule trains from Paris and Brussels heading to London St Pancras because only one line remained open in the tunnel.
European Athletics has proposed rewriting world records set before 2005 in a bid to restore the sport's credibility following doping scandals.
Scot McColgan, 52, says the move is "very, very unfair", and fears current anti-doping measures are insufficient.
"Before they scrap records, they need to think of how to guarantee the next few years will be clean," she said.
"In our day there was blatant drug use and we had to compete against it. We lost medals to a lot of drug cheats. It's not just happening the last 10-15 years, it's been happening long before that.
"How they can just say from 2005, a certain date, it's not right. If they're going to clean the slate, it should be completely from the start.
"But also, how are they going to guarantee that in the future it's going to be clean, because they're not bringing in blood testing, and until they have more stringent testing in place, and all countries following that testing, then what's the guarantee the next five years are going to be clean?
"I personally don't think it's going to be clean, the next five years."
McColgan won the 10,000m World Championships title in Tokyo in 1991. She also won 10,000m Commonwealth gold in Edinburgh in 1986, and in Auckland four years later. Between those titles, she claimed a silver medal in the same event at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul.
The former runner, whose daughter Eilish reached the final of the 5,000m at last year's Rio Games, also claimed a world title in the half marathon during 1992.
"When we ran we knew there was drug use out there but we could do nothing about it, and had to get on with the job in hand," McColgan told BBC Scotland.
"A few of us did go on to win medals and set records, it wasn't the drug cheats that won all the time, but it's very difficult to say it's this record or that record that's going to go, I think that's very, very unfair.
"And I also think to make it a sport for our future, we have to be more stringent in what we're doing.
"It's not an easy option just saying, well let's make the slate clean and we move forward - there's a lot more thinking that has to go into how we move forward with it."
McColgan's appraisal of the plans to rewrite records was shared by fellow ex-world champion Zola Budd.
Budd, 50, who represented both South Africa, the nation of her birth, and Great Britain, set a world record for the 5,000m at the age of 17 and became a household name for running barefoot.
"I think it would only be fair if they want to rewrite the records, they should find a date, like today, or tomorrow, and rewrite all the records," Budd said.
"There shouldn't be a cut-off date like 2005 or whenever, because that will be unfair to everybody.
"If they want to rewrite the records, it should be a clean slate and a start from scratch for everybody, and include all athletes, not just from the 80s or 90s, but everybody."
Both former athletes are in Scotland to take part in Sunday's first Stirling Marathon.
"I've run loads of times round Stirling, Dundee, Perth and I think it's about time we had calibre races back in Scotland," McColgan said.
"It's just fantastic we've got races here on Scottish soil. I hope all the Scots get really inspired again, because we were an endurance running nation that were really, really good.
"We've got youngsters coming through like Andy Butchart, Laura Muir, Eilish, my daughter, and Lynsey Sharp. We just need everybody else now to get off their couches, get out, run, and make running really popular in Scotland again.
"Even just at our age to get out and be active, to show people our age can still get out there and do it. That's what we're here for - hopefully we finish in one piece."
Twenty people were hurt - including two people each blinded in one eye - in the attack at the Mangle E8 club on Monday.
Police said the men, aged 21 and 24, were arrested in separate properties in north London on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm.
They are still urging Arthur Collins, from Hertfordshire, to hand himself in.
The 25-year-old is the boyfriend of The Only Way is Essex star Ferne McCann, who has urged him to go to a police station.
The Metropolitan Police said a man and a 22-year-old woman both lost their sight in one eye while other people were treated for severe burns following the attack at the club in Hackney.
Det Insp Lee McCullough, who is leading the investigation, said it was continuing "to move at great pace and the net is closing in on those we believe to be responsible".
He added: "My team is acting on a number of leads to bring in those wanted for questioning in relation to this awful incident."
The officer said "anyone found harbouring those wanted for questioning by police can expect a knock at the door and could well find themselves under arrest".
The noxious substance used has not yet been confirmed but samples retrieved from the scene have been sent for analysis.
Three people had been earlier arrested as part of the investigation.
A 33-year-old woman, held on suspicion of firearms offences, has been released on bail, while a 54-year-old man and a 52-year-old woman held on suspicion of cultivation of cannabis after police officers found a suspected cannabis farm and suspected illegal firearms at Mr Collins' home in Broxbourne have been released under investigation.
Scotland Yard believe the acid was sprayed at two men, but hit others, following a dispute between two groups.
Two of the injured men - and 24-year-old and a 29-year-old - remain in a specialist burns unit hospital in Essex, both in a serious but stable condition.
The acid attack is one of three similar reports made to police in London over the past week.
On Good Friday a carjacking victim was sprayed with a "noxious substance" in Bow, while an 18-year-old man suffered what have been described as possibly life-changing injuries when he and another woman had a corrosive substance thrown over them in Fulham.
The conditions made the pitch quickly resemble a swamp but tries from busy Niyi Adeolokun and Naulia Dawai helped the home side lead 12-0 at half-time.
A Guglielmo Palazzani penalty was scant reward for Zebre pressure before John Muldoon scored Connacht's third try.
A further penalty try was followed by another Lewis Stevenson touchdown.
Ireland scrum-half Kieran Marmion made a crucial contribution after his half-time introduction as his last-ditch tackle prevented a seemingly certain try for Zebre replacement Bart Le Roux before his run out of defence lifted the siege, in advance of Muldoon's crucial third try.
Debutant fly-half Steve Crosbie provided the scoring pass for Adeolokun's opening try on seven minutes as the Ireland wing barged through Italian international Tommaso Boni to score.
After an Eoin McKeon effort was correctly ruled out for obstruction on Palazzani, Fijian flanker Dawai showed an impressive turn of foot to dive over in the corner but Connacht were by no means out of sight at 12-0 up at the break.
Helped by a wind advantage, Zebre dominated after the break with Palazzani cutting the margin to nine points before his dreadful penalty miss from in front of the posts.
Marmion's then became the game's central character as he charged upfield into the Zebre 22 shortly after his brilliant intervention to deny Le Roux a try.
After the resultant penalty, Zebre were caught napping as veteran Connacht skipper Muldoon slid over after taking a quick tap.
Referee Marius Mitrea signalled Connacht's bonus-point securing penalty try after adjudging that Zebre had infringed on a couple of occasions during a 66th-minute line-out maul and Stevenson then had time to add a fifth home touchdown.
The win moves Pat Lam's side above Cardiff Blues, into seventh spot in the table, to boost their hopes of securing a European Champions Cup spot for next season.
Connacht: T O'Halloran; N Adeolokun, B Aki, T Farrell, S Ili; S Crosbie, J Cooney; R Loughney, T McCartney (capt), D Robertson-McCoy; L Stevenson, A Browne; E McKeon, N Dawai, E Masterson.
Replacements: D Heffernan, D Buckley, F Bealham, Q Roux, J Muldoon, K Marmion, C Ronaldson, J Carty.
Zebre: D Berryman; M Bellini, T Boni, T Castello, L Greeff; S Bordoli, G Palazzani; B Postiglioni, O Fabiani, D Chistolini; Q Geldenhuys, V Bernabo (capt); M Cornelli, G Koegelenberg, F Ruzza.
Replacements: T D'Apice, A De Marchi, B Le Roux, J Furno, M Archetti, C Engelbrecht, M Pratichetti, G Roan.
Referee: Marius Mitrea (FIR)
But while he is perfectly at home in the Treasury, the government has little to be relaxed about. As a new team, in Number 11 and Number 10, there is a clear political desire to show Theresa May means it when she promises to help families struggling to make ends meet.
But one Cabinet source said there is even less money than in 2010, when there famously was "no money left".
There may be concessions to some, but don't expect any largesse.
Despite the change in personnel and a willingness to borrow a fraction more, this is still a Tory administration determined to pare back public spending.
With the Treasury belief that the question marks of Brexit make that task even harder, Mr Hammond will pursue caution over flashing taxpayers' cash.
This is still a big moment for the government - its first grand set piece financial statement.
But the sense of occasion may be muted, given the chancellor's character. As one cabinet minister noted, he is unlike George Osborne as he is without "imperial ambitions".
He does not have an eye on the job next door. So compared with recent statements it may be less grand in ambition, with less direct detail of how government should behave and spend.
But in no way does that mean the task Mr Hammond has ahead is any less enormous. With the uncertainties of leaving the EU, perhaps the challenge for the 2016 Treasury is greater still.
The names were revealed as the National Records of Scotland published the forenames of the 56,725 births that were registered in 2014.
The independence referendum may have had an influence on some parents, as two children were named Freedom and another three named Indy.
Some other names featured included Bluebell-Fawn, Nicholas-Darius, Leonidas and Dodge.
In December, it was announced that Jack and Emily were the most popular names for babies registered in Scotland.
Some of the other more unusual names in the 2014 list include Arrlo, Draven, Daiquiri, Emmett, Spartacus and Thor.
Juniper, Jolynn-Diamond, Maddyson-Dyamonds, Thirteena-Starr and Lilias-Anne were also names given to Scots born last year.
Scots mothers were perhaps inspired by the hit TV show Game of Thrones, as Khaleesi was the name given to three girls.
In total 3,359 different forenames for boys were used, while 4,427 different girls names were registered.
The 24-year-old former Arsenal trainee joined up with the Scottish Premiership club at the weekend.
Henderson's contract with the English League Two club expires in January.
Crawley manager Mark Yates said: "I have told him he does not figure in my plans at the moment and I want to give him as much opportunity as possible to get himself sorted out."
Republic of Ireland Under-21 cap Henderson had a spell on loan with Coventry City from Arsenal before switching to Hull City after his release from the London outfit.
He was again farmed out to Stevenage before being released again and then signed for Crawley in summer 2014.
His appearances having been restricted by an ankle injury, Henderson making 19 appearances as the Reds were relegated from League One last season.
And he has only played three times this term after Yates took over from Dean Saunders.
Caley Thistle manager John Hughes is looking to bolster a squad that last season lifted the Scottish Cup but has been badly hit by injuries this season.
In most games this season, Hughes, whose side sit eighth in the Scottish top flight, has not filled all seven substitutes places on his bench.
The Democratic Action party says Luis Manuel Diaz was killed by a man who approached the stage after a public meeting in central Guarico state.
Opposition leaders blamed militias supporting the governing United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV).
President Nicolas Maduro has sent his condolences to the family of Mr Diaz.
"An investigation has been opened and the Interior Ministry has strong indications that it was a clash between rival criminal gangs," said Mr Maduro.
Lilian Tintori, the wife of jailed opposition leader, Leopoldo Lopez, addressed opposition supporters alongside Mr Diaz shortly before the shooting.
The Democratic Action party leader, Henry Ramos Allup, said Mr Diaz had been shot dead by "armed PSUV gangs" from a vehicle.
"Whatever happens, the Venezuelan people will go to the polls on 6 December, and we will win", said Mr Ramos Allup in a press conference.
"It is important that people do not get intimidated."
Mr Ramos Allup initially tweeted that Mr Diaz had been killed by gunmen who shot from a passing car.
He later rectified and said the shots came from a gunmen who came close to the stage after the rally.
Mr Maduro responded to Mr Ramos Allup's comments by telling him to produce evidence to back up his accusations.
"We must not jump into conclusions," said the president.
"And let us not accept any type of provocation!" he urged his supporters during a rally.
Election monitors sent to Venezuela by the regional bloc Unasur condemned the killing in the town of Altagracia de Orituco.
"We express our most energetic rejection of all types of violence which could affect the electoral process," they wrote on Twitter.
The head of Venezuela's Electoral Commission, Luis Emilio Rondon, has also expressed concern over recent incidents of violence.
He called for a thorough investigation "to identify the perpetrators and tackle impunity".
Opposition politicians say their candidates have been attacked on numerous occasions in the past weeks.
Miguel Pizarro, an opposition politician running for re-election in Caracas, said he was confronted by armed men who shot into the air in the neighbourhood of Petare on Sunday.
Miranda state governor Henrique Capriles said he was attacked by a group of masked men in the town of Yare earlier this month.
Mr Capriles said the men, who he alleged were government supporters, had opened fire to stop him from holding a campaign rally.
The government has denied any involvement in any of the attacks and accused the opposition of trying to provoke PSUV supporters.
The PSUV currently holds a majority of seats in parliament.
But some recent opinion polls suggest that if the elections set for 6 December were held now, the opposition coalition would win convincingly.
Venezuela's rampant crime, the drop in oil revenues and chronic shortages of some basic goods have hurt President Maduro's approval ratings.
Ben Pennington, 29, of Preston was hit in One Level in Market Street, Darwen in the early hours of Saturday.
His father Mark said his son fractured his skull on the bar and is now in a coma on a life-support machine.
He said he hoped the image would encourage clubbers who witnessed the incident to come forward.
Mark Pennington said his family were "devastated" by the assault but, after a lot of soul-searching, he felt releasing the pictures was "the right thing to do."
"He looks a mess and I would just appeal to anyone who has seen it to come forward with what information they can."
Ben Pennington was on a night out with his best friend when he was injured.
His father said: "There doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason for why it happened. It seems like a stupid pointless attack."
"He is still in a coma and they are slowly trying to pull him out of it. We are just taking every day at a time... and hoping for some improvement."
Det Insp Zoe Russo said Mr Pennington "sustained a significant head injury" and appealed to clubbers who witnessed the incident to contact Lancashire Police.
A 27-year-old man from Darwen arrested on suspicion of assault has been bailed until 15 November.
The 68-year-old Wiltshire rider was awarded an OBE in the 2017 New Year Honours list for services to Para-sport, having received an MBE in 2009.
She won five team gold medals at Paralympic Games since 1996, plus an individual gold in Beijing in 2008.
"This has been a hard decision, but I know it is right. It's time to give others a chance," Dunham said.
"I don't want to start with a new horse and then have to part with him. I've loved it all - it's been exciting, I've met some wonderful people and have travelled the world."
Starting with her first Para-equestrian dressage World Championships in 1994, Dunham won 32 major medals, including 19 golds.
"Anne's immense contribution to Para-equestrian dressage over the past two decades cannot be underestimated," said British Dressage chief executive Jason Brautigam.
"She has been the flag-bearer for our sport ever since dressage was first introduced at the Paralympics in 1996."
Para-equestrian dressage performance manager Sarah Armstrong added: "For Anne to close her career on such a high note must be an immensely proud moment for her, her family and her home coach. We wish her well in her next adventure."
Claire Hatch, 27, from Southampton, was on the gravity swing at Hangloose Adventures while she was on holiday in Cornwall.
She said: "It was only me being yanked backwards that saved me from being very seriously hurt, or worse."
A spokesman at Hangloose Adventures apologised for "the regrettable accident".
The Eden Project said that the swing was operated by a separate company, and it was "upset to learn about the accident".
Ms Hatch was two days into her holiday when she went on the swing with her nine-year-old son.
Her partner Richard Dawkins, 47, who filmed the incident, said a rope which was used to start the swing was left dangling in Ms Hatch's face when it "wrapped around her throat".
He said: "It could have been fatal. We just want to know that everything has been done to prevent it happening again."
Posting on her Facebook page, she said: "I would really like to point out that the safety checks and on site medical facilities need to be better."
Ms Hatch was treated for her injuries at the Royal Cornwall Hospital near Truro and released on the same day.
A spokesman at Hangloose Adventures Ltd said: "We apologise for the distress caused to Claire Hatch as a result of the regrettable recent accident on Gravity the giant swing were she received a rope burn to her neck.
"As a result of the incident, we have reviewed the design of the swing's release mechanism, our standard operating procedures and our staff training."
The Bluebirds sacked Paul Trollope and 67-year old Warnock is the club's top target to replace him.
"Knowing Neil personally and working under him, I know what he is about. He could be a nice fit to come in and get the team up and running quickly," Gabbidon said.
"This Cardiff job is a difficult job, it's not suited to everyone."
"You have to have the right personality and the right credentials."
Gabbidon, who was signed by Warnock in June 2011, feels his experience would make him a good fit at a good time for the Championship strugglers, who have won just twice in 11 games.
"You need a manager who can go in there and get that team performing and he could be someone who could do that," he told BBC Wales Sport.
"He's a very good man-manager, he's good at working on a tight budget and getting the right players in.
"Working under him at QPR, I know the kind of person Neil is, the kind of manager he is.
"He's also proven in that division to get the best out of teams and get them out of that division.
"It's not just about bringing in a coach who will be good on the training ground, it's about bringing in a personality who can lift the players and lift the spirits of the players."
The former Cardiff and West Ham defender felt the club had to act to remove Trollope.
"I don't think anyone can argue with the decision to sack Paul," he said.
"Results have not been good and performances have not been good either.
"I am hardly surprised by the decision. He has tried to put his stamp on things and it has not worked.
"He's not been getting enough out of the players. With the squad they've got there they should not be sitting towards the bottom of the league."
Under Trollope Cardiff won just two games all season and are just one place off the bottom of the Championship.
Cardiff see their next Championship action on 14 October when Bristol City travel to the Welsh capital.
"If Neil Warnock came in he would relish the Bristol City game and it could be a catalyst for the season," Gabbidon said.
Officers searched properties in Dundee, Arbroath, Perth and Crieff as part of Operation Slate, an ongoing intelligence-led crackdown on drug related crime in the region.
Class A, B and C drugs were recovered, along with cash, and a number of people were detained.
Det Insp Paul Riley said tackling drug crime was a "top priority".
Carl Brookes, 31, had a kilogram of the 93 per cent pure drug in a drawstring bag when he arrived at Five Ways railway station in Birmingham.
An industrial press at his home in Aqueduct Lane, Alvechurch, had traces of cocaine on it, police said.
Brookes pleaded guilty to possession of Class A drugs with intent to supply.
He was sentenced to eight years and seven months in prison at Birmingham Court Court.
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Det Con Phil Caldwell said: "Brookes clearly used his daughter as a smoke screen to deflect attention from his criminal activity.
"It's abhorrent that he should use a young child in such a way and I am pleased that he will be spending time behind bars to reflect on his actions."
Capel Celyn disappeared and 70 residents lost their homes in order to provide drinking water for Liverpool.
The lake officially opened on 21 October 1965.
Former residents of Capel Celyn, who were children at the time of the flooding, were among the crowd who attended the march.
Plaid Cymru's Dafydd Wigley, who was also present, said the flooding of the valley was a defining moment in Welsh history.
Just under 76% of A&E patients at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow were treated within four hours in the week ending 11 December.
The Scottish government's target is for 95% to be seen and subsequently admitted, transferred or discharged.
Ministers said an increase in demand had affected waiting times.
Scotland-wide, hospitals recorded their worst performance for 10 months. According to the latest figures, 89.9% of A&E patients were dealt with within four hours.
At the £842m Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, which opened in April 2015, a total of 1,787 patients attended the hospital's A&E department during the period between 5 and 11 December.
The figures showed 41 A&E patients had to wait more than eight hours and one had to wait more than 12 hours .
Commenting on the statistics, Scottish Labour's health spokesman Anas Sarwar said that Health Secretary Shona Robison needed to "get a grip of the growing NHS winter crisis".
"These figures show that A&E performance across Scotland is getting worse. The fact that one quarter of A&E patients at the £850m Queen Elizabeth University Hospital aren't seen within four hours is unacceptable.
"These figures are yet more evidence that the SNP's decision to allow the closure of the minor injuries unit at Yorkhill Hospital is senseless, reckless and ultimately dangerous."
The Scottish Liberal Democrats said the waiting times recorded at the hospital were "intolerable".
Ms Robison said: "We are monitoring A&E performance closely to ensure no-one is waiting longer than absolutely necessary in our emergency departments.
"This week has been particularly challenging for some of our hospitals with demand increasing by over 5% compared to the same week last year - over 1,200 more patients.
"This increase in demand has affected waiting times in some areas of the country, and we are working particularly closely with those health boards affected to identify and implement immediate solutions."
Ms Robison added that Scottish A&E departments had consistently out-performed other areas of the UK for at least the past 20 months.
Ninth-placed Ards enjoy a 12-point lead over Carrick, who lie 11th and are favourites to occupy the relegation/promotion play-off spot.
"We are trying to play football and keep the ball on the ground," said Ards manager Colin Nixon.
"This is a huge game for both teams and we'll be working hard to try and get the right result," he added.
"We're working hard in training and when we get it right we look like a good team, but when we don't we implode a bit."
Carrick manager Aaron Callaghan was pleased with his side's performance in last week's 3-1 league defeat by Ballymena United, though disappointed with the result.
"We have brought in four or five players and it will take a few weeks for them to bed in and get the communication going better between them," said Callaghan.
The Association of Teachers and Lecturers has voted to lobby for better training on the issue for school staff.
Schools were "ill-prepared" for such issues, one teacher told the gathering.
But practical steps to modify changing facilities, toilets and uniforms are straightforward, say teachers with experience of supporting these pupils.
Graham Easterlow, a teacher at residential school in North Yorkshire for boys with learning disabilities, said one of his pupils came out as a transgender female during the past academic year.
"The interesting thing is that I don't think it was difficult for the pupil. The pupil was absolutely aware - she was extremely clear and knew exactly how she wanted to identify," he said.
"The challenge came when we realised that the school was facing an issue for the first time and there was no precedence. There was no process to support that particular coming out.
"That's the difficulty. Schools are ill-prepared. And there is a blind spot on that particular issue."
Mr Easterlow suggested a "strong, open dialogue" with the young person themselves, with questions about how they wanted to be known and what support they needed.
He suggested adaptations in toilets and changing facilities for transgender people should be viewed in the same way as adaptations for the disabled.
In the end it was very simple, said Mr Easterlow, and the school provided the facilities that were necessary.
He said the head teacher and most of the staff were clear: "This is not that big an issue. Let's not treat it like it's an issue."
Mr Easterlow said pupils were more accepting of the change than some older members of staff who suggested the school was "pandering to a fad".
He said he was "able to point out to them" that from next year schools will have "a public sector duty" to promote gender equality, including for transgender people.
During the debate, a teacher at a girls' school in Berkshire, Helen Porter, spoke of two students who told the school they wished to do their A-levels as young men.
There was little advice available to the school, said Ms Porter, but it managed to accommodate them.
One left school early but the other became the school's first ever male A-level student, leaving with excellent grades.
Mr Easterlow said the student at his school was in their last year at school.
He said she told him: "In eight months' time, I'm not going to be in education. I have to go through this process now and you are the right people to support me so that, when I leave school, I am the best prepared I can be to achieve the things I want."
He suggested it could be harder for people in single-sex school to come out as trans.
"I wouldn't be able to quantify it, my feeling is probably yes."
In his own particular school it could be particularly difficult, he believes.
"We're a school that has motor mechanics, a huge design and technology department and we really like rugby. That's not really a very feminine environment."
Mr Easterlow suggested that the issue was difficult for all schools, but said a greater understanding of gender diversity was needed "across the board".
He said it was vital not dismiss transgender pupils as just being in a phase or to insist that they wear "correct uniform".
"I long for a point where it just doesn't matter who you love, it doesn't matter how you identify, but in schools we get the best education to the young people that they can and for them to achieve the best they can be."
In a New Statesman article, Mr Miliband, who lost to his brother Ed in 2010, said Labour was now a "secondary influence" on national decision making.
The party had not been "further from power since the 1930s", he wrote.
Mr Corbyn, who is being challenged for the leadership by Owen Smith, has pledged to unite the party and "wipe the slate clean" if he remains leader.
Voting in the contest closed on Wednesday, with the result to be announced at a special conference in Liverpool on Saturday.
In the New Statesman article, Mr Miliband, former foreign secretary and South Shields MP, said the Labour Party had gone from "mainstream to the margins".
"The main charge against Jeremy Corbyn is not just that his strategy is undesirable because it makes the party unelectable. That is only half the story.
"The real issue is that his strategy makes the party unelectable Âbecause it is in many aspects undesirable."
Mr Miliband, president of the International Rescue Committee, singled out Mr Corbyn's approach to foreign affairs for particular criticism.
He attacked his "half-hearted message" on Europe during the referendum campaign - which he said was "a betrayal of millions of working people".
Mr Corbyn has insisted he did "all he could" to prevent the UK leaving the EU, but many of his MPs accused him of a "lacklustre" campaign, and he subsequently lost a vote of confidence, which sparked the leadership contest.
Mr Miliband also criticised Mr Corbyn's domestic policies, warning that nationalisation "cannot be the answer to everything".
"Anti-austerity speeches cannot explain everything; corÂporate taxation cannot pay for everything. It doesn't add up. It wouldn't work. People are not stupid."
He said the party should be focusing on new ideas for the future, not debating how to "bring back various lost icons", such as nationalised railways.
Mr Miliband said the left needed to "renew itself" as it has done during "three previous periods in the wilderness" - in the 1930s, 1950s and 1980s/1990s.
"Each time three questions were defining. Only when the left found the right answer to all three did it become a party of government," he wrote.
These were whether the left "puts values above doctrine", has both an international and national perspective, and a plan for wealth creation alongside fair distribution.
Mr Corbyn, who is the bookies' favourite to win the leadership contest, has said he will be the "same Jeremy Corbyn" if he beats Mr Smith and is re-elected on Saturday.
But he has promised MPs who have disagreed with him that he will "wipe the slate clean" after the divisions of the summer.
Mr Corbyn told the BBC that he had an "awful lot" of calls from Labour MPs who wanted to unite.
Rival Mr Smith, former shadow work and pensions spokesman, has ruled out taking a place in Mr Corbyn's shadow cabinet if he stays on as leader.
"I don't think he can rebuild Labour's reputation in the country, so I won't be serving in Jeremy's cabinet," he told BBC News.
"But I will do what I've always done, which is be Labour, vote Labour, loyally serve this party and make sure from the backbenches I continue to make the arguments I've made during this campaign, in order to get Labour seen once more as credible, get us back on the front foot and get us back into power."
Well manager Steve Robinson last week described the approach as derisory.
And his chief operating officer thinks that will be the end of the matter.
"We couldn't come to an agreement and they have moved on and we've moved on and gone our separate ways and they will no doubt look at someone else," Alan Burrows told BBC Scotland.
Cadden, who came through the youth ranks at Fir Park, has been a regular starter for the Scottish Premiership club.
Hearts head coach Ian Cathro and director of football Craig Levein have so far signed four defenders, two strikers but no midfielders this summer as they rebuild the Tynecastle squad.
But Motherwell think they have warded off the Edinburgh outfit's interest in Scotland Under-21 international Cadden.
"I feel a bit uncomfortable talking about the values because that's between the two clubs and it's managed to get into the public domain," added Burrows.
"But it is not something that we would entertain at that value.
"We have a value on Chris, he is a good young player, he's played nearly 100 senior games in Scotland at the moment.
"So you are not only buying Chris Cadden the player now but you are buying potentially what Chris Cadden could turn into.
"Our value and Hearts' value are at a distance."
Aaron Jarvis comes in at at tight-head and Rob Evans makes his first start at loose-head in place of the injured Samson Lee and Gethin Jenkins.
There are four changes on the bench, with Rhys Gill, Ken Owens and Scott Andrews coming in as front row cover with hooker Richard Hibbard ruled out.
Scarlets scrum-half Gareth Davies comes in for Mike Phillips.
"Obviously it's disappointing for Gethin and Samson, but Rob and Aaron stepped up well last weekend and we expect the same on Saturday," said Gatland.
Scarlets' Lee is out of the match in Rome after injuring his Achilles tendon in the 23-16 win over Ireland, Jenkins has a hamstring injury.
Wales can win the championship following last weekend's 23-16 win over Ireland, but have an inferior points difference to the Irish and England with all three teams having won three matches.
Italy v Wales kicks off at 12:30 GMT, and is followed by Scotland v Ireland with England hosting France in the final game on Saturday evening.
Gatland added that the fact they play first means Wales have to put down a mark for Ireland and England to chase.
"The challenge to us is to go to Italy and win, and try and win by a significant margin, but we know that's an extremely tough ask and the first job will be to simply get the result," he said.
"Italy build their confidence around the scrum and line-out drive and that's an area we are going to have to compete strongly in at the start of the match."
The 93-times capped Phillips drops out of the match day 23 and is replaced by Gareth Davies, who has made one appearance for Wales - against South Africa in Durban in June 2014.
Phillips was a second-half replacement for Rhys Webb against Ireland, but was penalised for a crooked feed at a crucial scrum late in the match.
Leigh Halfpenny (Toulon); George North (Northampton Saints), Jonathan Davies (ASM Clermont Auvergne), Jamie Roberts (Racing Metro), Liam Williams (Scarlets); Dan Biggar (Ospreys), Rhys Webb (Ospreys); Rob Evans (Scarlets), Scott Baldwin (Ospreys), Aaron Jarvis (Ospreys), Luke Charteris (Racing Metro), Alun Wyn Jones (Ospreys), Dan Lydiate (Ospreys), Sam Warburton (Cardiff Blues, capt), Taulupe Faletau (Newport Gwent Dragons).
Replacements: Ken Owens (Scarlets), Rhys Gill (Saracens), Scott Andrews (Cardiff Blues), Jake Ball (Scarlets), Justin Tipuric (Ospreys), Gareth Davies (Scarlets), Rhys Priestland (Scarlets), Scott Williams (Scarlets).
The TV presenter and actor, who has 92,000 followers on the picture-sharing website but nine million on Twitter, said: "Newspapers, as ever, suck all the joy out of everything.
"Closing down. It was, briefly, fun. Bye."
He posted a blank, black picture to the page which also included the line "Hounded off. Goodbye".
It's not the first time Fry has closed down one of his social media accounts.
Last November, he said he had to stop using his Twitter account because it wasn't safe.
In 2009, he threatened to leave the site because there was "too much aggression and unkindness around".
Fry recently used his Twitter account to reveal he'd married his partner Elliott Spencer.
He posted a picture for his millions of followers showing him and the 27-year-old signing a marriage register.
With the picture Fry tweeted: "Gosh. @ElliottGSpencer and I go into a room as two people, sign a book and leave as one. Amazing."
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The London-based firm will link aircraft to the internet via cellphone towers on the ground that have been modified to point skywards.
A new spacecraft will augment the system, ensuring passengers experience an unbroken onboard wi-fi service.
Inmarsat says its hybrid network will also support a range of other services.
These are likely to include high-resilience communications that can be used by government agencies in security situations or in disaster response.
For the in-flight application, British Airways is in advanced discussions to be a launch customer.
It will be hoping that the ability to drive connections through a ground tower-infrastructure, rather than just through a traditional satellite network, can increase dramatically the capacity of those connections while at the same time substantially reducing the cost of the wi-fi tariffs offered to passengers.
Inmarsat, whose role in the search for the lost Malaysian jet MH370 has brought it international prominence, is Britain's biggest space company.
It is currently in the process of rolling out its £1bn ($1.6bn) next-generation mobile satellite communications network called Global Xpress.
This is a series of big spacecraft that are being placed around the planet to provide connectivity to customers in remote locations.
These will include ships at sea, oil and gas installations, deployed armed-forces, aid agencies in disaster areas, and TV news crews reporting from trouble zones.
It will also include aeroplanes, but the project announced on Thursday will be a very different proposition - geographically, because it is restricted to Europe; and technically, because of its use of cell towers.
This so-called "air-to-ground" architecture mirrors the approach taken by GoGo in the US, which has been providing in-flight broadband internet to commercial jet liners since 2008. AT&T is now developing a rival system in North America.
Inmarsat is expecting first-mover advantage as it seeks to bring a hybrid, satellite/air-to-ground system to Europe.
It is able to do this because it has access to the necessary tranche of radio frequencies.
These are in the S-band. The European Commission granted Inmarsat a licence to operate in this part of the spectrum in 2009, and it has been looking for the right business opportunity ever since.
"The ability to deploy terrestrial technology to serve aeroplanes gives you dramatic capacity and cost-per-bit advantages [over traditional satellite only services]," explained Rupert Pearce, the CEO of Inmarsat.
"We can deliver over 40 gigabits per second across an air-to-ground network in Europe. That translates to incredible capacity, so the whole plane can get out their device and start furiously using the internet. We've seen American consumers taking to the GoGo experience in droves - they love being connected on aircraft, and they get a really rich experience at a decent cost," he told BBC News.
The new satellite that forms part of the integrated network will be called Europasat. Its construction cost will be shared by another, but non-competing operator, Hellas-Sat, who will use the platform to deliver TV to homes. The manufacturer will be Thales Alenia Space and it should be ready for launch in 2016.
Inmarsat says that planes using the S-band satellite/ground-to-air network will be switched to Global Xpress seamlessly when they leave European airspace.
Of all Inmarsat's revenue streams, aero services are currently growing fastest - in double digits. Market-watchers expect that trend to continue.
Inmarsat's total outlay for the new network, it told investors, is likely to be near £450m.
Its confidence will be seen as further proof of the health of the UK space sector.
Government ministers have identified satellites as one of the "eight great technologies" that can help rebalance and grow the economy.
They have committed to put in place the absolute best conditions to enable large, medium and small-sized space companies to flourish.
Government and industry have challenged themselves to build a sector that is exporting products and services that are valued at £25bn per year by 2030.
Science and space minister David Willetts said: "I am delighted that UK-based Inmarsat is leading the creation of a network to provide airline passengers with in-flight wi-fi.
"Today's announcement is an important investment in new infrastructure that will promote productivity and growth in the UK and across Europe. I welcome the fact that this service has been enabled by the EU's approach to harmonising the necessary spectrum across EU member states.
"This approach enables companies to build business cases that can deliver Pan-European benefits".
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Police Scotland said the accident was reported on the A835 about three miles south of Ullapool at Loch Broom at about lunchtime on Saturday.
Emergency services were at the scene and the road was expected to be closed for some time.
Diversions were being set up via the Ledmore junction and drivers were warned they faced significant delays.
No other vehicles were thought to have been involved.
Cash machines were raided in Saltdean and Shoreham and a third was targeted in Hurstpierpoint.
Crimestoppers and Post Office Ltd have offered the reward for information leading to a conviction.
Roger Critchell, director of operations for Crimestoppers, said a large sum of money was stolen.
The exact amount has not been revealed, but "cassettes" containing cash were taken from each machine, he said.
Crimestoppers said all the raids involved explosions and were "gas attacks".
On 3 March at Shoreham gas canisters were carried to the cash machine and following an explosion, a suspect smashed through with a sledgehammer, Crimestoppers said.
The Saltdean branch was targeted on 28 February, and the Hurstpierpoint raid took place on 23 March.
The Dundee musician and children from a local orphanage are seen playing Stand by Me on ukuleles in a video posted on Lanna Rehab's Facebook page.
The 29-year-old checked himself into the centre near Chiang Mai after being removed from a plane in June after allegedly causing it to be diverted.
Lanna Rehab said it was "proud" of Mr Falconer's community work.
It posted: "Check out how far the kids have progressed, the kids even do lead solos each now.
"I'm not sure who got more out of this project, Kyle or the kids."
The centre said it had set up the Lanna Foundation to contribute funds to the Im Jai School, following the success of Mr Falconer's work with the orphans.
The View released their fifth album Ropewalk last year.
Network Rail chief executive Mark Carne said he was "very confident" the latest deadline would be met, though he could not give a "cast-iron guarantee".
He told a Scottish Parliament committee that no more taxpayers' money would be needed for the project.
The first electric services are now due to start running in October.
A deadline set in January 2014 had aimed to achieve this milestone in 2016, and this was later pushed back until July 2017.
The Edinburgh Glasgow Improvement Programme (EGIP) was costed at £742m in January 2014 - up £90m on the previous estimate.
On Tuesday in parliament, Conservative MSP Jamie Greene had criticised Transport Minister Humza Yousaf for "passing the buck" to Network Rail when it came to explaining delays and rising costs.
Mr Greene had pointed to media reports last year that suggested the project had risen in cost by £32m due to faulty electrical equipment.
Mr Yousaf had said responsibility for delivery of the project lay with Network Rail and there was a "funding ceiling" which he did not expect to be breached.
Giving evidence to the Rural Economy and Connectivity Committee, Mr Carne refused to be drawn on the total cost of the project.
He said the costs were subject to commercial dispute, but said he was confident Network Rail would will live within the overall funding limit.
The Holyrood committee heard the latest delay related to the replacement of 300 components that attach the electrical wires to the structure and which had begun to fail, posing a potential safety risk.
Mr Carne said: "I'm not happy with the way the EGIP project has run, the electrification part of it, and we've been drilling into it in some depth to turn it around and to improve it.
"I'm encouraged by the progress that the team here are making in Scotland to turn that around."
He said the cuts would be "equivalent to 50p in every £100" of public spending by 2020, which was "not a huge amount in the scheme of things".
He told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show that the world was "more uncertain" than at any time since the financial crisis.
He said the UK needed to live within its means to withstand economic shocks.
Labour shadow chancellor John McDonnell called for more long-term investment to enable the UK economy to "withstand the global headwinds".
Mr Osborne warned of cuts to come in his upcoming Budget on 16 March in a BBC interview last month.
Speaking on the Marr Show, Mr Osborne said the world was now "a more difficult and dangerous place" and warned about the state of the global economy.
While Britain was better placed to cope with economic shocks compared with 2008, it was "not immune to what's going on", he said.
"My message in this Budget is that the world is a more uncertain place than at any time since the financial crisis and we need to act now so we don't pay later," he said.
"That is why I need to find additional savings equivalent to 50p in every £100 the government spends by the end of the decade, because we've got to live within our means to stay secure.
"That's the way we make Britain fit for the future."
The chancellor - whose Budget on Wednesday will be his eighth - said he thought the savings were achievable, but he would not be drawn on where the axe would fall.
He said the government's plan had enabled it to invest in "the public's priorities", such as the NHS, science and education, infrastructure and defence, "while at the same time not spending more than the country can afford".
Mr Osborne added that he wanted to boost productivity, improve Britain's schools and infrastructure and make taxes "more competitive".
The chancellor declined to be drawn on whether fuel duty would be increased - something Tory backbenchers are urging him against.
But he added: "On fuel duty, we had a manifesto commitment there and we have pencilled in fuel duty plans going forward but what I would say is, every time we can have our economy more competitive, we do."
Mr Osborne also rejected claims that the most vulnerable people would be hit in the Budget through cuts to disability benefits known as Personal Independence Payments (PIP).
He said the government was "increasing spending on disabled people", but added that it was right to make sure the system was being "properly managed".
Also on Marr, Labour's shadow chancellor John McDonnell called for more long-term investment in the UK economy, specifically in skills, infrastructure and new technology.
He said the chancellor had reduced investment to 1.4% of GDP which was "unacceptable", saying the OECD has said the figure should be at least 3%.
"What I want to do is to make sure we invest in the long term and then we can withstand the global headwinds," he added.
He said prosperity needed to be "shared by all", saying the government's economic policies had created an "unequal" society.
The chancellor has promised to get the books into surplus by 2020.
In his November Autumn Statement, he watered down planned £4.4bn cuts to tax credits and eased back on planned spending cuts to the Home Office and other departments. He was able to do this owing to a combination of better tax receipts and lower interest payments on debt.
BBC political correspondent Eleanor Garnier said: "Only four months ago, when he made the Autumn Statement, Mr Osborne had sounded upbeat about the country's finances.
"But now, with the size of the British economy much smaller than had been expected, it seems the chancellor has not left himself much wriggle room."
In his Marr interview, Mr Osborne also warned against the UK leaving the EU, saying it "would create an economic shock" that would "cost jobs" and "damage living standards".
Leave campaigners say the UK could strike favourable trade deals with the EU after exit, arguing that Britain's future if better off outside.
Meanwhile, Mr McDonnell said he and the Labour shadow cabinet would be "on the stump" campaigning for a remain vote amid criticism Labour has been quiet in the campaign.
It's usually just a handshake but for Wimbledon he makes an exception - and I think he might even have got a bit emotional.
My mum was teasing him about it while we were on our way to the Champions' Ball, because a few people messaged us with Gifs zooming in on Ivan during the final - his eyes definitely looked a bit red and teary!
I asked him: "Did you have a cry?" He said: "No, of course not. I've just got hay fever."
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There was no dancing for me and [ladies' singles champion] Serena Williams at the ball - I think the tradition had finished until Novak Djokovic wanted to do it last year.
It's a nice thing to do but it never really happened this year, and I was just lucky to leave the stage in one piece.
When Serena and I were coming off the stage together a few people were shouting "dance, dance" - and I got distracted and literally fell down the stairs. I had dress shoes on with slippy soles and things almost got a bit ugly.
Fortunately, I got away with it and think a few of my team definitely woke up feeling worse than me.
I had a few drinks, which I would normally only do to calm down if I'm on a bumpy flight, but some of the others pushed it a bit harder.
I got to bed at about 4am and was up at 8am, and I'm happy to report there was no sore head - although maybe a bit of dizziness!
It was a great night though, everyone enjoyed themselves, and those moments after winning something as big as Wimbledon are really special.
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There was no thought of skipping my regular ice bath after the final - I needed it.
I remembered that the last time I won in 2013, I didn't do recovery after the final - and I then sat in a car and went to the ball.
I felt awful that night. Just standing up was trouble, so I thought I'd better do something this time around. I am 29 now, after all.
The nicest thing for me after the match was the time spent in the locker room with some great champions.
Stefan Edberg was there, Boris Becker, Pat Cash, Richard Krajicek, and obviously Ivan - he wasn't a bad player.
We weren't talking about tennis but just chatting about other stuff, like kids and life in general. That was really nice to be a part of.
It just feels surreal chatting to them about other things and having them come to see me play. When I remember watching them as I was growing up - and even now - I still sometimes look at videos of them playing. It's weird.
To see my name go up on the winners' board for a second time is amazing but it's hard to process where I fit in among all those great names right now.
I think maybe that's something for when I finish playing and look back.
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There might have been a bit more pressure going into the final because it was an opportunity, without Novak on the other side of the net, but I think my experience helped in the tight moments.
I would love to now go on and get to number one in the rankings but it will be incredibly difficult as Novak's consistency has been unbelievable.
I'll need to keep up my level of the last couple of months right through until the end of the year to close the gap.
That means more hard work, and there's no doubt that physically it is very demanding, but there are way worse jobs in the world.
I really enjoy training, it's not something I hate. I like practising, I like going to the gym, I like trying to get better physically.
The hardest part for me is when the cameras are on. That's when there's pressure and it's stressful. But I love the rest of the life. I love the travelling, going to new cities, new countries.
The matches are the hard part and everything that goes on around that, and that's why I've got to make sure I enjoy special moments like this.
Andy Murray was talking to BBC Sport's Piers Newbery.
The 34-year-old, who cannot be named, is charged under the Child Abduction Act 1984 with taking two children out of the UK from Heathrow Airport on 10 October.
Appearing at Leeds Crown Court via videolink, the woman was remanded in custody. No formal pleas were entered.
At the short hearing, a further court appearance was set for 17 November.
Judge Sally Cahill QC said: "These are extremely serious offences and you are facing a custodial sentence".
While the country is renowned for these and other delights, it is also notorious for its precarious political life and has had several dozen governments since the end of World War II.
The Italian political landscape underwent a seismic shift in the early 1990s when the "mani pulite" ("clean hands") operation exposed corruption at the highest levels of politics and big business. Several former prime ministers were implicated and thousands of businessmen and politicians were investigated.
There were high hopes at the time that the "mani pulite" scandal would give rise to a radical reform of Italian political culture, but these hopes were dashed when the old structures were replaced by a new political landscape dominated by the multi-millionaire businessman Silvio Berlusconi, who himself became increasingly mired in scandals and corruption affairs.
Population 61 million
Area 301,338 sq km (116,346 sq miles)
Major language Italian
Major religion Christianity
Life expectancy 79 years (men), 85 years (women)
Currency euro
President: Sergio Mattarella
Sergio Mattarella, a constitutional court judge and veteran centre-left politician, was elected president by parliament in 2015 to succeed Giorgio Napolitano, who stepped down due to old age.
He was little known among the general public but is a respected figure in political circles after a 25-year parliamentary career and several stints as minister in governments of the left and right.
Prime Minister: Paolo Gentiloni
Paolo Gentiloni took over after his centre-left Democratic Party colleague Prime Minister Matteo Renzi resigned in response to the humiliating rejection of his far-reaching constitutional reforms at a referendum in November 2016.
The new prime minister's immediate priorities were to shore up Italy's ailing banking sector, create jobs and push through electoral reform before the next election, in which the Democratic Party is expected to face a stiff challenge from the populist Five State Movement.
A former journalist and political activist, Gentiloni, 62, is a close ally of Mr Renzi, who plucked him from relative obscurity to appoint him foreign minister in 2014, and the new prime minister faced opposition criticism for reappointing nearly the same cabinet.
Matteo Renzi had come to power in 2014 as an anti-establishment "demolition man" advocating a programme of rapid economic and political reform, including radical plans to remove law-making powers from the upper house of parliament, the Senate.
But frustration at the lack of progress on the economic front hit his popularity and allowed the Five Star Movement to take on the anti-establishment mantle, contributing to the defeat of the constitutional reform package he had staked his future as premier on.
Italy's heady blend of politics and media has often made headlines at home and abroad, with concern regularly being expressed over the concentration of media ownership in the hands of one man - former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi.
Mr Berlusconi's Mediaset empire operates Italy's top private TV stations, and the public broadcaster, Rai, has traditionally been subject to political influence, so that when Mr Berlusconi was prime minister, he was able to exert tight control over both public and private broadcasting.
Between them, Rai and Mediaset dominate Italy's TV market and are a potentially powerful political tool, especially as 80% of the population is said to rely on television for its daily news - the highest percentage in the EU.
1861 - Italy becomes a nation-state under King Victor Emmanuel II.
1915 - Italy enters First World War on the side of the Allies.
1922 - Fascist leader Benito Mussolini forms government, moves country towards fascist dictatorship.
1929 - Lateran Treaty creates state of Vatican City.
1935 - Italy invades Ethiopia.
1936 - Mussolini forms axis with Nazi Germany.
1940-45: Italy fights in Second World War on German side. Invaded by the Allies in 1943, signs armistice. Mussolini captured and executed by Italian partisans as the war ends.
1948 - New constitution. Christian Democrats win elections.
1951 - Italy joins European Coal and Steel Community, the forerunner of the European Community.
1955 - Italy joins United Nations.
The young man is facing several charges, including uttering threats of a dangerous weapon and mischief to religious buildings.
Religious sites in Ottawa have been targeted by a recent spate of hate graffiti crimes.
Three Jewish centres, a mosque and a church were daubed with swastikas and other racist graffiti.
As well as the mosque and synagogues, the church targeted has a majority black congregation.
Police could not immediately confirm on Monday if the teenager was linked to one, some, or all of the incidents reported across the city.
The teenager was arrested on Saturday, the same day a solidarity event took place at an Ottawa synagogue.
The multi-faith solidarity event at the Machzikei Hadas Synagogue, one of the sites defaced, was attended by some 600 people, including Ontario's premier and city officials.
Ottawa police chief Charles Bordeleau announced the arrest at the event and said several investigators are assigned to look into the incidents. That investigation is ongoing.
Ahead of the gathering, local councillor Jeff Leiper said in a statement that "whether a crime by a single person or not, we are all disturbed by these incidents.
"They are not representative of the hearts of Ottawa residents, our values, our tolerance, our generosity."
Meanwhile, MP Anita Vandenbeld wrote in a Facebook post: "I will never be silent in the face of hatred and intolerance, nor will our government.
"Diversity is our greatest strength, it enriches our lives, it strengthens our society, and it unites us as a country. It is our most cherished value."
Since Donald Trump was elected US president on 8 November, a number of hate crimes have been reported across the US.
But incidents have also been reported at the same time in Canada, including a racist rant caught on camera, white supremacist posters and anti-Semitic graffiti.
Statistics show attacks against Canadian Muslims more than doubled between 2012-14.
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Police seized a "substantial" quantity of drugs in a series of raids across Dundee, Angus and Perthshire.
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A drug dealer who took cocaine worth £185,000 with him on a day out with his young daughter has been jailed for eight years.
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Over 400 people have attended a rally to mark the creation of the Tryweryn reservoir, formed by flooding a village in Gwynedd 50 years ago.
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Scotland's largest hospital has recorded its worst ever accident and emergency waiting times, figures have shown.
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Single-sex schools must find a way to accommodate pupils who come out as transgender, a teachers' union conference has heard.
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Labour is "unelectable and undesirable" under Jeremy Corbyn, ex-leadership contender David Miliband has warned.
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The 41-year-old came forward after a South Wales Police appeal over five "suspicious incidents" in Pontprennnau and Pentwyn, Cardiff, since 26 January.
He said he offered the mother and son a lift in bad weather near Pontprennau Primary School on 8 February.
Officers said they were satisfied his intentions were "genuine".
Insp Paul Arkontopoulos said: "As a result of the publicity, a local man has contacted us and confirmed he offered the lady and her child a lift due to the bad weather conditions."
The force said it was continuing to investigate other reported incidents in the area and patrolling near schools to reassure the public.
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Its Global Economic Prospects report is forecasting 2.7% growth compared with the 2.3% seen last year.
That slight strengthening will be driven mainly by improvements in emerging markets and developing economies, the Bank says.
But there is heightened uncertainty after the US Presidential election, according to the report.
The World Bank's new forecasts suggest we can expect the unconvincing global economic revival following the financial crisis to continue.
Last year's growth figure was described as a "post-crisis low", with "anaemic" levels of investment and a further weakening of global trade.
For emerging market and developing economies, the rise in interest rates in the US and the strengthening dollar also led to a "notable tightening of financing conditions" - which means credit that is either more expensive or harder to get.
But the Bank still expects growth to accelerate in these countries, partly due to higher commodity prices, such as oil and metals, which many of them export.
The Bank's economists also expect the slowdown in two large emerging economies, Brazil and Russia, to come to an end.
For the developed economies the Bank forecasts continued weak growth of around 1.8%. That would be slightly better than 2016, but still slow compared to the period before the crisis.
Uncertainty about future policies has increased following the British referendum on the European Union and, potentially especially significant for the global economy, Donald Trump's victory in the US Presidential election.
The report includes an analysis of why the US matters so much to the rest of the world in terms of extensive trade and financial links.
It notes that there is a great deal of uncertainty about just what policies Mr Trump's administration will pursue in office.
And it says there is the potential for stronger US growth if Mr Trump implements proposals to cuts personal and business taxes and stimulates infrastructure investment.
The report also looks at the possible impact of more barriers to international trade. This is not just about Mr Trump, though he has said he would increase some tariffs on imports and has suggested some existing trade agreements could be scrapped.
The Bank says that globally, new trade restrictions reached a post-financial crisis high last year, and warns that emerging and developing economies would be most affected by more barriers.
This could hit the economies of some of the worlds poorest country's hardest, the report warns, saying growth has been the main driver of poverty reduction for the last two decades.
It says that if there was a return to the growth rates seen before the 2008 crisis, then extreme poverty could reduce to just 4% by 2030.
However weak growth like seen in 2015 would only bring down such poverty to 9%.
Next week, the International Monetary Fund will issue its economic outlook for 2017.
But it's important not to compare its headline figures for global economic growth with the World Bank's.
There are two different methods of adding together individual country growth rates to a get a global number and these institutions choose to headline different ones, thought they do report both.
The choices, from the culture, Welsh language and communications committee, include saving local heritage, history teaching and music education funding.
The committee sought ideas over the summer and is now asking for people to vote for the suggestions they prefer.
Chairwoman Bethan Jenkins said AMs wanted to know what people thought was most pressing.
Ms Jenkins said the assembly was created to move decision making closer to the people affected, and this was the "next step on that road".
"We have already had suggestions for a broad range of subjects," she said.
"Two of those - the media in Wales, and the Welsh Government's strategy for the Welsh language - will be taken on as early work for the committee.
"But we would like people to look over the list and tell us which ideas they think are important.
"We won't be forgetting about the other ideas and we'll look to include them at some point in the future."
An inquiry into history teaching would focus on Welsh culture and heritage.
The other options available include:
Details of how to vote will be released on the committee's website and Twitter account at lunchtime on Monday.
The poll will remain open until 14 November.
Windsor Park is hosting a match between Linfield and Cliftonville and delays are expected around Lisburn Road and Boucher Road from 14:00 to 17:00 GMT.
Belfast's Christmas lights are to be switched on, leading to delays in the city centre from 16:30 to 19:30 GMT.
M3 traffic could be heavy from 15:30 GMT onwards as the SSE Arena hosts the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
A police spokesman said motorists should leave extra time for their journeys.
Peter McDermott 41, admitted killing Bernard McDermott at a flat in Lynedoch Street, Greenock, on 23 April.
The Crown alleges he murdered his father by repeatedly stabbing him on the head, neck and body.
At the High Court in Glasgow, judge Lord Turnbull set a further hearing to take place next year.
The accused also faces a charge of attempting to defeat the ends of justice, which includes claims that he hid a bloodstained knife and washed blood from his hands.
Mr McDermott is further accused of having a knife in a public place and a separate charge of behaving in a threatening and abusive manner.
"If people think I am paying that bill on 1 December, they have another think coming," the prime minister said in Brussels. "It is not going to happen."
But Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said the demand should "not have come as a surprise" to the UK.
He said it was made under a system agreed by all the member states and based on data provided by them.
EU finance ministers have agreed to the UK's request for emergency talks about the top-up payment, which would add about a fifth to the UK's net EU contribution of £8.6bn for this year.
Mr Cameron said he was "downright angry" and said the British public would find the "vast" sum "totally unacceptable".
"It is an unacceptable way for this organisation to work - to suddenly present a bill like this for such a vast sum of money with so little time to pay it," he said.
"It is an unacceptable way to treat a country which is one of the biggest contributors to the EU."
He added: "We are not going suddenly to get out our cheque book and write a cheque for 2bn euros. It is not going to happen."
Speaking later on a visit to Rochester and Strood, in Kent, where there will be a by-election next month, Mr Cameron made it clear the UK will not pay the full amount being demanded by the EU.
"If it is 2bn euros, no we're not, that is just not acceptable," he said.
He has not ruled out making an additional contribution at some stage.
But Mr Barroso, who steps down as Commission president next month, said the bill should not "have come as a surprise". He said the UK's contribution had fallen in 2008 under the same mechanism.
"Of course I understand the concerns it has raised in London, but any person that wants to look at them with objectivity and honesty to the rules that were approved by the member states has to accept that sometimes these decisions happen," he told reporters in Brussels.
Pushed as to what would happen if the UK did not pay, he said: "I cannot speculate on non-payment.
"We cannot have a negotiation about the GDP of different countries... this should be left to independent statistics authorities."
He added that Eurostat, the EU statistics authority, which had come up with the calculation, was itself an independent body.
Analysis by BBC Political Correspondent Ross Hawkins
He sounded like a prime minister unleashed; by turns scornful and furious, lectern thumping, downright angry.
It seemed he was doing exactly what UKIP leader Nigel Farage demanded - refusing the European Commission any money at all.
But David Cameron was well in control.
He said he would not pay on 1 December, but did not rule out paying later.
He accepted the principle of a fluctuating EU budget that meant bills went up as well as down.
After that performance he cannot, and surely will not, pay what the Commission demands.
But by how far can he negotiate down the bill? Half of £1.7bn, a quarter, a third? All represent big money.
Were he to refuse to pay whatever the Commission finally demands, could he still persuade EU leaders in vital, future negotiations?
For a party leader battling Mr Farage, the pictures on the TV news tonight will be perfect.
If his diplomats can't do a decent deal, they will come back to haunt him.
Mr Cameron said he wanted to examine how the EU had come up with the bill and his position was backed by several other European leaders whose countries are also being tapped for more money, claiming his Italian counterpart Matteo Renzi had described the demands as a "lethal weapon".
He said he first heard about the EU's demands on Thursday but acknowledged that the Treasury knew about them last week.
"You didn't need to have a Cluedo set to know someone has been clubbed with the lead piping in the library," he said.
There has been anger across the political spectrum in the UK at the EU's demand for additional money, which comes just weeks before the vital Rochester and Strood by-election, where UKIP is trying to take the seat from the Conservatives.
The surcharge follows an annual review of the economic performance of EU member states since 1995, which showed Britain has done better than previously thought. Elements of the black economy - such as drugs and prostitution - have been included in the calculations for the first time.
The UK and the Netherlands are among those being asked to pay more, while France and Germany are both set to receive rebates. The UK is being asked to pay the most.
Several Conservative MPs have said the UK should refuse to pay the sum, describing it as "illegal".
EU diplomats told Reuters that finance ministers would meet to discuss the issue, while Downing Street is pressing for "a full political-level discussion" well before 1 December.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said the "disparities" between what was being asked of the 28 members needed to be investigated further.
"David Cameron didn't say he wasn't going to pay it at all," she said.
"He was just concerned about the very short period he has to pay it in. So I'm confident a solution can be found to this in the foreseeable future."
Labour said Mr Cameron had failed to explain how long it had known about the EU proposals, suggesting he had delayed making it public over fears about how it would go down with voters.
Shadow chancellor Ed Balls said it was wrong that an "unfair" bill had been "sprung upon" the UK but suggested that the Treasury should have acted sooner.
UKIP likened the EU to a "thirsty vampire" and said the demand strengthened its case for British withdrawal.
UKIP leader Nigel Farage said the UK already paid £55m a day to be a member of the EU and suggested it would have no option but to pay the supplement.
"To be asked for a whole load more and be given a few days in which to pay it, is pretty outrageous and I think people will be very, very angry," he said.
The additional payment was requested after Eurostat reviewed the economic performances of member states since 1995, and readjusted the contributions made by each state over the past four years based on their pace of growth.
The BBC's head of statistics Anthony Reuben said prostitution, drugs and tobacco-smuggling were not included in national income before 2002 when they should have been, under accounting rules.
In contrast, prostitution was included in Germany's own national accounts and given that EU budget contributions are based on national income, this partly explains why the UK has been underpaying and Germany overpaying, he added.
Ms Sanchez, who has criticised the Cuban government in her prize-winning blog Generation Y, announced the development on her Twitter account.
However, she said she was disappointed that her fellow activist, Angel Moya, was still denied a passport.
The move comes after Cuba eased travel restrictions for its citizens.
Ms Sanchez, 37, rose to prominence when she wrote about life in Cuba, emailing her blog entries to friends abroad to publish online.
Her writing led to her arrest last October as she prepared to cover the trial of politician Angel Carromero.
"Incredible! They called my house to tell me that my passport was ready. They just gave it to me," Sanchez tweeted.
"Now the only thing left is to be able to board that plane."
She added: "I am both happy and sad; on the one hand, I have my documents to be able to travel, but many of my friends like Angel Moya, are not going to be allowed."
Ms Sanchez has said she was denied the right to travel 20 times under Cuba's old travel law and doubted she would get a passport under the new ones.
Cuba recently ended the need for exit permits, meaning a passport is the only document needed to travel abroad.
Queues outside Havana's immigration offices have grown longer than ever as Cubans rushed to apply for their first passport.
Havana imposed the restrictions soon after the 1959 revolution to halt a mass exodus of the island's most talented people to the US.
The move was widely criticised outside the island, and much complained about within.
Correspondents say that by making it easier to travel, the authorities are gambling that more Cubans will work and study abroad then bring their money and expertise back to the island.
Some restrictions, however, do remain in place.
The new travel law refers to "preserving the qualified workforce" which officials say includes athletes and "vital" professionals as well as Communist Party leaders.
Joe Ralls volleyed Cardiff in front from a corner and the hosts missed a flurry of first-half chances.
Villa rallied as Ross McCormack was denied a goal against his old club when his free-kick was tipped on to the bar by Bluebirds goalkeeper Brian Murphy.
Cardiff held on to climb up to 19th - still three points clear of the bottom three - while Villa drop to 13th.
Whereas Cardiff started this game looking over their shoulders at the relegation zone, Villa were aiming to close the six-point gap between themselves and the play-off places.
Steve Bruce's side were woefully off the pace in a first half in which they were fortunate not to concede more than once.
Villa were behind after 16 minutes, as a goalmouth scramble from Joe Bennett's corner saw the ball pop up invitingly for Ralls, who guided his volley through the melee of bodies and into the net.
The visitors struggled to recover from that setback, overrun and outfought by their combative opponents.
Striker Kenneth Zohore had two glorious chances to double Cardiff's lead but volleyed his first against the post and, moments later, dithered when clean through on goal and saw his shot blocked by Jordan Amavi.
Bypassed in the first half, Villa's anonymous midfield pairing of Ashley Westwood and Gary Gardner were replaced by Aaron Tshibola and forward Gabriel Agbonlahor at half-time as Bruce tried to salvage the situation.
The changes gave the visitors some much-needed urgency, and they were inches away from an equaliser when McCormack's dipping free-kick was well tipped on to the bar by Murphy.
Agbonlahor also forced Murphy into a good save as Cardiff started to retreat, defending deeper but resolutely as they resisted Villa's late onslaught.
Cardiff manager Neil Warnock: "That's the best we've played by a mile since I've been at the club.
"I thought we dominated for large periods and all round it was a good performance.
"It was a great atmosphere and the game had everything really. It was like a cup tie and I thought that 30 minutes into the first half we were going to regret the missed chances.
"But in the Championship you need people to stand up when the chips are down and we did that in the second half."
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Aston Villa manager Steve Bruce: "It was a slow start - it was that slow that we stopped.
"That's two or three times we've done that now and the first half was nowhere near the performance required. The only thing I can put it down to is mentality.
"We're arguably the biggest club in this division and that makes us a scalp but if we don't find the right mentality, we won't achieve what we want."
Match ends, Cardiff City 1, Aston Villa 0.
Second Half ends, Cardiff City 1, Aston Villa 0.
Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Bruno Ecuele Manga.
Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Aron Gunnarsson.
Rushian Hepburn-Murphy (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Lee Peltier (Cardiff City).
Offside, Aston Villa. Jordan Amavi tries a through ball, but Gabriel Agbonlahor is caught offside.
Alan Hutton (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Alan Hutton (Aston Villa).
Kadeem Harris (Cardiff City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt missed. Aaron Tshibola (Aston Villa) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right following a corner.
Attempt blocked. Albert Adomah (Aston Villa) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jack Grealish.
Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Bruno Ecuele Manga.
Substitution, Cardiff City. Matthew Connolly replaces Joe Bennett.
Substitution, Aston Villa. Rushian Hepburn-Murphy replaces Ross McCormack.
Attempt missed. Kenneth Zohore (Cardiff City) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Joe Ralls.
Leandro Bacuna (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Leandro Bacuna (Aston Villa).
Kadeem Harris (Cardiff City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Gabriel Agbonlahor (Aston Villa).
Sean Morrison (Cardiff City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Lee Peltier (Cardiff City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Jack Grealish (Aston Villa) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Lee Peltier (Cardiff City).
Attempt missed. Albert Adomah (Aston Villa) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left following a corner.
Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Brian Murphy.
Attempt saved. Gabriel Agbonlahor (Aston Villa) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ross McCormack.
Albert Adomah (Aston Villa) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Joe Bennett (Cardiff City).
Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Joe Bennett.
Attempt saved. Gabriel Agbonlahor (Aston Villa) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Jordan Amavi.
Foul by Aaron Tshibola (Aston Villa).
Kenneth Zohore (Cardiff City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt saved. Joe Ralls (Cardiff City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Kenneth Zohore.
Attempt blocked. Albert Adomah (Aston Villa) header from the centre of the box is blocked.
Ross McCormack (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Bruno Ecuele Manga (Cardiff City).
Albert Adomah (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Joe Bennett (Cardiff City).
Sol Bamba (Cardiff City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Police said he sold at least 193kg (30 stone) of methylone last year after discovering a gap in the market when he went to Australia as a visiting professor, Xinhua news agency reported.
Seven others were arrested in connection with the raid in Wuhan.
It follows the arrest of a Xian professor for making illegal drugs.
Xinhua reported in May that that professor, with the surname Lu, had been arrested and dubbed China's real-life Walter White after the Breaking Bad character.
It is not clear whether the cases are linked.
The professor arrested in Wuhan, whose surname is Zhang, started a company in 2005 which ostensibly produced medical coating and solvent, Xinhua reported.
Police said he "found while acting as a visiting academic in Australia that some psychoactive drugs were in heavy demand, but hard to find there. He decided to make those drugs when he got back to China for profit".
He recruited people to produce "hundreds of kilograms" of drugs and sold them overseas through mail order, police said.
In November last year, customs officers found at least nine parcels bound for abroad which contained the stimulant methylone, commonly used as a substitute for MDMA, or ecstasy.
On 17 June customs and police raided Mr Zhang's lab in the Jiangxia district of Wuhan. About 20kg (3 stone) of drugs were seized.
The 18 and 21-year-old men, from Cwmbran, were taken in on suspicion of arson, and have since been bailed by Gwent Police.
The blaze broke out at Coed Eva Primary School, in Cwmbran, at about 02:25 GMT on New Year's Day.
In the days following the fire, four teenage boys were arrested and bailed pending further inquiries.
Torfaen council said it would build temporary classrooms within two weeks but rain could delay their installation.
A spokesman said the insurance company would only cover the cost of the existing building, which would be minimal compared to the cost of a new building.
Following a meeting with staff, insurers, governors and the council, head teacher Gill Ellis said everyone had been "overwhelmed" by the response from the community.
Teachers are now considering plans to accommodate all pupils on site using temporary classrooms and extra space in the junior school building.
Meanwhile, demolition workers have assessed the site and fencing will be erected around the fire-damaged building.
Dermot McChrystal, Torfaen council's chief education officer, said a replacement school could take two years, but the priority was to ensure the school's pupils could return to education soon.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is at the Mont Pelerin resort for the talks. He hopes to broker a deal before he steps down at the end of the year.
A previous UN peace plan for Cyprus was rejected by Greek Cypriots in 2004.
Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades will discuss tough security and territorial issues with Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci over five days.
Reports say this round of talks - one of many over the past 42 years of frozen conflict - will focus on possible land transfers, to address the claims of Cypriots who fled their homes in 1974.
As he opened the talks on Monday, Ban Ki-moon said the two leaders had reached a critical moment, adding that "the prospect of a solution in Cyprus is within their reach".
Cyprus has been split since Turkish troops invaded in 1974, following an Athens-inspired coup by Greek Cypriots seeking union with Greece.
Since then the island has been cut in two, with the northern third controlled by Turkish Cypriots and the southern two-thirds by Greek Cypriots.
UN troops patrol the Green Line - a buffer zone cutting across the island, where damaged buildings are a reminder of the 1974 inter-communal fighting.
Cyprus aims to heal its great divide
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Cyprus joined the EU in 2004, but EU law does not extend to the Turkish-controlled north. The self-styled Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus is recognised only by Turkey.
Cyprus adopted the euro as its currency in 2008, yet the north uses the Turkish lira.
EU diplomats are involved in the reunification talks. A deal would be a great relief for the EU after so many years of Cyprus stalemate, and at a time of inter-ethnic conflict in the nearby Middle East.
A deal would remove a major obstacle in Turkey's bid to join the EU, though many other serious obstacles remain.
Mike Grimshaw, 34, died on Thursday following a disturbance in Sale, Greater Manchester.
His mother Janet said: "I cannot put into words how much my heart is broken and the sorrow I feel for his daughter, sister, niece, nephew and partner."
A 16-year-old boy arrested on suspicion of murdering Mr Grimshaw was released pending further inquiries.
It is understood Mr Grimshaw was wounded after intervening in the altercation outside his house on Royton Avenue.
He had been due to get married in a few weeks, according to neighbours.
"My son, Mike, was the most caring, patient and gentle person. A rock not only to his family, but to his many friends. He adored his daughter Erin and cherished the time spent with her," his mother added.
His sister Emma Grimshaw said: "Our hearts are heavy with the loss of my amazing brother and fantastic uncle to my heartbroken children.
"Mike has been my rock since the loss of my dad and I cannot imagine how life is going to be without him, he filled our lives with love and laughter and I am so proud to be able to say that he was my brother."
Playgrounds like these are used to help you learn more about how to eat healthily.
This school has created a vegetable garden that pupils look after to grow their own food.
It's becoming more common all over the UK so that got us thinking, what do you grow at school?
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At our school each year group has their own allotment. We are in Year 5. So far this year, we have grown potatoes, onions, strawberries and many more things. We used the potatoes to make food for our restaurant, which we invited our parents to. They loved it! And we love growing them.
5AP, age Your age: 10, Ipswich, Chantry
We have six fluffy, cute and adorable chickens. We keep the chickens in a cage and in a small garden. Every year group takes it in turns to look after them. Every day we feed and water the chickens carefully. The chickens are a good thing because they help us to learn, and they produce eggs. We have cooked with the eggs they lay. We made some cakes recently. We have also sold them so parents and teachers can make pancakes. We like the chickens because they help us work together.
HB 6, Milton Keynes
I grew a pea plant at school and then brought it home to look after it. At school we are also growing sunflowers and we are growing some tomatoes in the back garden. My class made a play at school and it was called 'There's a Sunflower in my Supper' all about food and growing things to eat.
Kai, 6, Sheffield
Our year two teacher loves to teach us about growing plants and has been running gardening club for many years. Our favourite plants to grow are strawberries and blackberries.
Charlotte and Emily, Hertfordshire
The airport said it was confident it could keep landing fees - passed on to passengers in ticket prices - near existing rates despite expansion costs.
The industry should reduce costs and keep charges "close to current levels", the Department for Transport said.
Heathrow said it could now meet that challenge.
"Effectively we'll be able to expand the airport and passengers will continue paying what they pay today," a Heathrow spokesman said.
"It was key for the government that this gets done affordably, but also it's been a key issue for our airline partners as well."
Airport landing fees are the charges that airlines have to pay to use airports in the UK. Heathrow currently charges around £22 per passenger.
Heathrow's plans to build a new 3,500m runway about two miles north of the existing runways at an estimated cost of £17.6bn, to be operational by 2026.
Although specific plans will not be released until late 2017, the airport is proposing to delay some of the more expensive works.
An airport spokesman said: "It's not necessarily that these things won't be built.
"It's just that we can do some clever things to add additional capacity to our existing terminals up front.
"We can get more passengers in to help spread the cost."
Willie Walsh, the boss of British Airways' parent company IAG, warned expansion must be cheaper than the £17.6 billion budget estimated by the Airports Commission.
He feared landing fees could be raised and insisted airlines "are not going to pay for inefficient expansion".
Tim Alderslade, chief executive of Airlines UK, the industry body representing UK-registered carriers, said: "Heathrow is already the most expensive airport in the world and post-Brexit, the UK will need to compete even more with other hubs."
The airport said it has worked with carriers in a bid to develop an affordable strategy for building the third runway.
The boy and a 13-year-old girl were passengers in a black Ford Focus that collided with a blue Mini on Old Loans Road, Dundonald, at 08:20 on Wednesday.
The 35-year-old man who was driving the Ford sustained minor injuries. The girl is in a stable condition in hospital.
The 49-year-old woman who was driving the Mini is also in a stable condition.
Police said the boy suffered a serious head injury in the crash.
Both he and the girl were taken to hospital for treatment.
The woman who was driving the Mini is being treated in Crosshouse Hospital in Kilmarnock.
Old Loans Road was closed for about eight hours to allow police to investigate the crash.
They have appealed for any witnesses to the crash, or anyone who was on Old Loans Road at the time of the incident, to get in touch.
Child sexual exploitation has not been treated as the priority that events in Rotherham and elsewhere suggested it should have been, Ofsted said.
Councils had been too slow to face up to their responsibilities and plans were "under-developed", Ofsted said.
The Local Government Association said the report was "uncomfortable reading".
The report - called The sexual exploitation of children: it couldn't happen here, could it? - was commissioned by Ofsted's chief inspector, Sir Michael Wilshaw.
It comes against a backdrop of allegations, convictions and resignations over organised child abuse and exploitation over sustained periods in locations including Rotherham, Rochdale, Oxford and Telford.
A separate report published by MPs on Tuesday into the Rotherham cases concluded the local authority had "failed" victims targeted in the town.
The MPs also said Rotherham was not an isolated case, child sexual exploitation was "widespread" and "serious", and questioned the performance of Ofsted itself.
"Some professionals have simply failed to properly apply child protection processes to young people at risk of being sexually exploited," Ofsted said.
The report also found:
It was "inherently dangerous for any child protection agency to assume that they need not worry about this type of child abuse because the stereotypical offender or victim profile does not match their own local demographics".
The report stressed that sexual exploitation can have a devastating impact on the life chances of young children.
Difficulties faced by victims include isolation from family and friends, dropping out of education and teenage parenthood.
It can also lead to mental health problems, suicide attempts, alcohol and drug addiction.
The report noted that 40% of child sexual exploitation victims are caught committing offences and often end up being punished by the criminal justice system for crimes committed in relation to child exploitation instead of being helped.
Listening to them
Getting to know them well
Keeping accurate information
Responding fast to problems
Effective management
Well trained professionals
Good planning of their care
Good information sharing
Ofsted inspectors found, despite statutory guidance being issued more than five years ago, some councils had only begun to address the problem strategically in the past year.
And in too many instances local safeguarding children's boards had shown poor leadership, it added.
There had been poor information sharing between local authorities, police, health services and others, leading to an overall lack of understanding, inspectors said, adding this must change.
Based on inspection evidence and case examinations from eight local authorities and 36 children's homes, it urged local authorities to develop and publish child sexual exploitation action plans as a matter of priority.
The report also includes the views of more than 150 young people and over 200 professionals including councillors, local safeguarding children's board members and local authority and partner agency staff.
Debbie Jones, Ofsted's national director for social care, said it "cannot be acceptable" that local authorities and partners are "still failing to grasp and deal with" abuse effectively.
"It is not enough to simply wait for the next scandal to happen. We are calling on all local authorities and their partners to ensure that they have a comprehensive multi-agency strategy and action plan in place to tackle child sexual exploitation," she said.
Ms Jones said Ofsted was no exception when it came to learning lessons from recent cases.
"Child sexual exploitation is something inspectors now focus on much more closely under the arrangements for inspecting local authority child protection and looked-after children's services that came into effect a year ago," she said.
David Simmonds, chairman of the LGA's children and young people board, said protecting children from harm was "one of the most important things that councils do".
"While some local authorities are making positive strides to protect young people, it's clear that others have been too slow to step up to the plate and must do more to stop any cases where children could be at risk."
Former Children's Minister Tim Loughton said Ofsted had been "part of the problem" and had to "prove itself" when it came to monitoring the work of local councils.
He said: "The problem was Ofsted were inspecting the wrong things, it was too much about process in local authorities and protecting children, and it was not about the qualitative outcomes of are children actually safer."
He said the inspection process had been changed to become much more child focused.
Chief executive of children's charity 4Children Anne Longfield said child sexual exploitation shattered lives.
"But perhaps the most shocking fact is that the scale and extent of it across the UK remains unknown. It is clear that the agencies which are supposed to keep children safe are still too often failing to protect them."
Jessica Thummel's unpublished novel The Margins tells the story of Sam Gavin, who moves from Kansas to San Francisco in the summer of 1989.
The Kansas-born novelist, who now lives in Denver, has been awarded £5,000, a publishing deal, and a week's protected writing time in Dundee.
The novel will be published next year.
Ms Thummel said she was "thrilled and honoured" to have won the prize.
She said: "The Margins and its characters have spent the better part of a decade in my mind, so the possibility of them existing in others' is both surreal and exhilarating."
The prize was judged by broadcaster Shereen Nanjiani, poet Ian McMillan, critic Hannah McGill and publisher Adrian Searle.
Literary Dundee programme manager Peggy Hughes said: "Jessica Thummel is a worthy winner of the 2016 Dundee International Book Prize.
"This has been a stellar year for the prize, with tough competition from a very fine shortlist."
Will Dawson, convener of Dundee City Council's city development committee, said: "Each year the quantity and quality of entrants goes from strength to strength.
"I never envy the judges the difficult task they have of choosing just one winner from such a strong field, but every time they manage to select a deserving book to take the title."
Shadow Jumping by Margaret Ries and London Clay by Amy Spencer were also shortlisted.
The announcement was made at the start of the Dundee Literary Festival.
"Know your place," he said, adding that he did not accept the comments.
The observers said Mr Erdogan had been favoured by an "unequal" campaign. In the referendum, voters gave sweeping new powers to the president.
The narrow vote was ruled valid by Turkey's electoral body, despite claims of irregularities by the opposition.
Mr Erdogan's push for an executive presidency succeeded with 51.4% voting for it.
Meanwhile, the country's top security body backed the extension of the state of emergency for three months.
The measure, introduced after a failed coup last July, was set to expire in two days. Turkey's cabinet is to meet later on Monday to decide on the issue.
Despite saying that the voting day was "well administered", the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and the Council of Europe criticised the campaign, saying:
"In general, the referendum did not live up to Council of Europe standards," said Cezar Florin Preda, head of the Council of Europe delegation.
The council is a pan-European human rights body of which Turkey is a member.
The monitors also criticised a late change by electoral officials that allowed voting papers without official stamps to be counted. They said this move "removed an important safeguard and were contested by the opposition.
But the head of Turkey's electoral body, Sadi Guven, said the unstamped ballot papers had been produced by the High Electoral Board and were valid. He said a similar procedure had been used in past elections.
Turkey divisions exacerbated
The referendum in numbers
Addressing supporters in the presidential palace in Ankara, Mr Erdogan said that Turkey did not "see, hear or acknowledge the politically motivated reports" of the monitors.
The result, he said, ended the debate on changing the constitution and creating an executive presidency, adding that the process of implementing the reforms would now begin.
He also said the country could hold a referendum on its long-stalled EU membership bid.
Additionally, Mr Erdogan said he would approve the death penalty if it was supported in a referendum or a bill was submitted to him through parliament. This would end Turkey's EU negotiations.
Earlier, Turkey's foreign ministry said the remarks by the monitors lacked impartiality. "Saying the referendum fell below international standards is unacceptable," it said in a statement.
The main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) has demanded a recount of 60% of the votes. Its deputy head said the result should be annulled altogether.
The pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) also challenged the vote.
Profile: Erdogan's rise to power
Turkey referendum: Key reactions
This was a damning verdict by the observer mission.
From biased media coverage to a misuse of administrative resources by the president and government; and from restrictions on free speech to a decision to accept unstamped ballots, which "contradicted the law"; the election observers concluded that the referendum did not fulfil international standards. So what now?
It's sure to embolden the opposition in its attempts to challenge the results. But that is an uphill struggle in a country where the state machinery is so heavily controlled by the president and his inner circle and where around 80% of the media is pro-government, pushing its interpretation of the facts.
What's more certain is that it'll shape the response to the referendum by European leaders and officials. They won't rush to congratulate a victory whose legitimacy has been placed in serious doubt. And as government supporters double down, convinced of their win, the chasm between Turkey and the west shows no sign of narrowing.
Erdogan's Turkey: The full story
Turnout for the divisive vote was high - 85%. Mr Erdogan won in his central Anatolian heartland and on the Black Sea coast.
But he lost in the districts containing Turkey's three largest cities.
In Istanbul, the largest city, and the capital, Ankara, the vote was very close. But in Izmir, the third-largest city, the margin was a much higher 68.8% No.
Along the Aegean and Southeast Anatolia coast - which is home to many Kurds - most districts also rejected the changes.
St John Ambulance worker Bryony Charles was hit by a stock car at Foxhall Stadium, Ipswich last week and is still in hospital.
Friends contacted Kylie ahead of Friday's show at Newmarket Racecourse.
Debbie Charles, Bryony's mother, said: "It's just shown that people do care and messages of support will help."
Bryony was one of three people injured when the car lost control and hit two St John Ambulance volunteers and a forklift truck driver.
She had been due to volunteer at Kylie's outdoor concert in Cambridgeshire and was "devastated" to miss it, her mother said.
The pop star sent a signed photograph and a personalised video message on disc to the 23-year-old's hospital bed.
"The video message said something like 'I will do extra high kicks for you'," said her mother
"For me it was extremely emotional and I think I cried more than she did."
Andy Oxborrow, Bryony's partner and a fellow ambulance volunteer, said she had been "surprisingly cheerful" since the accident.
"I knew my girlfriend was strong but she really has amazed me. She is so strong," he said.
Mrs Charles said Bryony's ankle had been pinned in an operation and she will need further surgery on her right leg.
Forklift driver Bob Ellis, who needed 24 stitches in his legs after the accident, is "on the mend and in good spirits", his wife said.
The other St John Ambulance worker involved was treated at the scene for minor injuries.
One device crashed after it was tracked flying over HMP Pentonville on 14 August, while another drone was seized mid-flight later the same day.
On 13 August, a man was spotted by officers acting suspiciously near the prison. He fled but dropped two bags of class B drugs and phones.
No arrests have been made.
Det Ch Insp Steve Heatley said the drones "carried a substantial amount of class B drugs, legal highs and a large quantity of mobile phones".
"We are able to intercept them thanks to the vigilance of officers and the public," he said.
The devices were recovered as part of Operation Airborne, which involved officers investigating attempts to smuggle contraband into the all-male prison over the weekend of 12-14 August.
Two other drones got away during the operation, police said.
Earlier this year it was revealed that drones were increasingly being used to smuggle items into prisons in England and Wales.
Figures showed there were 33 incidents involving devices in 2015, compared to two in 2014 and none in 2013.
Drugs, phones, mobile chargers and USB cards were among the items discovered.
The use of drones is a particular problem at older jails like HMP Pentonville, according to officers.
"They've worked out they can drop drones into the prison yard... because the fences aren't as high and they're built near houses", Det Supt Stuart Ryan said.
In April, a drone carrying contraband was captured on CCTV being flown into Wandsworth Prison, a jail built in the 1850s.
Andy Darken of the Prison Officers' Association said the prison service "doesn't really have the resources, means or indeed the know how yet of how to deal with the problem".
In February the Met said it was "looking at the work of the Dutch police use of eagles" as a method to intercept devices.
The Ministry of Justice said it was "doing more" to tackle the issue.
Mr Jones is flying to Mumbai on Tuesday for talks with the firm's bosses over the future of thousands of Welsh jobs.
Plaid Cymru's Adam Price expressed concern that Mr Jones' made the remarks "at such a delicate time".
Welsh ministers have since clarified the statement, and said the buy-out team offered a "credible option".
Tata Steel has put its UK operations up for sale and is due to decide this week which of the seven prospective bidders will go to the next stage.
Two bidders - Liberty House and the management buyout group Excalibur Steel - are willing to work together.
Speaking at First Minister's Questions on Tuesday, Mr Jones said: "I think the management buy-out option contains a lot of technical expertise but has not yet raised the money.
"With Liberty Steel, they are a substantial business, but have not normally been involved in the heavy end of production.
"I think that is a useful tie-up and I look forward with interest to see how that progresses.
"I hope tomorrow that Tata will look very carefully at the bids and will certainly consider strongly the option of the management buy-out, possibly of course linked with Liberty Steel."
Mr Jones is expected to fly overnight to India for a meeting on Wednesday.
UK Business Secretary Sajid Javid was meeting Tata bosses in Mumbai on Tuesday, with the £485m deficit in Tata Steel's pension fund high on the agenda.
Potential buyers are reportedly reluctant to take responsibility for it.
Plaid Cymru's Adam Price said: "It is welcome that the First Minister has identified Excalibur Steel as its preferred bidder, but I am concerned that he has made these remarks at such a delicate time. Two days before the crucial meeting of the Tata board takes place in Mumbai, the First Minister should not jeopardise the reputation of investors.
"It is important to recognise that at this stage in a bidding process for a complex deal, most bidders will not have all monies pledged in place. It would be helpful for the First Minister to reassure us that Excalibur's situation is probably not unique."
Clarifying Mr Jones's remarks, a Welsh Government spokesman said: "The first minister is supportive of any bid that secures steelmaking in Wales and is travelling to Mumbai to fight for the future of Welsh steel.
"We have provided financial support to the MBO team and believe it offers a credible option. Details of any of the bids are strictly confidential and ultimately a matter between Tata and the bidder."
Excalibur said it was unable to respond to Mr Jones's comments because of the conditions that have been imposed on it in the bidding process.
Commenting on Twitter later, Mr Price added: "Also not convinced there is strong likelihood of Liberty/Excalibur tie-up. @fmwales needs to be better briefed if he is battling for Wales."
Carneiro is suing Chelsea for constructive dismissal and breach of contract, and there is a separate but connected legal claim against Mourinho for alleged discrimination.
Ahead of a first hearing on 6 January, Chelsea filed their defence before the midnight deadline on Thursday.
Mourinho was sacked by the Premier League champions on Thursday.
A date for the full tribunal will be set in the new year, and Mourinho and the Chelsea hierarchy will be compelled to give evidence in person.
Carniero's claim includes a request for reinstatement, raising the possibility of a return to Stamford Bridge for her. However, the club will not be forced to take her back.
She left the club in September after being demoted following criticism from Mourinho of both her and physio Jon Fearn for going on to the pitch to treat Eden Hazard during the 2-2 draw with Swansea on the opening day of the season.
Chelsea were already down to 10 men after goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois was sent off, and with Hazard having to leave the field after being treated despite appearing not to be badly injured, the team were temporarily reduced to nine men.
Mourinho was widely criticised for his comments but was cleared of using discriminatory language by the Football Association.
Carneiro revealed she had not been spoken to personally during the investigation, nor asked to provide any statement, but the FA said she was given an opportunity to do so.
Detective David March and officers Joseph Walsh and Thomas Gaffney face charges of conspiracy, obstruction of justice and official misconduct.
Laquan McDonald was shot 16 times by a white officer in 2014, sparking widespread protests across the city.
Prosecutors accuse the three men of lying in the shooting's aftermath.
"The indictment makes clear that these defendants did more than merely obey an unofficial 'code of silence,' rather it alleges that they lied about what occurred to prevent independent criminal investigators from learning the truth," Special Prosecutor Patricia Brown said in a statement on Tuesday.
Officer Jason Van Dyke was charged with first-degree murder in 2015 after dashcam footage appeared to show him fatally shooting Mr McDonald as he moved away from officers, contradicting police accounts. He has pleaded not guilty.
According to the indictment, the three officers allegedly falsified reports and tried to conceal the events surrounding Mr McDonald's death "to shield their fellow officer from criminal investigation".
"The defendants allegedly lied about what occurred and mischaracterised the video recordings so that independent criminal investigators would not learn the truth about the killing and the public would not see the video recordings," Ms Holmes' office said.
Ms Holmes was appointed last July to investigate whether several officers at the scene attempted to cover up the circumstances surrounding the teenager's death.
Mr March, the lead detective, left the department after a damning report by the city's Inspector General Joseph Ferguson he made false statements about the shooting.
The Chicago Police Department has also moved to fire Mr Walsh, who was Mr Van Dyke's partner at the time of the incident.
Police released the dashcam footage in November 2015 after Mayor Rahm Emanuel's administration fought to withhold the video for a year before a judge ordered its release.
The long-delayed footage prompted public backlash and mass protests, culminating with the dismissal of the police chief and a Justice Department investigation into the Chicago Police Department's use of force and practices.
The midfielder drove a low shot against a post from the edge of the box on 57 minutes after a poor clearance by goalkeeper Joe Lumley had put Rovers in trouble.
Both keepers distinguished themselves in the second half, Lumley stretching to keep out a Caolan Lavery shot and United's Simon Moore diving to divert a Cristian Montano effort around a post.
Rovers thought they had won it when Rory Gaffney headed home on 84 minutes but the striker was ruled offside.
The best chance of an even first half fell to United's Jay O'Shea on nine minutes. Unmarked moving onto a Lavery cross, his first time shot was just wide of the left hand post.
Billy Bodin offered the biggest first-half threat for Rovers and twice went close with efforts from outside the box.
Ollie Clarke fired just over for the hosts but the only save of note came from Lumley, when he dived to parry a 44th-minute header from Lavery.
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Match ends, Bristol Rovers 0, Sheffield United 0.
Second Half ends, Bristol Rovers 0, Sheffield United 0.
Foul by Ryan Sweeney (Bristol Rovers).
Daniel Lafferty (Sheffield United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Ollie Clarke (Bristol Rovers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Paul Coutts (Sheffield United).
Attempt missed. Billy Bodin (Bristol Rovers) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high following a corner.
Corner, Bristol Rovers. Conceded by Simon Moore.
Attempt saved. Cristian Montaño (Bristol Rovers) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Simon Moore (Sheffield United) because of an injury.
Attempt missed. Caolan Lavery (Sheffield United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.
Attempt blocked. John Fleck (Sheffield United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Corner, Sheffield United. Conceded by Tom Lockyer.
Caolan Lavery (Sheffield United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Ryan Sweeney (Bristol Rovers).
Corner, Sheffield United. Conceded by Tom Lockyer.
Foul by Joe Riley (Sheffield United).
Cristian Montaño (Bristol Rovers) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Substitution, Sheffield United. Ethan Ebanks-Landell replaces Jay O'Shea.
Attempt saved. Ollie Clarke (Bristol Rovers) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Attempt saved. Paul Coutts (Sheffield United) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Jake M Wright (Sheffield United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Jake M Wright (Sheffield United).
Byron Moore (Bristol Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Sheffield United. Billy Sharp replaces Matt Done.
John Fleck (Sheffield United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Ollie Clarke (Bristol Rovers).
Foul by Caolan Lavery (Sheffield United).
Tom Lockyer (Bristol Rovers) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Substitution, Bristol Rovers. Byron Moore replaces Ellis Harrison.
Substitution, Bristol Rovers. Cristian Montaño replaces Stuart Sinclair.
John Fleck (Sheffield United) hits the right post with a left footed shot from very close range.
Corner, Sheffield United. Conceded by Tom Lockyer.
Chris Basham (Sheffield United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Rory Gaffney (Bristol Rovers).
Corner, Sheffield United. Conceded by Joe Lumley.
Corner, Sheffield United. Conceded by Joe Lumley.
Attempt saved. Caolan Lavery (Sheffield United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Jay O'Shea (Sheffield United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Messi and his father Jorge are both accused of defrauding the authorities of more than €4m (£3.1m; $5m).
The court ruled that Messi should not be granted impunity for not knowing what was happening with his finances.
The pair, who deny the charges, are alleged to have withheld the money between 2007 and 2009.
The income related to Messi's image rights, including contracts with Banco Sabadell, Danone, Adidas, Pepsi-Cola, Procter and Gamble, and the Kuwait Food Company.
The footballer and his father are suspected of avoiding paying Spanish tax by using companies in Belize and Uruguay to sell the rights to use Messi's image.
The high court in Barcelona said on Wednesday that a decision over whether or not the accused was aware of the fraud scheme should be left for the court hearing.
Messi's defence argued that the player had "never devoted a minute of his life to reading, studying or analysing" the contracts, El Pais newspaper reports.
It follows a similar ruling from a Spanish judge in October last year, when an appeal by the prosecutor to quash the charges against the star striker was thrown out. They had recommended charges be dropped on the grounds that Messi's father was responsible for his finances.
Messi and his father made a voluntary €5m "corrective payment", equal to the alleged unpaid tax plus interest, in August 2013.
Messi joined Barcelona as a 13-year-old in 2000, and made his first-team debut three years later.
He soon became one of the most influential players at the Catalan team, winning Europe's most prestigious club competition - the Champions League - four times.
The four-time World Player of the Year is now considered by many experts to be one of football's best ever players.
The scientists have joined an international team of solar scientists to study the event.
Dubbed the Great American Eclipse 2017, the eclipse will last about two minutes and 40 seconds.
And Swansea-born singer Bonnie Tyler is to perform her 1983 hit Total Eclipse of the Heart while it is taking place.
Tyler, who will perform on a cruise ship positioned in the path of the eclipse, told Time magazine it was "so exciting".
Meanwhile, Dr Joe Hutton and Steve Fearn from Aberystwyth's department of physics will be recording the event in the rural town of Mackay, Idaho.
They will deploy a new spectrometer designed to capture the light during totality - when the moon completely blocks the sun's light.
Dr Hutton said: "Totality only lasts two minutes in one given spot, but the shadow of the moon will make landfall in the USA for a total of about an hour and thirty minutes, as it slowly sweeps across.
"By having these five observations points along this path of totality, we can build up a time series of the solar atmosphere using the eclipse observations, something which hasn't been done before on this scale.
"So it is very exciting."
The horror of what's been happening across other parts of the EU is now a depressingly familiar sight on our TV screens, but the UK, not part of the rest of the union's rules on immigration or asylum, has not been at the sharp end.
But given the intensity of the crisis, it is hard to see how it won't have an impact on the UK's hopes and desires for the renegotiation of our relationship with the EU.
It was never going to be simple, and the ways it might play out are hard to predict. Already though there are signs of impact.
First and most straightforwardly, there is no question those pushing for EU exit will put immigration and the chaos of this summer's events at the centre of their campaign to leave.
Nigel Farage made no bones about that on Tuesday, warning of movement of people of "biblical proportions".
Second, David Cameron might find himself presented with rather blunt demands to give something in return for his referendum wish-list.
As Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann said: "There is always someone in every country who needs something.
"When I think of David Cameron, he has a catalogue of demands which he wants to discuss with us by December which he then wants to use for his referendum.
"Well good, we are always ready to talk, we have our hands open, that is OK.
"We are a country that is open to the world, we don't want to shut ourselves away, we want to work together and co-operate, but we can also make demands.
"And we demand that the burden is equally shared."
Government sources say there will be no budging on refugees, but the Austrian leader is the first to tie the deal and the refugee crisis so directly together.
As David Cameron prepares to get back to negotiations with his EU counterparts, the Austrian might not be the last.
But, when the government started to pursue its case, it was a lonely voice in the EU wanting to talk about how people move across the continent.
Not any more. Of course the record levels of legal immigration here are entirely different to those fleeing war or extreme poverty in Africa or the Middle East to the EU.
But the fates of both are affected by the principle of freedom of movement, something the UK is no longer alone in wanting to discuss.
One Whitehall official told me in fact "the migration crisis strengthens the UK's negotiating hand on the general principle of reinterpreting freedom of movement".
Although the UK has not been at the sharp end of this summer's crisis, it is clear it will shape the progress of David Cameron's plans and of the referendum debate.
All inmates at Barwon Prison in Victoria are required to work unless they are too ill or too old to do so.
Striking prisoners say the A$9 ($6.90; £5:15) a day that they have been promised in a new deal is not enough to cover living costs inside.
The state's opposition wants them to be forced to return to work, saying the public is outraged the prisoners feel they are entitled to strike.
The roughly A$9 daily rate the prisoners have been offered, depending on their jobs and hours, is an increase on their current pay of between A$6.50 and A$8.95, but it has still been criticised as inadequate by prisoners and their supporters.
"The wages paid are a lot less than in other states in Australia and it doesn't meet their increasing costs," said Brett Collins, a spokesman for prisoner advocate group Justice Action, who described the strike as "a last act of desperation".
Barwon, 75km (46 miles) outside Melbourne, is home to nearly 450 inmates, including some of the state's most notorious murderers and gang bosses.
Corrections Victoria, which runs the jail, said anyone who refused to do the work on offer, which includes gardening and maintenance, would be confined to their cells.
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She doesn't conform to the norm, working in an industry obsessed with body perfection, saying "that doesn't fit with me".
The mum of two used to weigh 22 stone and was a size 26 at her biggest. Now she's a size 16.
Kate shed the weight because she felt uncomfortable in her own skin. "My back fat rubbed together, my tummy fat rubbed together. It felt horrible," she says.
I've never been skinny. I don't do what I do to be a size 10. I want to be strong, capable and feel good in my own skin.
She makes no apologies for being a size 16, and why would she? "I'm not doing this to be skinny," she adds,
"Body perfection doesn't fit with me and it's not something I aspire to. I am plus-size and I'm cool with that."
Her can-do attitude as an Australian living in Southampton is a far cry from her previous life working in a stressful job in PR.
A panic attack while driving on the motorway was the moment she knew she needed to make some serious changes.
A job that meant few hours at home - and delivering bad news on a daily basis - no longer worked for her and her family.
A friend suggested she became a personal trainer. She laughed at the idea but somehow the idea stuck, and soon it was no longer a joke.
"I turned to fitness as a form of stress relief. It's the best thing I've ever done," she recalls.
What's her secret to losing weight? Kate "found her why" - her kids. She wants to see them grow up, plus she hated feeling horrible in her own body.
She became morbidly obese after giving birth to her two children and suffers with phenylketonuria, a condition that means her body struggles to break down protein.
Now at size 16, she's out running, cycling and lifting weights, while leading classes and inspiring others to get fit.
As we know, putting your trainers on and getting out can be hardest part of exercise, and Kate is no different.
"Sometimes I hate it but I know I'll feel better once I've done it. I push myself to do things I don't think I can do."
That's why she's signed up for the Great South Run, as a challenge to herself.
But exercising, training or just going out and moving can be made even harder, when some, thankfully a minority, harass her.
"I've been body-shamed. I've been called 'fatty' while running down the road. You just have to get on with it. It's not easy and people can be nasty but that is their problem, not mine.
She adds: "Sometimes it does make me want to turn around and walk away because it makes you feel small. I'm not going to let them ruin my day. You just have to go out there and do 'you' - just like they should be."
It's an early-morning session in a park near where she lives - it's still chilly in the spring sunshine.
Two mums, Caroline and Kerry, are put through their paces. They soon warm up and the layers of clothing are peeled off as they start at a gentle warm-up and get their hearts pumping.
The pair know each other from picking up their kids in the playground after school. Now they are throwing their bodies to the floor and picking themselves up - burpees - a form of exercise most people loathe and something of an analogy for Kate's journey from fat to fit.
It continues - slam balls. A 5kg soft ball raised above their heads and slammed to the floor. Good for stress after the daily chaos of the school run, they joke, and then lunges for strong glutes.
The birds are tweeting and dog-walkers glance curiously as they pass by. "This is our gym," the mums say.
Kerry Booker, one of the mums who wants to be fitter to race after her twins, says:
"I much prefer being outside and having a laugh and joke. You haven't got to worry about the big muscly men making you feel intimidated. You're not in your best shape and you certainly don't have to look a certain way."
Trainer Kate documents her fitness journey on Instagram, from leg-burning wall sits on an evening boot camp session to lifting weights.
"I'm helping people to be a version of themselves that they want to be but sometimes feel is unobtainable. To me it's really important and fulfilling."
You don't have to run, jump or cycle to lose weight. Kate's journey started when even walking to the end of the drive was a struggle, but she started walking more and then moved on to a 'Couch to 5k'.
"I've never been skinny," she says. "I've never really been sporty. I don't do what I do to be a size 10. I want to be strong, capable and feel good in my own skin. That's what it's about for me. I couldn't care less about the number on my clothes or what anybody else thinks."
For anyone wanting to make a change to their lives, Kate says: "take small steps and small changes - go out there and be the best version of you".
Steven Ngolo was serving a sentence for cannabis dealing at Thameside Prison when Olamide Fasina, 25, was stabbed in October 2014, the Old Bailey heard.
Ngolo exploited a "flaw" in the jail's system to communicate with gang members on a phone meant for family calls.
He was jailed for three years for conspiracy to cause actual bodily harm. Two other men were also jailed.
Louis Henry, 22, of Greenwich, who was cleared of murder but convicted of manslaughter, was jailed for 12 years.
Alvin Ansah-Baaphy, 23, of Old Dover Road, south-east London, was jailed for three years for conspiracy to cause actual bodily harm.
Mr Fasina, who was also known as Trigger, was stabbed in his chest, stomach and arm during the attack in a street in Thamesmead on 14 October. The attack was in retribution for a robbery on a low level drugs runner.
The prosecution said the Serco-run category B prison was "really quite hopeless" as staff did not check whether one of Ngolo's co-defendants was his cousin or brother as he had falsely claimed, the court heard.
The jury heard phone conversations recorded by the prison in which Ngolo encouraged an attack on Mr Fasina.
They found the encryption system used in many car immobilisers can be cracked, potentially letting a thief steal the car.
Vehicles made by 26 separate car firms including Volkswagen, Porsche and Honda use the "weak" security system.
The researchers first released their findings two years ago but legal action prevented publication.
Security researchers Roel Verdult, Flavio Garcia, and Baris Ege from Radboud University in Holland investigated the encryption system used by the Megamos immobiliser.
This stops a car engine being started if the correct radio chip in a key fob is not close by.
These systems can be fooled with boosters that amplify the signal on the corresponding chip but the researchers took a different approach that tackled the data passing between car keys and the Megamos system.
Eavesdropping on the exchange of data between the car key and crypto system a couple of times gave the trio useful hints about which secret key was being used to scramble the data.
This helped them find which cryptographic key was being used in about 30 minutes. Some car makers were using very weak secret keys that could be found in just a few minutes using a laptop.
In a paper describing their work, the three researchers said it was "trivial" to accomplish the attack on the immobiliser system. The research was completed three years ago but legal action by Volkswagen and French defence group Thales initially prevented publication. The restrictions on publication have now been lifted after the paper was edited.
The BBC has contacted Megamos for a comment but the company has not yet responded.
Fixing the flaws in the cryptographic system overseeing the data exchange will be hard as it involves replacing radio chips in car key fobs and the corresponding hardware in affected vehicles.
The team said it had been talking to car makers about its findings, and measures had been taken to prevent some of the attacks working.
The paper comes after several other security researchers revealed ways to take over in-car computer systems. Some researchers have attacked the Tesla Model S while others found a way to send a text message that can disable cars using a specific onboard modem.
In one of the most dramatic hacks, hackers from security firm IOActive stopped a Chrysler Jeep from many miles away via its infotainment system.
The work, on a wall of the Oxford pub in Totterdown is one of street artist Andy Council's trademark creations, that mix dinosaurs with architecture.
It was painted on the pub in November as part of an arts trail.
Mr Council said the dinosaur would "be making an appearance again" and he may paint the whole pub rather than just one wall.
"When I heard it had been painted over I thought it was funny because it was an accident and you do come to expect it," he said.
Landlord of the Oxford, Jon Evans, said regulars set up a crowd-funding campaign dubbed 'Get Me Another Dinosaur' to pay Mr Council to redo the mural.
Mr Council has also painted murals at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and has a model in the Bristol M Shed museum.
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Pupils from south Wales were at a speech by Eva Clarke, 71, in Cardiff on Sunday ahead of a visit to Auschwitz-Birkenau in Poland on Wednesday.
It was organised by the Holocaust Educational Trust (HET). Mrs Clarke came to live in Cardiff with her mother and step-father in 1948.
"I think education is the most vital tool we have," she said.
About 150 16 to 18 year olds from Cardiff, Newport, Swansea, Vale of Glamorgan, Pembrokeshire, Rhondda Cynon Taff and Neath Port Talbot listened to Mrs Clarke's talk.
Her mother, Anka Bergman, was from Czechoslovakia and met her husband, Bernd Nathan, a German-Jewish architect who had fled Germany in 1933, in Prague.
When the Nazis invaded, Mrs Clarke's parents were sent to Theresienstadt where they spent more than three years.
Although men and women were segregated, the couple met secretly and her mother became pregnant.
They had a boy, but he died from pneumonia when he was two months old.
She fell pregnant again but in late 1944, Mr Nathan was sent to Auschwitz and his wife volunteered to follow him.
But she never saw her husband again and later heard he had been shot dead on a death march in January 1945.
While pregnant at Auschwitz, she was sent to work in a factory.
As the war ended, Mrs Clarke's mother was put on a train journey lasting 17 days with no food and little water and went into labour shortly after arriving the Mauthausen concentration camp.
At the time of giving birth to her daughter on 29 April 1945, she weighed about 5st (31kg). Her baby only weighed about 3lbs (1.3kg).
After returning to Prague, Mrs Clarke's mother met Karel Bergman, who served as a translator in the RAF during the war but returned to his home country.
The three moved to Cardiff which is where Mrs Clarke lived until she was 18. She now lives in Cambridge.
She said: "I do these talks for the commemoration, to remember all those people who were killed and to tell one family's story.
"It's all to try to make it come alive - that they realise it did happen and what happened. It's heart-warming, their reactions, and it's quite moving."
Student Caleb Evans said listening to Mrs Clarke's account was "incredible".
"It's such a huge piece of history. It's something that can't be read in a history book and fully comprehended," he added.
Another student, Charlotte Brookes, said: "It was a really amazing thing to be able to hear first-hand."
But George Entwistle told the Commons culture committee he did not believe management pressure had led to a report on the former presenter being shelved.
Culture Secretary Maria Miller said "very real concerns" about public trust in the BBC have been raised.
Nine claims of sexual harassment involving BBC staff are being probed.
But Mr Entwistle said there was not enough evidence to say whether sexual abuse or harassment at the corporation was "endemic".
Mrs Miller has written to the chairman of the BBC Trust, Lord Patten, to stress that the corporation's investigations into itself should be conducted "thoroughly".
In his response, Lord Patten said Mrs Miller knows "how seriously the trust takes the allegations", and added the inquiries would be "comprehensive and independent".
"Some of these cases have been passed to the police where appropriate, and we are reviewing others within our normal HR processes and procedures," it said in a statement.
In a two-hour appearance before the committee, Mr Entwistle said a "broader cultural problem" at the BBC in the past had allowed the abuse by Savile, who regularly appeared on British TV in the 1960s, 70s and 80s.
A number of key issues were raised during the director general's grilling.
Mr Entwistle told MPs: "There is no question that what Jimmy Savile did and the way the BBC behaved in the years - the culture and practices of the BBC seems to allow Jimmy Savile to do what he did - will raise questions of trust for us and reputation for us.
"This is a gravely serious matter and one cannot look back at it with anything other than horror, frankly, that... his activities went on as long as they did undetected."
Police have launched a criminal investigation into Savile, who died last year aged 84.
They have described him as a predatory sex offender and believe he may have abused many people - including young girls - over a 40-year period.
On Monday, the BBC's Panorama programme reported on the abuse allegations against Savile as well as the decision by Newsnight last December to drop its investigations into the claims.
"I came away from Panorama firmly of the view that that investigation, even if in the judgement of the editor it wasn't ready for transmission at the point he was looking at it, should have been allowed to continue," Mr Entwistle said.
Asked whether there had been pressure from management on Newsnight to drop its Savile investigation, he said there was no evidence of this and denied any BBC cover-up of the allegations.
He said Peter Rippon had become convinced that examining whether police had failed properly to investigate Savile was crucial to airing the Newsnight report.
BBC home editor Mark Easton said Mr Entwistle portrayed an "almost baffling" system at the BBC.
"He talks about the situation where the head of television felt unable to talk to the head of news about an investigation which might have a direct impact on his Christmas schedules.
"I think people will find it very odd that you have what he called the 'referring up' structure - you don't have a refer across - so you have to go a long way up to come back down again.
"And that can make the BBC - I think people in the corporation would agree - sometimes a bit flat-footed. Outside people might say it makes them look a bit daft."
After Mr Entwistle made his appearance, Channel 4 News said it had obtained an email written by Liz MacKean - the Newsnight reporter responsible for the investigation - claiming Mr Rippon tried to "kill" her story with "impossible editorial demands".
Ms MacKean wrote to a friend to say her editor had told her Savile's alleged victims "were teenagers, not too young... they weren't the worst kind of sexual offences."
A BBC spokesman said "it would not be appropriate to comment" on Ms MacKean's email until a review by former head of Sky News, Nick Pollard, had concluded.
In his blog earlier this month defending his decision to pull the probe, Mr Rippon said he was "guided by editorial considerations only", adding some of the team "disagreed strongly with [his] judgement" while others "agreed equally strongly".
But on Monday the BBC issued a correction to some specific elements of the blog, calling it "inaccurate or incomplete in some respects", and the director general told MPs this was a matter of "regret and embarrassment".
Mr Entwistle said he had asked Mr Rippon to step aside because of inaccuracies in the blog.
But he said that he believed, "to the best of the evidence we have been able to assemble", the explanation now being offered for the dropping of the Newsnight report was accurate.
An independent inquiry led by former Sky head of news Nick Pollard will examine whether there were any failings in the BBC's management of the Newsnight investigation.
Mr Entwistle was asked about a brief conversation with BBC director of news Helen Boaden last December about the possibility of Newsnight running their report about Savile, while Mr Entwistle, as then BBC director of Vision, was planning Christmas tribute pieces to the presenter.
"The key message I took away was that it wasn't yet clear to Helen whether it was going to stand up or not," he said.
"I wouldn't have had any qualms about making any changes we needed to make to the Christmas schedule."
Asked whether he now regretted running the tribute programmes for Savile, Mr Entwistle told MPs: "In the light of what's happening, of course I do."
He added that the Panorama programme pointed to the BBC's health as a media organisation, rather than being a "symptom of chaos", because it showed the organisation's capacity to investigate itself.
He said no other news organisation in the world would do this.
Later Mr Entwistle emailed BBC staff to pledge the corporation was "determined to be open and transparent, however painful it may feel at times"
He added: "It is only by opening ourselves up that we can restore and maintain the trust of our audiences."
On Monday, former Court of Appeal judge Dame Janet Smith will begin a review into the culture and practices of the BBC during Savile's time at the corporation and will also examine if the BBC's child protection and whistleblowing policies are fit for purpose.
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Culture secretary Mrs Miller wrote to Lord Patten: "We have talked about the paramount importance of full public trust in the BBC's inquiries and agreed that it is essential that licence fee payers can be assured that they are being conducted thoroughly and with the full co-operation of the BBC."
Lord Patten replied: "You have recognised both the credibility and the scope of those who are leading the inquiries and the wide scope of their terms of reference."
But he issued a warning that the government should not wade into the row: "I know that you will not want to give any impression that you are questioning the independence of the BBC," he said.
The Panorama programme, Jimmy Savile - What the BBC Knew, is available on the BBC iPlayer.
Mr Whyte, 46, denies acquiring the club by fraud in May 2011. He also denies another charge under the Companies Act.
The Crown alleges he pretended to have funds to make all the required payments for a controlling stake in the club.
Judge Lady Stacey told the eight men and seven women on the jury to take whatever time they needed.
The judge started her charge to the jury on Monday at the High Court in Glasgow and told them to keep "cool heads" as they consider all the evidence in the case.
The Crown alleges the 46-year-old pretended to then-owner Sir David Murray that funds were "immediately available" on an "unconditional basis" to make all required payments for a controlling and majority stake in the Glasgow club.
Advocate Depute Alex Prentice QC has told the court Whyte did not have authority over the funds used in the takeover and "induced" the Murray Group to sell, but defence QC Donald Findlay described the accused as "the fall guy" in the case.
Lady Stacey laid out the verdicts available - guilty, not guilty and not proven - and told the jurors to have a "good, hard look at what has been put before you".
Asking the jury to retire, the judge said: "You have listened patiently to all of the evidence and must have as much time as you do require."
Just a year after it opened for business, the popular restaurant in Moscow's Gorky Park has been forced into a radical image change.
Gourmet shellfish are just one of many things that have vanished in Russia since President Vladimir Putin banned fresh food imports from those countries that blame him for the crisis in Ukraine.
"We had to explain to our guests that there'd be Russian meat and fish now, instead of oysters," shrugs Ilya Sokhin, revealing his restaurant's more prosaic new menu.
Beefburgers, beetroot soup and blini have replaced the snails and seafood once rushed straight from Paris to Mr Sokhin's smart Moscow table-tops.
"We changed our name from Oyster Bar to No Oyster Bar to make a bit of a joke of it, but of course it's affected us," Mr Sokhin admits. "We've had to change our whole concept."
The import ban was Russia's way of lashing back against Western economic sanctions. By targeting key sectors of Russia's economy, the US and EU hoped to force President Putin to stop supporting rebel fighters in eastern Ukraine. Instead he imposed additional sanctions on Russia itself.
The aim was to hurt European food producers for whom Russia is a major market, but the growing middle class here at home has also been affected.
Some of the finer foods they had grown used to - Serrano ham, Italian parmesan - have gone. The popular Evrasia sushi chain blames rising fish prices for the closure of 15 branches in Moscow, and up in Murmansk the boss of one fish plant threatened to sue the government after the Norwegian catch he processes was banned.
But there has been no broader backlash. In fact one poll published this week revealed that most Russians believe sanctions can actually boost the economy; two in five told the Levada Centre they would accept an even bigger ban on foreign imports if necessary.
That is partly because supermarket shelves have not emptied here - it is their content that has changed.
At one central Moscow store this week the dairy counter was full of packages labelled Edam, Gouda and Ricotta - but on closer inspection much of it was made here in Russia.
What it cannot produce itself, Russia has so far managed to import from sources outside the sanctions zone.
The changes have added to pressure on prices, but not on the government.
"People are calm, because they put up with worse than this for 70 years," is how one shopper named Vladimir explained Russians' stoicism - referring to the Soviet era, often characterised by shortages and queues.
"They're ready to put up with price rises and so on for even longer."
That tolerance is also down to the powerful message pumped daily into millions of living rooms by state television: self-sanctions are a great opportunity, politicians insist, calling on local producers to seize back the market from foreign imports.
No wonder the annual agricultural fair had a particularly patriotic flavour.
Visitors to the main pavilion were greeted by women in plastic flower headdresses singing lovingly of the Russian countryside as plucked chickens plopped onto conveyer belts on video screens behind them.
One saleswoman thrust plastic trays of moose meat at passers-by: a national alternative, perhaps, to prosciutto. A stand offering local ham was plastered with "prohibited" stickers for Western produce. "Our response to sanctions," they proclaimed proudly.
Yet behind the scenes, producers warned that "Russian food for Russia" is easier said than done.
"There were around 4m beef cows in 1991, now there's only 1.5m," Russian-born cattle farmer Matharu Singh pointed out. Increasing meat production cannot happen overnight, however badly the politicians want it.
"It's animals, not machines," he added. "It takes time."
Boosting domestic output would take major investment too.
"None of us wants to plan our businesses based on sanctions," explains Andrei Danilenko, chairman of the National Dairy Association, stressing that no-one knows how long the import ban will last.
"So the critical question for the government is: what are you going to step up and do for us, to increase production?"
Mr Danilenko cites a long list of complaints including high interest rates and restrictive regulations - and a poor government record of delivering on its promises.
"There are producers who have not received subsidies for two years or more. Producers today will only believe cash in the bank," he warns.
Still, judging by the crowd at the agricultural fair there clearly is a taste for buying Russian.
"Cheese is cheese. I don't see any difference!" one girl laughed, swallowing a shiny white ball of mozzarella - made in Moscow.
"It's easily on a par with Italian cheese," Anna agrees. "I think Russia can definitely replace imports. It's a huge and capable country. I think we can cope," she insists.
That is the message Russians are being fed each day, not the doubts.
And in the current climate it seems most are ready to swallow the forced changes to their diet - for the sake of a national cause.
However, Dmitry Peskov repeated Russia's position that it would "not hand anyone over".
Mr Snowden has been stuck in transit at a Moscow airport for the past month as he has no valid travel documents.
The US Attorney General, Eric Holder, has sought to assure Moscow he would not face the death penalty in America.
Washington wants him extradited for leaking details of surveillance programmes.
Mr Peskov did not specify what the nature of the talks between the agencies was.
He did, however, remind reporters that President Vladimir Putin had expressed a strong determination not to allow the case to interfere with US-Russian relations.
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Mr Putin had not taken part in any discussions with the American authorities over Mr Snowden case, Mr Peskov said.
Mr Snowden "has not made any request that would require examination by the head of state", Mr Peskov added.
The Russian president has refused to hand him to the American authorities, but said he could stay in Russia only if he stopped leaking US secrets.
Mr Snowden, whose passport has been cancelled by the US, has been in the transit area of Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport since arriving from Hong Kong on 23 June.
His father, Lon Snowden, said on Friday he believes his son should stay in Russia and avoid the US, saying he had been vilified by the Obama administration and members of Congress.
"If it were me, knowing what I know now, and listening to advice of sage people like [Pentagon Papers leaker] Daniel Ellsberg... I would attempt to find a safe haven," the elder Snowden told the Associated Press news agency in a telephone interview.
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On Thursday Mr Snowden's lawyer Anatoly Kucherena denied earlier reports that Edward Snowden had been given Russian travel documents.
Mr Snowden has requested temporary asylum in Russia, and said recently his favoured final destination was Latin America.
In a letter to Russian Justice Minister Alexander Konovalov, Mr Holder said that the charges against Mr Snowden were not punishable by death.
If additional charges were brought which could incur capital punishment, the US would not seek to impose such a penalty, he added.
The Snowden affair has caused diplomatic ructions around the world, upsetting close US allies and traditional enemies.
Leaks by the former CIA worker have led to revelations that the US National Security Agency (NSA) is collecting Americans' phone records.
On Wednesday evening, an attempt to block funding for the programme narrowly failed in a 205-217 vote in the US House of Representatives.
The White House had lobbied Congress to support the surveillance.
Opponents of the US, including Bolivia, Venezuela and Nicaragua, have all offered Mr Snowden asylum.
Open Resolution specialised in checking and correcting people's credit rating to ensure they were not refused loans.
It announced last summer it would be creating 89 new jobs in Cardiff, with the firm able to access £250,000 of Welsh government money.
But the company went into liquidation earlier this year before Welsh ministers gave it any money.
Open Resolution had been based in temporary offices and employed nine people.
When the planned investment was announced in August 2014, the economy minister Edwina Hart said: "This is great news and yet another important investment in the Welsh financial and professional services sector.
"I am delighted Welsh government support helped attract Open Resolution's head office functions to Cardiff."
Former managing director Steve Bloor told BBC Wales he decided to call in liquidators in April.
"There is a business opportunity there [for credit repair] but sadly the UK market is not as mature as the US," he said.
"Sadly that meant we couldn't proceed with the business and decided to close."
A Welsh government spokesman said: "The company received approval for funding towards the setting up their HQ in Cardiff and the creation of some 90 jobs.
"Unfortunately, the project has not progressed and no payments have been made by Welsh government."
Though only just announced, the exchange happened ahead of a historic meeting between the two sides' presidents on 7 November.
Beijing freed Chu Kung-hsun and Hsu Chang-kuo, who were held in China for nine years, while Taiwan released Li Zhihao, who was jailed 16 years ago.
Taiwanese media say it is the first time the two sides have swapped spies.
Taiwanese presidential spokesman Charles Chen said in a statement that the release was "based on a mutual goodwill gesture delivered by the Ma-Xi meeting".
"President Ma (Ying-jeou) hopes cross-strait mutual exchanges can continue and make more concrete achievements in the future," he added.
China's Taiwan Affairs Office confirmed the release of Col Chu Kung-hsun and Col Hsu Chang-kuo, saying they were freed "in accordance with the law".
Meanwhile, Taiwan said it gave advance parole to Li Zhihao, who had served part of his term.
Defence officials say the two colonels were the last Taiwanese military officials held in China for spying, but that some Taiwanese civilians convicted of spying remained imprisoned in China, the BBC's Cindy Sui reports from Taipei.
President Ma has been broadly friendly towards mainland China during his time in office, boosting tourism and trade ties.
Earlier this month, he and Chinese President Xi Jinping met in Singapore - the first time the leaders of China and Taiwan had held talks in more than 60 years.
China views Taiwan as a breakaway province which will one day be reunited with the mainland.
But many Taiwanese see it as independent and are concerned at China's growing influence.
The painting, titled Wedding Dance in the Open Air, was spotted by Jennifer Scott when she took over as the Holburne's director in 2014.
It was previously thought to be the work of a copyist or follower.
But it has been dated to 1607-14 and will be at the centre of an exhibition about the Bruegel dynasty next spring.
Scott told the BBC Radio 4 Today programme: "It's one of those exciting moments - the dream of a museum director to find something and then take a chance, have the conservation work carried out and to discover that that hunch was correct."
Bruegel the Younger was the son of Pieter Bruegel the Elder, who began an artistic dynasty that spanned several generations.
The elder man is regarded as the greatest member of the dynasty and the younger Pieter largely painted in the style of his father, even copying many of his works.
Scott said: "Unfortunately, Pieter the Younger is often thought of as a lesser Bruegel - I think perhaps because he had the misfortune of sharing his father's first name.
"This gives us an opportunity now to look at his work and to see how he was innovative and really fresh in his approach even though he was often recreating the scenes that made his father so famous."
Bruegel: Defining a Dynasty opens at the Holburne Museum on 11 February 2017.
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Pochettino took over in the summer of 2014 and allowed Sigurdsson to join Swansea in a deal that saw Ben Davies and Michel Vorm move in the opposite direction.
Spurs host Swansea on Saturday.
"I think after he moved to Swansea and we saw his development he was a perfect player for us," Pochettino said.
"But in that moment it was the club decision and his decision to move to Swansea and find another way."
Sigurdsson has five goals already in the current campaign and Pochettino says the Icelandic midfielder is still well thought of at White Hart Lane.
"Every time we meet him and see him he shows his quality not only as a player but like a man. All the people here talk very highly about him," he said.
"It's a shame but sometimes in football you never know what will happen in the future."
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Swansea manager Bob Bradley has challenged his defenders to keep Tottenham striker Harry Kane quiet at White Hart Lane on Saturday.
The England striker has been boosted ahead of Swansea's Premier League visit by signing a new Spurs deal which will run until 2022.
That could spell bad news for a Swansea side who have been vulnerable at the back all season and whose defensive frailties were again exposed in the astonishing 5-4 victory over Crystal Palace last weekend.
"Harry Kane is a terrific finisher and you need real concentration right through the match against him," Bradley said.
"You give him a chance and he has a solid record of hitting the target and scoring different kinds of goals.
"He is a striker where everybody must concentrate for every moment because the slightest lapse is when he pounces. So it is mainly a test of awareness and concentration."
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Swansea have failed to record a victory over Spurs in 10 Premier League matches and have not managed a league victory over Spurs since a 2-0 success at the Vetch Field in October 1982.
"I've heard about the record and I've gone back and watched some of last year's match there," Bradley said.
"When you play them you have to do a lot of things really well because they are going to press and make it difficult for you to find a passing rhythm."
The PCS said 57.2% of those who voted backed strike action - the turnout was 20%.
Although dates have not been set, there is the prospect of strikes affecting the London 2012 Olympic Games because Border Agency staff are involved.
Immigration Minister Damian Green said a strike was "completely unacceptable".
Details of strike dates and what form the industrial action will take are expected on Thursday. Just over 75% of members who voted were in favour of action short of strike action.
The union said it was in dispute over longstanding issues with the Home Office, including cuts to UK Border Agency staff.
About 16,000 union members were balloted across the Home Office, including in the Border Agency, the Identity and Passport Service and the Criminal Records Bureau.
The PCS said the cuts at the UK Border Agency were continuing "to cause chaos at the borders and queues at airports".
PCS general secretary Mark Serwotka said: "We believe [ministers] have acted recklessly and irresponsibly in cutting so many jobs and, in the case of UKBA, they have simply tried to paper over the cracks by deploying severely undertrained staff at our borders.
"If these issues are not resolved, they threaten to seriously undermine the Home Office's ability to provide vital public services, and we cannot sit back and allow that to happen."
This week the National Audit Office said the UK Border Agency had laid off 1,000 more staff than intended and was having to hire extra people and increase overtime to meet its workload.
The union said for its members the wider issues under dispute were: job losses, particularly compulsory redundancies; pay and conditions such as government plans to cap pay increases at 1% for the next two years; and privatisation, such as using private companies to clear up a backlog of immigration and asylum casework in the Border Agency.
Mr Green warned the union that he did not believe the public would support any disruption, and called on it to reconsider.
He said: "Only about one in 10 PCS members voted for strike action. The union leadership has no authority to call disruptive strikes on that basis and should think again.
"The security of the UK border is of the utmost importance and we will use our trained pool of contingency staff to ensure we minimise any disruption caused by planned union action.
"Any action that disrupts the Olympics will be completely unacceptable and the public will not support it."
The PCS is one of the largest unions in the UK with around 250,000 public sector members.
PCS members at the Department for Transport have been taking industrial action over the past few weeks, while staff in other departments, including the ministries of defence and justice, are set to vote shortly on how to campaign against cuts.
Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International and Save The Children have all called on Brussels to expand the area its ships will patrol.
They said unless EU rescue operations cover waters near Libya then migrants will continue to drown.
Meanwhile the alleged captain of a boat that sank off Libya on Sunday has appeared in court in Catania, Sicily.
Mohammed Ali Malek, a 27-year-old Tunisian, is accused of inadvertently ramming the overloaded fishing boat into a merchant ship that had come to rescue it, causing it to capsize.
He and another crew member, who has is also facing charges over the accident, were among 28 survivors of the 750 people on board.
Mr Malek denies charges of illegal confinement, culpable homicide, causing a shipwreck and aiding illegal immigration.
EU leaders agreed on Thursday to triple funding of its Triton search-and-rescue operation to some €120m (£86m) - taking it back to the spending levels of Mare Nostrum, an Italian-run operation that was cancelled last year.
Several EU members states have also promised more ships and other resources.
They also pledged to look at ways to capture and destroy smugglers' boats and deploy immigration officers to non-EU countries.
Amnesty International called the meeting in Brussels a "face-saving not a life-saving operation" and urged them to go the "extra mile" to avoid any more tragedy on its doorstep.
"It's not enough to increase EU boats at sea if they remain focused on protecting Europe's borders rather than the people at sea who are dying trying to get there," said Human Right Watch's Executive Director Kenneth Roth.
Save The Children said Europe needs to act "within hours to turn this momentum into lives saved at sea".
The UN refugee agency also urged the EU to "demonstrate moral and political leadership" in the dealing with the issue.
Britain and France, as permanent members of the UN Security Council, have agreed to seek a UN resolution to approve military action against smugglers' boats.
However, one smuggler, quoted by The Times newspaper, mocked the plans.
"We are not the problem," "Abu Ahmed", a 34-year-old Libyan, said.
"The migrants themselves are desperate to cross. Some of them, particularly the Syrians, have started buying their own boats and making the journey alone without help. You can't stop them.
"The coastline is nearly 2,000 km long. If you target one small section, people will find another patch of beach and more boats to launch. Tell me how they plan to patrol the whole of Libya and stop us?"
The number of people fleeing war and poverty in the Middle East and Africa has risen sharply in recent months.
More than 35,000 are thought to have crossed from Africa to Europe this year and some 1,750 have died while attempting the journey.
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Alvarez has been tipped to take the WBO belt from the unbeaten world champion when they meet in Texas on Saturday.
But if the contest goes to points, Smith said: "If I win the fight then make sure I get the decision.
"Give me the respect I deserve. I'm the champion, even though I am the B-side."
He added: "Canelo's the big name. It's Mexican Independence Day, so I know that. But I hope they'll respect that I'm champion and be fair."
Liverpudlian Smith is unbeaten in 24 contests and won the WBO belt when he defeated USA fighter John Thompson in Manchester last October.
Alvarez, who knocked out Briton Amir Khan in his last fight in May, has lost just one of 49 pro bouts, to Floyd Mayweather on points in 2013.
However, the Mexican vacated the WBC belt he retained against Khan to delay negotiations with the camp of WBA and IBF champion Gennady Golovkin.
The fight, which is scheduled for late Saturday night or early Sunday morning BST, will take place in front of 60,000 at the Dallas Cowboys stadium in Fort Worth and Smith believes victory over Alvarez will make his name in world boxing.
"I'm not in a situation where I have nothing to lose in this fight. I've got a title to lose," Smith added.
"I've taken this fight because it's an opportunity to make a name for myself and establish myself as one of the best pound-for-pound fighters in the world."
The measure is among proposals put forward by Alyn Smith in an attempt to reduce online tribalism and abuse from across the political spectrum.
He said the SNP should create a code of conduct on social media use that all members had to agree to.
And he urged the country's other political parties to introduce similar rules for their own members.
Speaking to The Herald newspaper, Mr Smith said: "I would like to see a specific code of conduct in my own party with four or five simple points that everyone agrees on, including a ban on the kind of anonymous accounts which seem to enable people to be so unpleasant.
"I also think all the parties, either through their leaders or their chief executives, could sign some kind of code of online decency.
"As an out-gay pro-European nationalist I am no stranger to abuse but I am fed up of whataboutery from one side or another."
Two newly-elected Conservative councillors - Alastair Majury and Robert Davies - were suspended by the party earlier this year over abusive sent from anonymous Twitter accounts.
And during the 2015 general election campaign, SNP candidate Neil Hay was named as the person behind the abusive Paco McSheepie Twitter account.
Mr Smith's call for a ban on anonymous accounts followed an article he wrote for the Sunday Herald in which he argued that the "edges" of online political activity in Scotland had "turned into tribalism, or worse, sectarianism".
He said there was a widespread attitude that "everything my team says is correct and anything your team says is a cynical distortion of the truth".
And he added: "I think there is also the proven tactic of using abuse to shut down debate (I am looking at you, President Trump) being practised in Scottish cyberspace too.
"If the extremists and blowhards polarise discussion and drive regular folks offline, we all lose.
"Debate, by all means, ridicule, certainly, but how about all of Scotland's politicians stop trying to divide the world into goodies and baddies and urge our supporters to do likewise?"
According to one definition, it is "a labour market characterised by the prevalence of short-term contracts or freelance work, as opposed to permanent jobs".
And - taking opposing partisan viewpoints - it is either a working environment that offers flexibility with regard to employment hours, or... it is a form of exploitation with very little workplace protection.
The latest attempt to bring a degree of legal clarity to the employment status of people in the gig economy has been playing out in the Court of Appeal.
A London firm, Pimlico Plumbers, on Friday lost its appeal against a previous ruling that said one of its long-serving plumbers was a worker - entitled to basic rights, including holiday pay - rather than an independent contractor.
Like other cases of a similar nature, such as those involving Uber and Deliveroo, the outcome will now be closely scrutinised for what it means regarding the workplace rights of the millions of people employed in the gig economy in the UK.
In the gig economy, instead of a regular wage, workers get paid for the "gigs" they do, such as a food delivery or a car journey.
In the UK it's estimated that five million people are employed in this type of capacity.
Jobs include couriers, ride-hailing drivers and video producers.
Proponents of the gig economy claim that people can benefit from flexible hours, with control over how much time they can work as they juggle other priorities in their lives.
In addition, the flexible nature offers benefits to employers, as they only pay when the work is available, and don't incur staff costs when the demand is not there.
Meanwhile, workers in the gig economy are classed as self-employed.
That means they have no protection against unfair dismissal, no right to redundancy payments, and no right to receive the national minimum wage, paid holiday or sickness pay.
It is these aspects that are proving contentious.
In the past few months two tribunal hearings have gone against employers looking to classify staff as self-employed.
Last October Uber drivers in the UK won the right to be classed as workers rather than self-employed.
The ruling by a London employment tribunal meant drivers for the ride-hailing app would be entitled to holiday pay, paid rest breaks and the national minimum wage.
The GMB union described the decision as a "monumental victory" for some 40,000 drivers in England and Wales. In December, Uber launched an appeal against the ruling that it had acted unlawfully.
And in January this year, a tribunal found that Maggie Dewhurst, a courier with logistics firm City Sprint, should be classed as a worker rather than self-employed, entitling her to basic rights.
And, also towards the end of last year, a group of food takeaway couriers working for Deliveroo said they were taking legal steps in the UK to gain union recognition and workers' rights.
One difference worth noting is that workers in the gig economy differ slightly from those on zero-hours contracts.
Those are the - also controversial - arrangements used by companies such as Sports Direct, JD Wetherspoons and Cineworld.
Like workers in the gig economy, zero-hours contractors - or casual contractors - don't get guaranteed hours or much job security from their employer.
But people on zero-hours contracts are seen as employees in some sense, as they are entitled to holiday pay. But, like those in the gig economy, they are not entitled to sick pay.
Meanwhile, the Department for Business is holding an inquiry into a range of working practices - including the gig economy.
The department says it wants to ensure its employment rules are up to date to reflect "new ways of working".
The status of gig economy workers is of importance to the government, as last November's Autumn Statement showed for the first time how it is cutting into the government's tax take.
The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) estimated that in 2020-21 it will cost the Treasury £3.5bn.
Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond said then he would look to find more effective ways to tax workers in the UK's current shifting labour environment.
For more on the gig economy listen to In The Balance: Precarious Future on BBC World Service at 09:30 GMT on Saturday, 11 February.
However, the concussion review panel concluded that the 24-year-old should not have returned to the field of play after he fell in a mid-air tackle against Leicester on 3 December.
The panel's 17-page report stated that head injury assessment (HIA) protocol was followed correctly, but the Saints medical team have accepted that North may have lost consciousness.
"The Concussion Management Review Group's (CMRG) view is that there was sufficient evidence to conclude not only from the video evidence but also George North's history and risk stratification that he should not have returned to the field of play," said the report.
"The CMRG considered the welfare of North was always at the centre of Northampton's actions, and does not consider that the medical team [or the club] failed to complete the HIA protocol nor intentionally ignored the player's best interests."
The report states that, although North appeared to lie motionless after the incident, he told medics he had stayed still because he was "concerned about his neck".
North also "continued to deny any loss of consciousness with immediate recall of events", with the "only symptom recorded being neck pain".
The Northampton back suffered four head blows in five months between November 2014 and March 2015, leading to a spell on the sidelines that lasted from 27 March until 29 August.
The review - the first of its kind since the concussion management system was introduced in the Premiership at the start of this season - also made nine recommendations.
These include consideration being given to the introduction of a pitchside video reviewer to ensure video feeds continue to be monitored throughout the match.
It has also recommended that the entire HIA assessment must be completed off field, even if part of it had already taken place on the pitch.
And it re-enforced "the necessity to review footage before starting the HIA assessment and the criteria in respect of permanent removal from the field of play".
Since the concussion review panel first met to assess the incident on 6 December, it has taken 15 days for their findings to be published - with North having been stood down from playing in the meantime.
"We wanted the review - which was primarily around the medical management and treatment of George North - to be thorough and rigorous to ensure that we fully understood the circumstances of this case," said the group's independent chairman Dr Julian Morris.
"While the challenges in the consistent delivery of best practice in the on-field management of head injuries in professional sport are recognised, player welfare is paramount to the game of rugby."
North has since resumed training and, according to Saints director of rugby Jim Mallinder, is set to return to the Northampton side for their league match against Sale Sharks on Friday.
After the report was published on Wednesday, Northampton said in a statement that they "accept the conclusion that George should not have been allowed to return to the field of play, but are pleased that the CMRG has reflected our concerns about the current technologies and processes available to medical teams when assessing concussion".
The statement added: "The club believes that this is now an opportunity for the whole rugby community to reflect on the CMRG's recommendations to ensure the highest levels of player safety and well-being.
"In the meantime, the club continues to offer George its full support and looks forward to seeing him on the pitch again as soon as he is ready."
BBC Radio 5 live's rugby union reporter Chris Jones
"The decision not to sanction Northampton will inevitably be met by widespread scepticism, especially as it is accepted that the club didn't manage the incident properly.
"The Rugby Football Union and Premiership Rugby have long vaunted their approach to concussion and head injuries, and there is no doubt they have been at the front of the field.
"But for a situation like this to occur is highly unsatisfactory and, while the governing bodies will want this to be a line in the sand when it comes to managing such injuries, it is clear there is still some way to go.
"And amongst it all is a lingering feeling that while players are culpable for their actions - especially when it comes to acts of foul play - other bodies in rugby are not being held to account in the same way."
Meanwhile, Northampton have also discovered they will receive no punishment for fielding an under-strength team in their 60-13 European Champions Cup defeat by Leinster on Saturday.
European Professional Club Rugby (EPCR) officials have assessed the matchday squads and ruled that Saints did not break any tournament regulations.
"It is the obligation of the participating clubs to select the best possible squads for matches," said an EPCR spokesman.
"EPCR reserves the right to take action in the interests of the integrity of the tournaments."
The president of the European Council said EU leaders should concentrate on practical measures such as reinforcing borders and a banking union.
Mr Tusk warned of "dramatic consequences" if Britain left the EU.
He urged Europe's leaders to match the energy and endeavours of those who wanted to break up the union.
Meanwhile, Spain's Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has warned that the consequences of an exit vote in the UK's EU referendum later this month would be "very negative for British citizens".
In a speech in Madrid, he said people from the UK would lose their right to move freely, work and do business in the largest economic area in the world.
More than 300,000 Britons are resident in Spain, about 35% of whom are retired.
"There is no worse prospect for the European economy than the omen of a triumph of anti-liberal and Eurosceptic political forces, whether left or right," Mr Tusk told business leaders in Brussels.
"We must and can avoid this scenario," he said.
Mr Tusk chairs the meetings of EU leaders when they gather as the European Council in Brussels.
His latest plea for Britain to remain part of the EU club follows a warning by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development that the UK's economy would suffer "a large negative shock" if it left.
John Longworth, from the UK's Vote Leave campaign, criticised the OECD's report as "flawed".
In May Mr Tusk said the only alternative to the EU was "chaos" and criticised high-profile Leave campaigner Boris Johnson's comments comparing the EU's aims to Hitler's.
It was the biggest week of my club rugby career, my first chance of winning a trophy after 10 years of trying.
We were on a roll with six wins from our previous six games. We were scoring tries and not conceding many. We'd gone to Dublin and beaten Leinster in the semi-final, the first time an away side had ever won a semi-final in the Pro12.
We all knew that if we could keep playing the way we were, we'd win that final. But you're still nervous. Munster finished top of the Pro12 and were Champions Cup semi-finalists.
Early in the week I found myself sitting at home in Mumbles near surfing country on the Gower Peninsula watching Louis Theroux documentaries. There was one about the hardest prison in America - Miami Mega Jails. There was another about a place called Fresno in California - The City Addicted To Crystal Meth.
You look for positive vibes in weeks like that. Louis is a masterful programme-maker but he wasn't exactly giving me the karma I needed. It all worked out, though. It wasn't just winning the Pro12 that made it an unforgettable day, it was winning with my mates and winning in style.
A friend of mine asked me later whether I'd have preferred the final to have gone to the last second, nip and tuck to the final whistle. Not in a million years. We scored six tries and when I came off the field before the end I could look to the stands to see my wife, Hayley, and my one-year-old son, Logan, sitting on her lap, knowing that we'd done it.
We couldn't bring our eldest, Finn, who is four, but I thought about it later. My earliest memory as a kid was when I was four. I remember being in a house in Switzerland with my parents. I can't remember much else, but I remember that house. I'd like to think that Finn will remember his father winning a final.
I woke up on Sunday morning feeling a bit rough, went downstairs in the hotel at 9am and found Liam (Williams), Jon (Davies) and Ken (Owens) about to head out the door to hook-up with the British and Irish Lions. Good luck to the boys in New Zealand and best wishes to Liam, who's now leaving the Scarlets for Saracens. I'm sorry to see him go but really glad that he went out on a high. Then, 10 more of the boys appeared and they were away to meet up with Wales.
I jumped on a plane to Edinburgh, got a taxi to St Andrews, our training base with Scotland, and went to my room. None of the boys were due in camp until later that night, so I sat there on my own and ordered room service.
I took out my phone and all the Scarlets players and fans were tweeting and instagramming and snapchatting. It would have been nice to have been together to savour the final all over again, but I was quietly content on my own, flicking through texts and photographs from what was a momentous day in my life.
Monday morning dawned and the new reality took hold, I didn't train because of a rib cartilage thing, but everything was intense out there. Gregor (Townsend, Scotland head coach) wants us to play the fastest rugby in the world and he wants training to reflect that. There was a terrific atmosphere, a real excitement about what lies ahead of us in Singapore, Sydney and Suva in the next three weeks.
It's coming up for 10 years since I made my Scotland debut. Does it feel that long? Actually, it does. There comes a stage when every professional rugby player starts to think of life after the game and I've been mulling that over for quite a few years now. I've seen players struggling post-retirement and I want to be organised.
Six years ago I started an online degree in estate management and surveying, and I've thought also about a director of rugby role at a school. Not that I'm anywhere near ready to stop - I'm only 30 - but what I'm going to do next occupies my thoughts. Every rugby player needs to get stuff organised long before they quit the game.
Magnus Bradbury and D'arcy Rae, both in our squad for the summer tour, were only 12 years old when I won my first cap. Zander Fagerson was 11. Greig (Laidlaw) is away with the Lions so I'm captaining them on the tour and it's a major honour. We've got Tests against Italy, Australia and Fiji. It's important that we build on what we did in the Six Nations. We need to keep the momentum up.
Italy in Singapore will be unique. Australia in Sydney will be fascinating. Fiji in Suva will be memorable. I played against Fiji in Fiji before. It wasn't like any place I'd ever been. Our team bus had no windows, there were benches for seats, the roads were tracks. It was brilliantly different. I loved it and I'm looking forward to going back there.
The downside of touring is that you miss your kids. The tour is only three weeks, but even in that short space of time, they change, especially the smallest one. The eldest, Finn, will ask me on the phone, 'Daddy, when are you coming home?' It'll be late June and hopefully we'll have three wins to show for the summer. We can all have a rest then, but only then.
John Barclay was talking to BBC Sport Scotland's chief sports writer, Tom English
It follows a leak in an engineering plant room on the fifth floor of Derriford Hospital in Plymouth on Friday night.
The leak caused water damage in the operating theatres on the fourth floor.
The affected theatres have been closed while contractors carry out repairs "as quickly as possible", hospital managers said.
Chief operating officer Kevin Baber said: "The water damage to the theatres means we have no choice but to close them and make good the repairs.
"Our clinical staff are going through all the lists of planned operations due for patients this week to work out which can now go ahead, based on the theatres affected and prioritising those patients with the greatest clinical need.
"At the moment it is too early to say how many patients will be affected but all patients affected by a cancellation will be personally contacted.
"We can only apologise for this unforeseen event and reassure patients and their families that we are doing everything we can to get back to normal as soon as possible.
"I would like to thank our staff for their, as ever, professional response to this event."
Vincent Wagstaff, 39, stepped off a ledge rather than leaping into the sea and struck rocks 10m (30ft) below off the Plymouth coast.
Mr Wagstaff asked a friend to record his jump to put it on social media.
Coroner Ian Arrow recorded an accidental death verdict which had been contributed to by alcohol consumption.
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An inquest at Plymouth Coroner's Court was shown mobile phone footage of Mr Wagstaff jumping off the wall.
Mr Wagstaff could be heard saying "oh no" as he plunged towards the rocks on Thursday 15 October.
The inquest heard his companions cried out and called for an ambulance, but Mr Wagstaff died from multiple injuries.
Mr Arrow said: "I am satisfied that at the time he was significantly intoxicated. He simply stepped off - it was a serious miscalculation."
The coroner said he hoped the publicity surrounding the death would act as a warning to others that alcohol and jumping off high places do not mix and in Mr Wagstaff's case led to "an extremely sad end".
The inquest heard his blood alcohol reading was 403mg - the legal drink-drive limit is 80mg. Mr Arrow added that some people would have died from the high alcohol level alone.
Speaking after the inquest, Mr Wagstaff's former partner Nikki Rickard, said: "Vince was a loving and caring family man. He was hard working and adored his children.
"He leaves behind three devastated children, a partner, a brother, and family and friends. We are left with a huge gap in our lives that can never be filled. He will always be loved and missed."
The world champion was 0.414 seconds quicker than Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg, with the Red Bulls of Max Verstappen and Daniel Ricciardo next.
Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen continued the two-by-two in fifth and sixth places.
Hamilton has a great chance to recover some of his eight-point title-race deficit to Rosberg in Sunday's race.
The Briton was dominant throughout, with Rosberg only fifth after the first runs in final qualifying and having to rely on a last-gasp lap to vault up to the front row.
Hamilton looked fast in final practice and took that form into the start of qualifying as he topped all three sessions.
He was nearly 0.6secs up on Rosberg in second qualifying and then a massive 0.911secs clear after the first runs in Q3, on which Rosberg had a snap oversteer and ran wide off the track through the fast Turn Six.
Hamilton lost the championship lead to Rosberg following the German's victory in Singapore two weeks ago but has been driving this weekend as if intent on recovering it in one go.
Rosberg has moved into that position after winning the past three races to overturn what had been a 19-point advantage for Hamilton after the German Grand Prix in July.
Hamilton said: "It's been a difficult few weeks with Nico's wins but today the car felt fantastic. I really enjoyed the lap - but could have been faster."
Rosberg said: "Lewis' lap was very quick so it was always going to be difficult. I would have come close but I had a mistake in the last corner. Something just wasn't going right there.
"But anyway, second place - I've got to live with that now and, as we know from this year, second does not mean victory is not possible."
That is a reference to the difficulty with starts both Mercedes drivers have had intermittently throughout this season.
Although Mercedes dominated qualifying, there is the possibility they will face a challenge for the victory from both Red Bull and Ferrari.
Verstappen, who out-qualified Ricciardo for only the third time in their 12 races as team-mates, was the fastest driver in the race-simulation runs in Friday practice, with Mercedes and Ferrari closely matched just behind.
Hamilton said: "The [newly resurfaced] track is generally better, a lot smoother and works better with the tyres. It will be a difficult race because they were looking strong on the long runs, but I think we will be pretty strong too."
Behind the top three teams, Force India's Sergio Perez was seventh as it emerged he has, after weeks of speculation, apparently completed the deal that will keep him at the team in 2017.
His team-mate Nico Hulkenberg was eighth, ahead of Jenson Button's McLaren and Felipe Massa's Williams.
Button's team-mate Fernando Alonso was last after deliberately doing only one lap good enough to get him within the 107% qualifying rule, as was the plan as a result of an engine penalty that meant he was going to be at the back of the grid.
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Renault's Jolyon Palmer was disappointed to be 19th, 0.3secs slower than team-mate Kevin Magnussen as he was knocked out in Q1 and five places behind him on the grid.
Palmer: "It was crap, I drove terribly. I made a wrong choice on the set-up. Terrible."
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Point One Marketing - trading as Stop the Calls - was said to have operated in a "bullying and aggressive way".
The company, based in Bournemouth, claimed it was an official service to stop nuisance calls.
It was fined £50,000 by the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), following hundreds of complaints.
Some people said they had been shouted at when they asked the company not to call them again.
One woman who suffered from dementia was persuaded to hand over her credit card details.
"They tried to sell a product that they claimed would stop nuisance calls, knowing full well they were responsible for so many such calls themselves," said the ICO's head of enforcement, Stephen Eckersley.
"That they operated in what appears to have been such a bullying, aggressive way only makes matters worse."
The official way to stop nuisance calls is through the Telephone Preference Service, which is free to use.
The striker, who won five England caps, died in 2002, aged 59, of a brain condition normally linked to boxing.
The Jeff Astle Foundation will promote care of other sufferers and research and education into the condition.
For Astle Day, Albion have been playing at The Hawthorns in a replica strip from the 1968 FA Cup final when the striker scored the winner.
Baggies fans watching the 3-2 defeat against Leicester City in the Birmingham Road End held up a card in the ninth minute, as the striker wore the number nine shirt, to produce the words Astle King.
A coroner ruled Astle's brain had been damaged as a result of heading heavy leather footballs throughout his career.
He was originally diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's disease, but a re-examination of his brain found he had died from chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) - a progressive degeneration caused by repeated head trauma.
Astle's family has said the charitable foundation's ultimate goal was to open a convalescent home for ex-players suffering from conditions such as dementia.
The family, from Derbyshire, has long campaigned for more work to be done to understand the risks of heading footballs.
In August, the Football Association agreed to carry out research into head injuries in the sport as a result.
Daughter Dawn Astle said: "At the start of the season, (Albion chairman Jeremy) Peace promised to honour Dad and our efforts to raise awareness of this really important issue by dedicating a home game to him.
"We were absolutely lost for words when the Premier League allowed us to change, for that particular match, going back to the iconic kit of 1968, the white top, white shorts and the red socks.
"We think that says a lot about Dad's standing, not only as a player, as a man but also the gravity that football places on the issues that his death raised."
The 18-year-old, who was 14 at the time, was involved in rioting in the city in July 2010.
CCTV images of him rioting were later published in two newspapers.
They were published as part of a police campaign called Operation Exposure.
The teenager's family complained that the publication of the images breached his rights under the European Convention on Human Rights.
The legal firm representing the teenager have said they will now try to challenge the ruling at the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg.
Solicitor Barbara Muldoon told BBC Radio Foyle: "The Supreme Court got it wrong.
"Featuring these pictures in newspapers was a breach of human rights.
"Different standards and different tests should apply in the case of children. They are not the same as adults.
"Children don't make reasoned decisions. We have to remember that some of the photographs featured children as young as eight. Some of the children were bystanders.
"It was established that this 14-year-old threw two stones.
"Rioting seems to be the word used as matters progressed. It was originally described as disorder.
"We don't accept that human rights were taken into consideration."
PSNI Assistant Chief Constable Stephen Martin said: "We welcome the decision by the Supreme Court to dismiss this appeal.
"The judgement confirms our decision to release the images was properly considered and justified given the significant level of violence that was happening in the area on an almost nightly basis and was in no way excessive given the circumstances.
"Extensive checks and balances are always put in place to ensure that all images we release are appropriate and proportionate.
"At all stages of the process we seek and fully take on board human rights legal advice and the final decision is authorised by a senior ranking police officer.
"At the core of this operation was the need to protect those living in those interface areas and prevent young people from becoming drawn further into a world of violence and criminality.
"As a police service we need to take positive action to protect communities, particularly those who are vulnerable."
Following the release of the images in July 2010 there has been an 85% reduction in interface violence.
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Robin Sollis packs it all away in his garage - leaving no room for his car.
His is one of 14 homes on a Cirencester street which have raised £1,200 for charity with their displays this year.
Tracey Miller reports.
The Global Partnership for Education works to improve education in some of the world's poorest countries in which 57 million children have no access to primary school.
The UK government is the organisation's biggest single donor.
Ms Gillard says "there can be no higher priority" than international education.
Before becoming prime minister, Ms Gillard had been minister of education in Australia.
She became known to a global audience for a searing speech accusing the leader of the opposition of double standards over sexism in public life.
Her new role will be as chairwoman of the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) which is a coalition of governments, private sector and aid organisations working with about 60 developing countries.
It aims to tackle the unresolved problem of a lack of basic education in "the world's poorest and most fragile countries".
There are tens of millions of primary-age children who never get a single day in school of any kind.
Most of these are in sub-Saharan Africa and in parts of Asia. The causes include conflict, corruption, inequality, a shortage of teachers and lack of funding.
"There is much to do and little time," said Ms Gillard.
The former prime minister said the new campaigning role will combine her longstanding interests in education and fair opportunity.
"Education has been my driving passion in public life," she said.
She promised to bring some "Australian bluntness" to the task and said that the world community needed to keep its pledge to provide an education for all children.
"This would be the worst time for efforts to slide backwards," she said.
"Otherwise we will be condemning poor nations to be poor nations forever."
She warned that there had been a sharp decline in donor support and that international aid for education must not become the "poor cousin".
Ms Gillard said that she had no idea how her speech attacking sexism would "reverberate around the world".
"I didn't have any sense that it would take off," she said.
The realisation of the global impact came when she visited India as prime minister and was congratulated by the female police officers on duty.
In her new role, she said she wants to make sure that girls have a fair chance in education.
A report from Unesco last month said that at the present slow rate of progress it would be more than 70 years before all children could start primary education, with the biggest problem among girls in rural sub-Saharan Africa.
The international community had promised that this goal of universal primary education would be achieved by 2015.
Unesco has warned of the risk of political instability and economic damage when a quarter of young people in poor countries are unable to read a single sentence.
The Washington-based GPE has targeted billions of pounds to support the development of education, helping to increase the number of primary places and to ensure equality of access for girls.
There will be a major "replenishment" process for the GPE in June as this multinational project seeks renewed funding from national governments and foundations.
"The global community must respond generously to the upcoming call for a renewal of multilateral, bilateral and national financing for basic education," says Ms Gillard.
She says that the GPE's approach, with a partnership between those providing and receiving aid, was a "unique and effective model".
In cash terms, the UK has been the GPE's biggest funder since 2003, with the Netherlands, Spain, Norway and Sweden among the major donors over the decade.
Funding for international education has fallen since the financial crisis - and Unesco has raised questions about whether some international education is targeted at the countries with the greatest need.
The biggest single recipient for education aid is China, which receives support, mostly in scholarships, with a value 77 times greater than aid given to Chad, according to Unesco.
There has been support for GPE's partnership approach from recipient countries.
Afghanistan's education minister, Farooq Wardak, says that the GPE has been an important part in his country's progress in reopening hundreds of schools which had been closed through threats and violence.
The Afghan education ministry says pupil numbers have risen from 900,000 in 2001, with few girls in attendance, to 10.5 million pupils, including 42% girls.
Mr Wardak told the BBC that the progress in education was so embedded it would survive any political upheaval after the withdrawal of international forces.
He promised universal access to primary school by 2020.
It said net income rose 59% to €2.3bn in 2014 from €1.4bn a year earlier.
Airbus delivered a record total of 629 commercial aircraft last year, three more than in 2013, although this was below Boeing's total of 723 jets.
The firm said it would increase production of its smaller "single aisle" A320 jets to 50 a month in 2017.
But it will cut production of its wide-body A330 jet to six a month from its current level of 10 a month due to falling demand.
Demand for the A330 is slowing as Airbus starts taking orders for a new-engine version of the plane that it says it will begin delivering at the end of 2017.
Airbus chief executive Tom Enders said the firm could cut production of the aircraft to less than six a month, if it deemed this necessary.
"We have quite a few campaigns ongoing, including some that are essential for filling slots in 2016," he said. "The current assumption is we will go down to rate six, if we find we have to further adapt, we will do so."
Shares in Airbus rose more than 7% on the Paris stock exchange.
Mr Enders told the BBC the only reason that Boeing was currently ahead of Airbus in terms of production was because Boeing's 787 aircraft was "up and running and they are producing it at 100-plus a year and the Airbus 350 is two years behind".
He said in a couple of years Airbus would be competing neck and neck with Boeing once more in terms of output.
Mr Enders said Airbus was producing around 30 A380 superjumbos a year and dismissed talk that his firm could mothball production.
"I have a pretty positive outlook and perspective for our big bird," he said.
In December, Airbus shares fell more than 10% - their worst one-day fall for six years - on concerns that it could halt production of its A380 superjumbo in 2018.
Last month, Airbus parted company with the head of its military programme after governments including Germany, France and Turkey complained about delays to the A400M military transport plane.
Built at a cost of €20bn with orders from several European countries, the A400M was a fixed-priced contract that hit production problems and cost-overruns.
Mr Enders said Airbus was making "good progress on giving customers more visibility on the delivery and status of the military transporter".
Officers were called to a disturbance at Penicuik Way in Carntyne at about 04:00 on Sunday.
It was reported that a man in his mid 20s to early 30s suffered head injuries but left in a taxi and did not contact emergency services.
The man was described as white, of a slim build, about 5ft 6in tall with short dark hair.
He was wearing a black leather jacket and dark jeans.
The driver of the taxi confirmed that the man was dropped off in Kinsail Drive, Penilee. Door-to-door inquiries in the area have so far been unsuccessful.
Officers want to speak to him to make sure he is safe and well and does not require medical attention.
Det Con Jennifer Carey said: "We are in the process of establishing the circumstances of what has happened in the house where the disturbance took place.
"We are making every effort to try and trace the injured man and I'm appealing for him to contact us so that we can be assured he is all right."
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Dubbed the "Panini Cheapskates", Alex and Sian Pratchett, from Oxford, created all 639 stickers of the World Cup Panini album in 2014.
Last year, the duo then turned their hands to politics, sketching party leaders ahead of May's election.
They now hope to create 800 stickers for the Euro 2016 album, for charity.
They plan to start their latest challenge on 10 June - the day the tournament starts - and finish when it ends on 10 July.
Raising cash for Cancer Research UK and Macintyre Charities would give the pair "the motivation to keep churning out our dishevelled little men even when our brains and bodies are telling us to stop", Mr Pratchett said.
He admitted the couple, who "have actual jobs and, in many ways, actual lives" had not got any better at drawing since 2014, describing their attempts as "uniformly awful".
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The charges, which are related to a major corruption scandal at state oil company Petrobras, still have to be formally accepted by a judge.
Lula denies any wrongdoing and says the accusations are politically motivated.
He is among 16 people who are formally being accused of money laundering by Sao Paulo prosecutors.
Lula's son is also reported to be on the list.
Lula and his wife, Marisa Leticia, face questions over the alleged ownership of a seafront penthouse in the exclusive resort of Guaruja.
Prosecutors have announced a news conference for later on Thursday.
Lula's lawyer, Cristiano Zanin Martins, said he was not given official access to the accusations against the former leader.
"This action confirms the bias [against Lula] in this whole process," he said.
Prosecutors say one of the country's biggest construction firms, OAS, carried out extensive refurbishment on the penthouse.
Officially the apartment belongs to OAS, which is under investigation. It has been accused of paying bribes to politicians and senior officials at Petrobras to secure lucrative contracts.
Lula, 70, denies all accusations and says he never owned the apartment. He also accuses the prosecutor in the case of being arbitrary, says the BBC's Daniel Gallas in Sao Paulo.
The former president was detained last Friday for questioning over the three-storey penthouse.
His high-profile detention led to criticism not only from his supporters but also from judges and politicians, who said the measure was unnecessary.
Lula's supporters say the attacks on him are aimed at tarnishing his reputation, amid rumours that he may run for office again in 2018.
He was Brazil's president from 2003 to 2011 and was succeeded in office by his political protege, Dilma Rousseff, who has record-low approval rates amid a serious economic crisis.
She joined hundreds of people showing support for the former president last Saturday.
Lula, a former factory worker and union leader, remains a very popular figure in Brazil despite the accusations against senior members of his left-leaning Workers' Party.
The 23-year-old completed what was just her fifth half marathon in one hour, four minutes and 52 seconds - 14 seconds quicker than the record set by Peres Jepchirchir earlier this year.
And she also clocked splits of 30:05, 45:37 and 1:01:25 to break the 10km, 15km and 20km world records on the way.
"I only wanted to improve my time. This is a surprise for me," Jepkosgei said.
"I didn't know I would break the world record today.
"But the conditions were good for me because I'm used to training at this time of day."
Defending champion Violah Jepchumba finished second - 30 seconds back - and Fancy Chemutai third, with America's sixth-placed Jordan Hasay the only non-Kenyan in the top 10.
More than 20 others are reported to have been injured, some seriously.
The bus, travelling between the cities of Marrakesh and Zagora, left the road near the town of Zerkten in Haouz province and fell 150m (490ft), local officials said.
Most of the passengers are believed to be Moroccan. It is not clear if any foreigners are among the casualties.
"We are still in the process of identifying the bodies, as well as the injured," a local official told AFP news agency.
The accident happened in a mountainous area in the early hours of Tuesday, the official news agency Map reported. The cause is not yet known but an official in Haouz said an inquiry had been launched.
At least 24 people were said to be injured, 21 of whom were taken to a hospital in Marrakesh and the rest to a hospital in nearby Ouarzazate.
In a palace statement, King Mohammed VI offered his condolences to families of the victims and said he would pay for their transport, funeral and burial costs.
In July, two separate bus crashes in Morocco killed 26 people.
More than 4,000 people died in road accidents in Morocco last year, according to the transport ministry - an increase of 11.6% on the previous year.
It is advising consumers not to buy the products, both of which are labelled as sun protection factor (SPF) 30.
One of them is made by Boots; the other is sold under the Hawaiian Tropic brand.
However, both companies rejected the claims made by Which? and said their sunscreens were fully effective.
In the latest copy of its magazine, Which? said that both Soltan Protect and Moisturise Lotion (SP30) and Hawaiian Tropic Silk Hydration Lotion (SP30) offered only two-thirds of the skin protection they should.
The SPF figure is designed to measure the amount of protection against harmful ultraviolet B (UVB) rays from the sun - the main cause of sunburn.
Both products passed the tests for ultraviolet A (UVA) rays, which are less dangerous, but more prevalent.
The product makers have both denied the claims.
Hawaiian Tropic said all its sun tan lotions were rigorously tested, "meeting all SPF, UVA and EU requirements and regulations".
Furthermore, it said its own tests suggested that its Silk Hydration and Satin Protection lotions "exceed the label claims, even after 80 minutes in water".
Boots said it was confident that all its sun care products met the SPF labelling claims.
"Customers can rely on them to provide the level of protection expected," said a Boots spokesperson.
Eleven other sunscreens examined by Which? - using British Standard Tests - were deemed to be satisfactory.
It said own-brand products from Asda, Morrisons, Tesco and Sainsbury's all offered the SPF that was claimed.
The organisation is asking Boots and Hawaiian Tropic to improve their products so that they deliver better protection.
There is a huge range of different sun products available, including lotions, mousses, sprays, gels and creams.
In general, they can use either organic or inorganic filters to absorb or reflect Ultraviolet rays.
The terms 'sun lotions' and 'sunscreens' are used interchangeably to describe many of them.
'Suntan lotion' is sometimes used to refer to substances designed to accelerate tanning with little or no sun protection factor.
Some people use the term 'sunblock' to refer to sunscreens that reflect rather than absorb UV rays.
But what's more important than the name used is the product's protection qualities, which can be found on the label.
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Central Madhya Pradesh state has suffered the highest death toll with at least 17 people killed in flood-related incidents, officials said.
And in eastern Bihar state, at least 15,000 people have been evacuated from their homes after a "flood-like situation" in a dozen districts.
Floods are common in India during the monsoon season between June and September.
But excessive rains this year have caused the Ganges river and its tributaries to rise above the danger level in about 20 districts in the states of Madhya Pradesh, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.
At least 13 people have died in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh states because of drowning, electrocution or injuries sustained after house collapses.
In Bihar, where at least six rivers are flowing above the danger mark, thousands of people have taken shelter in more than 80 relief camps, reports say.
People have taken shelter on the roofs of their submerged huts, and houses along the banks of the river are inundated.
"We are facing a lot of problems, everything has been submerged in river. There is no arrangement of food, drinking water or boats. We don't know what to do," a resident in Patna city told Reuters news agency.
In the neighbouring state of Uttar Pradesh, the Ganges river has been flowing above the danger mark, and people living in low lying areas have been moving to higher ground.
"Water has been gushing in the area for the last three days. All the land has been inundated with flood water. All the crops have been damaged. Water has started entering our houses," said a villager, Shyam.
The board wrote it did not think fans who like the name have racist feelings towards Native Americans, but "the fact remains - the word is insulting".
The shift does not apply to the paper's news coverage nor to reader letters.
The team's owner refuses to change the name he says honours Native Americans.
Washington Post's editorial board, which handles opinion writing and operates separately from the news staff, has called for the team to change its name since 1992.
"We have decided that, except when it is essential for clarity or effect, we will no longer use the slur ourselves," it wrote.
"That's the standard we apply to all offensive vocabulary, and the team name unquestionably offends not only many Native Americans but many other Americans, too."
The team's owner Daniel Snyder has come under increasing pressure to change the name, from US Senators, to major sport journalists and national newspapers. President Barack Obama has said Mr Snyder should consider a new name.
One American football legend, Super Bowl-winning quarterback Phil Simms, has said he is considering only referring to the team as "Washington" while announcing games during the upcoming season.
And in June the US patent office cancelled six of the trademarks belonging to the team, finding the team name a slur against Native Americans and thus ineligible for trademark protection.
Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill launched a consultation on how the new licensing regime for air weapons will work.
Powers to legislate on air weapons were devolved to Holyrood under the Scotland Act 2012.
It is estimated that up to half a million air guns in Scotland would need a licence under the proposals.
The campaign to tighten air gun controls gathered momentum after the death of toddler Andrew Morton in Glasgow in 2005, who was shot in the head by a drug addict.
Under the new scheme, anyone wanting to own an air gun would need to demonstrate they had a legitimate reason for doing so.
The consultation proposals will affect anyone who currently owns an air weapon and wants to continue to do so, those buying new air weapons, or those who wish to bring an air weapon into Scotland, for example to competitions or on holiday.
Detailed proposals on offences and penalties will be announced in the future.
Prior to the new law coming into effect, people will be able to hand unwanted guns to the police.
Areas where people will be asked for their views in the consultation will include the types of air weapon to be covered by the new regime, legitimate reasons for possession of an air weapon and timescales for the introduction of the new licensing system.
They will also be consulted on a licence fee to cover administration and other costs, and offences and penalties for anyone breaching the new law.
Mr MacAskill said the consultation would seek views on how to make the new licensing regime workable, proportionate and how to help the police tackle inappropriate ownership and use of air weapons.
He added: "We have a longstanding commitment to crack down on the misuse of guns and a licensing scheme for air guns will help address the problems that these weapons can cause to individuals and communities in the wrong hands. Too much misery and harm has been caused.
"We are not banning air weapons outright but there has to be a legitimate use for them. We do not believe that there should be half a million unlicensed firearms in 21st Century Scotland.
"We are not consulting on the principle of licensing - this will happen. While our primary concern is for public safety, we do not wish to penalise those who use air weapons responsibly and who can demonstrate a legitimate use for a gun, such as sport shooting or pest control."
Mr MacAskill said the licensing regime for air weapons represented "an important first step towards devolving all powers on firearms to the Scottish Parliament, something I will continue to lobby the UK government for".
New statistics on firearms offences published earlier this month showed a drop from 647 in 2010-11 to 514 in 2011-12. Of these, 195 involved air weapons.
The 73-year-old woman from Kent was a passenger in a red Chevrolet Aveo travelling south on the A21 at Kent Street, near Sedlescombe.
It was in collision with a silver Citroen C3 Picasso travelling north, shortly before 11:15 BST on Wednesday.
The 74-year-old male driver of the Chevrolet was seriously injured, while the driver and the occupants of the Citroen all suffered minor injuries.
The A21 was closed between Sedlescombe and St Leonards for nearly six hours following the collision.
Police have appealed for anyone who saw what happened or noticed either vehicle being driven shortly before the crash to come forward.
Guedioura, 31, has made over 170 appearances since arriving in England in 2010 for Wolves, Nottingham Forest and Crystal Palace, as well as Watford.
He was linked with a move to Boro's Premier League rivals Hull City.
Guedioura is the club's fourth January signing after forwards Rudy Gestede, Mikael Soisalo and Patrick Bamford.
Gestede, 28, joined from Aston Villa, Soisalo, 18, made the switch from Finland's Ilves Tampere while Bamford, 23, has moved from Premier League leaders Chelsea.
Middlesbrough are 15th in the Premier League table, two points above the relegation zone.
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Administrators confirmed the redundancies affecting 38 staff at Galashiels-based Murray and Burrell.
The business, established in 1928, went into administration last week citing "adverse trading conditions".
There are hopes some of the workers affected could find posts at another building firm in nearby Melrose which currently requires staff.
Thomson Cooper partner Richard Gardiner was appointed as administrator at Murray and Burrell on Monday.
A statement confirmed: "Directors explored all options in an effort to preserve trading and jobs.
"Regrettably, 38 jobs were lost as there is no prospect of continuing to trade."
South of Scotland MSP Rachael Hamilton described it as a "sad day for the Borders".
However, some of the workers laid off could find employment with a Melrose-based company.
JS Crawford has said that, with several housing projects on its books, it needs staff.
The Bears reached 361 in their second innings after a 97-run stand from Keith Barker (62 not out) and Chris Wright (41), leaving the hosts 327 to win.
Chris Woakes and Barker then tore through Middlesex's top order with three wickets each to leave them 45-6.
Steven Finn hit an entertaining 31, but Middlesex were all out for 136.
Under the stewardship of new sport director Ashley Giles and first-team coach Jim Troughton, Warwickshire had previously endured a nightmare Division One campaign, including four defeats by an innings.
However, the return of Woakes, after two months out with a side strain, provided a welcome boost for the Bears as the 28-year-old England all-rounder hit a half-century to go with his five wickets in the match.
There were also fine performances from debutant paceman Ryan Sidebottom, who took 4-29 in the first innings, on his first-ever visit to Lord's, and a career-best knock of 71 from 21-year-old batsman Matthew Lamb.
Despite taking 19 points from the capital, Warwickshire still face an uphill battle to avoid relegation, sitting 31 points behind sixth-placed Middlesex.
The hosts' plight was not helped by opener Nick Gubbins batting at eight after suffering a hamstring injury in the warm-up, but it mattered little as five of their top six batsmen made single figures.
Their hopes of retaining the County Championship title now appear to be over, with leaders Essex holding a huge points advantage over the London side.
Warwickshire first-team coach Jim Troughton told BBC WM:
"The Great Escape tune was playing in the dressing-room after the game. We know we have a lot to do but we showed what we are capable of. It's a great win for us - but it's just one win and we need to follow it up.
"When we turned up and saw the pitch we knew it would be lively and far from a typical Lord's pitch, but to bowl them out in a session in their second innings was a brilliant effort. it really was the stuff of dreams for Ryan Sidebottom, who bowled very well and fully deserved his wickets.
"In the morning Barks and Wrighty batted really well to build our advantage and, with bad weather around and the forecast bad for tomorrow, we were even starting to think are we going to have to pull out here?
"But it worked out perfectly. Woakesy showed his class and Barks with the new ball was pretty much unplayable. And an hour after the game ended it was raining."
Fourteen carriages of the Indore-Patna Express derailed just after 03:00 local time on Sunday (21:30 GMT Saturday) near the city of Kanpur.
Rescuers are still trying to reach the injured and recover the dead from the twisted carriages.
The cause of the crash near the village of Pukhrayan is not yet known.
However, the Times of India quoted sources as saying a fracture in the track could have been to blame.
The death toll has been rising steadily all day and is expected to increase further.
In pictures: Train derailment
Krishna Keshav, who was travelling on the train, told the BBC: "We woke with a jolt at around 3am. Several coaches were derailed, everybody was in shock. I saw several bodies and injured people."
Most of the victims were located in two carriages near the engine which overturned and were badly damaged.
By late Sunday afternoon, rescue workers were still using heavy machinery to try to reach survivors.
Senior railway official Pratap Rai told Reuters: "We are using every tactic to save lives but it's very difficult to cut the metal carriages."
The BBC's Sanjoy Majumder, in Delhi, says rescuers brought out two children alive on Sunday morning, raising cheers from onlookers.
One passenger whose carriage did not derail told the Associated Press the train was going at normal speed. It stopped suddenly, said Satish Kumar, then restarted shortly before the crash.
Passenger Ruby Gupta, 20, was travelling to Azamagarh to be married on 1 December.
She told the Times of India that most of the people travelling with her had been found but that her father was still missing.
She said: "I cannot find my father and I have been looking everywhere for him. I have a fractured arm and my sisters have also sustained injuries."
Many anxious relatives gathered at the station in Indore, where the train began its journey, holding pictures of loved ones, the Times said.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted: "Anguished beyond words on the loss of lives due to the derailing of the Patna-Indore express. My thoughts are with the bereaved families.
22 million
passenger journeys per day
27,581
railway related deaths in 2014
115,000km of track; 7,112 stations
1.3 million staff in 2014-15
$25bn revenue in 2014-15
5.29 times more likely to die on the road than the railways
"Prayers with those injured in the tragic train accident."
Mr Modi said he had spoken to Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu, who was "personally monitoring the situation closely".
On his own Twitter account, Mr Prabhu warned that "strictest possible action will be taken against those who could be responsible for accident".
He said an investigation into the crash would begin immediately and compensation would be paid to "unfortunate passengers who died and to injured".
Bihar, 6 Jun 1981: 250 deaths confirmed as passenger train derails on a bridge and plunges into the Baghmati river. Hundreds more are never found, with an estimated death toll ranging from 500 to 800
Firozabad, 20 Aug 1995: 358 people are killed as an express train hits a stationary express train
Gaisal, Assam, 2 Aug 1999: At least 290 killed as two trains carrying a total of 2,500 people collide
Khanna, 26 Nov 1998: At least 212 killed as a train collides with a derailed train
Rafiganj, 10 Sept 2002: Rajdhani Express derails on bridge, killing at least 130
West Midnapore, West Bengal, 28 May 2010: The Calcutta-Mumbai passenger train derails, killing at least 100. Police blame Maoist sabotage of the track
Home Minister Rajnath Singh said that India's National Disaster Response Force was overseeing the rescue efforts.
Kanpur is a major railway junction and hundreds of trains pass through it every day.
Train accidents are fairly common in India, where much of the railway equipment is out of date. An accident in Uttar Pradesh in March last year killed 39 people and injured 150.
Last year, the government announced investments of $137bn (£111bn) over five years to modernise and expand the railways.
The consultant, who does not wish to be named, stepped down following the revelation that an entire chapter of the final report had been removed.
It follows the resignation of two patient representatives who claimed the report had been watered down.
Health Secretary Shona Robison said no evidence would be hidden.
Transvaginal mesh implants are medical devices used by surgeons to treat pelvic organ prolapse and incontinence in women, conditions that can commonly occur after childbirth.
What's the issue with mesh implants?
Over the past 20 years, more than 20,000 women in Scotland have had mesh or tape implants but some have suffered painful and debilitating complications.
There are more than 400 women currently taking legal action against Scottish health boards and manufacturers as a result of mesh implant surgery.
In 2014 former health secretary Alex Neil called for the suspension of such procedures, and an independent review group was set up to look at safety issues.
An interim report published in October 2015 did not advocate a blanket ban on mesh implants but noted that some women do experience serious complications and it made suggestions for reducing the risks. The final report is expected shortly.
Earlier this month, the BBC revealed that an expert member of the review group had written to its chairwoman, raising concerns about the final draft.
The letter states that an entire chapter, which highlighted concerns about the use of mesh in some procedures and contained tables displaying the risks of treatment, had been taken out.
Patients representatives Olive McIlroy and Elaine Holmes, who have both suffered complications as a result of such surgery, resigned from the review earlier this month, claiming that the final report now lacked integrity and independence.
Responding to the latest resignation, Health Secretary Shona Robison said clinical experts sometimes disagreed on complex medical matters.
She said: "I want to reassure the Scottish Mesh Survivors Group their views have been heard, and I want them to remain at the centre of the crucial work.
"I have been clear that all evidence must be made publically available alongside the report once published. The chair of the Review Group has stressed to me the evidence has been fully considered by the review and none has been hidden.
"This is a complex, technical area and on occasions professionals will disagree. I am aware of the resignation of a clinical member from the group and, while this is unfortunate, their views and contribution to the review is much-appreciated and have proven valuable."
Ms Robision is due to meet Olive McIlroy and Elaine Holmes later this week to discuss their concerns.
In December, the BBC revealed that hundreds of mesh implant operations had been performed in Scotland despite ministers recommending their suspension.
Figures obtained by the BBC revealed that 404 women had received mesh and tape implants since the health secretary called for the suspension in June 2014.
The 29-year-old came on as a substitute for Northern Ireland on Saturday when Stuart Dallas' late winner ensured a 1-0 victory in World Cup qualifying.
"I heard about the fact they (Qarabag) were supposedly interested in me but I haven't heard anything more," he said.
"Who knows what could happen if Qarabag come in with an offer for me?".
"Obviously I've spent a few days there and from what I've seen the city is fantastic and I was really impressed by the stadium," added Lafferty.
Dallas' dramatic late strike strengthened his country's hold on second spot in their qualifying group.
They did so in the Tofiq Bahramov Stadium, home to Qarabag, who are believed to have shown an interest in luring Lafferty following his release by Norwich City in the summer.
Six of Azerbaijan's starting XI on Saturday play for Qarabag, the club who have won the Azerbaijan title for four years in a row.
Lafferty has previously shown a willingness to ply his trade further afield after spells in Switzerland, Italy and Turkey.
His limited playing time at Norwich over the past three years has seen him slip down the pecking order at international level, though Northern Ireland manager Michael O'Neill is confident he will be a success wherever he ends up, provided he is shown some love.
"He needs to go somewhere where first of all he's happy that he's valued and if you make Kyle feel like that, he'll do well for you, simple as that," O'Neill said last week.
"If he goes to a club that really want him, really value him and he makes the right decision in terms of the move he makes, I've no doubts he'll be a good signing for any club."
Students saw a question asking them to "calculate the mean percentage of words", normally seen in a Maths exam.
Exam board OCR has since apologised and said it would "correct this in our marking".
It follows a mistake it made in a GCSE English Literature exam question on Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet in May.
OCR said about 5,000 A Level candidates had been affected, but it was not yet known how many tackled the question.
Damian Walmsley, deputy head teacher at St Mary's College in Hull, said students who sat the exam on Wednesday had been left "disconcerted and confused" by the question.
"The exam was stopped briefly by the invigilator, who contacted the exam board and got advice for students to ignore the question," he added.
A mother from Hull, who wished to remain anonymous, said her daughter was "panicking" when she saw the question.
"They were asked to calculate the mean percentage of words recalled and then given data to do this from a maths test containing only numbers, is the gist of it," she said.
"I am so angry."
Some students spoke out on social media saying how they were left confused "doing a psychology paper and not a maths paper".
Russell Hobby, general secretary of school leaders' union NAHT, said: "Mistakes in exam papers undermine the confidence of students, teachers and schools. It is crucial that processes are in place to prevent these from happening.
"OCR has rightly confirmed that marking of the paper will reflect this mistake. It's crucial that this is clearly communicated to schools."
In a statement, the exam board said: "OCR can confirm that a question worth 2 marks out of 90 on an A Level Psychology paper (H567/01) was poorly worded.
"We apologise to candidates for any confusion and will correct this in our marking."
The two-time Olympic gold medallist, riding Horseware Hale Bob, has a 0.4-point advantage over reigning champion Michael Jung on La Biosthetique Sam.
Rosalind Canter is the highest-placed Briton in sixth, with Oliver Townend and Alexander Bragg seventh and eighth.
The Gloucestershire event finishes with show jumping on Sunday.
Ireland's Clare Abbot is in 11th place, while Jonty Evans, who was third after the dressage stage, has dropped to 25th. Australia's Christopher Burton, who led after the dressage on Graf Liberty, is 19th.
1. Ingrid Klimke (Ger) (Horseware Hale Bob) 39.6 pens
2. Michael Jung (Ger) (La Biosthetique Sam FBW) 40
3. Andrew Nicholson (NZ) (Nereo) 40.4
4. Tim Price (NZ) (Xavier Faer) 48.2
5. Mark Todd (NZ) (NZB Campino) 50.4
6. Rosalind Canter (GB) (Allstar B) 54.5
7. Oliver Townend (GB) (ODT Ghareeb) 56.2
8. Alexander Bragg (GB) (Zagreb) 57
9. Mark Todd (NZ) (Leonidas II) 58.1
10. Yoshiaki Oiwa (Jpn) (The Duke of Cavan) 58.2
Steve O'Connell said there was concern the Met Police had not charged former Tower Hamlets mayor Lutfur Rahman.
Mr Rahman was forced to step down after an Election Court found him guilty of corrupt and illegal practices.
Police had investigated claims of electoral fraud and malpractice during the local elections of 2014.
Mr Rahman, who became Tower Hamlets' first directly elected mayor in 2010 and was re-elected four years later, has faced no criminal prosecution.
The Met has been contacted for a comment.
Mr O'Connell, chairman of the Assembly's Police and Crime Committee, said: "During our investigation, we, as a committee, have been shocked to uncover major failings by the Metropolitan Police in its ability to investigate allegations of electoral fraud and malpractice."
He said failings included missed files of evidence, missed opportunities to gather witness statements and witnesses who were prepared to give evidence in the election court but were unwilling to do so in criminal proceedings.
He also said a bundle of 27 files sent to the Director of Public Prosecution was not reviewed by the force.
"This is not what we expect from a supposedly world-leading police force," he said.
Mr O'Connell has written to Sophie Linden, deputy mayor for policing and crime, urging her to use her powers to call on Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) to look into the activities of officers investigating the election.
He said it was time for "a fresh pair of eyes" to review the activities of the Met.
But what about the tactic used to restrain him?
The chokehold has long been considered a controversial technique for law enforcement officers in the US, although it's not a term widely used in other countries such as the UK.
Video footage of the incident shows officer Daniel Pantaleo lock his arm around Mr Garner's neck, before wrestling him to the ground.
"As defined in the department's patrol guide, it would appear to have been a chokehold," New York City Police Commissioner Bill Bratton told reporters at the time.
It is defined in the New York Police Department patrol guide as any pressure to the throat or windpipe that may hinder breathing or reduce intake of air.
They have been prohibited in New York since the 1980s because, in Bratton's words, of the "concerns of potential deaths around them." Most police departments across America also ban their use.
In pictures: Chokehold ruling sparks protests
The origins of the chokehold come from martial arts such as judo, where it is also known as a "shime waza", explains Gary Golz, president of the US Judo Association.
Mr Golz, who has been a defensive tactics adviser for the Los Angeles Police Department, says there are several iterations of the chokehold, which he describes as more of a strangle than a choke.
"If they choke, you're doing it wrong," he says.
Mr Golz says the move applies pressure to the carotid artery in the neck, restricting blood flow to the brain. "It should be a very painless hold, it would knock you out, and make you feel kind of woozy, then you'd be fine."
In judo this move would only last between 3-15 seconds, says Mr Golz.
"After that it's going to take on a new dimension, the person is going to pass out... go longer, [for example] a minute or two and someone could die."
Golz believes it can be a very effective move for officers to restrain people, as long as they are trained properly.
"Problem is lots of police don't have the skills that a judo person who's been doing it for 5-10 years has".
Even though police officers in New York aren't meant to use the move, many still do.
A report released in October 2014 by the New York City Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB) said 1,128 complaints about chokeholds had been received in the past five-and-a-half years.
Between July 2013 and July 2014 there were 219, the report said, with the vast majority of chokehold cases occurring with more than one officer present.
The report said the NYPD was failing to appropriately discipline officers because of inconsistencies in how they interpret what a chokehold is.
In judo terms the definition may be simpler, but the CCRB report says in the NYPD there is an "interplay" between pressure and breathing tests for chokehold complaints.
"For some investigators, a chokehold existed if and only if breathing was restricted, while for others, it was correctly, the presence of pressure regardless of whether breathing is restricted," it noted.
The New York medical examiner concluded that a chokehold played a part in Eric Garner's death, but there are others who dispute that.
Pat Lynch, president of the patrolmen's benevolent association (PBA), a union which represents officers in the city, says Officer Pantaleo did not use the tactic, and "was bringing a person to the ground the way we're trained to do to place him under arrest."
The PBA says it is saddened by Eric Garner's death, but that the officer's intention was "to do nothing more than take Mr Garner into custody".
Retired NYPD Detective Sergeant Mike Codella who runs a Ju-Jitsu academy in Staten Island teaching chokeholds to clients including police officers, believes they should not be banned.
"In the force the idea is to match the force being used against you. If your life is seriously in danger you have to use whatever technique to defeat the person who is on the attack.
"It should be used the way a gun is used - you wouldn't fire a weapon at a person if you don't feel your life is in danger. You have to use minimum amount of force to win the situation."
The CCRB report calls for NYPD officers to be trained to use alternative methods for restraining suspects, as well as reaching an understanding on what is considered appropriate and even-handed discipline.
The NYPD has already announced it will be retraining 36,000 officers on guidelines and tactics on the use of force following Eric Garner's death.
This case has further inflamed an ongoing national debate about the use of police force, and the extent to which it should be used.
It follows the recent decision by a grand jury not to indict police officer Darren Wilson for shooting unarmed teenager Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri.
South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (Secamb) was inspected by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
Reasons for the rating included bullying, delayed response times and putting patients at risk.
The trust said it was committed to improving the quality of its service.
Secamb, which covers Kent, Surrey, Sussex and North East Hampshire, said it already had a recovery plan in place and had taken action across a number of areas to address concerns.
Acting chief executive, Geraint Davies, said: "I, along with my senior team, am committed and focused on ensuring these necessary changes continue.
"We are determined to implement the changes required to restore confidence in our service."
'Fundamental failings' led to Secamb ambulance delays
Secamb chief resigns
The chief inspector of hospitals, Professor Sir Mike Richards, recommended the trust be put into special measures in light of the findings of the report.
NHS Improvement confirmed that it would go ahead with the chief inspector's advice.
It added: "NHS Improvement will soon appoint an improvement director to provide the trust with additional expert advice and support on the ground to improve the quality of its care, and will consider what further action might be needed to address the CQC's concerns."
Professor Richards praised employees of the trust for "giving their best" and "treating patients kindly".
However, he said "leadership had not been supporting staff to do their jobs effectively".
"Staff told us there was a culture of harassment and bullying. We found in many cases there weren't enough properly trained staff, or that the proper equipment wasn't available to them," he said.
Despite this, he said that once care arrived it was "of a good standard - with dedicated and caring call handlers, ambulance crew, paramedics and other frontline staff working hard to ensure this."
"I am recommending that South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust be placed into special measures to ensure the service gets the support it needs to improve," he said.
Although rated inadequate overall, the trust was rated good for caring in all parts of its service.
The inspection team also highlighted areas of good practice when it came to training and support for paramedics, and supporting patients to use non-emergency services, such as their GP when appropriate.
Gary Palmer, of the GMB union, called on Mr Davies to resign.
"We very much regret the service is going to have to go into special measures, but the trust members who've caused this have to take that full responsibility... and Geraint has to go," he told the BBC.
Secamb is not the first ambulance trust to be put into special measures. In 2015 London's Ambulance Service (LAS) NHS Trust suffered the same fate following an inspection.
Morgan has a new-look squad to face the Kiwis as England look to bounce back from a dismal World Cup.
The five-match series begins at Edgbaston on Tuesday.
"For a long time now, we've been behind the eight-ball in one-day cricket and fallen behind by a long way," said Morgan. "It's time for a catch-up."
Morgan, 28, took over the one-day captaincy from Alastair Cook in December, two months before the start of the World Cup.
England went on to exit the competition at the group stages, losing to minnows Bangladesh along the way.
Now, as they attempt to rebuild, England have left out a number of established players for the series against New Zealand.
James Anderson, Stuart Broad, Ian Bell, Gary Ballance, Moeen Ali, Ravi Bopara and James Tredwell are all missing.
Instead, James Taylor, Alex Hales, Jason Roy, Adil Rashid, David Willey, Mark Wood and uncapped wicketkeeper-batsman Sam Billings will get a chance to shine.
"I've got the squad that I've wanted," said Morgan.
"The guys we have brought in do something different and we want that to continue.
"If they play as well as they have done in county cricket, things will be very exciting."
New Zealand have already secured a draw in a two-match Test series against England this summer.
The Kiwis excelled at the World Cup, losing in the final to Australia, having thrashed England by eight wickets along the way.
"I think it's an exciting squad England have picked," said Black Caps skipper Brendon McCullum.
"It's obviously a little bit raw, but it's full of talented players and guys who are pretty aggressive with both bat and ball."
England (from): Eoin Morgan (capt), Sam Billings, Jos Buttler (wkt) Steven Finn, Alex Hales, Chris Jordan, Liam Plunkett, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, Jason Roy, Ben Stokes, James Taylor, David Willey, Mark Wood
New Zealand (from): Brendon McCullum (capt), Corey Anderson, Trent Boult, Grant Elliott, Martin Guptill, Matt Henry, Tom Latham, Mitchell McClenaghan, Nathan McCullum, Luke Ronchi (wkt), Mutchell Santner, Tim Southee, Ross Taylor, Kane Williamson, Ben Wheeler
Umpires: Bruce Oxenford (Aus), Michael Gough (Eng)
TV umpire: Steve Davis (Aus)
Match referee: Javagal Srinath (Ind)
Coetzer will be assisted by Con de Lange as vice-captain, but a full-time skipper will not be named until March.
Pace bowlers Brad Wheal and Chris Sole are both selected after breaking into the national squad in 2016.
The experienced Josh Davey and Safyaan Sharif, plus George Munsey and Craig Wallace, are also in a 13-man squad.
Matt Machan and Gavin Main both miss out because of injury, while Alasdair Evans has been granted a period of rest and recovery in preparation for the home season.
Former Durham and Northamptonshire batsman Coetzer was previously Scotland captain in 2013 but lost the role to Mommsen, who stood in when Coetzer was injured during the successful qualifying campaign for the 2015 World Cup.
The Desert T20, hosted by the Emirates Cricket Board, is set to feature eight of the top Associate nations and is expected to be hosted in Dubai and Abu Dhabi in mid-January.
Coach Grant Bradburn said: "The Desert T20 will be a fantastic event to kick off what is an exciting and important year for us as a team.
"All the top Associate teams are improving rapidly and we look forward to some epic battles during this tournament, which we would love to become a regular feature on our playing calendar.
"We have had a very good build-up over the winter months in Scotland, and in addition five squad players will arrive in Dubai with valuable off-season playing experience."
Scotland squad in full: Kyle Coetzer (capt), Con de Lange (vice-captain), Richie Berrington, Matthew Cross, Josh Davey, Michael Leask, Calum MacLeod, George Munsey, Safyaan Sharif, Chris Sole, Craig Wallace, Mark Watt, Brad Wheal.
The think tank now expects the rate to rise to £7.50 an hour next year.
That would still mean an annual pay rise of up to £600 for full-time staff.
The National Living Wage, which was introduced in April, currently stands at £7.20 per hour for workers aged 25 and over.
About 4.5 million workers are expected to benefit from the increase - with the amount dependent on how many hours they work.
Stephen Clarke, policy analyst at Resolution Foundation told the BBC's Today programme: "The National Living Wage relates to average earnings and because of Brexit, many forecasters, including the Bank of England, revised down their earnings growth; therefore the National Living Wage has also been revised down."
The Resolution Foundation now forecasts the rate - which is linked to the growth in pay of typical workers - to reach £8.60 by 2020, based on current forecasts.
Further details are expected as part of the Autumn Statement on 23 November.
Despite the fact that the increase is lower than expected, the report adds that the National Living Wage is still set to transform the country's low-pay, helping some 800,000 workers out of low pay by 2020.
Low-pay is defined as an employee earning two-thirds of the country's typical hourly pay.
A spokesperson for the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy said: "The government is committed to building an economy that works for all and the national living wage is doing just that, with more than one million workers already benefiting from a pay rise.
"The independent Low Pay Commission is chiefly responsible for making recommendations for national minimum wage rates."
Research from insolvency firm Begbies Traynor has indicated that nearly 100,000 businesses are said to be experiencing "financial distress" since the higher wage came in.
Retailers, hotels, bars, restaurants, sports and health clubs are among those suffering the most.
Julie Palmer, a partner at Begbies Traynor said: "My concern is that many of these struggling businesses may now be forced to take more drastic measures to manage their growing cost base, such as further cuts to staff numbers, reducing bonuses or even passing on the increased costs to the end consumer."
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After his side's draw with Burnley on 18 March, Moyes was asked by Vicki Sparks if the presence of owner Ellis Short had put extra pressure on him.
He said "no" but, after the interview, added Sparks "might get a slap even though you're a woman" and told her to be "careful" next time she visited.
Moyes "deeply regrets" the comments.
"It was in the heat of the moment," added the 53-year-old Scot.
Both Moyes and Sparks were laughing during the exchange and the former Everton and Manchester United manager later apologised to the reporter, who did not make a complaint.
The FA will now write to Moyes to ask for his observations on the incident.
Speaking in a news conference on Monday, he said: "I deeply regret the comments I made.
"That's certainly not the person I am. I've accepted the mistake. I spoke to the BBC reporter, who accepted my apology."
The BBC confirmed that Moyes and Sparks had spoken about the exchange and the issue had been resolved.
A spokesman said: "Mr Moyes has apologised to our reporter and she has accepted his apology."
However, shadow sports minister Dr Rosena Allin-Khan called on the FA to act.
"If you look at the fact that he wouldn't have said that to a male reporter, and I truly believe that, I think the comments and his behaviour and attitude was sexist," she told BBC Radio 5 live.
"With the FA, part of what they have been criticised for in the past is not tackling sexism and other forms of discrimination, which needs to be stamped out across the sport.
"Fundamentally it's a male-dominated environment that women find it incredibly difficult to break into and comments like this do nothing to encourage women."
Former England striker and BBC Match of the Day presenter Gary Lineker also condemned Moyes' behaviour.
"Moyes incident highlights a tendency for some managers to treat interviewers with utter disdain. Pressured job. Well rewarded. Inexcusable," he said.
A statement from Women in Football said it was "deeply disappointed and concerned" but "pleased that David Moyes has apologised".
It added: "No-one should be made to feel threatened in the workplace for simply doing their job.
"We hope that the football authorities will work with us to educate football managers and those working within the game to prevent this kind of behaviour."
Sunderland are bottom of the Premier League on 20 points, eight points from safety, going into a game at Leicester City.
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The FA must now decide what action, if any, it will take following David Moyes' comments.
His swift apology to Vicki Sparks may help him mitigate any punishment if he is subsequently charged by the governing body.
However Moyes' admission of wrongdoing and "deep regret" shows that he himself believes he's done something wrong.
Under such circumstances could The FA publicly justify simply warning him as to his future conduct? Would there be criticism of the message that sends from an organisation which prides itself on the values and high standards it tries to uphold in football?
It must now await Moyes' letter - and then decide how best to proceed.
The inquiry comes after police were called to a disturbance between two men outside a gym on Chapel Lane, Wigan shortly before 20:45 BST on Friday.
Two men entered the gym, said Greater Manchester Police, with one apparently causing damage.
No arrests were made, but the Super League club say it was conducting its own inquiries.
Marketing director Simon Collinson issued a brief statement before the start of coach Shaun Wane's weekly press conference at the club's training ground at Orrell earlier.
He said: "We are carrying out an internal investigation and I would ask that no questions are put to Shaun that might compromise or prejudice those investigations.
"As soon as the investigations are complete, we will then issue a full statement."
The incident day after the Warriors beat Castleford 33-26.
GMP said: "Officers attended and spoke to all parties. Inquiries are ongoing but no arrests have been made."
The whole retail group is being wound down, with the loss of about 11,000 jobs, after efforts to find a buyer for the troubled firm failed last month.
BHS operated 163 stores in the UK, four of which are in Northern Ireland.
The Lisburn store, in Bow Street Mall, is the first local store to cease trading.
A second store in Newtownabbey, County Antrim, is expected to close next weekend.
The remaining BHS stores in Belfast city centre and at Holywood Exchange have not yet indicated when they are due to cease trading.
Meanwhile, the knighthood given to former BHS owner Sir Philip Green, is under review following criticism of his conduct while he was in charge of the firm.
A number of MPs have called for him to be stripped of the title due to his decision to take money out of the company before he sold it for £1 to a former bankrupt.
The 20 BHS stores due to close on Saturday are:
Gareth Willington, 59, from Carew, died after his boat, The Harvester, sank off St David's Head on 28 April. His son Daniel, 32, has never been found despite a large-scale sea search.
About 60 people went to the service on the Rath in Milford Haven on Monday.
Milford Haven town clerk Moira Galliford said: "It was a really nice service for what was a tragic event."
The service was organised by Milford Haven town council, The Mission to Seafarers and led by Father Harri Williams of St Katharine and St Peter's Church.
Mayor of Milford Haven, William Elliott, said: "It was a tragic loss of life of two men who were just doing their job.
"Milford Haven has a huge connection to the fishing industry and it's important that we as a community remember them and the fishermen who risk their lives everyday doing a dangerous job."
A report in May condemned treatment on the Tawel Fan unit at Glan Clwyd Hospital as "institutional abuse".
Families have since complained about a lack of information, and invitations to meetings sent to wrong addresses.
Betsi Cadwaladr health board chief Simon Dean has apologised to them.
Giving an update on progress following the damning report by Donna Ockenden, Mr Dean said he could understand why the families of patients affected had no confidence in the board, and that he had "huge sympathy" for them.
Gillian Berry, from Rhyl, whose late brother was a Tawel Fan patient for nine months, told a health board meeting in Mold on Tuesday that communication was poor.
She said a letter inviting her to a meeting had been sent to an address in Prestatyn, arriving two days after the meeting had happened.
Christine Johnson, whose mother had been treated on the ward, said the families were being told different stories by different people and felt they were being pushed "from pillar to post".
"It's distressing - we're not getting anywhere," she told BBC Wales after the health board meeting on Tuesday.
However, during the meeting she said she was keen to work with the health board to restore public trust in it.
Mr Dean admitted during the meeting that systems needed to be in place so that families could "engage" with the board, and that basic details such as addresses and contact details needed to be accurate.
Along with chairman Dr Peter Higson, he apologised for the mix-ups and hoped that appointing someone as a single point of contact for the families would improve communication.
Mr Dean, appointed interim chief executive after the suspension of Dr Trevor Purt in June, promised progress on mortality reviews and the disciplinary process.
He also promised "strong leadership", confirming plans to appoint a new head of mental health services.
Waltham Forest council pleaded guilty to charges under the Health and Safety at Work Act and the Control of Asbestos regulations.
The council said it "should have done more in the past" to manage safety.
Unison has called on the council's chief executive to resign.
The case was brought by the Health and Safety Executive and related to two incidents in November 2006 and two more in January 2009.
The hearing at Westminster Magistrates' Court took place on Monday and has been transferred to Southwark Crown Court for sentencing on 2 February.
The union said the issue was discovered when a local resident was refused access to requested files because of the risk of exposure to asbestos dust.
Unison branch Secretary Dave Knight said the council failed to protect people from potential exposure to "deadly asbestos."
He said: "We are appalled that our employer should show such scant regard for the health and safety of people who work in and use the Town Hall."
"The case demonstrates a lack of concern for employees and contractors and anyone else who had cause to visit the Town Hall basement, and it is for this reason that we call upon the chief executive of Waltham Forest Council to tender his resignation."
A spokesperson for Waltham Forest council said: "This issue dates back to 2002, and we completely accept that the council should have done more in the past to manage the health and safety of our buildings. We accepted responsibility at court.
"In 2012 a fresh asbestos survey indicated the problem, and we have been working with the Health and Safety Executive to make sure that nothing like this happens in the future."
Asbestos remedial works were carried out at the town hall basement in 2012 and other buildings have been monitored, the council said.
The dean, who was appointed in June 2011, is to become team rector of a parish in the Diocese of Salisbury.
He made the announcement during a service in St Anne's on Sunday morning.
He said it had been a hard decision to move to England having lived most of his adult life in Northern Ireland.
"My wife Helen and I have been privileged to serve in four parishes in the Church of Ireland, as well as St Anne's Cathedral, and have seen great change in the community," Dean Mann said.
"Our children were both born here and had much of their education in Belfast. We will be leaving with fond memories and with the intent of being back as often as is practical."
He said the main reason for returning to England was because St Anne's was passing from one phase of transition, into which he was appointed, to another, as the Cathedral Quarter approaches significant change.
"St Anne's will rise to the opportunities and challenges that will face a new dean and the Cathedral Board over the next five years," Dean Mann said. "It is from this perspective a good time to go."
"We will also be moving closer to our family and I look forward not only to that, but to returning for a few years to my primary calling as a parish clergyman. It is a time to look forward for us all."
The Bishop of Conor, Rev Alan Abernethy, a member of the Belfast Cathedral Board said: "I will be forever grateful for John's ministry in St Anne's, for his prayerful presence.
"His clear thinking and compassionate care for many will leave the cathedral in good heart. He and Helen can be assured of the love and prayers of everyone at St Anne's and the clergy and people of Connor Diocese."
Christopher Furniss-Roe was found dead by his father at their home in Pontypool on 9 July last year.
Earlier that day Christopher had enjoyed his school's sports day.
But Gwent Coroner's Court heard following a minor incident at home with his sister involving a bucket he was sent to his room.
The girl's bucket had somehow broken and she had suffered a cut lip.
Giving evidence, father Jason Furniss-Roe said he told his son to go and have a shower and then go to bed as punishment.
Fifteen minutes later, Mr Furniss-Roe went up to Christopher's bedroom, which he shared with his younger sister, and found his son.
Mr Furniss-Roe cut his son down and performed first aid involving cardiopulmonary resuscitation, but Christopher was taken to hospital and had his life support machine switched off the following day.
Dr Stephen Leadbeatter, a consultant pathologist at the University of Wales Hospital in Cardiff, concluded in his post-mortem examination that the youngster had died as a result of hanging.
Coroner David Bowen said: "[Christopher] had been naughty and as a result he had been sent to his room.
"It was far more probable that he was pretending to hang himself to get sympathy and forgiveness. But it all went tragically wrong.
"A heart-wrenching decision was made to turn that [life support] machine off the following day."
Mr Bowen recorded a verdict of accidental death.
That's because the unusual tee-off was installed on an artificially grassed roof of a holiday villa, after the development built over the original tee.
Lee Westwood, who says he is "not great with heights", had some helpful advice for his rivals before the tournament starts on Friday.
"You want to be sober," laughed the Briton. "It looks quite a tough shot."
Players will have to walk past a swimming pool in front of the villa and then climb temporary steps against the side of the house to get onto the roof.
Westwood added: "I'm not sure I'd want to be staying in that villa this week with 78 golfers jumping around on the roof hitting golf balls."
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He was attacked on Catherine Street at about 01:30 BST. The victim is being treated in hospital.
The arrested man, 36, has been released on bail pending further inquiries.
Det Sgt Brian Reid appealed to anyone with information about the attack to contact police in Limavady on the non-emergency number 101.
The 29-year-old Republic of Ireland winger scored against Celtic in the 2-1 Scottish Cup final defeat last season.
Hayes, who was under contract at Pittodrie until 2019, had also been linked with English Championship outfit Cardiff City.
The former Leicester City player previously worked with Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers at Reading.
Aberdeen rejected two offers from Cardiff for Hayes in January, and the Championship side resumed their interest at the end of the season.
Cardiff manager Neil Warnock admitted defeat in their pursuit of the winger, though, with the player opting to rejoin Rodgers at Celtic Park.
Hayes has made 206 Aberdeen appearances in all competitions, scoring 29 goals, since arriving from Inverness Caledonian Thistle in 2012.
He provided 19 assists in the Premiership last season, the highest in the division, and was a member of the Republic of Ireland squad called up for the 1-1 draw with Austria last week, although Hayes did not add to his three international caps.
The Mirror claims the pictures were taken on the M60 in Greater Manchester shortly after the punishment for doing so was was doubled to a £200 fine and six penalty points.
The former Manchester Utd and England star has been approached for comment.
Pete Williams, of the RAC, told the BBC it was a "disappointing... own goal".
Mr Williams added: "It is made all the more disappointing as he is someone who is seen both as a role model and a national hero."
He said society "needs to talk about how dangerous it is using a handheld mobile phone at the wheel.
"We've seen far too many tragic examples of what can happen and how lives can be devastated.
"Really what we are asking all drivers to do is to actually make a promise to stop using their handheld mobile phones today."
The Mirror reported that Mr Neville, 42, was on the M60 in Worsley when he was photographed by a passenger in another car.
It is illegal to use a handheld mobile phone while driving, even if you are stationary at traffic lights or in a traffic jam.
Penalties for those found guilty of breaking the law doubled on 1 March.
The Highway Code also says motorists should avoid any distraction while driving, such as eating and drinking.
Trouble flared after a small number of protestors attacked Millbank Tower, where the Conservative party has its headquarters, smashing windows and injuring at least two police officers.
Fiona Kidd from Queen's Student Union took part in the protest.
She said a small number of demonstrators were behind the trouble.
"It's a tragedy that something so special and so momentous has been hijacked and destroyed by a few", she said.
"We just ask people to remember the ethos of the march and that the disruption that's happening wasn't anything to do with the National Union of Students."
Ruth McKee, a Belfast student at Kingston University was covering the demonstration for her student newspaper.
She witnessed the violence as protestors entered the Millbank Tower.
"The cobble stones were ripped up, placards were thrown hard against the glass and at that stage there was a surge from a contingent who turned up at about 2pm who pushed through and were pushing through the glass and into the foyer," she said.
SDLP Youth Member Liam McNulty also took part in the protest. He said the fact that some students had become involved in violence should not overshadow the message to the government.
"Tens of thousands of people marched to demand the sort of higher education system that both David Cameron and Nick Clegg themselves enjoyed but which they are now threatening to deny a new generation," he said.
"That some students took part in civil disobedience in no way detracts from the scale of today's demonstration and their actions pale in significance to the criminal damage the Tories and Liberal Democrats are about to inflict on our universities."
Supt David Taylor was the superintendent in charge of the traffic unit at Dublin Castle prior to his suspension.
The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions has directed he is not to be prosecuted.
Mr Taylor said he had been vindicated.
In a statement, he added that it had been "an incredibly stressful and difficult time for my family and myself".
Irish broadcaster RTÉ said Mr Taylor was contacted by a senior officer and informed that his suspension was lifted and he was to report back to work immediately.
Mr Taylor had been suspended for 22 months. During this period, he was arrested and questioned for 21 hours at Balbriggan Garda Station.
RTÉ added that Mr Taylor had his pay reduced at one stage by 25%, but that all monies are due to be repaid to him.
She arrived in London at the age of five, just weeks before the outbreak of World War II - one of thousands of Jewish children fleeing the Nazis and coming to Britain as part of the Kindertransport - and was brought up by loving foster parents.
After starting out as a scientific civil servant, in 1962 she founded software company Freelance Programmers - later known as FI Group, later still Xansa - something which was almost unheard of for a woman to do in the 1960s.
Indeed she adopted the name Steve to help her in a male-dominated world.
The success of the company left Dame Stephanie with a fortune of about £150m, most of which she has donated to good causes.
"I know very clearly why I give. I've been given so much myself, what else can I do but give?" she says.
But she also has a much more personal reason for her choice of where to give. Her late son Giles was profoundly autistic.
"I started off with a very clear driving force - that I needed to provide for his future," she says.
She was an early member of the National Autistic Society and established the Shirley Foundation, which funds many projects, particularly related to autism.
One such project was to set up Prior's Court School in Thatcham, Berkshire, as an independent special school for students with autism.
While she is not as involved now as she was in its early days, Dame Stephanie takes great pride in the development of the school.
"We've had our first people graduate from the age of 16. We've now opened an adult learning centre, it's ever changing," she says.
The desire by the super-rich to create some kind of social impact is not a new phenomenon, according to Jen Shang, philanthropic psychologist at Indiana University and the University of Bristol.
What is new, she says, is how they care about the creation of that social impact: "A lot of the people who accumulated their own wealth instead of inherited it have been quite successful in the first half of their life.
"Then what they decided is they see something they really want to solve, and they use identical sets of problem-solving skills that they know they're good at and apply that to their philanthropy."
But it is not always so straightforward.
"They've self-trained," says Dr Shang. "Often what they find is the philanthropy is more challenging than their business interests."
Jeff Raikes is a former senior executive at Microsoft. Since retiring in 2008, he has become chief executive of the Gates Foundation, as well as setting up his own foundation with his wife Tricia.
He cites three main influences on his reasons for going into philanthropy. The first two are his parents, and the investor and philanthropist Warren Buffett, whom he and his wife met in the early 1990s.
The third is the experience his daughter Michaela had, going through some challenges in school, that he felt showed there needed to be some new thinking about the transitions children go through.
As a result, one of the schemes the Raikes Foundation supports is The Middle Shift Initiative, which aims to help 10 to 14-year-olds to build the mindsets and learning strategies to succeed in later education and work.
His business background certainly had an impact on his philanthropy.
Growing up on a farm in Nebraska, he learnt about "discipline and execution", while at Microsoft he learnt about "strategy and vision", four elements which he says are important in both business and philanthropy.
But that didn't mean that there were no surprises in store.
"I didn't really think that there was competition in philanthropy," he admits.
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"There's not competitors in philanthropy but there are people who you might think of as opponents or who have a different point of view."
While he may not have expected this, he says having a range of views benefits philanthropy.
"We are working on very, very hard problems. The aspiration is so big and the solution is so ambiguous," he says.
"It's extremely important to recognise there are different points of view... to improve all philanthropic work."
Dr Shang says what surprises her about the extremely wealthy is the excitement and joy they get out of their giving.
"I understand the warm and fuzzy feeling, but the excitement is something else," she says.
"If you hear them talking it's almost like they are talking about anything else that is their pet project."
As Dame Stephanie says: "To me giving is a lot of fun. It's not a question of compassion, it is a question of joy.
"I have a wonderful time, much nicer than when I was just spending money. I certainly think I get back much more than I give - [in terms of] pleasure, quality of life, friendships, fulfilment."
Gwendoline Goring was sitting in a children's play area after becoming breathless when a warden issued an on-the-spot fine.
After a protest, Central Bedfordshire Council considered the "mitigating circumstances" and rescinded the fine.
Mrs Goring said she was "so glad" as the fine had been stressful.
The council said dog control orders were introduced last October following overwhelming support from the public and town and parish councils.
"They are there to protect people, particularly children, from risks of physical attack as well as to their health if exposed to dog mess," a council statement said.
"In view of Mrs Goring's health issues, we have decided to rescind the fine."
Ms Goring said the incident happened on Tuesday lunchtime as she was walking with her friend in the park.
"I seemed to be getting out of breath and I didn't feel well, and there are no benches at all in that park, except for the two that are in the play area.
"The council has been so grown up about it and I am so pleased as I did not think I would be let off."
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The Japanese company's commitment to Britain's biggest car plant had been in doubt following the EU referendum.
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said the government must make public any deals struck with the firm.
However, Business Secretary Greg Clark said there was "no question of financial compensation" for Nissan.
The company's decision comes as economic growth in the three months after the Brexit vote confounded expectations, increasing by 0.5% - slower than the 0.7% in the previous quarter but higher than analysts' estimates of about 0.3%.
Nissan's decision is the first major development for the car industry since the Brexit vote and secures 7,000 jobs.
"The support and assurances of the UK government enabled us to decide that the next-generation Qashqai and X-Trail will be produced at Sunderland," said Carlos Ghosn, Nissan's chief executive, adding that he welcomed Prime Minister Theresa May's "commitment to the automotive industry in Britain".
Last month, he warned that Nissan might not invest in the Sunderland plant unless the government guaranteed compensation for costs related to any new trade tariffs resulting from Brexit.
Mrs May described the announcement as "fantastic news", adding: "This vote of confidence shows Britain is open for business."
Mr Clark said: "The fact Nissan have not only made a long-term commitment to build the next generation Qashqai and X-Trail at Sunderland, but decided to upgrade their factory to a super-plant, manufacturing over 600,000 cars a year, is proof of the strength of the sector."
A Nissan spokesman said making the X-Trail at Sunderland could lead to hundreds of new jobs being created in the coming years. It will be the first time the model has been made outside Japan.
The production line was stopped at 11am on Thursday so workers could be told about the decision.
A senior Nissan Europe executive, Colin Lawther, said the company had received "no special deal".
"It's just a commitment from the government to work with the whole of the automotive industry to make sure the whole automotive industry in the UK remains competitive," he told the BBC.
"We would expect nothing for us that the rest of the industry wouldn't be able to have access to. We see this as a whole industry thing, not a Nissan thing."
We don't know the details of the "support and assurance" that Nissan extracted from the UK government. But it was clearly enough to secure a commitment from Nissan to build not one, but two new cars at the Sunderland plant.
The promise to shield Nissan from the impact of Brexit will not be lost on rival manufacturers, both those already in the UK as well as those that might be tempted to come.
Will other carmakers with big investment decisions to make now favour Britain? It's possible - but now only after securing a few government guarantees.
The UK car industry has been vocal in warning about the impact of an exit from the single market.
Although the cheaper pound makes their exports more attractive, a hard Brexit and the prospect of trade tariffs will add to their costs.
It seems likely that the government has now promised some sort of financial support to cushion Nissan against such an impact. That will be controversial, of course. But once outside the EU, it won't necessarily be illegal.
Building the X-Trail SUV is an unexpected addition to the model line-up at Sunderland, which makes almost one in three cars built in Britain and produced 475,000 vehicles last year - 80% of which were exported.
The Sunderland plant opened in 1986 and has produced almost nine million cars over the past three decades.
Production of the next Qashqai model is expected to begin in 2018 or 2019.
Mike Hawes, chief executive of industry body the SMMT, said Nissan's announcement was good news for the UK's automotive sector.
But he added: "We need government to provide public assurance to investors that our advantages will be maintained - namely, a competitive business environment, the ability to recruit talent from abroad and the continuation of all the benefits of the single market as we leave the EU."
Figures released by the SMMT on Thursday showed the UK's car industry is performing strongly, with almost 1.3 million vehicles produced in the nine months to September - a 10.5% increase on the same period last year.
Just over one million vehicles were produced for export markets.
The first to hit the highway will be a Toyota Prius modified by search firm Google, which is leading the way in driverless car technology.
Its first drive included a spin down Las Vegas's famous strip.
Other car companies are also seeking self-driven car licences in Nevada.
The car uses video cameras mounted on the roof, radar sensors and a laser range finder to "see" other traffic.
Engineers at Google have previously tested the car on the streets of California, including crossing San Francisco's Golden Gate bridge.
For those tests, the car remained manned at all times by a trained driver ready to take control if the software failed.
According to software engineer Sebastian Thrun, the car has covered 140,000 miles with no accidents, other than a bump at traffic lights from a car behind.
Bruce Breslow, director of Nevada's Department of Motor Vehicles, says he believes driverless vehicles are the "cars of the future".
Nevada changed its laws to allow self-driven cars in March. The long-term plan is to license members of the public to drive such cars.
Google's car has been issued with a red licence plate to make it recognisable. The plate features an infinity sign next to the number 001.
Other states, including California, are planning similar changes.
"The vast majority of vehicle accidents are due to human error," said California state Senator Alex Padilla, when he introduced the legislation.
"Through the use of computers, sensors and other systems, an autonomous vehicle is capable of analysing the driving environment more quickly and operating the vehicle more safely."
The jobless rate fell to 4.8% in the same period, while the number of people in work went up by 49,000, said the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
Average weekly earnings grew by 2.3% in the year to October including bonuses and by 2.4% excluding bonuses.
The Bank of England has forecast that unemployment is set to rise amid uncertainty over Brexit.
However, the ONS said the latest figures brought the unemployment rate to its lowest level since the three months to September 2005.
The total number of people in jobs remained at a record high of 31.8 million, the figures showed.
ONS statistician David Freeman said: "Unemployment is at its lowest for more than 10 years and the employment rate remains at a record high. Nonetheless, there are signs that the labour market might be cooling, with employment growth slowing."
Analysts also noted that the pace of jobs growth was slowing and attributed this to the effects of the UK's vote to leave the EU.
"The Leave vote is starting to sap the jobs recovery of its previous strength," said Ruth Gregory, UK economist at Capital Economics.
"Employment growth slowed sharply - with the 49,000 rise in the three months to September down from August's 106,000 and well below the consensus forecast of 91,000."
The British Chambers of Commerce said Brexit was "dampening firms' recruitment intentions" and that this would put "increased pressure on UK employment levels".
"These subdued labour market and economic conditions are also expected to keep a lid on wage growth over the next year, despite higher than expected levels of inflation," said BCC head of economics Suren Thiru.
The BCC called on Chancellor Philip Hammond to include measures in his Autumn Statement next week that would "support firms looking to recruit and invest in their workforce, including measures to boost investment and lower upfront business costs".
The number of self-employed people increased by 213,000 to 4.79 million - 15.1% of all people in work.
Meanwhile, the number of people claiming unemployment benefits in October increased by 9,800, the biggest rise since May, the ONS said.
The employment figures are based on the Labour Force Survey, in which the ONS speaks to about 40,000 households once every three months.
That is a very large survey, but it still means the figures are not precise.
The ONS is 95% confident that the figure of a 37,000 fall in unemployment is accurate give or take 79,000. That means that the fall in unemployment is not statistically significant.
Villa took the lead when Jonathan Kodjia curled a first-time shot into the corner from the edge of the box.
But Jamie Ward's shot was spilled by keeper Sam Johnstone, allowing Britt Assombalonga to tap in the equaliser.
Jack Grealish was sent off for a second yellow card, before 17-year-old Brereton fired in from Assombalonga's header down to win it for Forest.
Grealish's dismissal changed the momentum of a second half which Villa had controlled, with Forest keeper Stephen Henderson saving Scott Hogan's low shot before reacting brilliantly to deny Tommy Elphick's flicked shot from a Conor Hourihane free-kick.
The 21-year-old's second yellow card came for a mistimed challenge on Eric Lichaj, having already been booked in the first half for petulantly kicking the ball away.
Hogan was making his first appearance for Steve Bruce's side since signing from Brentford in a £12m deal, but he was overshadowed by Brereton's late contribution, who made his senior debut against Rotherham four days earlier.
His goal adds to a poor run of results for Villa away from home, as they have won only two games on their travels this season.
The result lifts Forest up to 15th in the table after a third win in four games under interim manager Gary Brazil, with their opponents one place above them in 14th.
Nottingham Forest interim manager Gary Brazil on match-winner Ben Brereton: "The young lad got a chance and, bless his heart, he took it.
"It is lovely that we had a young player coming on to score his first league goal - and he will get a lot of goals for this club.
"I am not worried about the age of the player, I am worried about the quality he will give us. We know what he will give us when he comes on the pitch.
"He was really good at retaining possession, he was playing with his back to goal - he was just bright. He has a lot to do, but he wants to learn and he wants to get better."
Aston Villa manager Steve Bruce: "I am distraught for everyone. The players have to stick at it. It is tough at the moment, but this is where you earn your money.
"We have to roll up our sleeves and keep working on the training ground. We were much better in this game than against Brentford and we have brought new players into the squad now.
"We will turn this around and see if we can put some back-to-back wins together, which will take us to where we want to be."
Match ends, Nottingham Forest 2, Aston Villa 1.
Second Half ends, Nottingham Forest 2, Aston Villa 1.
Goal! Nottingham Forest 2, Aston Villa 1. Ben Brereton (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Britt Assombalonga with a headed pass.
Attempt blocked. Ben Brereton (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt missed. Ben Brereton (Nottingham Forest) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by David Vaughan.
Corner, Nottingham Forest. Conceded by James Bree.
Foul by Eric Lichaj (Nottingham Forest).
Birkir Bjarnason (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Mustapha Carayol replaces Zach Clough.
Thomas Lam (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Albert Adomah (Aston Villa).
Substitution, Aston Villa. Andre Green replaces Henri Lansbury.
Attempt missed. Zach Clough (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Ben Brereton.
Substitution, Aston Villa. Albert Adomah replaces Scott Hogan.
Substitution, Aston Villa. Leandro Bacuna replaces Jonathan Kodjia.
Attempt blocked. Thomas Lam (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ben Osborn.
Second yellow card to Jack Grealish (Aston Villa) for a bad foul.
Eric Lichaj (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jack Grealish (Aston Villa).
Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Thomas Lam replaces Jamie Ward.
Attempt missed. Nathan Baker (Aston Villa) header from the centre of the box misses to the right following a corner.
Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Daniel Pinillos.
Attempt saved. James Bree (Aston Villa) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Conor Hourihane with a cross.
Zach Clough (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jonathan Kodjia (Aston Villa).
Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Ben Brereton replaces Matthew Cash.
Michael Mancienne (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Tommy Elphick (Aston Villa).
Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Stephen Henderson.
Attempt saved. James Chester (Aston Villa) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Conor Hourihane.
Foul by Daniel Fox (Nottingham Forest).
Jonathan Kodjia (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Matthew Cash (Nottingham Forest).
James Bree (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Tommy Elphick (Aston Villa) left footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Conor Hourihane with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by David Vaughan.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Jonathan Kodjia (Aston Villa) because of an injury.
Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Eric Lichaj.
Attempt missed. Britt Assombalonga (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Matthew Cash.
There was no time to organise the recall referendum, said Mr Maduro.
On Friday the National Electoral Council (CNE) declared more than 600,000 signatures on a petition for the referendum invalid.
The opposition says the electoral authorities are working alongside the government to derail the process.
Opposition leaders say their signatures on the petition have also been invalidated, revealing the electoral council's bias.
Former presidential candidate Henrique Capriles is among those who say their signatures have been ruled out for "failing to meet the requirements".
The Speaker of the National Assembly, Henry Ramos Allup, described the move as "shameful" and "a provocation".
President Maduro accused the opposition of fraud and said he would ask the Supreme Court on Monday to annul the process.
"If they meet the requirements, the recall referendum will take place next year, full stop" said Mr Maduro at a rally in Caracas.
"If they don't meet the requirements, there will be no recall referendum, full stop."
Timing is essential for both sides. If the referendum is held by 10 January 2017 and President Maduro loses, a new election will be called.
If it is held after that date and the vote goes against him, his vice-president takes over and remains in power until the end of the presidential term, in January 2019.
The opposition handed over the petition on 2 May.
It said it had gathered the signatures of 1.85 million voters backing a recall referendum, many more than the 197,000 needed at this initial stage. The CNE said on Friday there were 1.97 million signatures on the list.
The voters whose signatures have not been struck off by the CNE - more than 1.3 million people - will need to turn up at regional electoral offices to confirm their identities later this month.
They will have five days from 20 June to have their signatures checked, CNE President Tibisay Lucena announced on Friday.
Mr Capriles urged voters to get ready to comply with the CNE demand and go to government offices to have their identities checked later this month.
Venezuela is in a serious economic crisis, which the opposition blames on mistaken left-wing policies of Mr Maduro and his predecessor, the late Hugo Chavez.
The inflation rate is one of the highest in the world and there are long queues outside shops.
Mr Maduro says the shortage of goods is the result of an economic war waged by the country's elite against his government.
Anyone who has played the game at any level will be hoping and praying that the Australia batsman comes through this.
Thankfully, since the introduction of helmets 35 years ago these incidents really are very rare.
Protective headgear has prevented injuries to cricketers of all ages and all abilities and will continue to do so.
There are also limits on the number of short-pitched deliveries per over and rules that give the umpire the power to intervene if he feels a bowler is overstepping the mark in an effort to intimidate the batsman.
Cricket, however, is a sport, and there are very few sports that don't carry any element of risk.
A bouncer is a legitimate delivery and remains a crucial part of a bowler's armoury. Removing it entirely would be like asking a boxer not to use the jab.
Sports have to carry an edge, and the best you can do is to eliminate risks as far as you can.
One aspect that sometimes gets overlooked is the impact an incident like this can have on the bowler. One minute you are doing your best to be a big macho quick and the next you have a guy unconscious on the floor.
During a 1975 Test match, New Zealander Ewen Chatfield swallowed his tongue and stopped breathing after being hit on the temple by English fast bowler Peter Lever.
Chatfield's life was saved on the pitch by England physio Bernard Thomas, but I remember how utterly heartbroken Peter was at what had happened.
ICC match referee Ranjan Madugalle still carries a scar on his lip from where I hit him during an England A tour match in Sri Lanka in 1985.
At the time, I was absolutely devastated, but in reality I was only doing my job.
Nowadays, with so much more cricket being played around the world, instances of batsmen being hit on the head are more frequent. But whether or not that results in injury is largely down to luck.
Hughes was desperately unfortunate that the delivery from Sean Abbott hit him on the lower back of the skull, one of the few areas that is not protected by a helmet.
Now, we can only hope that fortune is on his side.
Jonathan Agnew was speaking to BBC Sport's Sam Sheringham
The Ulster county had gone into the Croke Park quarter-final as favourites but lost by one point, 0-13 to 0-12.
Harte said he hoped 33-year-old skipper Sean Cavanagh would continue playing at inter-county level.
"Sean needs time to reflect, because it is a difficult and challenging time for him," said Tyrone boss Harte.
"Hopefully, he will be able to look a things through a different lens in the time to come."
Cavanagh, who has won three All-Irelands in a glittering Red Hands career, cut a disconsolate figure on Saturday, having been sent-off for getting two yellows cards.
Many are expecting the five-times All Star to retire from inter-county football, but manager Harte believes he has more to offer.
The long-serving Tyrone boss admitted that despite winning league and McKenna Cup honours earlier in the year, the 2016 campaign had ended on a sour note with the narrow defeat by Mayo.
"Winning the league this year was nice, but in Tyrone people want the All-Ireland," he said.
"It is not considered a really successful season if you do not get the All-Ireland, and this is another year gone by when we don't have it.
"We are a developing and evolving side and maybe it was a bit premature to expect them to have enough quality and experience to win the All-Ireland because it does not happen easily.
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"But I believed this team was capable of at least getting to the semi-finals.
"There are a lot of people in that dressing room who are hurt about the outcome of the game.
"There was a degree if under-performing, but also a degree of the opposition not letting you perform the way you want to.
"Mayo were very much on their game in certain aspects of their play."
Resurfacing work on the A353 from Preston to Osmington starts on Thursday, with road closures in place next week.
Business owners say they were told the road would not shut.
Ian Bruce, ward councillor for Preston, said two different letters had gone out, one about the restrictions this week, and one about closures next week.
"I'm sorry the businesses feel confused," he said.
"Dorset County Council let the ward councillors know a week ago and we've tried to warn people."
Bill Wolleston of Bay View Cars, White Horse Garage said he had received no notification of the closures.
The owner of neighbouring Top Gear Motors said he had received a letter warning him the road would be closed, but when he called the council he was assured it would stay open.
On Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday the A353 will be closed to through traffic from 09:00 to 16:00 GMT.
Ruth Davidson will official launch the Scottish Conservatives campaign in Edinburgh while Kezia Dugdale will do likewise for Labour in Rutherglen.
Lib Dem leader Tim Farron will head north of the border to congratulate his party's newly-elected councillors.
The SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon will join candidates in Perthshire
The results of last week's council polls are expected to give added momentum to candidates looking for votes in the general election.
The SNP hailed the council elections as a victory after the party won 431 seats, more than any other single party.
But a surge in support for the Scottish Conservatives saw them end the day with a record 276 councillors, more than double the 115 they secured five years ago.
Ms Sturgeon will tell voters in Perth that Tory gains came from Labour rather than her party and warn that "the Tory mask" has slipped in recent days.
She is expected to say: "Theresa May's extraordinary attacks on our European partners demonstrate that an unchecked Tory government is prepared to pursue a chaotic hard Brexit if it is in the interests of the Tory Party, whatever the cost to Scotland."
Scottish Tory leader Ruth Davidson has challenged her party to redouble efforts over the next month.
She said: "Just as we doubled our numbers of MSPs last year, and doubled our number of councillors last week, we now we have to double our efforts over these next four-and-a-half weeks."
Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale will tell voters in Rutherglen they can "send a message" to Ms Sturgeon by voting Labour
She said: "The council elections showed people are turning away from the SNP, because they are fed up with the Nationalists' attempt to force another divisive referendum.
"In seats like Rutherglen and Hamilton West, and in most areas across Scotland, it's a two horse race between Labour and the SNP. The only way to stop the nationalists is to vote Labour."
Lib Dem leader Tim Farron is bringing his campaign bus to Scotland as the party target constituencies such as East Dunbartonshire and Edinburgh West.
Mr Farron said: "In this election people have a straight choice. They can reward Nicola Sturgeon and Alex Salmond by sending another SNP cheerleader for independence to Westminster.
"Or voters can opt for a local Lib Dem champion who will reject independence, oppose a damaging hard Brexit and advocate for investment in mental health and education."
Arrests between 06:00 and 08:00 rose from 350 in 2011 to 363 in 2012 - an increase of 4%, the data shows.
The figures from 22 of England and Wales' 45 police forces were obtained by a Freedom of Information Act and published by car insurers LV.
A separate survey by LV showed 46% of drivers did not realise how long it took for alcohol to leave the body.
One in five drivers surveyed thought they were "ok" to drive the morning after they had been drinking.
According to LV, "morning-after" drink-drivers are on average five hours away from being sober enough to drive when they get behind the wheel.
In the survey of 1,688 drivers:
It takes about an hour for the body to break down one unit of alcohol, NHS guidelines state. However this can vary depending on factors such as weight, age and sex.
With drink-driving arrests due to peak across the UK in the run up to Christmas, LV car insurance managing director John O'Roarke said: "It's easy to assume that after a good night's sleep you will be sober enough to drive the next day but, depending on how many units you've had, you may not be fit to drive.
"The key to enjoying the festive season is to plan ahead and don't drive if you are not within the legal alcohol limits."
The police data showed the most drunk person arrested so far this year was a motorist stopped by Bedfordshire police who was eight times over the limit.
It also showed that Thames Valley police made the highest number of arrests - 4,783 - for drink-driving between 2011 and 2012.
According to NHS figures, 230 people were killed as a result of drink-driving in 2011.
People convicted of drink-driving can be fined up to £5,000, be banned from driving for at least a year and even be given a prison sentence.
It has been three years since its 200,000 inhabitants, most of them members of the Wayuu indigenous group, have seen rain fall.
Rain used to fall seasonally here, but repeated El Nino weather systems have triggered a severe and long-lasting drought.
The earth where the Porshina reservoir used to be is cracked and dry.
It used to provide water for 300 to 400 Wayuu families and their animals.
Beniverto Fernandez, who lives near the reservoir with his family, says he has lost 80 sheep and 30 goats to the drought.
"There is nothing for the animals to eat," he explains. The story is the same in every household in Alta Guajira.
Animals are key to the Wayuu people. Their loss has a deep impact as they are used as bride tokens and to pay debts and settle scores.
But no rain means no crops.
And with little to harvest, the Wayuu are increasingly turning to their livestock into a food source.
"Sometimes we get bored of eating rice and we eat the animals," says Mr Fernandez.
In the shed where Mr Fernandez's water tanks are kept, cloth bags full of seeds await a more propitious time for planting.
The tanks are filled with water from a 1950s-built wind pump some 2km (1.2 miles) away.
For a long time, the wind pump had not been working, forcing locals to pump the water by hand.
Earlier this year, the British NGO Oxfam helped the local community fix it along with a number of other pumps and wells in the region.
But the situation remains serious.
Over a year ago, the provincial authorities declared a public calamity which has yet to be lifted.
Between January and August this year, there have been 11 cases of children under the age of five whose death was attributed to malnutrition.
And it is not a new problem.
America Gonzalez lost three of her children to malnutrition some five years ago.
Her two youngest recovered but are now at renewed risk.
"At night I sit down to think what I will do with my kids," she told the BBC.
Naindris Gonzalez teaches in a school which is little more than a roof made of branches held up by four wooden sticks.
"Sometimes the pupils fall asleep during the classes, I don't know if it is because they are anaemic or hungry," she says.
Drought and poor harvests are not the only factors contributing to the lack of food in the area.
Corruption, poor management and neglect are making an already bad situation worse.
Recently a local official was arrested for misappropriation of public funds.
Earlier this month, the ombudsman's office denounced irregularities in the school food programme of La Guajira province, revealing that in many cases the food provided was not sufficient.
Local teacher Alexander Fernandez says his school receives only three bags of rice a month, barely enough to last 18 days.
But Mr Fernandez would not just like to see more food sent to the local schools.
His school has a football pitch and a basketball court but no balls.
Wayuu leader Gustavo Valbuena thinks that too many of the government's resources are getting lost or diverted.
He wants them to go directly to the Wayuu, so they no longer have to rely on the local authorities to pass them on.
"A year ago we spoke to President Juan Manuel Santos and the cabinet to establish an autonomous region," he told the BBC.
Todd Howland of the United Nations office in Colombia thinks the move could be a first step towards solving the Wayuu's problems,
"The indigenous authorities themselves need to be given the resources and made responsible for overcoming the actual problems that exist," he told the BBC.
But this is unlikely to happen soon.
And with the strongest El Nino weather phenomenon in decades causing more hot and dry weather weather, prospects for this region look anything but promising.
The new labour market strategy was outlined by Employability Minister Jamie Hepburn.
He said improving workplace equality was key to boosting the economy and pledged ??820,000 to tackle the issue.
Earlier this week, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said growing the onshore economy was her priority.
Her comments came in response to official Scottish government statistics which showed Scotland's public spending deficit stood at ??14.8bn in the past financial year amid plummeting oil revenues.
Mr Hepburn launched the labour market strategy during a visit to the Scottish Gas training academy in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire.
Commitments include:
Mr Hepburn said: "Creating a fairer society is not just a desirable goal in itself, but is essential to the sustained, long-term prosperity of the Scottish economy.
"We have consistently demonstrated our commitment to a different and more inclusive approach to our economy. An approach that is supported by a growing body of evidence which shows that countries with more equal societies typically enjoy stronger and more sustainable growth.
He said the Scottish government was focused on working with employers and unions to create "more, better paid, quality jobs".
Jane Wood, managing director of Business in the Community Scotland, said: "A strong and fair labour market is a critical pre-condition for the achievement of sustained and inclusive growth, which is a hallmark of a successful business.
"We are particularly pleased that the labour market strategy describes a commitment which is shared by our members and with Scottish government to create a Scottish national action plan for responsible business.
"This is a unique collaboration in which businesses will work together and with government to set the agenda for more inclusive growth for business and society."
The Scottish Conservatives said the aims of the new strategy were "very worthy" but that it "missed the point".
Murdo Fraser, the party's finance spokesman, added: "We have the Scottish economy under performing the UK economy as a whole.
"We have a productivity gap between Scottish performance and the rest of the UK.
"There's very little in this document that will help address these fundamental issues and in particular there's very little in this proposal to help businesses, at the heart of this, improve their performance and help deliver better conditions."
The Scottish Greens said too many people were "stuck in jobs that are badly paid and insecure".
Co-convenor Patrick Harvie added: "It's welcome to see the Scottish government talking about replacing the Work Programme and Work Choices schemes that will be devolved next year but it remains a concern that they have not committed to adopting our proposal to block the DWP from continuing to apply benefit sanctions, which cause hardship, harm people's health and set back their journey into employment."
Liz Cameron, chief executive of Scottish Chambers of Commerce, said more consultation was needed with businesses.
"The challenge now is for the education and skills sector to plan for and meet the needs of future business demand, and that is why a labour market strategy for Scotland is welcome," she said.
"However, our early impressions of this strategy are that it appears to marginalise the central role that business demand ought to have in any coherent plan for Scotland's future.
"We will be consulting with our network across Scotland to gain a detailed insight into how the new strategy is viewed by businesses. It is essential for our economy that the Scottish government gets this right and we will work to help them achieve that."
Gogol Bordello, Alice Russell and Alabama 3 will feature at the festival which runs from 8 to 11 June.
Last month organisers reaffirmed their commitment to their south of Scotland venue after announcing a "sister" event in Croatia.
Further act announcements for the festival, first held in 2009, are scheduled in the weeks to come.
The 24-year-old, on loan from Arsenal, played 45 minutes of Saturday's testimonial match against AC Milan.
But Howe admits he has had to manage the workload of the England midfielder, who only played three matches for the Gunners in the 2015-16 campaign after fracturing his leg last August.
"He has not completed all of the training," Howe told BBC Radio Solent.
"We have had to manage his training time on the pitch to make sure we get the balance right between getting him fitter and making sure he does not break down.
"There are certain players who have had serious injuries in their careers that we have to manage. We have to fine-tune the workload that they get."
Bournemouth are seeking their first Premier League win of the season as they host West Bromwich Albion on Saturday, with Wilshere expected to feature.
Howe said the midfielder had brought more to the club than his ability on the pitch.
"He's been really good in the dressing room and I'm really enthused to see him in a Bournemouth shirt," Howe added. "It's been a really good experience so far."
A criminal complaint said 60-year-old Candace Marie Claiborne received tens of thousands of dollars in gifts.
The employee has been charged with obstructing an official proceeding and making false statements to the FBI.
She was arrested on Tuesday. In court on Wednesday she pleaded not guilty.
Ms Claiborne started working for the state department in 1999 and served at a number of foreign missions, including Iraq, Sudan and China.
She had a top secret security clearance, and was required to report any contacts with persons suspected of affiliation with a foreign intelligence agency, the justice department said in a statement.
"Claiborne failed to report repeated contacts with two intelligence agents of the People's Republic of China (PRC), even though these agents provided tens of thousands of dollars in gifts and benefits to Claiborne and her family over five years," it said.
She was accused of receiving almost $2,500 (£2,010) from a Chinese agent in 2011 in exchange for information about US economic policy in relation to China.
"Claiborne, who allegedly confided to a co-conspirator that the PRC agents were 'spies,' wilfully misled state department background investigators and FBI investigators about her contacts with those agents," said the justice department statement.
It went on to say that she "instructed her co-conspirators to delete evidence connecting her to the [Chinese] agents" after being contacted by the state department and FBI.
She made her first appearance in the US district court for the District of Columbia on Wednesday. A preliminary hearing was set for 18 April.
The maximum prison penalty for a person convicted of obstructing an official proceeding is 20 years. For making false statements to the FBI, the maximum term is five years.
The state department has not commented on the case. The revelation comes ahead of the meeting between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping next week.
Paramedics informed police at 20:20 BST on Saturday after the "sudden death" of a 28-year-old in her home on Thomas Street.
A 35-year-old man has been held on suspicion of murder, and post-mortem tests are due to take place.
A Greater Manchester Police spokeswoman said: "The circumstances surrounding the woman's death raised suspicion."
Noah Serra-Morrison was 13-months-old when he died at his mother's home in Crawley Road, Luton, last November.
Prosecutors at Luton Crown Court claim the boy suffered a catalogue of injuries in the weeks before the massive head injury that killed him.
His mother Ronnie-Tayler Morrison and her partner Hardeep Hunjan deny murder.
The jury heard Ms Morrison, 21, had an iPhone with a photograph of Noah with a cannabis joint behind his ear.
And in a video clip on the same phone, the mother and Mr Hunjan were shown to the court smoking three cannabis joints at the same time through a home-made tube.
The baby died from a massive head injury inflicted on him at the flat in Crawley Road on the night of November 20/21 last year.
He was taken to the Luton and Dunstable Hospital, where he was pronounced dead in the early hours.
When he died it was found the child had suffered a series of fractures to his arms and legs, some new and some going back weeks.
The couple, said the prosecution, were to claim to that little Noah had injured himself by falling out of his crib.
That, said the crown, is impossible and the injuries found on the baby could not have been caused by an accident.
The case continues.
Nearly 68% of members of the Transport Salaried Staffs' Association voted for strikes on a 44% turnout.
The Union has said its members had been subjected to "unprecedented" levels of abuse since ticket offices closed.
A survey for the TSSA found most staff felt less safe since moving from offices on to station concourses.
Tom Edwards, BBC London Transport Correspondent
The ticket office closures were one of the biggest changes on the tube for generations.
With the rise of automatic payments methods such as the Oyster card and contactless, the idea was to get staff from behind the glass screens and on to the ticket gate lines. But the unions have always opposed it and say the redeployment has led to more lone working and staff shortages.
The TSSA, which represents station staff, says it will decide, probably tomorrow, what industrial action it will take in the dispute.
Strikes aren't being ruled out, although it could be an overtime ban.
Other forms of industrial action were backed by nine to one.
The union said staff were being targeted by frustrated passengers if ticket machines do not work.
TSSA general secretary Manuel Cortes said the vote was about "our members being prepared to take part in a strike to let the world know that the Tube they are using is not fit for safe purpose".
"Our customer service assistants are overwhelmingly trying to warn the public that the Tube they use is not safe. We no longer have enough staff," he said.
Steve Griffiths, London Underground's chief operating officer, said: "We urge the TSSA leadership to work with us constructively on the issues they have raised rather than threaten to disrupt our customers with strikes. "
The ticket offices were closed as part of the Fit for the Future programme introduced by former London mayor Boris Johnson.
His successor Sadiq Khan has ordered a review of the project.
Tube drivers are to stage 24-hour strikes on 6 and 7 December, coinciding with a walkout by Southern Rail guards.
Speaking in Islamabad after talks with Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar, she also urged Pakistan to encourage the Taliban to enter talks "in good faith".
Ms Khar admitted Pakistan could do more to stop militants from operating within its borders.
Relations between the US and Pakistan are at their lowest point for a decade.
Mrs Clinton is delivering a blunt message that Pakistan must step up its counter-terror efforts.
After months of tension, she is heading a high-powered delegation that includes CIA chief David Petraeus and the new Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen Martin Dempsey.
They are meeting senior military staff as well as top political leaders.
Speaking in Kabul on Thursday, Mrs Clinton called for a new partnership between the US, Afghanistan and Pakistan to fight militants, who she urged to pursue peace. She said Pakistan "must be part of the solution" to the Afghan conflict.
For years Washington has urged Islamabad to tackle militants in tribal areas along the Afghan border - especially the Haqqani network - who have been blamed for a series of recent attacks in Afghanistan.
The verbal and military assault waged by the US against the network has intensified in recent months. Accusations from US officials that Pakistan backs the Haqqani group have put further strain on ties between the US and Pakistan, which hotly denies the claims.
Relations nosedived after US troops killed Osama Bin Laden in a covert operation on Pakistani soil in May. Analysts now detect a desire on both sides to improve the relationship but say it is too early to tell how successful the efforts will be.
Mrs Clinton insisted the US remained committed to a long-term relationship with Pakistan, saying it "has a critical role in supporting Afghanistan reconciliation and ending the conflict".
But she called for action against militants "over the next days and weeks, not months and years".
Doing so, she said, was in the interests of Pakistan, where thousands have died in militant violence in recent years.
"You can't keep snakes in your backyard and expect them only to bite your neighbours," Mrs Clinton said.
"We asked very specifically for greater co-operation from the Pakistani side to squeeze the Haqqani network and other terrorists... trying to eliminate terrorists and safe havens on one side of the border is not going to work," Mrs Clinton told a joint news conference in Islamabad.
"It's not just military action. There is greater sharing of intelligence so we can prevent and intercept the efforts by the Haqqanis or the Taliban to try to cross the border or to plan an attack."
Pakistan's foreign minister appeared to commit to doing more.
"Do safe havens exist? Yes, they do exist both sides," Ms Khar said. "Do we need to co-operate? Yes. We can co-operate more and achieve better results."
However, it is not clear whether Pakistan's powerful military is ready to do more to help the Americans.
On Wednesday the country's army chief signalled again that Pakistani forces would not be rushed into any crackdown in North Waziristan.
Gen Ashfaq Kayani said Washington should focus on stabilising Afghanistan instead of pushing Pakistan to attack militant groups in the crucial border region.
The BBC's Orla Guerin in Islamabad says Pakistan sees the Haqqanis as old allies who could protect its interests in the future Afghanistan - and it will not take them on at a time when America prepares its exit from the region in 2014.
Both the US and Pakistani governments had close ties with the group's founder, Jalaluddin Haqqani, during the war against Soviet troops in Afghanistan in the 1980s.
Sarah Sands, 32, killed her 77-year-old neighbour Michael Pleasted weeks after finding out he allegedly abused three boys, the Old Bailey was told.
She told police that Mr Pleasted, who had been charged with sexual assaults on two children aged under 13, had been "asking for trouble".
He was killed in his Canning Town flat on 28 November. Ms Sands denies murder.
The court heard how Ms Sands armed herself with a knife after drinking two bottles of wine and a bottle of brandy.
The case's prosecutor Jonathan Ree said CCTV footage showed she was in his block of flats for 20 minutes.
Mr Pleasted, who was stabbed eight times, had been on bail awaiting trial. Police were also investigating an allegation he had abused a third boy.
Ms Sands had befriended the pensioner who was a familiar local figure and ran a bric-a-brac shop from a Mace convenience store, the court heard.
She used to visit him at his flat and bring him meals before she became aware of the abuse allegations.
After the stabbing, Ms Sands went to the Isle of Dogs, putting the knife and clothes she had been wearing in a carrier bag.
Before deciding to hand herself in, she told a family friend: "I stabbed him".
During a police interview, she said she had tried to help him, while all the while he was abusing young children.
She later said in a statement that she denied intending to kill Mr Pleasted or cause him serious bodily harm, claiming she went to confront him and took a knife for protection as she was scared.
The trial continues.
In a speech, he said the firm was a "terrible place to work". Labour claims 17,000 of its 20,000 UK employees are not guaranteed regular hours.
Mr Miliband promised to ban "the exploitation of zero-hours contracts".
Sports Direct, one of the UK's biggest employers, said it was continuing to review "core employment procedures".
Zero-hours contracts do not guarantee regular work for employees. Sick pay is often not included although holiday pay should be, in line with working time regulations.
The BBC's political correspondent Chris Mason said research conducted by Labour concluded that 17,000 of the company's 20,000 employees in the UK were hired on the controversial contracts.
Speaking to the West Midlands Labour Party conference in Coventry, Mr Miliband took aim at what he calls "a zero-zero economy - of zero-hours contracts and zero tax for those at the top".
Mr Miliband pledged that, under a Labour government, "if you work regular hours you will have a legal right to a regular contract".
Business and Enterprise Minister Matthew Hancock insisted that the government was already taking action.
"We're already tackling the abuse of zero-hours contracts - after 13 years of Labour doing absolutely nothing about it," Mr Hancock said.
He also accused some Labour councils of continuing to use the contracts.
Zero-hours contracts
Zero-hours contracts, or casual contracts, allow employers to hire staff with no guarantee of work.
They mean employees work only when they are needed by employers, often at short notice. Their pay depends on how often they work.
Some zero-hours contracts oblige workers to take the shifts they are offered; others do not.
Sick pay is often not included, although holiday pay should be, in line with working time regulations.
Focusing on the high street sports chain, the Labour leader said Sports Direct "has predictable turnover, it has big profits but, for too many of its employees, it is a terrible place to work".
"We cannot go on with an economy that allows businesses to use zero-hours contracts as the standard way of employing people month after month, year after year."
"These Victorian practices have no place in the 21st Century."
Sports Direct did not comment on Mr Miliband's remarks, but highlighted a recent statement in which the firm set out changes it was making.
A spokesman said: "The company will continue the process of reviewing, updating and improving our core employment documents and procedures across our entire business beyond its existing compliant framework."
Devin Nunes, head of the House of Representatives intelligence committee, made the remark on Fox News.
On Monday, FBI Director James Comey will testify before the committee.
The US intelligence community believes alleged Russian hacking during the presidential election was done to help Mr Trump defeat Hillary Clinton.
Mr Trump has branded suggestions that he or associates on his campaign had contact with Russian intelligence as "fake news".
But two senior officials in the Trump administration have been caught up in the affair: Attorney-General Jeff Sessions and Mr Trump's National Security Adviser Michael Flynn.
Mr Sessions has removed himself from the FBI inquiry after being accused by Democrats of lying under oath when he testified at a January confirmation hearing that he had "no communications with the Russians" before it emerged that he had met Moscow's ambassador to the US Sergei Kislyak during the campaign.
Mr Flynn was fired last month after he misled the White House about his conversations with the Moscow diplomat, allegedly regarding US sanctions.
Mr Nunes, a Republican, said the leaking of Mr Flynn's name was the only crime "that we know that's been committed".
Both the House and Senate intelligence committees are currently looking into the possibility of Russian interference during the election.
The White House has asked both committees to investigate Mr Trump's claims that his predecessor ordered a wiretap on his phones during the campaign.
Mr Trump has provided no evidence and senior Republican and Democratic officials have dismissed the claim.
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Mr Nunes also told Fox News on Sunday that a review of justice department documents provided on Friday indicated there was no such wiretap.
The painting, which had a top guide price of £500,000, was sold at Sotheby's in London.
The watercolour sketch over pencil is considered one of Turner's greatest Welsh landscapes, and captures the castle on the Dee Estuary in the 1830s.
It was sold by a private collector who did not want to be identified.
Emmeline Hallmark, director and head of British paintings and watercolours at Sotheby's, said: "We are delighted with the price achieved for this rare and important work by Turner, and it clearly demonstrates the strength of the Turner market."
Turner completed a second watercolour of the castle in 1835, which is owned by the National Museums and Galleries of Wales.
It is displayed at the National Museum Wales in Cardiff for about three months every year.
Flint Castle was completed in 1284 and its four towers still stand.
However, it was largely destroyed some time after 1646, following its fall to parliament during the Civil War.
Other Turner works featuring Welsh landscapes include Dolbadarn Castle, Ewenny Priory and Harlech Castle.
According to Sotheby's, Turner drew two watercolours of the ruin following his first visit to the castle in 1792.
He returned several times, and painted the auctioned landscape in the 1830s.
Sotheby's pre-sale catalogue said the "rays of the sun draw the viewer's eye outwards towards the edge of the image, mirroring the effect of peripheral vision, a device repeated in many of his later watercolours".
The catalogue also said the painting shows the "technical mastery" Turner had displayed by the 1830s, using a "sponge or a cloth to draw out the colour from the paper and create the sun, its rays across the sky and its reflection off the water".
The men, aged 23 and 24, were arrested in Manchester on Wednesday and are being brought back to Northern Ireland for questioning.
They have been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to supply class B drugs and being concerned in the supply of class B drugs.
Seventeen people have already been charged as part of the investigation.
Det Insp Tom McClure said: "The arrests are part of an ongoing investigation into an organised crime group which has been involved in bringing controlled drugs into Northern Ireland.
"Over the past year we have made a number of major drugs seizures in Northern Ireland amounting to more than £2m."
Charles Gordon, 52, denies murdering Elizabeth Bowe by putting a dressing gown around her neck, compressing it and placing a bag over her head at her St Andrews home on 17 September 2016.
He also denies removing his 51-year-old sister's clothing and raping her.
At the High Court in Glasgow police officer Nicola Glover told how she was called to Ms Bowe's house at 21:00.
She told the court two other police officers were already there. One had taken Mr Gordon outside and the other was performing CPR on Ms Bowe, who was lying on the living room floor.
PC Glover was asked by prosecutor Iain McSporran: "At any time did you see signs of life," and she replied: "None. There was quite a lot of blood around her mouth on the right-hand side. I think there was also blood on her arm."
The police officer was asked what she noticed next to Ms Bowe and said: "There was a bloodstained blue towel above her head and a Morrisons bag torn into pieces. There was blood on them."
She added that the pieces of the bag were also above Ms Bowe's head.
Mr McSporran said: "What you have described as a towel could that be a dressing gown," and PC Glover replied: "It could have been."
The jury was told that Ms Bowe was unconscious when the police arrived and never regained consciousness. She died in Ninewells Hospital in Dundee.
PC Glover was asked if she had seen signs of a disturbance in the living room and replied: "Not so much. I saw a mug with the handle broken off on the living room floor and a pair of spectacles which were lying on the floor."
The jury was shown CCTV taken at Morrisons in St Andrews at 14:00 on 17 September 20016 which showed Mr Gordon and his sister walking around shopping .
Earlier Ms Bowe's son who is also called Charles Gordon, 31, gave evidence saying the accused, who he called Chick, was at his mother's because he was "a scrounger."
He added: "He was scrounging basically. The only way he was there was to use my mum for money,"
Mr Gordon said he received a call from his mother about 18:45 the night she died.
He said: "She had been in an argument with Chick. I think she put the phone down beside her so that I could hear what was going on.
"I assumed the two of them had been drinking. It was tit-for-tat, back-and-forth, stupid stuff."
He was asked if he had any concerns following the call and replied: "No more than usual."
Mr Gordon told the court he went to bed and was woken in the early hours of the morning by police who told him his mother was gravely ill in hospital.
The trial before Judge John Morris continues.
John Longworth told the business group's annual conference on Thursday that the UK's long-term prospects could be "brighter" outside the EU.
The London mayor, a Leave campaigner, said Mr Longworth had been "crushed by the agents of Project Fear".
Number 10 rejected any suggestion they put pressure on the BCC to suspend him.
British voters will be asked whether the UK should remain a member of the EU in a referendum on Thursday 23 June.
The BCC, which represents thousands of large, medium and small businesses, has said it will not campaign for either side in the referendum as its membership is split.
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Although he stressed that he was expressing his personal opinion, in his speech Mr Longworth said the very best place for the UK to be was in a reformed EU, but "I have come to the conclusion that the EU is incapable of meaningful reform, at least in the foreseeable future".
Members were later told Mr Longworth had been temporarily suspended for breaching the group's official position of neutrality, the paper added.
Many of those working to leave the European Union present themselves as campaigners at odds with an overbearing establishment.
They will now ask whether anyone at Downing Street had any contact with the BCC before Mr Longworth's suspension, a question Number 10 sources has not yet been able to answer.
Any proof that Mr Longworth had been silenced by powerful enemies would strengthen that narrative.
For now, no proof has been presented, and Mr Longworth - who has not commented - finds himself at the centre of an increasingly ill-tempered row.
Mr Johnson said it was "absolutely scandalous that John Longworth has been forced to step aside".
"This is a man who reached the conclusion - after long reflection and a lifetime's experience of business - that it would be better to Vote Leave.
"He speaks for the many small and medium sized businesses - the lifeblood of the economy - who cannot understand why they should comply with more and more regulation, over which this country has no democratic control."
He added that it was not right that "when someone has the guts to dissent from the establishment line, he or she is immediately crushed by the agents of project fear".
The term "project fear" has been used by Leave supporters who accuse those backing Remain of "scaremongering" about possible repercussions of the UK leaving the EU.
The Sunday Telegraph has also reported that a friend of Mr Longworth claimed Downing Street had "bullied" and were "putting pressure" on BCC board members to suspend their director-general.
But a Downing Street source told the BBC Number 10 were as surprised by the news that Mr Longworth had been suspended as anyone, and strenuously denied any involvement in the BCC's decision.
"This is simply not true. This is a matter for the BCC. No pressure was put on the BCC to suspend John Longworth," they said.
A source for the campaign group Stronger In said allegations from pro-Leave campaigners that it was using scare tactics were a smokescreen to avoid answering difficult questions.
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Inflation as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) fell to 5.17%, down from February's figure of 5.37%.
Better weather has meant agricultural harvests have been more controllable, stabilising the price of food.
The dip in global oil prices also helped lower the rate, which is in line with the government's aim of keeping inflation below 6%.
Analysts had forecast a rate of about 5.5% for March. In February, unseasonal rains had pushed up food prices.
India's central bank has cut interest rates twice this year with its key rate now at 7.5%. Analysts say the bank could act again.
Economist at Capital Economics Shilan Shah said: "This has raised the possibility of an interest rate cut outside the scheduled review cycle for the third time this year."
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On the day Scottish Labour published its manifesto, she told the BBC: "There is no doubt the polls are challenging, but we are going to work every single day to win over people who have yet to make up their minds.
"Why? Because Labour councillors are the last thing between the people and the cuts.
"With Labour you can vote against an independence referendum, but you can also vote for high quality public services."
They used high-speed video footage to discover precisely how the stream of mucus and saliva breaks up into drops.
It moves in sheets, bursts, bags and beaded strings during this progression.
The process is important to understand because it determines the various sizes of the final droplets - a critical factor in how a sneeze spreads germs.
Modelling and helping to control that spread is the ultimate aim of the research, which was presented at a meeting of the American Physical Society's Division of Fluid Dynamics in Boston.
The work was led by Lydia Bourouiba from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). She told the BBC that several other studies had measured the size of droplets produced by sneezes, but their results were variable because the first stage of the process was poorly understood.
"The part that is still a big unknown is: how are these drops actually formed and what is their size distribution? What I wanted to do was go upstream and look at the mouth, at what is coming out."
When she and her team studied the videos, they found themselves looking at much more than droplets at various sizes and stages.
"You see droplets, but you also see that the break-up process continues to happen outside the respiratory tract.
"Even more surprisingly, you see a process that cascades from sheets, to bag bursts, to ligaments, and then the ligaments destabilise into droplets."
This procession of shapes has been observed in the flow of liquids in some industrial situations, Prof Bourouiba said, but was a surprise in this context.
"It was not clear at all that we would see that in a physiological fluid, and a physiological process like a sneeze," she said.
With this knowledge under their belt, however, the scientists are much better equipped to model the formation of droplets of various sizes and to quantify what Prof Bourouiba calls the "footprint of contamination".
To improve that calculation further, she and her team are now using an array of nine high-speed cameras to capture sneeze dynamics in spectacular 3D detail.
"For the 2D analysis we just have two cameras - a side view and a top view. And when we did that assessment, we realised that there were very rich three-dimensional dynamics that we really needed to capture."
So at the conference, Prof Bourouiba offered a glimpse of the next stage.
"The work that we discussed today… shows the tools that we are developing in capturing the three-dimensionality of the sneezes in their full glory."
The plain old 2D analysis, including the already rather graphic video above, is due to be published soon in the journal Experiments in Fluids.
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Schweinsteiger, 30, has signed a three-year contract from Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich for a reported £14.4m.
Schneiderlin has moved from fellow Premier League club Southampton for a fee in the region of £25m.
The 25-year-old midfielder has signed a four-year contract with the option to extend it by a further year.
United have already signed forward Memphis Depay and defender Matteo Darmian this summer and the two new arrivals take their spending to more than £80m.
Schweinsteiger played under United boss Louis van Gaal when the Dutchman managed Bayern between 2009 and 2011.
"I have thoroughly enjoyed my time at Bayern Munich. It has been an incredible journey and I didn't take the decision to leave lightly," said the German. "Manchester United is the only club that I would have left Munich for.
"I feel ready for this new and exciting challenge in what I regard as the most competitive league in the world and I am looking forward to working with Louis van Gaal again."
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Schweinsteiger made his Bayern debut in 2002 and appeared 536 times for the club.
He helped his country win the 2014 World Cup and has one Champions League medal, eight Bundesliga titles and seven domestic cups to his name from his time at the German club.
Schneiderlin joined Saints from Strasbourg in 2008 for £1.2m and has played for them in League One, the Championship and the Premier League.
"Once I learned that United were interested in signing me, it was a very easy decision to make," said the Frenchman.
"I have enjoyed seven very happy years with Southampton and it's a club that will always be in my heart. But the chance to be part of this squad to help this great club be successful was too good to miss."
The two will now join their United team-mates when they fly out to the USA on Monday.
The Old Trafford club, who will be based in Seattle for their first game against Mexican team Club America on Friday, have included David De Gea, 24, in the squad, despite the keeper being heavily linked with a move to Real Madrid.
However, his understudy, former Barcelona number one Victor Valdes, 33 is not included.
Argentina internationals Angel Di Maria, 27, and Marcos Rojo, 25 were not selected after playing in the Copa America.
Brendan Duddy acted as an intermediary between the government and the IRA, hosting secret talks at his Derry home. He died on Friday after a long illness.
Duddy was not afraid to take risks, mourners were told at his funeral Mass in St Eugene's Cathedral.
They included ex-SDLP leader John Hume and Irish President Michael D Higgins.
A Northern Ireland Office spokesperson said no UK government representatives were at the funeral.
But Michael Oatley, a former MI6 spy, who acted as Mr Duddy's conduit to the British government, was among mourners.
Mr Duddy, who was 80 and had suffered a stroke in 2010, was at the centre of a chain of events that ultimately led to the IRA ceasefire of 1994 and the Good Friday peace agreement.
Codenamed "Soon", he was the key link between then Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and the IRA during the 1981 republican hunger strikes.
"He knew the value of creating and maintaining trust on all sides", said Fr Chris Ferguson in his homily.
He deserved a Nobel peace prize for his "historic" contribution, said the BBC journalist Peter Taylor, who interviewed Mr Duddy in 2008 about his role in the peace process.
His role as a mediator helped to "allow the seeds planted through dialogue to produce the peace process", said Fr Ferguson.
He told mourners that Mr Duddy had led a "life dedicated to working for peace" and never sought "recognition or acknowledgement" for the part he played.
"His sole desire was to provide a safe, secure and peaceful future for his family," said Fr Ferguson.
"Being a husband and father, Brendan had a vested interest in seeing an end to conflict through real and meaningful negotiations."
Mr Duddy also "possessed the determination and persistence" required to create the "opportunity for dialogue" between the government and the IRA, added Fr Ferguson.
"Brendan worked hard at creating trust, ensuring there would be no disclosures which could have harmed the building of relationships.
"Brendan had a great ability to think outside the box which was so necessary in the infancy of the political discussions in which he was involved.
"He possessed an intuitive ability to understand people.
"Once the talking had started, Brendan knew his job was done."
Figures from across the political spectrum have paid tribute to Mr Duddy.
Archbishop Eamon Martin of Armagh, the leader of the Catholic Church in Ireland, praised Mr Duddy's work during Northern Ireland's Troubles.
"In a world of violence, conflict and threats of war, we need more people like Brendan Duddy. Rest in peace," he tweeted.
Mr Duddy was also well known in the north-west due to his business portfolio, which included property, bars, restaurants and hotels, including Derry's City Hotel and the Ramada Hotel in Portrush.
They raced to Isla Vista but heard radio reports on the shootings as they drove, friend Simon Astaire told US media.
Elliot Rodger, 22, warned of his intentions in his emailed manifesto and a YouTube video posted the day before.
Hundreds gathered at a memorial service in the college town to mourn the dead.
Three more of the victims were named on Sunday night - Cheng Yuan Hong, 20, George Chen, 19, and Weihan Wang, 20, were stabbed in Rodger's apartment.
They were his first victims before he killed three more and wounded 13 others in a shooting rampage.
Rodger died after speeding through the town in his black BMW, exchanging fire with police, authorities said.
He was found dead in his car from a gunshot wound to the head, believed to be self-inflicted, with three legally purchased semi-automatic weapons.
Moments before he began opening fire, Rodger emailed his parents, therapist and others to inform them of his intentions in a 140-page "manifesto" entitled My Twisted World.
His mother Li Chin called the police before she and ex-husband Peter Rodger raced to Isla Vista from Los Angeles in separate cars, but heard en route about the shooting, family friend Simon Astaire told US media.
In a video posted on YouTube on Thursday, Rodger spoke of his plan to "slaughter" women at a sorority house at the University of California at Santa Barbara.
He described the rejection he felt because he had never been able to attract girls, and how he intended to exact revenge.
Santa Barbara County Sheriff Bill Brown said his department had visited Rodger at the end of April at the request of his family when they saw disturbing videos he recorded but officers found him to be polite and courteous, and no further action was taken.
Rodger had seen therapists off and on since he was nine years old and possessed "an underlying sadness", Mr Astaire told Reuters. There was no suggestion he had any interest in guns.
In his manifesto, he said he feared police would foil his plot when they visited him.
"I had the striking and devastating fear that someone had somehow discovered what I was planning to do, and reported me for it," he wrote.
"If that was the case, the police would have searched my room, found all of my guns and weapons, along with my writings about what I plan to do with them.
"I would have been thrown in jail, denied of the chance to exact revenge on my enemies. I can't imagine a hell darker than that."
Katherine Cooper, 22, Veronika Weiss, 19, and Christopher Martinez, 20, were earlier named as Rodger's shootings victims.
In an emotional statement, Ricardo Martinez said the death of his son Christopher had left his family "lost and broken", and he blamed "craven politicians" and gun rights advocates.
Mr Obama was speaking at a joint press conference with Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who is in Washington on a state visit.
Earlier the two leaders agreed on new guidelines for defence co-operation.
The TPP is aimed at liberalising markets in 12 countries, and the US and Japan are among the biggest players.
It is poised to be the world's largest-ever free trade deal, and estimates suggest the proposed deal could cover up to 40% of global trade.
Other countries involved in the deal are Brunei, Malaysia, Vietnam, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Mexico, Chile and Peru.
China, which is not part of the TPP, sees it as an attempt to counter its economic might in the region and is working on a rival trade deal.
The deal has been in the making for about a decade. Both leaders have advocated for the partnership, arguing that freer trade will benefit their economies. But critics in their respective countries fear that jobs and certain industries will be made more vulnerable.
"I know that the politics around trade can be hard in both our countries," said Mr Obama in the press conference on Tuesday. "But I know that Prime Minister Abe, like me, is deeply committed to getting this done, and I'm confident we will."
Mr Obama is seeking Congress' guarantee to "fast-track" approval for the deal.
Both countries also recently agreed on new defence guidelines which clarify the US's commitments to Japan's security.
Mr Obama said the US-Japan security treaty covers all territories under Tokyo's administration, including islands in the East China Sea which Beijing also claims.
But he said: "We don't think that a strong US-Japan alliance should be seen as a provocation."
The new guidelines also build on Japan's resolution last year to reinterpret its pacifist constitution and take on a more assertive military role, allowing Japan to defend the US and other allies.
Mr Abe discussed those guidelines with Mr Obama on Tuesday, as well as the controversial relocation of the Futenma US air base in Okinawa.
The central government is currently in a stand-off with local government on plans to shift the Futenma air base from a highly-congested part of Okinawa to Nago, in the north of the island.
Residents fear damage to environment and associate US camps with accidents and crime.
Mr Abe said Japan and the US would work to ease the local residents' burden of hosting US troops.
In the British Medical Journal, the team said breastfed babies may benefit from being given solid food earlier.
Current advice suggests weaning should occur at six months, but the UCL team say it could happen as early as four.
They suggest later weaning may increase food allergies and iron deficiency levels, but other experts backed the existing guidance.
Ten years ago, the World Health Organization published global advice advocating babies be exclusively breastfed for six months.
The research team, led by Dr Mary Fewtrell a paediatrician from the University of London Institute of Child Health, said it supported the recommendation for developing countries, where access to clean water and safe weaning foods is limited, and there is a high risk of infant death and illness.
But they added: "Many western countries, including 65% of European member states and the US, elected not to follow this recommendation fully, if at all.
But in 2003, a health minister said the UK would comply.
The WHO recommendation "rested largely" on a review of 16 studies, including seven from developing countries.
It concluded that babies just given breast milk for six months had fewer infections and experienced no growth problems.
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But another review of 33 studies found "no compelling evidence" not to introduce solids at four to six months, the experts said.
Some research has also shown that six months of breastfeeding does not give babies all the nutrition they need.
A US 2007 study found there was an increased risk of anaemia compared with those introduced to solids at four to six months.
Swedish research also found that the incidence of early onset coeliac disease increased after a recommendation to delay introduction of gluten until age six months, but fell back after the recommendation reverted to four months.
Dr Alan Lucas, director of the Institute of Health, said: "The WHO recommendation is very sensible for developing countries.
"But in the UK, it's important we take a balanced look at the evidence."
Dr Fewtrell added: "When you look at the figures, there are a lot of babies being weaned before six months anyway - and that's probably the most important thing in terms of hard evidence."
But the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health and the National Childbirth Trust defended current advice.
And Janet Fyle, professional policy adviser at the Royal College of Midwives, said: "I really must challenge the suggestion that the UK should reconsider its current advice on exclusive breastfeeding for six months.
"I believe that this is a retrograde step and plays into the hands of the baby-food industry which has failed to support the six-month exclusive breastfeeding policy in the UK.
"There is evidence that some babies do die in developed countries from inappropriate young child feeding, such as the introduction of solid foods earlier before their swallowing mechanism is mature enough or they have fully developed the capability to cope with solid foods."
And a Department of Health spokeswoman said: "Breast milk provides all the nutrients a baby needs up to six months of age and we recommend exclusive breastfeeding for this time.
"Mothers who wish to introduce solids before six months should always talk to health professionals first."
The Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition is to review infant feeding and is due to report later this year.
What should I do? I have an exclusively breastfed 21 week old baby who I want to do the best for. This is extremely stressful as the evidence is so polarised. I have even received mixed messages from healthcare professionals thus far! Joanne Leaver-Cole, London
When I had my daughter 10 years ago I followed the breastfeeding recommendations religiously. I breastfed exclusively for six months before introducing solids. My daughter is now extremely fussy with what she eats and suffers from food allergies some of which are really rare, for example she is allergic to baked beans. She is also very small for her age. I honestly believe that complying with these guidelines has had a detrimental affect on my daughters health. Karon Grace, Derbyshire
My baby is 10-months-old now, so it's too late to change my habits. I exclusively breastfed him for six months, so today's report is not exactly music to my ears. I would like to add that he seemed perfectly happy not to be weaned any earlier, and he gained weight appropriately. He was born weighing 10 lbs 7.5 oz and continued steadily at the 75th percentile during that time. Jane Haynes, Harrogate, North Yorkshire
I am so tired of hearing health professionals, midwives and health visitors pontificate as to what is best for babies. Every baby is different and every situation is different. I started weaning my two children as soon as they showed an interest in reaching out for solid food. Both wanted solids at 4.5 months old and started on baby rice. Perhaps we should stop listening to blanket guidelines (which cannot possibly be completely correct since they are changed every five minutes) and listen to our babies instead! Joanna Scott, Basingstoke
I think breast feeding is best for the first six months but all babies differ and whilst I didn't give my son solids before six months I did with my daughter so it does depend on the babies individual needs. In all cases of weaning you should consult your doctor or health care worker. Jude, Manchester
There were 1,030 vacancies last November, up a third on 2013, the highest number since 2010, when the DfE started compiling figures in November.
Meanwhile, teachers on contracts of between one and three terms filled 3,210 posts, up nearly 38% on 2013.
Teacher numbers, at 454,900, up more than 5,000, were at an all-time high.
The proportion of English, maths and science teachers with a relevant post-A-Level qualification dropped slightly over the same period:
Schools Minister Nick Gibb said: "Recruitment is a challenge as the economy improves and competition for new graduates intensifies, which is why we are focused on attracting more top graduates into the profession, particularly in the core academic subjects that help children reach their potential.
"Our recruitment campaign, Your Future Their Future, is working, with registrations to our Get Into Teaching website up by almost 30% compared with last year.
"We continue to offer bursaries of up to £25,000 as well as scholarships in priority subjects such as physics and maths.
"We are driving forward our £67m package to transform science, technology, engineering and maths teaching and recruit up to 2,500 additional maths and physics teachers."
But education workforce expert John Howson warned the situation was likely to get worse in the near future.
Based on official predictions of how many teachers would be needed, only 93% of primary and 91% of secondary teacher-training courses had been filled last year, he said.
He said: "The acceptances for entry into training in 2015 will not be sufficient... so we now know that recruitment for some schools, especially in and around London, but not exclusively in this area, will again be a challenge in 2016."
Shadow Education Secretary Tristram Hunt said ministers were set to miss recruitment targets for a fourth consecutive year, including in crucial subject areas such as maths and physics.
"This is a very worrying trend that means more children are likely to be taught science by those trained to be PE teachers, and more and more teaching assistants stepping in as teachers," he said.
"Parents expect better and pupils deserve better."
The English number one seed, 46, won 6-1 after Noppert booked his final spot with a 6-3 victory over Darryl Fitton.
Neither Durrant nor Noppert, 26, have won the BDO world title before.
In the women's final, England's Lisa Ashton secured her third title with a 3-0 win over Australian Corrine Hammond at Lakeside.
Instead, a study concluded, the only way to prevent a hangover is to drink less alcohol.
More than 800 students were asked how they tried to relieve hangover symptoms, but neither food nor water was found to have any positive effect.
The findings are being presented at a conference in Amsterdam.
A team of international researchers from the Netherlands and Canada surveyed students' drinking habits to find out whether hangovers could be eased or if some people were immune to them.
Among 826 Dutch students, 54% ate food after drinking alcohol, including fatty food and heavy breakfasts, in the hope of staving off a hangover.
With the same aim, more than two-thirds drank water while drinking alcohol and more than half drank water before going to bed.
Although these groups showed a slight improvement in how they felt compared with those who hadn't drunk water, there was no real difference in the severity of their hangovers.
Previous research suggests that about 25% of drinkers claim never to get hangovers.
So the researchers questioned 789 Canadian students about their drinking in the previous month and the hangovers they experienced, finding that those who didn't get a hangover simply consumed "too little alcohol to develop a hangover in the first place".
Of those students who drank heavily, with an estimated blood alcohol concentration of more than 0.2%, almost no-one was immune to hangovers.
According to lead author Dr Joris Verster, from Utrecht University, the relationship was pretty straightforward.
"The more you drink, the more likely you are to get a hangover.
"Drinking water may help against thirst and a dry mouth, but it will not take away the misery, the headache and the nausea."
Dr Verster said part of the problem was that scientists still do not know what causes a hangover.
"Research has concluded that it's not simply dehydration - we know the immune system is involved, but before we know what causes it, it's very unlikely we'll find an effective cure."
He said the next step was to carry out more controlled trials on hangovers.
Dr Michael Bloomfield, from University College, London, said the economic costs of alcohol abuse ran into hundreds of billions of euros every year.
"It's therefore very important to answer simple questions like, 'How do you avoid a hangover?'
"Whilst further research is needed, this new research tells us that the answer is simple - drink less."
The paper is presented at the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology conference.
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At least six people died and 30 others were injured in an explosion outside a police station in El-Arish.
Elsewhere, seven soldiers lost their lives and two were wounded in an attack on an armoured vehicle, near the northern town of Sheikh Zuweid.
Militants from the Sinai Province group, affiliated to Islamic State, have said they carried out the attacks.
A statement on a Twitter page attributed to the group read: "An armoured personnel carrier for the army of the apostates was destroyed... killing and wounding all aboard."
Sinai has become increasingly lawless since Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak was overthrown in 2011. Insurgents have intensified attacks since his Islamist successor Mohammed Morsi was ousted in 2013.
North Sinai has been under a state of emergency and a curfew since October, when an attack on a checkpoint killed dozens of soldiers.
Major military operations in the region have so far failed to quell the violence.
In El-Arish, residents said the neighbourhood shook as a bomb was detonated outside the police barracks, killing one civilian and five police officers.
In a statement on its Facebook page (in Arabic), the Egyptian interior ministry said a suicide bomber driving a pick-up truck was behind the attack.
"Forces opened fire at the vehicle, which consequently exploded," it added.
The three-storey building was badly damaged and security forces have been searching the rubble for further casualties.
Homes in the area were also destroyed, as doors were ripped off and windows shattered.
The Sinai Province group was known as Ansar Beit al-Maqdis until it pledged allegiance to Islamic State in November.
It says it is seeking revenge for a police crackdown on Morsi supporters.
Since then it has carried out numerous deadly attacks on the peninsula, killing hundreds of police officers and soldiers, as well as civilians.
Sunday's attacks bring April's death toll to at least 41.
The country's oil production has been severely disrupted by the attacks.
US oil giant Chevron shut down an offshore platform this month after an attack claimed by the Avengers group.
Many militants joined an amnesty programme in 2009 after an insurgency in the oil-rich delta region.
Nigeria has long been Africa's largest oil producer, but its economy is currently facing difficulties due to the recent drop in global oil prices and its output is now behind that of Angola.
Most of Nigeria's oil wealth comes from the Niger Delta, an area which remains poor and underdeveloped.
Previous insurgent groups said they were fighting so local people could benefit more from their region's natural resources.
Oil spills have also resulted in environmental devastation over the years.
There are still very few independently confirmed details about the group, which announced its formation three months ago.
On its website, it says it is fighting for an independent state on behalf of the people of the Niger Delta and is prepared to "cripple Nigeria's economy" in pursuit of its aims.
It mocks President Muhammadu Buhari for never having visited the "creeks of the Niger Delta" and criticises him for the continued detention of Nnamdi Kanu, the leading member of a group which backs the creation of a breakaway state of Biafra in the south-east.
It boasts about its members being "young, educated, well travelled...and educated in east Europe".
Its tactic of attacking oil facilities in the region, announced in February, has caused havoc in the sector, with production levels in the country now reported to have fallen to their lowest for more than two decades.
One attack on an underwater Shell pipeline in February showed a high level of technical expertise, forcing the shutdown of a terminal which normally produces 250,000 barrels of oil a day.
Many locals suspect that some former oil militants excluded from the amnesty programme could be behind the group.
But speculation is rife and everyone has their own theory about who is to blame.
Whatever the case, the group's growing stature is a major headache for President Buhari, whose government is already grappling with Boko Haram's insurgency in the north-east.
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The amnesty programme, which provides tens of thousands of former oil militants with a monthly stipend from the government, stemmed the level of violence in the region after its introduction in 2009.
But in the latest budget, Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari reduced funding for the programme by 70%, and has spoken of phasing it out entirely by 2018.
Critics accuse Mr Buhari, a Muslim northerner, of unfairly targeting communities in the southern, mainly Christian oil-producing regions, as part of his anti-corruption drive.
Mr Buhari's predecessor Goodluck Jonathan, a Christian, comes from the Niger Delta region.
The world's fourth largest phone marker shipped 71 million devices in 2015 - up from 6.6 million in 2012.
But it experienced weaker demand in the past 12 months, with third-quarter sales down 27%, according to analysts.
Experts say Chinese phone makers are struggling in an increasingly competitive global market.
In an open letter to staff, Xiaomi's chief executive Lei Jun said: "In the first few years, we pushed ahead too fast.
"We created a miracle, but also drew on some long-term growth.
"So we have to slow down, further improve in some areas and ensure sustainable growth for a long-term future."
Since launching its first phone in 2011, Xiaomi has expanded rapidly, with sales surging to 57.6 million by 2014, according to market trackers IDC.
But the privately-held firm only sold 39 million phones in the first nine months of 2016, and its full-year sales are unlikely to match 2015's.
The firm, which also sells appliances and runs retail stores, admitted in November it still made no profit from its phones.
Francisco Jeronimo, a research director at IDC, told the BBC: "Chinese phone makers are all facing the same problems.
"The overall smartphone market globally is very tough and not growing, so what they need to do is attract clients away from other brands.
"But they are not that well known, especially outside China, which makes it hard to compete against the likes of Apple and Samsung."
It comes after rival Chinese smartphone business, LeEco, also claimed it had grown too quickly in November.
In a letter to his staff, founder Jia Yueting said the company was consequently facing cash-flow problems and difficulty raising funds.
Despite Xiaomi's challenges, Mr Jun said he was optimistic about the future.
In his letter he claimed the firm's Indian sales hit $1bn (£816m) for the first time in 2016, while sales of its smart appliances reached $2.2bn (£1.8bn).
He also said Xiaomi had applied for more than 16,000 patents around the world, of which 3,612 had been granted.
"Only by constant innovation will we be able to introduce breakthrough products in the intensely competitive high-end smartphone market," he said.
The loud buzz of the "motobombas", or the fumigation machines, are moving through the neighbourhood of Lomas de Versalles in San Salvador as municipal workers wearing masks, jump suits and hard hats go from house to house, knocking on the doors to drive out the mosquitoes.
"Some people are calling it the new Ebola," says San Salvador's Mayor Nayib Bukele. "I don't know if it's the new Ebola but we don't want to find out."
In this small nation of just six million people, there have been more than 6,000 suspected cases since Zika was confirmed in the country at the end of November. Around 2,500 more suspected cases have come to light since the beginning of the year alone.
Enterprising traders at the city's central market are taking advantage of the growing concern. There are stalls full of colourful mosquito nets going for $5 each. Or for $3 you can buy a colourful electric mosquito-zapping tennis racket that is being peddled as an anti-Zika device. As the cars pass through downtown San Salvador, drivers wind down their windows and make a quick purchase.
With new Zika cases rising - and more quickly - every week, the government's having to step up its efforts.
The health ministry recently warned women they should hold off from getting pregnant this year and next. When pressed, Deputy Health Minister Dr Eduardo Espinoza said he only meant people should hold off for this year.
"We are giving a recommendation, it's not prohibition or a birth control measure," says Dr Espinoza. "These children are going to need neurological help for the rest of their lives. They will have to get support and they will change the family dynamic. Nobody wants a child with incapacities so we are recommending people to reflect."
It is a position though that has received huge criticism from feminist groups.
"To prevent pregnancies in situations of risk, this isn't a bad option but it's not enough," says Morena Herrera, president of the Citizen's Group for the Decriminalization of Abortion. "We don't think it is taking into account the realities of women in El Salvador."
One of the concerns she has is that it does not hold men responsible too.
"Women don't get pregnant alone," she says. "The access to information and to contraceptives, even though not illegal, is not totally open and many women don't have enough information. And there are many pregnancies that are a result of violent rape - pregnancies imposed on women where they aren't making their own decisions."
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El Salvador is a very conservative society. Abortion is banned under any circumstances and can lead to decades in jail. The Catholic Church says the government's approach is misguided.
"The government is warning about a risk and proposing that women don't get pregnant so they don't run the risk of having children with physical problems but are they doing enough about the Zika-carrying mosquito?" says Father Luis Ayala of the Catholic Church.
"The government doesn't have the capacity on its own to combat this problem. We have to design an institutional campaign and then with the key powers from civil society like the Catholic Church who could play a key role though parishes, warn people to be alert about stagnant water and I think that way we can avoid this mosquito from reproducing."
But Father Ayala does not offer up much support for women who find themselves pregnant and concerned about the potential impact of Zika on their unborn baby.
"In light of the risk, a husband or wife can decide not to get pregnant because if they do and get bitten and realise they might have damaged the foetus, well, they have to avoid the bigger evil, which is abortion."
At the National Women's Hospital in San Salvador, leaflets are being handed out and nurses give talks to pregnant women waiting for their appointment; tips like organising neighbourhood cleaning campaigns, putting lids on water that is being stored and changing water regularly.
But there is little sign of panic among medical staff. This is a country well used to viruses like Dengue fever and chikungunya that have become rife in this part of the world. I heard one nurse tell patients that Zika is the "fashionable" virus right now.
Pregnant women here are especially concerned.
"We have to recognise we are a poor country, that resources are very limited and that the few resources that there are don't go to those who need it," says Guadalupe Arquilla who is 13 weeks pregnant and waiting for her appointment.
"Just look, nobody here has come out of their consultation with a protection kit - where's the concern? Chatting to people won't get rid of the mosquitoes."
And it will not get rid of the worry either. So far there have been no cases of babies born with microcephaly here in El Salvador after their mothers have contracted Zika. But there are around 100 pregnant women who are under observation. They will not know the real impact of the virus until their babies are born in a few months' time.
Discussions have been continuing between the Northern Ireland political parties on Thursday.
Sinn Féin's Conor Murphy said there was not the "level of engagement needed" to break the political stalemate.
However, the DUP's Simon Hamilton said his party was working for the people of NI in both London and Belfast, and he remained hopeful of a resolution.
The parties have until 29 June to reach agreement and have been warned that if they cannot, direct rule could follow.
The deadline was set by Secretary of State James Brokenshire.
"We are seriously concerned given the timeframe we are operating in, given the lack of visibility in terms of the deal that's being negotiated between the DUP and the British government that time is fast running out on this process," said Mr Murphy.
"The ability to reach a conclusion to this is being greatly hampered by the approach of the British government."
However, Mr Hamilton said the DUP was hopeful that a deal to restore devolution could be reached.
"The DUP is able to multi-task and to represent the people of Northern Ireland, both in London and here in Belfast," he said.
"The DUP is focused on getting a good deal for the people of Northern Ireland, bringing stability to the United Kingdom as a whole and of course getting devolution up and running here in Northern Ireland."
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.
Six sites have been picked for surface-to-air missiles, some in residential spots, including Bow and Leytonstone.
Campaigners say 1,000 people have signed a petition in protest.
The Ministry of Defence said the safety of the Games was paramount and a "broad range of community engagement" had taken place.
The sites, chosen from an original list of 100, include the Lexington Building in Tower Hamlets and the Fred Wigg Tower in Waltham Forest, east London.
The four other London sites identified as suitable for Rapier missiles are Blackheath Common; Oxleas Wood, Eltham; William Girling Reservoir, Enfield and Barn Hill in Epping Forest.
The proposals have yet to be confirmed.
Campaigner Chris Nineham said: "We don't believe they will add anything to security. If they are going to be used they will explode over some of the most densely populated areas in London."
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He added: "I simply don't believe that since 9/11 a security system hasn't been put in place to protect Canary Wharf and east London.
"If fighter jets are sent from another country I hope they will be taken out before they get to London."
When a major security exercise took place in April standing joint commander General Sir Nick Parker explained there must be a plan which could deal with "the unlikely but very serious threat" that might exist to the Olympic Park.
He explained: "It's an air threat, really categorised in two ways, the sort of 9/11 threat everyone knows about, and also for the lower, slower type of target which might pop up closer to the Olympic Park, which we would need to intervene."
Residents of Fred Wigg Tower, Leytonstone, have launched legal proceedings in the hope of preventing the installation of missiles on their building's roof during the Olympics.
Cobblers' goalkeeper Adam Smith saved shots by Zeli Ismail and Ryan Ledson before Lee Martin's low strike was saved Cambridge's Will Norris.
Norris stopped a header by James Collins but John Marquis headed the Cobblers in front soon after.
Cambridge had another chance through Ledson before Spencer's strike went into the top corner to earn a point.
Northampton increase their lead at the top of League Two to 14 points, while Cambridge are in 12th, five points from the play-offs.
The world record holder led with two hurdles to go at the US trials but missed the required top-three place by a hundredth of a second.
The 30-year-old had only competed in three previous meets this year.
"To be where I am is a miracle, but it's a pity because in six weeks I'll be in much better shape," he said.
"I thought I had finished second or third. When it came up fourth I was shocked."
Merritt, who tore his groin in June, asked for the photo finish to be reviewed but the result stood.
Devon Allen was the surprise winner in 13.03 seconds, with Ronnie Ash and Jeff Porter both clocking 13.21secs to claim the other two Olympic slots.
Merritt won bronze at the World Championships last August and days later had an operation to receive a kidney from his sister.
A "complication" led to further surgery and signficantly affected his preparations for this season.
At the trials in Eugene, Oregon, world silver medallist Justin Gatlin held off LaShawn Merritt to win the 200m in 19.75secs and complete the sprint double after claiming the 100m title in a world-leading 9.80 seconds on Monday.
And 41-year-old Bernard Lagat qualified for his fifth Olympics by winning the 5,000m.
Lagat represented Kenya in the 1500m at Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004 - winning bronze and silver respectively - before travelling to Beijing and London as part of the US team.
Mr Le Drian said the move was necessary because victory for far-right leader Marine Le Pen in the forthcoming election would be a "danger to France".
He is the most senior government member to endorse Mr Macron so far.
The latest polls suggest Mr Macron and Ms Le Pen are neck and neck in the first round next month.
She had been projected to win the first round but then lose a run-off vote.
Socialist Benoit Hamon - who won a primary of left-wing parties in January - said Mr Le Drian's decision "did not respect voters of the left".
It comes after two junior ministers - Barbara Pompili from the Green party and Thierry Braillard from the Radical Left party - said they would support him.
Mr Hamon has also failed to win the backing of former Prime Minister Manuel Valls, whom he defeated in the primary.
Polls suggest Mr Macron - a former economy minister under President Francois Hollande who is seeking the presidency as an independent - would win 26% of the vote in the first round.
He is just in front of Ms Le Pen - who leads the National Front - on 25% and scandal-hit centre-right Republicans candidate Francois Fillon is some way behind with 17%.
Mr Fillon was previously favourite to become France's next president but his support has fallen after he was put under investigation for hiring his family.
The probe has since been widened to include possible forgery and aggravated fraud.
The first round of voting is on 23 April with the second round two weeks later on 7 May.
Parts of Blackpool, Chorley and Preston got the all clear from 18:00 BST, United Utilities said.
The microbial parasite cryptosporidium was found on 6 August.
Water was treated with ultraviolet light to kill the bug.
United Utilities said it had assessed hundreds of test results after discussions with Public Health England.
Gary Dixon, customer services director for United Utilities, said: "We hope to get the warning lifted for the rest of our customers by the end of the coming week."
If people have been using their water regularly there was no need to flush their system, he added.
A statement on the company website said: "We are now able to lift the boil water advice in a number of postcode areas.
"For those still subject to the boil water advice, please continue to boil your water until advised otherwise.
"We will be keeping you informed and this page will be updated on a regular basis."
It advised people to check for their postcode on the website or ring the company helpline on 0800 9127241.
Outline plans have been submitted to develop the Winter Gardens site including a state-of-the-art conference hall for 2,000 delegates.
The centre would be linked to the Empress Ballroom and Opera House to form a joint capacity of up to 7,000.
The town last hosted a major party political conference in 2007.
Council leader Simon Blackburn said the council had been working to "secure business and tourism and conferencing facilities" for the resort.
"Huge amounts of work are being undertaken, by me and others, to try and turn this dream into reality.
"If we are successful, this will herald a dramatic new chapter on Blackpool's long and proud conference history."
If plans are approved, the authority will submit bids for cash to build the venue on Leopold Grove, he said.
First built in 1878, Blackpool Winter Gardens was developed to become one of the most important entertainment centres in the country.
After World War Two, conferencing became a core part of the offer, with all the major political parties holding their annual conferences at the venue.
The council's executive will consider the proposals on 18 July.
Hospice consultant nurse Dinah Hickish said demystifying fears could help make dying feel like a "normal process".
Ms Hickish, based St Kentigern Hospice, St Asaph, Denbighshire, spoke out to mark Dying Matters Awareness Week.
In Pembrokeshire, a festival called Pushing up the Daisies included a public tour of a crematorium.
Ms Hickish said: "People, following the loss of a loved one, can be extremely isolated because [other] people find it so difficult to know what to say.
"Talking about death demystifies fears. It helps people to get their houses in order."
She said she had seen "numerous examples where, if people had had the conversations, a catalogue of distress could have been avoided".
Ms Hickish highlighted a "typical" scenario where a family accompany their loved one to the hospice and, during an initial assessment, tell her nurse "'he doesn't know he's dying, please don't tell him'".
"Immediately, I know things will just get more complicated for the loved ones and that basic decisions, such as whether he wanted to be cremated or buried, will not have been discussed," she said.
A series of events have been held in Wales over the past seven days to mark Dying Matters Awareness Week.
In Pembrokeshire, there was a flower arranging workshop for memorial arrangements organised by the Paul Sartori Foundation, a hospice-at-home charity in the county.
Other events included a public tour of Parc Gwyn crematorium at Narberth.
"It's not for everybody but I think things like this are important," said James Allen, crematorium superintendent registrar.
Ms Hickish, who has worked at the hospice for more than a decade, said: "For us here at the hospice, we sometimes have an extremely limited time to try and gently support people into discussing some of these choices, and generally we are able to do this but sometimes it just is not possible.
"And then you know that people will have not said their goodbyes... and that their grieving process will be so much harder."
Ms Hickish became Wales' first consultant nurse in palliative care this year at St Kentigern Hospice, a charity which provides specialist care for adults in the Conwy, Denbighshire and Flintshire area.
She said some health care professionals who work outside palliative and hospice care can also find it difficult to discuss death and dying.
"In a health culture where death is seen as a failure, discussing it seems to admit to that failure," she said.
"If we are all comfortable talking about death than that actually makes communication between healthcare professionals and patients much more meaningful and true."
The 35-year-old former USA captain is a consultant and minor shareholder at the Premier League club.
Swansea have had a bid accepted for Hull City's Sam Clucas, who would bolster a midfield left short by Gylfi Sigurdsson's £45m sale to Everton.
"There is always money to spend, to some extent, but it's about whether you are getting a good deal," Donovan said.
"You can't just spend money to spend money. We are not Manchester United or Chelsea or Tottenham that have an endless supply of money.
"It takes the right deal at the right time, but we are not afraid to spend money.
"In the end I think for Gylfi it was a good thing to do but now the team has to move forward. It's exciting for Huw [Swansea chairman Jenkins] now to have some money to work with and money to spend. We need to keep making the squad better.
"From minute one they [Swansea's majority shareholders, Americans Steve Kaplan and Jason Levien] said, 'we are going to make the team better'.
"We're not going to spend money just to spend money, but if there are a few signings that make a lot of sense then we have the ability to do so."
While Swansea continue their pursuit of the 26-year-old Clucas, the Welsh side have seen their advances for former player Joe Allen rebuffed by Stoke City.
But Spanish midfielder Roque Mesa has arrived from Las Palmas for £11m, plus Dutch goalkeeper Erwin Mulder and striker Tammy Abraham on loan from Chelsea.
However, Swansea have failed to score in their opening two Premier League games, a 0-0 draw at Southampton and then a 4-0 home defeat to Manchester United.
"You may potentially see one or two signings... in the next couple of weeks, but it has to be the right player," Donovan added.
"We can't afford to make big mistakes. If Manchester United miss on a £40m transfer, it's not a big deal. If we do, it could be the end of the club, or the end of the club in the Premier League. You have to think about it smartly."
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The world number two was being interviewed by Julia and Melissa during a Davis Cup trophy tour event at Stirling University.
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The shares debuted on the Nasdaq stock exchange at $38 each on Friday, but ended 11% down on Monday.
Some analysts said the shares would have fallen on Friday had not underwriters stepped in to buy stock.
Critics say Facebook's advisers have set the price too high, although others argue that it is too early to tell.
The company's shares fell about 12% immediately the Nasdaq opened, and hovered around 9%-10% down for most of the day until a late bout of selling.
Facebook's offer price on Friday valued the social network at $104bn (£66bn).
One US-based analyst told the BBC that this valuation was too high. "The market is just not valuing what Facebook has to bring to the table," said Patrick Moorhead, analyst at Moor Insights & Strategy.
However, BTIG, the US-based global stockbroker, said it was too early to judge Facebook. "Valuing Facebook is more art than science at this stage of its development and the current state of both social and mobile advertising," the firm said in a statement.
By Rory Cellan-JonesTechnology correspondent
The firm said it had confidence in Facebook's long-term advertising prospects, forecasting that advertising revenues will rise to $8 billion in 2015 compared with an estimated $4bn for 2012.
Strong demand in the run-up to the flotation had led the company to increase both the price and the number of shares available for sale.
Mr Moorhead said that meant the Initial Public Offering (IPO) had been a success for Facebook's founders and early investors. Some of them managed to sell parts of their stakes for hundreds of millions of dollars.
But he said the share price fall could have long-term consequences for the world's biggest social network.
"The challenge is this will sully the long-term brand of Facebook, and in five years time people will look back on the IPO and have a negative connotation and none of that is good for the Facebook brand and the Facebook service itself," Mr Moorhead told BBC World.
Other internet companies have had mixed experiences recently when they have started selling shares.
Shares in business networking site
LinkedIn
more than doubled from their $45 offer price on their debut in May 2011. They peaked at $117 and are now trading around the $100 level.
Discount voucher firm
Groupon's
shares jumped 30% on their debut in November. But they are now at about $12, well below their $20 flotation price.
Online games maker
Zynga's
shares fell 5% on their first day of trading in December 2011. They are currently around $7, below their $10 offer price.
Google,
however, is the star performer of the technology IPOs. Launched in 2004 at $85 a share, it is now trading above $600. It has yet to regain its pre-financial crisis peak of over $740, hit in 2007.
The start of trading in Facebook shares on Friday, one of the most high profile stock market IPOs in recent years, was delayed by technical problems on the Nasdaq stock exchange.
Nasdaq boss Robert Greifeld said he was "humbly embarrassed" by the glitch.
Trading was delayed by about 30 minutes due to late order cancellations, and the shares closed on Friday at $38.23, having hit $45 earlier in the day.
"This was not our finest hour," said Mr Greifeld. As a result of the glitch, a number of investors were unsure whether their buy and sell orders had actually gone through.
However, Mr Greifeld said that once the glitch had been fixed, trading had been "successful".
More than 566 million shares in the company changed hands, a record volume for US market debuts.
Developer Vattenfall welcomed the decision on its South Kyle scheme.
The £190m proposals went to a public inquiry in 2015 after an initial planning application two years earlier.
The company said the decision was good news for climate change targets but added there was a "long way to go" before the farm was operational.
The wind farm is located near Dalmellington, Patna, New Cumnock and Carsphairn.
"The Scottish government's consent decision for this scheme is reassuringly robust," said Guy Mortimer, Vattenfall's UK head of development for onshore wind.
"The wind farm proposal was scrutinised and carefully considered through a detailed public local inquiry in late 2015.
"As a result, this consent is a clear evidence-based decision that concludes South Kyle is an eminently acceptable proposal."
Abidjan-born Zaha grew up in England and won two caps for the Three Lions, but because they were in friendly games he is allowed to switch.
Zaha, 24, would be eligible to feature in the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations.
The tournament in Gabon, which starts on 14 January, could see Zaha miss up to six weeks of the season for Palace.
An Ivorian Football Federation statement said Zaha had sent a letter to Fifa on Sunday requesting a nationality change.
Palace boss Alan Pardew said on Friday that Zaha had been "pushed forward, probably by his agent or people around him" to make the change but could "understand his frustration" at not being picked for England.
"There aren't many other English players who can beat players like he does in the Premier League. Some do, but they're not English," Pardew said.
Zaha won his first cap for England as an 84th-minute substitute in England's 4-2 friendly defeat by Sweden in November 2012.
He also came off the bench for the final 15 minutes of England's 3-2 victory over Scotland in a Wembley friendly in August 2013.
Zaha, who permanently rejoined Palace from Manchester United in February 2015, also made 13 appearances for England at Under-21 level.
Pictures appear to show the structure - near the city of Villavicencio and made of boards and rope - dangling on its side.
It is believed to have collapsed under excess weight, the reports say.
The bridge is a local tourist attraction and was crowded with people enjoying a public holiday.
Young children are among the dead, with those on the bridge at the time reportedly plunging 80m (265ft) into a ravine.
Brusthom Ziamani, 19, was also carrying a hammer and an "Islamic flag" when he was arrested in London in August 2014.
The court heard he had been inspired by the murder of Fusilier Lee Rigby in 2013, researched Army cadet bases and boasted of a plot to "kill soldiers".
Ziamani, of Camberwell, London, will be sentenced on 20 March.
He was arrested in east London at about 16:30 BST on 19 August as part of a joint police and MI5 intelligence operation.
Earlier that day, police say he visited his former girlfriend, where he showed her the knife and hammer and told her he intended to attack and kill soldiers.
Commander Richard Walton, from the Metropolitan Police's counter-terrorism command, said the teenager's plot "starkly illustrates" one of the threats facing the UK.
"Ziamani was an impressionable young man who became radicalised then rapidly developed an extremist, violent mindset," he said.
"Over a series of months, he ultimately developed a desire to carry out a terrorist attack on British soldiers."
Mr Walton added that police had probably prevented a "horrific terrorist attack taking place on the streets of London".
The jury at London's Old Bailey convicted Ziamani of preparing an act of terrorism on or before 20 August last year, after deliberating for more than a day.
Ziamani's barrister, Naeem Mian, told Judge Timothy Pontius that the teenager could expect the sentence to be one of "considerable length" but pointed to the fact that he was still "a young man who has no previous convictions at all".
The judge adjourned the case until next month to consider the sentence.
Ziamani, who was dressed in a grey and blue tracksuit, made no reaction to the verdict and sat impassively in the dock before being led away.
I think the aspect of this case that many people will find particularly alarming is just how quickly this teenager was radicalised and to what extent.
It was only last April that he became a Muslim and yet four months later he was out on the streets armed and intending to kill someone in the name of his new religion.
Officers from Prevent - the counter-radicalisation programme - spoke to him on three separate occasions.
There was a real effort not to criminalise him but to help an obviously vulnerable teenager. But he just refused to engage with them.
One lesson is perhaps that no matter how fast you act, you may not be fast enough.
But one further point is that although he wasn't kept in custody, he was kept under surveillance and that surveillance led to his arrest on the day he set out with these weapons.
So you have to have this twin-track approach of persuasion and surveillance.
Ziamani converted to Islam in April 2014 and his extremist views "rapidly developed over a few months", the Met Police say.
During the trial, jurors heard how Ziamani had fallen in with members of al-Muhajiroun - an extremist organisation - after he was "kicked out" of home after converting to Islam.
Police say the group played a "major role in influencing and shaping his radical views".
He attended the group's talks in the basement of a halal sweet shop in Whitechapel, London, and bought a black flag to take on their demonstrations, saying "I'm going to rock it everywhere I go in the kaffirs' face".
He posted comments on Facebook saying that he was "willing to die in the cause of Allah" and saying: "Sharia law on its way on our streets.
"We will implement it, it's part of our religion."
The trial heard how Ziamani had described Michael Adebolajo - one of the men who murdered Fusilier Rigby in Woolwich, south-east London - as a "legend".
When Ziamani had been arrested in June last year on an unrelated matter, police found a ripped-up letter to his parents in his jeans pocket, in which he had written about mounting an attack on a British soldier.
He was then bailed, but refused to engage with officers from the government's anti-terrorism programme, Prevent.
During the trial Ziamani denied he had been planning an attack similar to the murder of Fusilier Rigby.
He said his Facebook postings had been an attempt to "fit in" with the al-Muhajiroun group "because they were giving me places to stay and they did not like moderate Islam".
He also denied the hammer, knife and flag he had at the time of his arrest amounted to a terror "tool kit".
He said he had felt threatened after leaving a credit card theft scam.
The letter found by police in Ziamani's trousers last June was addressed to "my beloved parents" and ended with Ziamani apologising for "the stress" he had caused in the past.
In the handwritten letter, scrawled over five sheets of paper, he wrote of his plan to "die a martyr" and gave his extreme view about the situation in the Middle East and the UK.
Ziamani said that as he had no means of getting to Syria or Iraq he planned to wage war against the British government, stating that "we should do a 9/11, 7/7 and a Woolwich all in one day".
He wrote that he wanted to give the British government a taste of its own medicine, saying they would be "humiliated" and talked of an "Islamic State of Ireland and Britain".
Ziamani quoted sections of the Koran, said he would "fight in the cause of Allah" and ended by telling his parents that becoming a Muslim had changed him tremendously "for the better".
While neither side lacked endeavour, there was a notable absence of clear-cut chances at both ends of the field, although Scunthorpe's Luke Daniels was undoubtedly the busier of the two goalkeepers.
Twice he denied Simeon Jackson from inside the box before pushing a 68th-minute shot from Joe Edwards onto the bar after the Saddlers wing-back had caught Levi Sutton in possession.
Daniels also came to the Iron's rescue late on after the lively Erhun Oztumer opted to have a go at goal from 30 yards.
At the other end of the field, Scunthorpe struggled for ideas and a spark in the final third as they failed to score for only the fifth time this term.
Full-back Harry Toffolo had their best effort of the game six minutes before the break, but shot straight at Walsall stopper Neil Etheridge.
Following Saturday's 4-1 defeat at Bolton, Walsall's third draw in four away matches was at a cost, as they lost midfielder Flo Cuvelier on 37 minutes with a calf strain.
Cuvelier was on his longest run of injury-free appearances (11) since the second of his two loan spells with the Saddlers in 2012-13.
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Match ends, Scunthorpe United 0, Walsall 0.
Second Half ends, Scunthorpe United 0, Walsall 0.
Attempt missed. Levi Sutton (Scunthorpe United) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
Attempt missed. Stephen Dawson (Scunthorpe United) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
Substitution, Walsall. George Dobson replaces Erhun Oztumer.
Corner, Walsall. Conceded by Josh Morris.
Corner, Walsall. Conceded by Luke Daniels.
Attempt saved. Erhun Oztumer (Walsall) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Attempt saved. Josh Morris (Scunthorpe United) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Attempt missed. Paddy Madden (Scunthorpe United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left.
Corner, Scunthorpe United. Conceded by Joe Edwards.
Attempt missed. Craig Davies (Scunthorpe United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left.
David Mirfin (Scunthorpe United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Amadou Bakayoko (Walsall).
Attempt saved. Neal Bishop (Scunthorpe United) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Substitution, Scunthorpe United. Neal Bishop replaces Jamie Ness.
Substitution, Walsall. Amadou Bakayoko replaces Simeon Jackson because of an injury.
Attempt blocked. Erhun Oztumer (Walsall) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Substitution, Scunthorpe United. Craig Davies replaces Ivan Toney.
Substitution, Scunthorpe United. Kevin van Veen replaces Duane Holmes.
Joe Edwards (Walsall) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Ivan Toney (Scunthorpe United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Joe Edwards (Walsall).
Jason McCarthy (Walsall) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Duane Holmes (Scunthorpe United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Jason McCarthy (Walsall).
Corner, Walsall. Conceded by Luke Daniels.
Attempt saved. Joe Edwards (Walsall) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
David Mirfin (Scunthorpe United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Isaiah Osbourne (Walsall).
Corner, Walsall. Conceded by Harry Toffolo.
Foul by Josh Morris (Scunthorpe United).
Isaiah Osbourne (Walsall) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Josh Morris (Scunthorpe United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jason McCarthy (Walsall).
Foul by Levi Sutton (Scunthorpe United).
Erhun Oztumer (Walsall) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Attempt saved. Erhun Oztumer (Walsall) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Corner, Scunthorpe United. Conceded by Kieron Morris.
Ivan Toney (Scunthorpe United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
People living in Burton Fleming have been bailing water from their homes for several days after rising groundwater levels at Gypsey Race at Boynton.
More than a dozen homes have been flooded and councillors are meeting to discuss how best to protect properties.
Homeowner Zoe Clarke said: "We're frustrated and frightened. We're all really struggling."
Parish councillor Keith Wells said: "There are a number of properties in the village that people have given up trying to stop water coming in.
"It's coming up through the floorboards and quite a number of people are moving furniture upstairs or off the ground."
The Environment Agency said a flood alert was in place and pumps and officers were on site working to ease the situation.
A spokesman said more rain was forecast over the weekend but most intense downpours were expected in the west of the region.
East Riding of Yorkshire Council said some 2,000 sandbags had been provided in the village.
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Bangor University's Centre for Arthurian Studies officially opens next week.
The college is the only place in the world to offer a master's degree in Arthurian literature.
Prof Raluca Radulescu said it would "showcase the origins of the stories in medieval Wales".
"The Arthurian legends have become so embedded in modern life, culture and politics," said Prof Radulescu, who is also the general editor for the journal International Arthurian Society.
"Nineteenth Century revivals and reinterpretations of the legends are the source of much modern fantasy, though the medieval sources remain a focus of much research and fascination among scholarly audiences and the general public alike."
The university is home to one of the UK's best collections of texts linked to Arthur, his knights and legends, and the ever-present wizard Merlin - from where folklore claimed the town of Carmarthen is said to get its name - in Welsh - Caerfyrddin, or Myrddin's Fort.
In 2015, the university also acquired the Harries Arthurian collection from Flintshire.
The official opening of the centre marks a year in Wales where its legends are being celebrated as part of a Welsh Government campaign to mark the nation's culture and history.
The Year of Legends includes a Merlin festival in Carmarthen, and coincides with the expected premier of a new Hollywood film about King Arthur.
Prof Radulescu added: "With a new Hollywood movie on the 'Legend of the Sword', shot in scenic north Wales, in Snowdonia, to be released later this year, we are well placed to showcase the origins of the stories in medieval Wales."
The official launch of the Centre for Arthurian Studies will see a series of lectures next Friday, examining Arthur's place in Wales, and discussing why medieval legends remain relevant in the 21st Century.
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But those from more affluent areas are still far more likely to want to go to university, according to Ucas figures.
They showed 15.1% of youngsters from the poorest areas in Scotland submitted an application in 2015, up from 10.1% in 2006.
The application rate for the least-deprived areas was 52% this year.
That was up from 49.6% in 2006, the data showed.
There has been concern about an "attainment gap" in Scotland's education system between those from the wealthiest and least well-off areas of the country.
Education Secretary Angela Constance said the Ucas figures suggested that "welcome progress" was being made towards the long-term target of eradicating inequality in access to higher education.
But she acknowledged there was "undoubtedly more to do".
The Scottish government has set up a Commission on Widening Access, chaired by Dame Ruth Silver, which has begun its work to advise ministers on how best to tackle inequality in the education system.
Universities Scotland welcomed the the 50% growth in demand from those in Scotland's most deprived areas since 2006, which it said was testament to some of the work that universities were doing with young people and schools to raise aspiration in these groups.
Its director, Alastair Sim, said: "However, while the latest educational attainment figures published by the Scottish government earlier this week show that learners' attainment is improving in the most deprived areas they are still half as likely as the least deprived to achieve at Higher and Advanced Higher level.
"In order for these learners to fully realise their ambitions, and for universities to realise their goals to widen access, all education partners in Scotland must work together to close the education attainment gap."
NUS Scotland, which represents the country's students, welcomed the Ucas figures but urged universities and the Scottish government to ensure that the increase in applications translated to an increase in entries.
Its president-elect, Vonnie Sandlan, said the statistics suggested that the "hard work" done over the past few years to boost fair access to education was paying off.
She added: "It's clear that any lack of students from deprived backgrounds in our universities isn't due to a lack of aspiration on their part, as given the chance they have just as much potential to succeed as anyone else.
"It's incumbent on everyone working in Scottish higher education to carry this good work forward, and to ensure these increases continue.
"However, an increase in applications among young people from disadvantaged backgrounds doesn't necessarily equate to more of these young people actually being offered a place at university. The key will be ensuring that applicants become entrants."
Michael Sorbera, 31, of Long Island, sent text messages to his widowed mother on Friday saying he was in trouble, Nassau County police said.
The 62-year-old woman received a call apparently from another man on her son's phone, telling her to wire money to Western Union in her son's name.
The unidentified man threatened to harm her and her son if she refused.
During the phone call, Mr Sorbera, a construction worker, went on the line to tell his mother he had been kidnapped and to implore her to send the money, police say.
But instead of transferring the cash - the amount was not specified by investigators - she called police.
Investigators say they found Mr Sorbera at his home in the town of Huntington, established the abduction was bogus and arrested him.
"It was determined he was not kidnapped," Nassau Police spokesman Steve Zacchia told WCBS-Radio.
"He was not in extreme danger."
Mr Sorbera was arraigned on Saturday on two felony counts of second-degree grand larceny and fourth-degree conspiracy.
The accused appeared close with his mother on social media, writing in a Mother's Day Facebook post in May: "Love you mom, hope you have a great day!"
He added: "Without you I would not be where I am today. You are truly one of a kind, a motivating force of positivity, and love."
Glasgow and South Lanarkshire councils took their decisions when they set their budget for the coming year.
The government is offering councils across the country money to maintain teacher numbers but says they will lose cash if the number drops.
This has led to a major row between many councils and the government.
Local authorities have to tell the government by Friday if they intend to take the cash. It is expected that most will even though some non-SNP councils are very unhappy about it.
Typically, each council gets around 80p of each pound it spends from the government.
The government is offering councils across Scotland almost £11bn for the coming year.
The row centres on a small portion of this - £51m to maintain teacher numbers, including £10m they may get in January.
The number of teachers in Scotland has fallen in recent years to about 51,000 - the government wants this to stop.
Teachers are employed by councils and if teacher numbers fall councils will not get their share of the £10m and may have cash clawed back.
While, as expected, many councils have accepted the funding offer some non SNP authorities are very unhappy.
Some do not like the principal of being told by the government they have to maintain teacher numbers - even where they do not actually disagree with the aim.
Others believe there may be better uses of their cash and think the government should judge them on attainment in schools rather than a raw measure like teacher numbers.
Some fear they could be penalised if there is a small annual drop in teacher numbers because, for instance, of sickness on the day their numbers are counted although government sources have attempted to allay this fear.
The row also reflects far wider issues than teacher numbers - for some in local government it raises principled issues about just how councils are funded and whether councils are subservient to central government.
Local government body Cosla - which Glasgow and South Lanarkshire officially leave shortly - held what were described as "robust" discussions with the government earlier this week.
It has suggested trying to find a way of maintaining teacher numbers nationally but allowing numbers to fall locally.
If, as expected, the vast bulk of councils accept the funding offer it will be seen as a victory for the government in the most serious dispute between local and central government since devolution.
Named after former Federal Reserve chairman Paul Volcker, it bans banks from using their own funds for trading activities.
It is considered the centrepiece of the 2010 banking reform legislation known as Dodd-Frank.
Banks will have until 21 July 2015 to comply with the rules.
The five agencies ruling on the measure are: the Federal Reserve, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), which voted the measure through by a vote of 3-2, and the Commodities Futures Trading Commission, which passed the rule by 3-1.
Although the Volcker rule was passed as part of the Dodd-Frank legislation in 2010, it has faced difficulties in implementation, mostly due to opposition from the banking industry.
US President Barack Obama applauded the passage of a rule proposed more than three years ago.
He said in a statement: "The Volcker Rule will make it illegal for firms to use government-insured money to make speculative bets that threaten the entire financial system, and demand a new era of accountability from CEOs who must sign off on their firm's practices."
Paul Volcker, the architect of the measure, said he hopes it will "help the process of restoring trust and confidence in commercial banking institutions."
"It is after all those institutions which benefit from explicit and implicit public support that we count on to provide a strong, safe, and effective financial system," he continued, referring to tax payer bailouts during the financial crisis.
While the bare bones of the Volcker rule have been known for some time, the specifics of its implementation were unveiled for the first time on Tuesday ahead of the vote.
Stretching to 800 pages, at its core, the rule imposes a strict ban on so-called "proprietary trading", which is when banks use their own funds to make trades.
Although banks had been hoping for a less strict interpretation of the rule, recent trading debacles, including JP Morgan's "London whale" loss, seemed to have led to a stronger measure.
Banks have argued that the rule is too comprehensive and makes it difficult to distinguish between trades made for profit and those done simply to hedge against risk.
"This is the era of 'big brother' banking, where the fortunes of banks are tied to the government like never before," Credit Agricole banking analyst Mike Mayo told the BBC.
"Big brother was asleep on the couch before the financial crisis and now big brother seeks to micromanage the banks as a means to prevent future crises, [but] how can anyone in mid-level management really understand a proprietary trade?"
In addition to banning proprietary trading, the Volcker rule also imposes restrictions on how and when banks invest in hedge funds and private equity.
Those looking for stricter market regulation cheered the news.
"[Mr] Volcker himself noted that it's time to make banks boring again. And I think that that's actually correct," Dan Alpert of Westwood Capital told the BBC.
Although banks have been preparing for some time, the stricter-than-expected rules could still hurt profits in the near term.
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Proprietary trading was once a big profit generator for banks, and a Standard & Poor's analysis found that even a significantly weakened rule could cost the big eight US banks $2-3bn a year in foregone earnings.
If a more strict rule is established, it could cost them $8-$10bn a year.
It could also further damage Wall Street's ability to compete with overseas markets, unless similar rules are adopted around the globe.
"It will make US banks safer, if the rest of the world goes along with it, then I think it'll make the banking industry safer, but the interlocking aspects of international banking trade are very, very much a threat," said Mr Alpert.
Although individual banks are not expected to sue to stop the implementation of the Volcker rule, some analysts expect that industry groups, such as the US Chamber of Commerce, might engage in litigation to block the measure.
"We are disappointed that regulators may have sacrificed an effective process that could have avoided adverse consequences for Main Street businesses," said the US Chamber of Commerce's David Hirschmann in a statement.
"The Chamber asked regulators to re-propose the Volcker Rule in order to identify and fix unintended consequences before the Rule goes into effect."
The first bomber struck inside the mosque, while the second blew herself up outside as survivors tried to flee, eye witnesses told the BBC.
Eighteen other people were wounded in the attack, the army added.
Maiduguri is the birthplace of Islamist group Boko Haram's insurgency which has killed 20,000 people since 2009.
"We were just a few metres away from the mosque when a loud bang erupted and all we could see was dark smoke and bodies littered around,'' another witness told Associated Press news agency.
The attack took place a few minutes after worshippers started an early morning prayer, the chief imam of Umarari mosque on the outskirts of the city told the BBC Hausa service.
"My hearing was affected by the blast. I can't hear well at the moment," he added.
A statement from Nigeria's army says all the wounded have been taken to a hospital in a nearby town.
Last year, a regional military offensive helped drive out Boko Haram from most of the areas it had seized in north-eastern Nigeria.
However, the group, which is linked to the so-called Islamic State, has continued to carry out suicide attacks in northern Nigeria and neighbouring Cameroon.
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Police were called to Eastfield Grove in the city at about 13:45 BST on Sunday.
A woman, 57, is in a stable condition in hospital after suffering from neck wounds while a 55-year-old man who had back injuries has been discharged, police said.
A 24-year-old from Eastfield Grove appeared before magistrates on Tuesday.
The anomaly means children born in August receive two years of free provision, but a child born in January gets just 15 months.
Amendments to a Scottish government bill that would have closed the loophole were voted down in 2014.
The Tories have now urged ministers to act "as a matter or urgency".
The anomaly exists because most children are not eligible for free childcare until the start of the term after their third birthday.
But the Scottish government said local authorities can and do start children earlier where they have capacity to do so, which is for the councils to fund and manage.
A report by think tank Reform Scotland has calculated that the loophole can cost some parents up to £2,800 in additional child care costs.
The report said that:
It said the Scottish government could use its planned expansion of free childcare to address the situation once and for all.
And it called for a system where all children are offered a full two years of government-funded nursery provision regardless of when their birthday falls.
This would mean all free nursery provision starting at a fixed point in the year - most likely August - two years before the child is due to start school.
The report forms part of the think tank's submission to a Scottish government consultation on early-years learning and childcare, which closes this week.
Reform Scotland's research director, Alison Payne, said the wide variation in entitlement was "unacceptable and unfair".
She added: "The Scottish government has set a goal of closing the attainment gap. However, many children start school already at a disadvantage and playing catch up simply because they have not been given the same access to pre-school education.
"While many factors contribute towards the attainment gap, it is unacceptable that one of those is as a result of the Scottish government's birthday discrimination which could be so easily resolved."
Scottish Conservative education spokeswoman Liz Smith argued that the issue was "not a complex thing to sort out", and should be done "as a matter of urgency".
She added: "For several years, we have urged the Scottish government to address this discrimination, but our plea has been steadfastly refused at every turn.
"It is plainly wrong that a child loses out on hundreds of hours of nursery education purely because he or she was born in the 'wrong' month.
"This is not the mark of a government which claims to promote social justice. The discrimination also has a financial impact on families who are missing out on hundreds of pounds of free entitlement."
A spokesman for the Scottish government said work was already under way to increase free early learning and childcare to 1,140 hours by 2020.
He added: "The starting dates for three-year-olds are set out in legislation, however local authorities can and do start children earlier where they have capacity to do so, and this is for them to fund and manage.
"Children who start their entitlement in April can have an extra year of funded early learning and childcare if parents choose and children who start their entitlement in January are eligible for an extra year at the local authority's discretion."
He said the government will analyse all of the submissions to its early learning and childcare consultation, with its response to be published in the spring.
Scottish Labour MSP Daniel Johnson said: "A child's birthday shouldn't change how much early learning and care a child receives, especially when we know how important high-quality childcare can be to one's future life chances.
"As the government looks to expand early learning and childcare, it should look again at the birthday rule to see whether the system can be made fairer for all families."
Ransomware, which makes devices unusable until their owners pay to unlock them, has become increasingly prevalent in the past year, they say.
Devices holding photos, emails and fitness information could be targeted.
The risk to business is "significant and growing", the National Crime Agency and National Cyber Security Centre say.
The joint report from the NCA and the NCSC says cyber crime is becoming more aggressive.
More devices connecting to the internet meant opportunities for criminals, the report said.
Any devices containing personal data such as photos, that people consider sufficiently valuable to pay for, are likely to be targeted by criminals.
Such devices often have limited security built in.
In their report, aimed at businesses, the agencies say: "This data may not be inherently valuable, and might not be sold on criminal forums but the device and data will be sufficiently valuable to the victim that they will be willing to pay for it.
"Ransomware on connected watches, fitness trackers and TVs will present a challenge to manufacturers, and it is not yet known whether customer support will extend to assisting with unlocking devices and providing advice on whether to pay a ransom."
The report also raises concerns about the ability of the most sophisticated criminal gangs to use the same high-tech tools as states to target financial institutions.
Others, it adds, can download more basic software to carry out attacks on smaller businesses and the general public which require very little technical ability.
As many as 21 billion devices used by businesses and consumers around the world are forecast to be connected to the internet by 2020.
Ciaran Martin, chief executive of the NCSC, said cyber attacks would continue to evolve and the public and private sectors must continue to work at pace to reduce the threat to critical services and deter would-be attackers.
The report also says there is no clear understanding of the true scale and cost of current cyber attacks to the UK, as they believe they are under-reported.
In three months after the NCSC was created, there were 188 "high-level" attacks as well as "countless" lower-level incidents, it says.
Donald Toon, director for economic and cyber crime at the NCA, told the BBC devices that helped businesses control operations remotely had an online capability built into them.
"They're mass-produced and the security may not be particularly good," he said. "Businesses often don't change the basic security software that's in there, or change the passwords."
The report will be published on Tuesday as the NCSC hosts a major conference, CyberUK, in Liverpool.
The Sleaford Standard said according to police it appeared the 18-year-old was electrocuted after getting out of his cab to try and resolve the matter.
Lincolnshire Police said inquiries into the incident, which happened on Monday, were ongoing.
The force said it was liaising with the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), and would prepare a report in due course.
The HSE confirmed it is investigating.
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The review could result in a price cap being imposed on the postal operator.
The regulator said the inquiry will examine the "efficient and financially sustainable provision" of the UK's universal postal service.
The universal service is the Royal Mail's commitment to deliver to all of the UK for the same price.
Shares fell closed down 3.5%, or 18.5p, to 508.5p.
The company is worth about £5bn and the shares are up 14% since its float in October 2013.
Ofcom, which first announced the review last month, is concerned at the reduction in competition in parts of the letters and parcels markets.
The letter delivery service arm of Whistl and parcel firm City Link both folded in recent months.
The collapse of the letter service run by Whistl, formerly known as TNT, left Royal Mail with no national competitor in this market.
Ofcom said it will also consider Royal Mail's position in the parcels market and "assess the company's potential ability to set wholesale prices in a way that might harm competition".
The regulator said it could roll back some of the commercial flexibility given to Royal Mail in 2012, which included the ability to raise prices.
In May Royal Mail reported pre-tax profits of £400m for the year to 29 March, down from £1.66bn for the previous 12 months.
Royal Mail said it would participate fully in Ofcom's review.
"We will be highlighting the need for a consistent approach to regulation. Ofcom's existing framework, put in place in 2012 was to have provided certainty for seven years," the company said.
"Royal Mail believes it has used the commercial freedoms granted by Ofcom in a responsible and appropriate manner to help secure the financial sustainability of the universal service in the face of significant ongoing change across the postal market."
Ofcom's review is expected to be completed next year.
If the song or show is recognised by the app, users can publish the information on their profile or to selected friends.
The service hopes to take advantage of the "second screen" trend, which sees fans of TV shows in particular sharing their experiences on social networks.
However, some users have privacy concerns.
The feature, which will be available in a few weeks' time, uses the microphones inside users' smartphones to detect nearby music or TV shows.
As the user begins writing a status update, a small animated icon will appear at the top of the app.
If the app detects the appropriate audio signals and finds a match from its database, the user can then share what he or she is watching or listening to.
Facebook says the feature can be turned off at any time, the audio recording is not stored anywhere and the device cannot identify background noise or conversations.
"If you share music, your friends can see a 30-second preview of the song. For TV shows, the story in News Feed will highlight the specific season and episode you're watching," Facebook said in a statement.
The company hopes this new method of sharing user listening and watching habits will take advantage of the five billion status updates related to TV and music experiences that the social networking giant sees on a yearly basis.
However, automating part of the sharing process has left some users suspicious, with Nicole Simon commenting on TechCrunch that: "While the idea is nice and technology really interesting, I have no interest in Facebook 'observing' my audio and surrounding. Yes, it starts currently as opt-in, and only on occasion, but there is no trust from my side for even that."
The BBC understands that this new feature was not specifically designed to enhance Facebook's advertising. However, the company could push an advert to a user's phone based on their tracked listening habits.
This is in keeping with Facebook's current approach to advertising, which uses publicly provided information on users' profiles to push advertisements that are more relevant to each individual user.
The basic idea behind Facebook's feature is not a new one - since 2002 Shazam, which has recently seen a $3m investment from Sony Music Entertainment, has been providing a similar audio recognition service, with its website describing itself as "a mobile app that recognises music and TV around you".
Users of Shazam - all 450 million of them - can not only share their listening habits with other users of the app, but they can also push their updates to Facebook and Twitter.
The app also provides artist biographies, lyrics, videos, recommended tracks and concert tickets.
Facebook's much larger user base could pose a future threat to the comparatively smaller company.
More than 450 million Chinese shoppers used its sites during the quarter, with the average annual spending up by about a third, Alibaba said.
The growth pushed revenues for the period to $5.6bn (£4.3bn).
But investors weren't satisfied, sending shares down 3% on Thursday.
Alibaba, started by billionaire Jack Ma, is the dominant online retailer in China.
The Chinese business accounts for 67% of Alibaba's revenue, or $3.7bn - a 41% rise on the same period last year.
Like its US rival Amazon - which claims more than 300 million customer accounts - Alibaba has expanded into a wide range of services, including cloud computing and media, via its Youku Tudou video hosting service.
Alibaba said it had more than 870,000 customers for its cloud computing services at the end of March. Quarterly revenue from that unit doubled from last year, reaching $314m, the firm said.
Digital media and entertainment revenue grew even faster, rising 234% year-on-year to $571m.
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Alibaba has said it also plans to expand internationally for future growth. International retail sales in the quarter more than tripled from 2016, to $353m.
The firm acquired the Singapore e-commerce site Lazada last year.
Total profits in the quarter were $1.5bn, up 98% year-on-year.
But for the financial year that closed in March they declined about 40%, a drop the firm attributed largely to its film division, Alibaba Pictures Group.
"Our robust results demonstrate the strength of our core businesses, as well as the positive momentum of our emerging businesses," said Maggie Wu, the firm's chief financial officer.
Takings topped £528.3m in 2011 - up 3.1% on a like-for-like basis on the previous year.
Due to the closure of a number of theatres while new shows were set up, the overall attendance was 13.9m - down 1.73% on 2010.
According to Solt, though, the average audience at each performance was up.
The Society said the growth in sales could be attributed to sell-out productions such as Matilda the Musical and the continued success of Les Miserables, now in its 26th year.
Play revenue also received a 10% boost thanks to such sold-out productions as Frankenstein, Richard III, Jerusalem and One Man, Two Guvnors.
Last year saw several of London's bigger theatres welcome such major new productions as The Wizard of Oz, Shrek the Musical and Rock of Ages.
Solt said this led to an unusually high number of "dark" weeks - when theatres are closed to the public - while set installations took place, causing a fall in overall attendance.
Last year saw 146 dark weeks, when there were only 85 in 2010.
"We are extremely proud that our theatres have yet again gone on to achieve another record-breaking year of sales," said Solt president Mark Rubinstein.
"Despite the prevailing rigours of the economic climate, theatre-goers have acted with their feet and wallets."
The figures relate to the theatres represented in membership of the Society of London Theatre, which include all the commercial West End houses.
However, the Guardian's theatre critic, Michael Billington, sounded a warning about the figures, saying: "Dark weeks can be a convenient alibi for a slight drop in attendances.
"I hope we're not heading for a situation like Broadway, where revenues increase because of ever higher ticket prices while attendances slowly decline."
He added that the healthy state of London theatre might not be replicated elsewhere. "I was at the New Vic in Newcastle-under-Lyme last night where they told me they'd had a 10% rise in attendance," he told the BBC.
"Other theatres have seen a marked drop in box-office. It's in the regions, I suspect, that the recession is starting to bite."
Using the Solt figures, theatre website Whatsonstage.com illustrated how the rise in ticket prices between 1986 and 2011 compared to audience figures.
While attendances rose 26%, over the same time period box office takings rose by 347% - meaning the average ticket price in 2011 was £37.97 versus £10.95 in 1986.
Speaking to Whatsonstage.com, Rubinstein attributed rising costs to a variety of factors including: increased VAT receipts; costlier, more high-tech productions; and rising venue and ticketing technology expenses, as well as inflation.
"The profits in the average producer's pocket have not been getting fatter," he said.
Whatsonstage editor Terri Paddock told the BBC: "It is an expensive business, but the industry is aware that prices can't just rise inexorably. There is point at which the market will bear no more and we are all going to have to be looking at those issues over the next few years."
She added that the high number of "dark" weeks in 2011 did not reflect periods of inactivity.
At the Palace Theatre, where Whatsonstage.com is based, there is currently a changeover period between the Priscilla musical and Singin' In the Rain - which opens on 4 February.
"Those big shows take a long time to set up," she said. "There have been crew members and technicians getting the old show out and putting the new show in. It's a very large undertaking."
Adam Kenwright, is the managing director of aka - the marketing agency behind plays and shows such as War Horse, Shrek, Matilda the Musical and Jerusalem.
"The West End is a real success story for the UK," he said.
"These figures are a testament to the strength, quality and talent of London theatre and show that even in difficult financial times, millions of people are prepared to spend their hard-earned money on world-class entertainment."
But as ever with big political set-piece statements, the real crunching of the numbers takes some time. Some of those details just released by the independent think-tank the Resolution Foundation, make abundantly clear that the same kind of families still stand to lose out in the longer term.
While existing claimants to Tax Credits won't lose in cash terms, once the welfare cuts work their way through, the foundation says similar working households in future on Universal Credit, a different system that will wrap in lots of different payments, will lose an average of £1,200 in 2020, rising to £1,300 for those with children.
For some families, they assert, the loss will be as much as £3,000. But the Treasury contends by the time this squeeze on welfare comes to fruition, higher wages and other changes should help the same kind of people.
The foundation, which is led by the former Labour adviser Torsten Bell, but chaired by the former Cabinet minister David Willetts, has also worked out that families at the bottom half will lose on average, £650 from all of the changes made in the Summer Budget and the Autumn Statement.
As the number crunching continues, the independent IFS hast just released their assessments of the U-turn. Paul Johnson, its boss says: "People will be protected in cash terms even as they roll off tax credits and on to Universal Credit. But the long term generosity of the welfare system will be cut just as much as was ever intended as new claimants will receive significantly lower benefits than they would have done before the July changes."
But, while many families stand to lose under that new system, others stand to gain. Johnson says: "Universal Credit will now involve 2.6 million working families being an average of £1,600 a year worse off than they would have been under the current system while 1.9 million will be £1,400 a year better off."
George Osborne bowed to the political pressure yesterday, and delighted some of his colleagues with the flourish of his reversal. Letters with grim news will no longer be landing on doormats before Christmas.
But this work shows clearly that in the longer term, the government, as it would say it was elected to do, is making very significant changes and reductions to spending on welfare, and for some of the kinds of lower income families who stood to lose from tax credit cuts, will still end up with significantly less support from the state.
Despite its name the G-Flex does not bend, but has a display which is curved from top to bottom.
LG says the curve helps the phone follow the shape of your face, putting the microphone closer to your mouth.
"Curved smartphones are a bit of a gimmick at the moment," said Newsbeat technology reporter Jonathan Blake.
He told Newsround: "They could be more comfortable to hold and companies claim the curved screen makes watching video more impressive."
"But apart from that the phones are very similar to other smartphones."
Tech rival Samsung revealed its own curved smartphone on 9 October. It wakes up from sleep mode when you rock it forwards.
But both smartphones are only going on sale in South Korea for the time being.
Jonathan said: "Technology companies need to keep up interest in their products and curved smartphones attract a lot of attention."
"But the fact they're only available in one country at the moment suggests the companies making them are not convinced they will take off."
Cargill, 22, started his career with the Cherries and has spent time on loan at Gillingham, Coventry City and Torquay United.
"He is a player that we've had on our radar and we have followed his progress very closely," boss Uwe Rosler said.
"He is a left-sided centre half and will provide balance in a position that we have been looking to fill."
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Marcus Daley suffers from anaphylaxis, a potentially life-threatening condition which can be triggered by food including peanuts and shellfish.
He was travelling with his parents to Melbourne after a holiday in Thailand.
He suffered a severe allergic reaction after other passengers around him opened their snack packets of peanuts.
His father Chris Daley, a doctor specialising in respiratory issues, told the Australian Broadcast Corporation that his son received a special nut-free meal but quickly became severely ill when others were eating their nuts.
"He started vomiting, his eyes were starting to swell and he couldn't speak properly," Mr Daley said, adding that the family was less than an hour into their seven-hour flight home.
Thankfully, the Daleys had brought anti-allergy medication, which quickly brought the situation under control.
Major airlines such as Qantas, Air New Zealand and British Airways do not serve nuts during its flights or offer them in in-flight meals.
Singapore Airlines issued a statement on Wednesday saying it would review the serving of nuts on board all flights.
"As soon as our crew were made aware of the situation, they immediately removed all packets of peanuts from the area around the affected passenger and his family," the airline said.
"Our crew suspended the service of peanuts in the Economy class cabin for the remainder of the flight."
It added that passengers with nut allergies were able to request nut-free meals when making their flight bookings but said that they were not able to guarantee "a nut free cabin".
"We do not have any control over passengers consuming their own snacks or meals on board, which may contain nuts or their derivatives," the airline said in reply to a customer's comment on its Facebook page.
The incident has resulted in heated debate on social media, with many criticising the family's "irresponsible behaviour".
"They know the severity of their son's allergy and should have simply ensured he took the meds prior to the snacks being served," wrote Facebook user Melissa Chua, who described herself as a "frequent traveller".
"Nuts are one of the most common snacks served onboard. There are many people with nut allergies out there but you don't see them making such a fuss.
"Their sense of entitlement is so strong, to suggest an airline not serve nuts simply due to one passenger.
"When their son grows up, he'll have to learn that the world doesn't revolve around him."
Ali Fadli Mohd wrote: "Shouldn't their child have been given a mask to wear since he is so allergic? What if somebody brought peanuts along in their bag and opened it in the airplane?"
The online anger was overwhelming but some commented in support of the Daleys.
Yvonne Chua Kaiyin criticised "the lack of understanding" about such allergies.
"Because it occurs in an enclosed place, the boy can't escape it. His parents did bring his medication so they did prepare and they are responsible. Some people just don't understand."
Liz Ong, a mother of one, shared on Facebook: "My child has a life threatening food allergy. I am glad that this little boy survived the flight and I am so disappointed seeing these comments. We are responsible parents but no amount of medication can prevent an allergy in an enclosed space full of peanut dust circulating in the air during a flight.
"It may be a small inconvenience for you but I hope people will reconsider their decisions, to help keep a child safe."
The couple, who had been married for 30 years, made their divorce public on Russian state television after attending a ballet performance.
"It was a joint decision: we hardly see each other, each of us has our own life," Mr Putin said.
Mrs Putin had rarely been seen in public in recent months, prompting much speculation in Russian media.
She is known to dislike publicity, and told the TV reporter that flying was difficult for her. "Vladimir Vladimirovich is completely drowned in work," she said.
The divorce was "civilised" and the couple would "always remain close", she said.
"I am very grateful to Vladimir... that he still supports me. And the children, he really cares for them and the children feel this," she added.
Mr Putin confirmed on TV that the two were no longer living together.
"We are always going to be very close to each other. I am sure, forever," he said.
Vladimir Putin and Lyudmila Shkrebneva were married in 1983. They have two daughters, Maria and Yekaterina, both in their 20s.
"Our children have grown up; they have their own lives," Mrs Putin added.
She and Mr Putin were last seen together at his inauguration for his third term as president on 7 May 2012.
Neither clarified whether or not their marriage had been legally dissolved, but Mrs Putin referred to the separation as a "civilised divorce".
The announcement came after the couple had gone to see the ballet Esmeralda at the Kremlin Palace - they left after the first act.
The BBC's Steve Rosenberg in Moscow says that Thursday's announcement confirms what had been rumoured for years, that the Putins were having marital problems.
But the news has still come as a shock to many Russians, who are not used to their leaders getting divorced - even though Russia has one of the highest divorce rates in the world, our correspondent adds.
The question already dominating the Russian blogosphere is, "will Russia's president marry again?", he says.
The Putins' marriage had been the subject of speculation before.
In 2008, Mr Putin denied rumours that he had secretly divorced and was planning to marry former Olympic gymnast Alina Kabayeva.
Tropical Storm Erika hit Dominica, in the eastern Caribbean, causing floods and mudslides that have set the country back 20 years, its prime minister said.
Haiti and the Dominican Republic are now expecting 53mph (85km/h) winds.
A state of emergency has been declared in the US state of Florida, where the storm is expected on Sunday.
Dominica's Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit said in a televised address late on Friday that hundreds of homes, bridges and roads had been destroyed.
He said: "It is with heavy heart that I address you, you can well imagine the hell that it has been for me since I heard of the passing of Tropical Storm Erika and the damage it has done to our dear people and beloved country. But we all have to pull ourselves together.
"The extent of the devastation is monumental. We have, in essence, to rebuild Dominica."
Erika dumped 38cm (15in) of rain.
At least 31 people on the island of 72,000 people have been reported missing, according to officials with the Barbados-based Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency.
Among the houses lost in the mudslides was that of 46-year-old security guard Peter Julian, who had joined friends after leaving work.
"When I returned, I saw that my house that I have lived in for over 20 years was gone,'' he told Associated Press.
"I have lost everything and now have to start all over again."
Other Caribbean nations have issued tropical storm warnings.
In Puerto Rico, Erika knocked out power to more than 200,000 people and caused more than $16m (£10m) of damage to crops including plantain, bananas and coffee, AP reported.
The US National Hurricane Centre said the system was expected to move north across the island of Hispaniola - shared by Haiti and the Dominican Republic - where the high mountains would weaken it to a tropical depression on Saturday.
Meanwhile, Florida Governor Rick Scott declared a state of emergency as a precaution with officials urging people to prepare by stockpiling food and water and fuelling their vehicles.
Separately, in the Pacific Ocean, Hurricane Ignacio strengthened into a hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 90mph, centred south-east of Hilo in Hawaii, and moving north-west.
But familiar problems over money remained.
Peter Weir became the first DUP education minister since the establishment of the assembly in 1998.
His party colleague and economic minister Simon Hamilton became universities minister as part of an expanded portfolio.
Mr Weir changed his predecessor John O'Dowd's policies in important areas like preparation for the transfer tests and GCSE grading.
However as the year ended he faced strike action from some of the teaching unions unhappy at a pay award of 0% for 2015/16 and 1% in 2016/17, although he disputed their figures and called their action "futile".
The Education Authority (EA) also faced pressures and will be forced to look for around £50m of savings in 2017, which will affect some front-line services to schools.
Moves by the EA to cut hours for pupils in special school nurseries were condemned by Mr O'Dowd in March, forcing them to apologise and to review their plans.
After taking over following the assembly election, Mr Weir reversed a long-standing departmental policy by allowing primary schools to prepare pupils for the AQE and GL Assessment tests.
He also initiated talks between the two test providers towards finding a common transfer test, but admitted he could not "impose" a single test.
In higher education, Mr Hamilton will continue to wrestle with demands from Queen's University and Ulster University (UU) for more money from either the public purse or from student tuition fees.
In a university document obtained by the BBC, Queen's said students should pay between £5,200 and £6,300 a year depending on the level of government funding available.
UU, for their part, warned in a report that they risked losing 20m euros (£17.5m) in European Union funding and tuition fees as a result of the Brexit vote.
However, a record number of Northern Irish students entered university in 2016 with 14,800 taking up places, according to the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS).
And amidst concerns and controversies about money and the transfer procedure our education system still produces many successes.
The number of GCSE entries awarded A* to C grades in Northern Ireland increased by 0.4% to 79.1% in 2016, a rate well above that in England and Wales.
There were, as ever, some stunning individual results, while St Paul's High School in Bessbrook doubled the amount of "good" GCSE passes by boys in just two years by introducing a range of innovative measures.
The proportion of top A-level grades achieved by Northern Irish pupils also rose slightly.
However 15 students at Our Lady's Grammar School, in Newry, had their grades cancelled after being disqualified from an A-level sociology exam for alleged malpractice.
Northern Ireland had the highest-achieving primary school pupils in Europe in major international tests in maths.
The international rankings - Trends in International Maths and Science Study (TIMSS) - have been published every four years since 1995, and the latest results also ranked primary school pupils here as sixth in the world in the subject.
But while she noted a number of improvements, the chief inspector of schools said that too many pupils were still not getting a good enough education.
In her latest report, Noelle Buick also expressed concern over how children are taught here, pointing out that about one fifth of lessons were "less than good".
And with the possibility of more teachers' strikes in early 2017 and warnings by school leaders over the impact of stretched school budgets, Mr Weir faces a challenging start to the new year.
The data, from the Eurostat agency, also revised the annual GDP estimate down a touch to 1.5% from 1.6%.
However, the agency said that the vast majority of the 19-country bloc that uses the euro saw higher growth.
Only Latvia and Greece saw growth fall. Germany, the biggest economy, more than doubled its growth rate.
It grew by 0.7% between January and March, compared with 0.3% in the final quarter of 2015.
Annual growth was estimated at 1.3% compared with a year ago.
Germany's trade surplus shrank after imports grew more quickly than exports over the period thanks to strong domestic demand.
Destatis said that both private households and the German government increased their spending and investments were also higher.
Mild weather helped to increase construction.
Meanwhile, French GDP rose by 0.5% and in Italy, the third largest economy, growth was 0.3%. Spain expanded by 0.8%.
Greece's and Latvia's economies contracted by 0.4% and 0.1% respectively.
Outside the eurozone, Hungary and Poland also shrank in the first quarter.
The eurozone has been struggling to establish firm growth for years. The president of the European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi warned recently that risks to economic growth remained "tilted to the downside".
He called on European governments to act "more decisively" to boost growth.
It has been trying for years to spur on economic activity by its policy of low or negative interest rates, and a bond-buying programme which sees it buying €80bn in assets every month.
Its main interest rate is now non-existent - having been cut from 0.05% to 0%. Its bank deposit rate is minus 0.4%.
The negative rate means that banks must pay the ECB to park cash - a move intended to encourage more lending to businesses.
Mehmet Hassan was tied up and kicked to death for the winnings he had stashed in his London flat in March last year.
The 56-year-old had wined and dined Leonie Granger at a top restaurant.
Ms Granger, 25, from Kent, her boyfriend Kyrron Jackson and his friend Nicholas Chandler, all deny murder and false imprisonment.
After going out with Mr Hassan, Ms Granger reported back to her accomplices that he was "flashy", the Old Bailey heard.
Prosecutor Crispin Aylett QC said the male defendants, who are both 28, had been involved in two armed robberies on the Grosvenor Casino but with limited success.
The jury heard the plot against Mr Hassan was hatched a month before the killing when the care assistant from Gillingham, Kent, met him at a Mayfair casino and they exchanged phone numbers.
Reading out an exchange of text messages, Mr Aylett said Ms Granger had introduced herself as Rachel "so it rather looks as though Mehmet Hassan was being set up from the very first".
Mr Hassan told her: "I live in Islington and I'm a professional poker player. Don't laugh Rachel because believe me I am quite good.
"Maybe with your brains and my money we can make you in to a great player."
Her reply was lost but he responds: "Funds is my department Rachel plus it would be my pleasure to have the opportunity to wine and dine you."
Mr Aylett said the couple went out for dinner and then on to the Playboy Casino in Mayfair where the couple spent an hour before he cashed in his chips and was given £1,900 in cash.
He then handed over two £50 notes and was given two sealed packets each containing £1,000.
They went back to Mr Hassan's Islington flat but Ms Granger left in a minicab shortly afterwards and asked to be taken to an address off the Old Kent Road in south London, rather than home to Gillingham.
The cab driver recalled her telling someone on her mobile phone Mr Hassan was "flashy" and had been showing off, saying: "This guy is a professional gambler. He has never worked a day in his life."
Mr Aylett said: "The prosecution suggest Jackson and Chandler had moved on from targeting casinos to someone who frequented the casino and had sums of very ready cash."
Mr Jackson of Romborough Way, Lewisham, south-east London; and Mr Chandler, of Lee High Road, south-east London, also deny two counts of plotting to rob employees of Grosvenor Casinos, two counts of conspiracy to have a shotgun and imitation firearm in January last year, and two counts of conspiracy to falsely imprison.
The trial continues.
Most of the casualties were from twin blasts at a snooker hall which killed at least 80 and injured many others in a predominantly Shia Muslim area.
Among the dead was Quetta-based rights activist, Irfan Ali, reportedly helping those wounded in the first blast.
Earlier, a bomb in a market area killed 11 people and injured 27 more.
By Orla GuerinBBC News, Islamabad
Even by the blood-soaked standards of Pakistan, the attack on the snooker hall was devastating. The Pakistani media is calling it a bloodbath.
This was a sectarian strike. Most of the dead were members of the minority Shia community. Human rights activists say the government is complicit in the killing of Shia because of its failure to protect them from Sunni militant groups.
Campaigners say the authorities are either in sympathy with Sunni extremists or incompetent and unable to provide basic security. Attacks on Shia have been increasing dramatically, with more than 400 killed last year.
A spokesman for militant group, the United Baloch Army, said it had carried out that bombing.
Mr Ali tweeted that he had narrowly escaped the market blast. But, like many of the casualties of the snooker hall attacks, he was killed as police and media rushed to the scene of the first blast. The Sunni extremist group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi said it was behind the blasts.
Balochistan is plagued by both a separatist rebellion and sectarian infighting between Sunnis and Shias.
The Taliban and armed groups that support them also carry out attacks in the province, particularly in areas near the Afghan border. Pakistan's military has been engaged in a long-running battle against those militant groups.
On Friday, Pakistani media reported that a loud explosion had been heard in the Saryab Road area of Quetta, but no more details are available.
A senior police officer, Hamid Shakil, told AFP news agency that a bomb exploded late on Thursday outside the snooker hall building on Alamdar Road and that the second blast occurred 10 minutes later.
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The first blast appeared to have been carried out by a suicide bomber on foot, police said, while the second was a car bombing.
"The second blast was a deafening one, and I fell down. I could hear cries and minutes later I saw ambulances taking the injured to the hospital," local resident Ghulam Abbas told the Associated Press.
The dead also included at least two members of a media team and four workers from a private rescue organisation, the Edhi Foundation. At least five policemen also died.
Home Secretary Akbar Durrani told AFP the bombings were in an area dominated by the minority Shia Muslim community.
Mr Shakil said that many of the dead and wounded were Shia, adding that the death toll could rise.
Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, which is a banned organisation, said it had carried out the attack.
The BBC's M Ilyas Khan in Islamabad says the group has in the past targeted the area's ethnic Hazara Shia.
A senior government official told the BBC he believed the bombings were the group's reaction to two incidents on Wednesday - the shooting of Sunni cleric and the seizure of arms and ammunition from a suspected Lashkar-e-Jhangvi hideout.
TV footage of the earlier market attack showed survivors picking through debris, and emergency crews taking away the wounded.
"Frontier Corps [paramilitary] personnel were the target because the bomb was planted underneath their vehicle," Mr Shakil told AFP.
The dead include one paramilitary soldier and two civilian officers.
Also on Thursday, at least 21 people were killed and more than 80 injured in an explosion near Mingora in Pakistan's north-western Swat valley.
The blast took place at a religious gathering.
Police initially said the explosion was caused by a gas canister, but a senior official later said it was a bomb.
Swat has been controlled by the Pakistani army since it drove out the Taliban in 2009, but the militants still carry out attacks, most notably on schoolgirl campaigner Malala Yousufzai last October.
Jules O'Dwyer and her dog Matisse won the talent show in June, but it was later revealed that another dog, Chase, performed the tightrope walk section.
While Ofcom acknowledged ITV did not intend to deceive viewers, it said they were ultimately misled.
ITV has said it will refund viewers who paid to vote for the winning act.
It expressed "sincere regret" about the "unfortunate editorial mistake".
More than 1,000 complaints were made to Ofcom in the immediate aftermath of the final regarding the use of Chase.
More than 13m viewers had watched O'Dwyer and Matisse become the second dog act to win Britain's Got Talent, following Ashleigh Butler and Pudsey in 2012.
ITV's voting figures showed they won by just 2% - getting 22.6% of votes compared with 20.4% for magician Raven.
Ofcom said ITV broke rule 2.14 of the broadcasting code which states that "broadcasters must ensure that viewers... are not materially misled about any broadcast competition or voting".
"In this case, the fact - as evidenced by numerous complainants to Ofcom - many viewers were not aware that a central part of a dog agility act was performed by a second animal, indicates the licensee did not take sufficient steps to ensure that the broadcast was not materially misleading," the watchdog said.
ITV said in an official statement: "The Britain's Got Talent production team apologised at the time for not making it clearer to the judges and viewers at home that three dogs were involved in the final performance.
"There was never any intention to mislead viewers and in their decision Ofcom said they 'have no reason to believe that there was any intention to deceive viewers that the tightrope walk actually involved a second dog'."
It went on: "The majority of votes cast for Jules' act were received through the free voting app.
"However, we accept that some viewers who voted for the winning act by a paid voting route may wish to seek a refund, or that the cost of their vote be donated in full to the Royal Variety charity.
"Details about how to obtain a refund, or to request that a refund be donated to the charity, are now on our website."
The workers, all of them Dalits - formerly known as untouchables - collect garbage, sweep the city streets, clean the gutters, load and unload garbage trucks and work in the dumping grounds.
And "without exception, all of them despise their work", says photographer Sudharak Olwe who documented their lives over a period of a year.
The University of Reading's students' union voted to boycott the show, after hearing claims relating to a previous appearance by the university's team.
Mr Paxman, presenter of the BBC2 quiz show, suggested that it might be about a comment made about a team mascot during a break in the recording.
The students' union at Reading University voted 120 to 105 in favour of adopting a policy of boycotting the quiz show.
The vote followed claims that concerns about a sexist comment had not been taken seriously - but the students' union said that because of a confidentiality agreement it could not disclose what had been said.
Mr Paxman has suggested that it might be about comments he made about a knitted mascot of himself.
"I have racked my brains to discover what on earth the Reading students' union is on about," said Mr Paxman.
"I think they're referring to a recording of University Challenge which took place in February 2015, though I am baffled at why it has become an issue a year-and-a-half later.
"There was a technical fault which meant we had to interrupt the recording, leaving all of us sitting at our desks in the studio while the problem was sorted out in the control gallery.
"In the conversation to fill the void - in a brightly lit studio, in front of all eight contestants, a full studio crew and an audience of several hundred spectators - I asked the Reading team about the mascot sitting on their desk.
"One of them said it was a hand-knitted Jeremy Paxman doll. Across the several yards separating the chairman's desk from the teams, I asked the whole team whether they took it to bed with them.
"Though no complaint was made at the time, this, apparently, is what has upset them."
The student union's education officer, Niall Hamilton, said that the concerns over what he called "sexist comments" had not been adequately addressed.
"Misogyny and sexism are not about 'offending' contestants, but undermining and oppressing individuals due to their gender," he wrote on the students' union website.
"These forms of oppression should not be taken lightly," wrote Mr Hamilton.
But the University of Reading says the programme is a "national institution" and will step in to ensure the university is represented in the contest.
"We want our brightest and best students competing against the top universities in the UK in front of millions of viewers - not waving the white flag and refusing to enter," said a University of Reading spokesman.
Reading teams have previously been organised by the university's students' union.
"The university now plans to step in and recruit a team, given the students' union has opted out," said the university spokesman.
Lin Zulian will head the new Communist Party Committee in Wukan and organise elections for a new village committee.
His predecessor is under investigation for alleged corruption.
Anger in Wukan over land seizures by officials resulted in an open revolt against local party leaders in December.
The villagers' key demands - including removing two local officials from their posts - were granted by officials amid considerable public backing for the villagers.
The move was seen as a rare compromise by the Chinese government.
Mr Lin on Sunday replaced the incumbent Wukan chief, a businessman who had headed the village for decades but who local people accused of land grabs.
"This is a decision that everyone in Wukan supports and it is an important move that will help resolve the land and village finance disputes," a villager with the surname of Zhang was quoted by news agency Agence France Presse as saying.
Protests began to simmer in Wukan, in Guangdong province, in September and escalated into deadlock after the death of a village negotiator in police custody.
Villagers said officials sold off their land to developers and failed to compensate them properly.
They also called for an investigation into the death of Xue Jinbo, who died on 11 December while in the hands of local police. Police say he died of a "sudden illness", but his family say he was beaten to death.
In December deputy provincial Communist Party secretary Zhu Mingguo met village representatives and reached an agreement to end the stand-off.
There are thousands of protests over land grabs in China each year, with the Wukan protest becoming a symbol of public outrage at perceived injustices.
Receptions in hotels would no longer be allowed and only three goats could be slaughtered to feed guests, Beled Hawa's commissioner told the BBC.
Spending limits of $600 (£500) on furnishings for a couple's new home and up to $150 for the bride price had also been set, Mohamud Hayd Osman said.
It is not unusual for a groom's family to spend about $5,000 on a wedding.
The BBC Somali service's Bashir Mohamed says this amount includes the bride price, wedding reception, outfits and jewellery for the bride as well as new furniture.
"Islamic teachings indicated that getting married should be cheap," Mr Osman told the BBC Somali service.
The decision to restrict spending on "wild partying" and other expenses had been taken after officials met to find out why 150 children had recently been born out of wedlock in the town.
"Young women were refusing to get married unless a fortune was spent on wedding gold and household furnishings," he said.
Times were already difficult in Beled Hawa, which neighbours Kenya, because of the drought and unemployment - and the high cost of weddings was another contributing factor in people leaving the area, the commissioner said.
"A young woman must be supported to get married to the young man she chooses... so the community can grow," he said.
He said $600 should be enough to purchase a double bed, table and chairs as well as crockery and cutlery.
Traditionally the events around a Somali wedding go on for seven days.
The cabinet announcement comes six months after the court's prosecutor said she would investigate ongoing violence in the country.
"We are ready to face the consequences of withdrawal," Vice-President Gaston Sindimwo said.
Political turmoil began in April 2015 after President Pierre Nkurunzinza began his bid for a third term.
Since then more than 400 people have been killed in unrest and more than 200,000 have fled their homes.
A draft law to begin the process of leaving the ICC is to be sent to parliament for approval.
The African Union (AU) has repeatedly complained that the ICC treats Africans and Africa unfairly.
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Countries like Kenya are also considering withdrawing from the ICC.
The Hague-based court came under intense pressure from the AU over the cases against Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy William Ruto, both were charged for their alleged role in the 2007 post-election violence. The cases were later dropped.
South Africa's government also refused to arrest Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir when he visited the country last year. He is wanted by the ICC on genocide and war crimes charges allegedly committed in Darfur, allegations he denies.
The furore over the country's failure to act on an ICC arrest warrant led the governing African National Congress (ANC) to suggest at the time that South Africa should withdraw its membership.
Burundi's government says it sees its withdrawal as a way of regaining its sovereignty.
"We found that it was necessary to withdraw from that organisation so we can really be free," Mr Sindimwo told the state-run radio, the Reuters news agency reports.
They include a painting by Matisse and many others by Dutch artists, including impressionist Isaac Israels.
The findings are the result of a four-year search, looking at art acquired by more than 400 institutions between 1933 and the present.
A website has been set up to assist rightful heirs in making claims.
The full list of the 139 artworks will be made available on a dedicated website from 16:00 on Tuesday, 29 October.
Prospective owners, or their heirs, can then make a claim for the return of looted art from the Dutch Restitutions Committee.
It is the second such review of art owned by Dutch museums and galleries. The first, which took place a decade ago, looked at works acquired between 1940 and 1948.
Announcing the current review in 2009, the director of the Dutch Museum Association said "new information" had prompted them to look further back for paintings of questionable provenance.
"We know that there were doubtful transactions concerning works acquired before 1940, after Kristallnacht," said Siebe Weide.
Kristallnacht - the night of the broken glass - was a co-ordinated attack on Jews in Germany and Austria, on 9-10 November, 1938, which marked the beginning of a systematic campaign of terror that culminated in the Holocaust.
Some 91 Jews died when Nazi stormtroopers ransacked and torched Jewish businesses and synagogues. There was also widespread looting, with countless precious works of art going missing.
The plunder continued throughout World War II, with an estimated 650,000 religious items and works of art stolen from European Jews.
While much of the art has been returned, a great deal remains in museums and private collections.
The 1.3m euro (£1.1m) Dutch review focused explicitly on pieces for which there was any gap in ownership records.
The previous trawl resulted in several paintings being returned. In one case, the Dutch Government returned a total of 202 works to the daughter-in-law of Jacques Goudstikker, a Jewish art dealer whose collection had been plundered during the war.
One of the paintings, Jan Mostaert's Episode From the Conquest of America, was subsequently valued at $14m (£8.7m).
However, Martin Anayi has stressed the need for an improved domestic television deal to increase money coming into the competition.
"We have got to do something about our revenues," Anayi told BBC Radio 5 live.
"But we don't think we have to chase after a model that is in our minds unsustainable."
Anayi added: "The tournament here is growing, we are going to improve year on year so when we go back to the TV market we are going to ask for a higher number.
"But we have to give them some results, and that's what we intend to do."
The Pro12 is made up of four teams from each of Ireland and Wales with two more apiece from Scotland and Italy.
Ireland's provinces are funded by their governing body, as are Scotland's two sides - Edinburgh and Glasgow Warriors.
Wales' regions are autonomous, and receive competition and broadcasting money via the Welsh Rugby Union, who dual-contract some of the nation's home-based players and pay 60% of their wages.
There is not the same level of private investment compared to the English Premiership and French Top 14, who also benefit from more lucrative TV deals.
This has led to a gap in wealth and resources between the leagues, which was reflected in the 2015-16 Champions Cup, when no Pro12 side reached the quarter-finals.
"The difference comes in the very wealthy backers over-funding," Anayi added.
"We don't really want a model that copies [the English and French], because we want to be here in 10 or 20 years time.
"I don't think it is sustainable. You look at Biarritz and clubs who have overspent in France regardless of whether they have a 98 million euro deal from Canal Plus," Anayi continued.
"That wealthy benefactor model is only as good as that wealthy benefactor wanting to be there and carry on spending.
"We don't see that as the be all and end all of rugby generally. The market forces do not allow for the kind of spend they are spending.
"No matter how much money comes into those clubs they will spend it on higher wages. We don't think that is the right model."
However, Anayi is confident club rugby globally is on an upward curve, and feels the Pro12 is well placed to capitalise on this growth.
The league has held talks about expanding into the American market, which Anayi describes as a "huge primary market" with "phenomenal numbers".
"We aren't going to be able to rely on one big domestic TV deal, because we purely don't have the same chimneystacks as in England and France," Anayi added.
"So we have to look at new primary markets, make sure we deliver full attendances, and do the things we can do to make a change.
"If we can put 10% growth on each of our clubs, suddenly the requirement for centralised funding becomes manageable. So that's our plan."
Hear the full interview with Martin Anayi on 5 live Sport from 19:30 BST on Tuesday, 30 August
Scottish Power Energy Networks started public consultation on its strategic reinforcement project this year.
Dumfries and Galloway Council is a statutory consultee on the plans but the final decision will be taken by the Scottish government.
The local authority will meet next week to decide what stance to adopt.
The details of the project, for a new high voltage line between Auchencrosh in South Ayrshire and Harker in Cumbria, are still being worked on.
An application will not be submitted until 2019 at the earliest.
Dumfries and Galloway Council will not decide the outcome of the bid but said it could "express an opinion and provide influence to the process".
A number of politicians have already voiced their concerns about the scheme and a local opposition campaign has also been launched.
Councillor Colin Smyth, who chairs the committee that will discuss the scheme, said he thought it was "only right" that the council should make everyone aware of its views "as soon as possible".
An inquest into the deaths and that of the pilot heard all four victims were "incinerated".
North Hampshire Coroner's Court was told the plane overshot the runway and burst into flames.
Coroner Andrew Bradley said they all died in an "intense" blaze.
The inquest comes two years after the crash which happened in July 2015 when a jet crashed into a car auction site.
Bin Laden's brother-in-law, Zuhair Hashim, half-sister, Sana Mohammed Bin Laden, and her mother Raja Bashir Hashim were killed along with pilot Mazen Al-Aqeel Da'jah Salem.
They all survived the crash impact but were "incinerated" by the fire, the inquest heard.
A report previously published by the Air Accidents Investigations Branch (AAIB) said emergency warnings prior to landing may have "saturated the pilot's mental capacity".
AAIB inspector Afandi Darlington told the inquest the Bin Laden family were found close to the plane door.
He said: "They may have attempted to vacate the aircraft but that attempt proved unsuccessful."
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He said "enormous" divisions in the Labour and the Tory parties and a "deteriorating" economy would make people think again.
"People will realise that we didn't vote to be poorer, and I think the whole question of continued membership will once again arise," he said.
He was speaking on the BBC's Andrew Marr show.
His comments were dismissed by leading Eurosceptic Conservative MP Owen Paterson, who said Sir Vince was just "chucking buckets of water around" and ignoring the "huge vote" in favour of leaving in the referendum and at the general election, where the two main parties backed Brexit.
"Vince Cable's party went down in votes, as did the other little parties who want to stay in the European Union," he told the BBC's Sunday Politics.
He added: "I am afraid Vince is behind history. We are going to leave. We are on target."
Sir Vince conceded that the Lib Dem policy on a second referendum on the terms of a Brexit deal "didn't really cut through in the general election".
But he said it could offer voters "a way out when it becomes clear the Brexit is potentially disastrous".
The former business secretary looks set to be crowned Lib Dem leader. He is the only candidate following the resignation of Tim Farron.
Sir Vince told the BBC he wants to work with Labour and Tory MPs to block what he regards as Theresa May's "hard Brexit" policy.
"A lot of people are keeping their heads down," he said, and "we'll see what happens" when MPs returned from their summer break.
But he added: "I'm beginning to think that Brexit may never happen.
"The problems are so enormous, the divisions within the two major parties are so enormous. I can see a scenario in which this doesn't happen."
MPs are set to vote on the Repeal Bill, a key piece of Brexit legislation, in the autumn.
Sir Vince has said he wants to form a cross-party coalition including like-minded Tory and Labour MPs to oppose Britain's exit from the single market - the official policy of both the Conservative and Labour parties.
He said Labour MPs who disagreed with their leader's position were welcome in his party, and predicted Labour's divisions on the issue would get worse.
"Jeremy Corbyn had a good election, for sure, but there is an element of a 'bubble' about it," he told Andrew Marr.
"He managed to attract large numbers of people on the basis that he was leading opposition to Brexit.
"Actually he is very pro-Brexit, and hard Brexit, and I think when that becomes apparent, the divisions in the Labour Party will become more real and the opportunity for us to move into that space will be substantial."
Sir Vince has come under fire for saying Theresa May's comment, in her 2016 Conservative Party conference speech, that "if you believe you're a citizen of the world, you're a citizen of nowhere," was like something out of Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf.
Quizzed by Andrew Marr on this, Sir Vince said he had got the wrong dictator: "I got my literary reference wrong - I think it was Stalin who talked about 'rootless cosmopolitans'."
Sir Vince, who won back his Twickenham seat at the general election, is not expected to face a challenger for the Lib Dem leadership but he said would still produce a manifesto. He suggested he would back income tax rises to pay for improvements to health and social care.
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The 23-year-old Belgian will provide back-up to Fernando Alonso and Jenson Button next season and replaces Denmark's Kevin Magnussen, who will be released at the end of the season.
"I definitely want to race something next year, but what it will be we don't know yet," Vandoorne said.
"There's definitely some options though and we're talking about them."
Vandoorne, who was also McLaren's reserve driver in 2014, could compete in Japan's Super Formula series and has a test already lined up.
He added: "I'm going to be test and reserve driver at McLaren anyway, which is a good position to be in."
The supposed omission was said to be due to impending climate change.
The low-lying islands of the Maldives are at risk from rising sea levels.
The spoof blog post was taken seriously by several media outlets in the Maldives.
The Telegraph blog post was written by a climate change sceptic, James Delingpole.
On Monday, scientists said the new edition of the Times Atlas had exaggerated the scale of ice-cover reduction in another part of the world, Greenland.
Mr Delingpole's blog said the next edition of the famous atlas would continue what he called its "Climate Change alarmism", by completely erasing some very low-lying areas - the Maldives, Tuvalu and "major parts of Bangladesh".
He quoted a fictitious "spokesman" for the atlas as saying that in map-making, "emotional truth" was more important than actual truth.
Some Maldivian websites and newspapers took the satirical blog seriously.
An opposition politician sent out a mass text message blaming the Maldives' president for the country's omission from the map, because he'd staged events such as an underwater cabinet meeting.
A spokesperson for the atlas's publisher, HarperCollins, has confirmed to a Maldives website, Minivan News, that the blog post was bogus.
The Maldives' acting high commissioner in London has written to the newspaper's editor seeking a clarification and apology.
He said the post had implied that his country's climate change plight was a con-trick, and this, he said, was despicable and hurtful.
However, he added that Maldivians had as strong a sense of humour as anyone.
A Maldives government official told the BBC the Telegraph should not publish such "nonsense" under its brand name when it could be mistaken for news.
But he said Maldives newspapers should also confess to having been duped.
Carla Whitlock was attacked with drain cleaner containing sulphuric acid on 18 September last year.
Southampton Crown Court heard the acid was thrown in the 37-year-old's face after a drug deal went wrong.
Billy Midmore was convicted of causing grievous bodily harm with intent. His brother Geoffrey admitted the offence.
The pair, from London, are due to be sentenced at a later date.
Acid attack victim 'still struggling'
Billy Midmore had denied any involvement in the attack, including being present when it was carried out, and he said the acid was bought to unblock a toilet.
However, he had admitted sending Ms Whitlock threatening texts after his brother was robbed of £2,000 worth of drugs and cash.
The mother-of-six had helped broker the deal between the brothers and a Southampton dealer.
During the trial, the jury heard Geoffrey Midmore had sent a photograph of the bottle of drain cleaner on WhatsApp to an acquaintance together with the words: "This is one face melter."
Judge Peter Ralls QC described it as an "appalling crime".
Det Ch Insp Dave Brown, of Hampshire Constabulary, described the acid attack on Ms Whitlock, which happened outside Turtle Bay in the city's Guildhall Square, as "horrific" but also "rare".
He said she suffered "significant facial trauma and mental trauma" as well as the irreversible eye injury.
"This is an example of just how criminals will enforce debt," he said.
He added: "It is very much about exerting dominance within their peer group and they will go to no end of means in order to establish that dominance, and make sure that they can conduct their business through fear."
Following the conviction, Kerry Maylin, from the Crown Prosecution Service Wessex, said the brothers "launched a vicious attack" on Ms Whitlock.
"She suffered greatly from her injuries at the time of her attack and her scars will always be a reminder of what the Midmore brothers did to her," she said.
She added: "Only an hour following the attack they could be seen on the CCTV of the train high five-ing and fist bumping. They were not sorry, they were jubilant."
The brothers were arrested in Gillingham, Kent, following a two-week nationwide manhunt.
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Pulis became manager of the Eagles in November 2013 with them in the bottom three of the Premier League, before he took them to a final position of 11th.
He left before the start of this season and took over at West Brom on 1 January after Alan Irvine was sacked.
"The expectations are much more intense here," Pulis told BBC Sport.
"They have been in the Premier League for a number of years, but if you take your foot off the pedal you can get stung."
Saido Berahino scored the only goal as West Brom beat Hull 1-0 on Saturday in Pulis's first Premier League match in charge of the Baggies.
The win was only Albion's second in 11 league games and took them up to 14th, although Pulis said he still wanted to strengthen the squad in the January transfer window.
"There's a lot of work to be done," he added. "It's the shortest period of the season left that I've ever stepped into a club. We only have three weeks of the window left so in some respects it's really tougher than Crystal Palace.
"I had six to eight weeks there to look at the side and see the players I needed to improve. We're looking at a few new players and a few positions.
"The squad needs it and the chairman knows that. But the most important thing is to bring in people that are better than what we have got. I don't want to sign players that are of a similar quality."
The 27-year-old centre-back started his career at Macclesfield, but also played for Peterborough and had several loan spells before joining Carlisle.
Brisley's loan stint at Leyton Orient in the 2015-16 season saw him play under current Notts boss Kevin Nolan.
"He's a great lad on and off the field. He's a leader," Nolan said.
"I loved working with him at Orient and I still think we can bring out a lot more in him. He's a fantastic addition to what is already a very strong squad."
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The power cuts are mainly along the west of Ireland.
A gust of 118km/h (73mph) was recorded at Mace Head off County Galway as Desmond, the fourth named storm of the winter, reached the west coast.
In Northern Ireland, strong wind and heavy rain warnings are in force for Friday night.
In counties Down and Tyrone, roads were closed due to fallen trees.
The wet and windy weather is expected to continue on Saturday.
Critics of the law say it could be used to discriminate against gay people because it gives business owners a legal defence based on their faith.
The measure now requires the signature of Republican Governor Asa Hutchinson, but it already has his backing.
A law signed last week in Indiana sparked a national outcry and calls to boycott the state.
Apple, Yelp, Angie's List, the White House and Warren Buffett were among its critics.
Sport: National Collegiate Athletic Association, NBA, basketball players Charles Barkley and Jason Collins
Business: Angie's List, Yelp, Warren Buffett, Apple, Gap, Levi's
Politics: White House, Hillary Clinton, governors of New York, Connecticut and Washington state, cities San Francisco, Indianapolis and Seattle
Celebrities: Miley Cyrus, George Takei, Larry King
The furore forced the Indiana governor to say he wanted state lawmakers to add language to the law to clarify that it is not discriminatory.
Now the focus shifts to Arkansas, where hundreds of people filled the state capitol building for a second day to protest against the measure.
Some held signs that read "Hate is Not Holy" and "We are Open for Business for All Arkansans".
The bill would prohibit state and local governments from infringing on a person's religious beliefs without a "compelling" reason.
While it makes no mention of gay people, there is a fear that businesses who are religiously opposed to same-sex weddings could refuse them service and have a legal defence against a lawsuit.
Unlike other US states with similar laws, Indiana and Arkansas grant corporations the right to religious freedom.
Mr Pence was asked at the news conference whether he had been surprised by all the fuss the legislation has provoked.
He said he was amazed. Needless to say many remain unconvinced by that explanation.
All of which leaves broadly only two conclusions.
Mike Pence is a knave or naive. And that is not a good place for a politician to be.
A messy political U-turn in Indiana
Governor Mike Pence, who signed the Indiana bill into law last week, said he "was proud to sign" it but denied the law gave businesses the right to deny services to anyone.
In recent days the governors of Connecticut, Washington state and New York have taken action against him.
They banned state-funded travel to Indiana and other states that simultaneously have Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) measures and no balancing law to protect gays and lesbians from discrimination.
But there was some support for the laws too.
The Family Research Council applauded Arkansas and said there would be no need for RFRAs "if there were not a growing hostility toward faith".
The tiny metallic particles are often used because of their anti-bacterial and anti-fungal properties - in wound dressings for example.
By using organic molecules to coat the particles, the researchers made them resistant to tarnishing, which has previously limited their use.
The work has been published in the journal Nature.
Previously, gold nanoparticles have been more widely used because they are more stable. Silver nanoparticles are cheaper, but tarnish too easily.
Now a team has developed a way to make stable silver nanoparticles on a larger scale than was possible before.
These nanoparticles are even more stable than their gold counterparts.
To manufacture the tiny particles, scientists created a mixture which combined silver atoms with organic molecules that formed an outer protective layer, and sulphur atoms that bridged the two.
"We had a big surprise when we looked at the structure of the different layers," said author Terry Bigioni from the University of Toledo in Ohio, US.
The nanoparticles were made up of 32 silver atoms arranged into a dodecahedral core. These were surrounded by what are known as "mounts": 3-D structures combining two silver atoms with five sulphur atoms.
The mounts held up the protective organic layer that surrounds the whole particle, Dr Bigioni explained.
It is this serendipitous, unique, and highly symmetrical structure that is responsible for the stability.
Nanoparticles are commonly grown using "seeds" - anchors to which the material clings in order for it to grow. This leads to many differently-sized particles being formed.
Another surprise from the research was that the seeds were not needed, and all the nanoparticles formed were the same size and identical in structure.
Once this unique structure has been created, the particle becomes an inert bystander that does not interfere with the growth of further nanoparticles. This means that large quantities of stable particles can be created.
"So far, we've only managed to destroy [the nanoparticles] at 400C," said Dr Bigioni.
Dr Rickard Arvidsson, from the Chalmers Institute of Technology in Sweden, highlighted potential environmental concerns for these ultra-stable particles.
"Generally, the persistence and stability of chemicals is associated with an environmental hazard, and there may be high environmental impacts when mining silver."
The stability and yield observed as a result of the new process has the potential to give silver nanoparticles the edge over those made from gold.
"We have an opportunity to study something very stable, and very unique. This will be big for materials science," Dr Bigioni explained.
The ultra-stable silver nanoparticles could find new uses in biomedical applications, the University of Toledo chemist said.
"As all the nanoparticles are the same size, testing their durability and effect in and on the human body is much easier than with conventional nanoparticles," he said.
Clarke scored 15 goals in 32 League One games for the Shakers last season.
The 31-year-old has made almost 400 career appearances in spells with 16 clubs, including Coventry City, Wolves and Sheffield Wednesday.
"He is widely recognised as one of the top centre-forwards in the division and he will complement what we have," boss Chris Wilder told the club website.
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The rate dropped to 9.1% last month, from a downwardly revised 9.2% in May.
Separately, inflation remained unchanged in July at 1.3%, according to a preliminary estimate from Eurostat, the European Union's statistics office.
However, core inflation, which excludes food, alcohol and energy prices, rose to 1.2% from 1.1% in June.
Inflation in the 19-nation bloc still remains well below the European Central Bank's target of close to, but below, 2%.
Unemployment fell in all 19 eurozone member countries except Estonia.
The lowest unemployment rates last month were in Germany at 3.8% and Malta at 4.1%.
Greece has the highest rate of unemployment in the eurozone at 21.7%, and also the highest rate of youth unemployment at 45.5%, although those figures refer to April - the latest data available for the country.
The second highest unemployment rate was 17.1% in Spain, which was down from 19.9% a year earlier.
Spain also had the second highest level of youth unemployment among 15-24 year olds at 39.2%.
The increase in the core rate of inflation had not been expected by analysts.
Signs of recovery in the eurozone have led to much speculation that the European Central Bank (ECB) will soon start to cut back its 2.3 trillion euro (£2 trillion) quantitative easing (QE) programme, which has involved bond buying to try to boost the bloc's economy and avoid deflation.
ECB president Mario Draghi has previously said that sluggish core inflation and wage growth are reasons to be cautious about reining in the policy.
"Today's upside surprise in core inflation is likely to give the ECB some comfort, even though its level remains low," Morgan Stanley economist Daniele Antonucci said. "We expect a QE tapering announcement this autumn."
However, Connor Campbell, financial analyst at Spreadex, said the markets felt the latest data was not strong enough "to push the ECB in a hawkish direction", and tighten its policy.
Jack Letts, 20, from Oxford, has been labelled "Jihadi Jack" by some newspapers, which reported he left the UK to join the group when he was 18.
But his parents have dismissed the claims as "false" and said he travelled to the region for humanitarian reasons.
Police confirmed Mr Letts had been under investigation since March 2015.
The South East Counter Terrorism Unit (Sectu) said it was aware of the recent media reports and "can confirm we are investigating".
"This investigation began in March 2015 and is ongoing," Sectu added.
"We are unable to comment [on] any specifics... but would like to say that anyone who knows of someone who may be potentially vulnerable to being drawn into terrorist-related activity, including travelling abroad to conflict zones, should contact local police."
On his Facebook page Mr Letts also said the reports were false.
Speaking to the Oxford Mail newspaper his parents John and Sally Letts described their son as "a really kind, funny kid who is very gentle".
They said he travelled to Kuwait in the summer of 2014 to learn Arabic, before travelling to Syria in September 2014.
They believe he is now in the war-torn country, possibly working in hospitals or as a translator.
His mother said media reports claiming he had adopted the name Ibrahim or Abu Muhammed and had a son in Iraq were "absolutely ridiculous".
But she said he had converted to Islam and reports he was married could be true.
On Facebook, Jack Letts said: "Maybe they got bored worrying about what colour socks certain celebrities wear and took out the frustration on me."
After three years of losses, Barclays is back in the black, it will have sold off all its non-essential businesses by June, its capital levels are very close to the point where the banking authorities will let it start paying higher dividends, and interest rates could head upward - a good thing for banks' profit margins. Its shares rose 3% on the news - happy days.
However, a huge upheaval of the European banking system is on the horizon as the UK prepares to trigger Article 50, taking the financial heart of Europe out of the EU, and out of the single market.
Today we got a little more detail on Barclays' contingency planning. It seems Dublin may become the headquarters of its European business, requiring hundreds of additional staff there and in its offices in Frankfurt and Milan, which may become branches of the Dublin bank rather than the UK bank.
Despite this structural sleight of hand, Mr Staley is confident London will remain the financial centre of Europe long after Brexit.
But he also issued an important warning. What happens to a 10-year loan, or agreement with a customer in the EU, struck in the next two years before the UK formally leaves? How can the parties be sure that the terms of the contract between them are still valid in the years after Brexit, before the terms of trade have been agreed?
According to Mr Staley, honouring deals like this into the future - or "grandfathering" them - is crucial to maintain confidence in this coming period of uncertainty.
He also had a warning for Donald Trump. Don't mess with US bank regulation.
Promised cuts to tax and banking regulation in the US have seen shares in the likes of Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan rocket. But, according to Mr Staley, dismantling the controls put in place after the financial crisis would undo a lot of good work done to make the financial system safer.
"Higher capital levels and lower risk taking by banks has been a good thing, and I don't think (regulation) should be rolled back," he said.
If the stock market is right, and the big investment banks will be able to generate higher returns by taking more risk, Barclays' sizeable US operations may have a tough choice to make: keep up with your Wall Street neighbours, or look safer (and more boring) to investors.
Four of the Orkney and Shetland MP's constituents raised the action, which was heard in court this week, under the Representation of the People Act.
They claim Lib Dem Mr Carmichael authorised a leaked memo in order to influence the outcome of May's vote.
Aberdeen woman Sheila Ritchie is trying to raise £50,000 to help Mr Carmichael.
More than £2,000 has been donated so far.
The constituents who brought the petition were also aided by crowd funding.
Two days of evidence was heard at a special election court in Edinburgh earlier this week, before being adjourned to a later date.
The case is believed to be the first of its kind in Scotland for 50 years.
It arose from a story in the Daily Telegraph at the start of the general election campaign in April.
Mr Carmichael - Scottish Secretary in the Tory-Lib Dem coalition before the election - had authorised the leaking of a civil service memo suggesting First Minister Nicola Sturgeon had told the French ambassador she wanted David Cameron to remain in Downing Street.
He claimed in a TV interview the first he had heard of it was when he received a phone call from a journalist.
However, the MP later admitted full responsibility for sanctioning its release, and accepted the "details of the account are not correct".
Slade, who revealed his desire to stay at Cardiff long-term despite fan pressure, says the players understand.
Tan told BBC Wales: "In every match I want to see 30 or 40 attempts on goal."
Cardiff boss Slade explained: "The more attempts at goal, the more you take, the idea being you score or test the goalkeeper."
Tan outlined his football philosophy in a question and answer session with supporters on Thursday, where he revealed he plans to reduce the club's £140m debt by half.
"Just shoot from 25, 30 yards, I told the players. What's the point of passing, passing, passing and hoping to get in the box that way," Tan said.
"Unless you're Lionel Messi looking for a tap-in, it's not going to work.
"They get the ball and it seems to be like a hot potato. Pass it to somebody else straight away. As fans, you must see that, because I do.
"The law of averages says the more you shoot, the more you'll score. If you shoot 30 times you'll get three goals, 40 times will be four goals, 50 times and you'll get five goals.
"Don't respond by saying I know nothing about football. I've learned an awful lot, I see players regularly scoring in the Premier League from distance and we have to do that."
Cardiff are ninth in the Championship, five points outside the play-offs, and Slade insists his players will listen to their major shareholder.
"The players sat and listened to that, they saw the logic of taking opportunities when they come to them," he said.
"I think all players know that, whether you are shooting from five, 10 or 25 yards out."
Slade has admitted he wants to stay with the club beyond this season when his current contract expires and Tan has called on fans to back Slade although the Malaysian entrepreneur has not given the Cardiff boss no assurances.
Asked if he wanted a new contract, Slade said: ''Yes of course when it's right. I have enjoyed my time here. I am not looking to move.''
The historic event occurred after he defeated English forces at the Battle of Stirling Bridge in 1297.
A ceremony took place in front of gathered nobles and clergy in the Kirk o' the Forest in Selkirk.
A geophysics survey in the ruins of the town's 18th Century Auld Kirk has revealed remains of a medieval chapel.
The investigation was expected to find traces of its 16th Century predecessor but instead it showed remains which could pinpoint the spot where Wallace was honoured.
It is a scene which was depicted in Mel Gibson's Braveheart.
The church itself was demolished and later churches built on the site.
We hope to work with the community to make the most of this fascinating discovery and the tourism potential it has.
Dr Chris Bowles, Scottish Borders Council's archaeologist, said: "The association between William Wallace and this area is quite well documented, with Wallace using guerrilla tactics to fight the English from the Ettrick Forest.
"We knew vaguely that this site was associated with Wallace, and that the Scottish nobles made him Guardian of Scotland at the Kirk o' the Forest in recognition of his military successes.
"We had been expecting the geophysics survey to uncover a 16th Century church that we know to have existed and which was a replacement to the medieval church, but the only evidence in the survey is in relation to the medieval church."
He said they found the "foundation footprint of a medieval chapel" within the footprint of the 18th Century church.
"There are certainly wall lines forming an east-west aligned rectangle," he said.
"The measurements are similar to St Margaret's Chapel in Edinburgh Castle and point to it possibly being a Romanesque chapel.
"If it is the Kirk o' the Forest, it is where Wallace was honoured. He went on to become the legendary figure he remains today."
Dr Bowles, who commissioned the survey by the University of Durham in conjunction with the Selkirk Conservation Area Regeneration Scheme (Cars), said the site could now become a visitor attraction.
"While these geophysics results suggest a medieval chapel beneath the later church, we are very restricted by the burials in the area to allow any excavation," he said.
"But in the future it may be possible to conduct limited investigations in areas where there is no evidence of burial."
Gary Stewart, convenor of the Society of William Wallace, hailed the discovery as "a rare physical link to the hero".
He added: "This is a fantastic discovery, and another piece in the jigsaw of Wallace's life.
"It lets us know the exact place where Wallace was appointed as Guardian."
Colin Gilmour, Selkirk Cars project manager, said the discovery could draw tourism to the town.
He said: "There is nothing currently signposting people to the Auld Kirk site, but with this latest discovery it could become a major attraction and assist with the regeneration of the town centre.
"We hope to work with the community to make the most of this fascinating discovery and the tourism potential it has."
Scottish Borders councillor Ron Smith said the discovery strengthened the links between William Wallace and Selkirk.
A re-enactment of Wallace's appointment to guardianship could be held at the site later this year.
The owner and founder of Herbert of Liverpool died in the early hours after a long battle with cancer.
Mr Howe also flirted with politics and briefly stood for Mayor of Liverpool in 2012.
Comedian Ricky Tomlinson and Mayor of Liverpool Joe Anderson led the tributes. Mr Anderson said: "He always wanted to help others."
Tomlinson said of his lifelong friend: "He brought some big acts to Liverpool to perform at his charity dos.
"He absolutely loved showbusiness. He was Mr Bling; that was the name of his building, Bling Bling."
The Royle Family star said he wanted to organise a cabaret show in Mr Howe's memory and donate the money raised to his chosen charities.
Mr Howe, who set up Queenie's Christmas charity in memory of his mother, also featured on ITV docu-soap Shampoo and Channel 5's Celebrity Super Spa.
He put his name forward as an independent candidate for the Mayor of Liverpool in 2012 but withdrew because of what he described as the "viperous attitude" of local politics.
Friend Bernie Buxton from Liverpool Taxi Drivers Children In Care Outing Fund said he was Liverpool's Father Christmas.
"His legacy in the city is the fundraising he has done... [for] the children and pensioners of Merseyside.
"He will never be forgotten."
Actress Jennifer Ellison and Claire Sweeney were among the celebrities who had their hair cut by Mr Howe.
Ellison tweeted: "Heartbroken. This morning we lost one of the most generous men I have ever met. My friend Herbert of Liverpool."
The figure was revealed by Legal Affairs Minister Annabelle Ewing in response to a parliamentary question.
Ministers gave £60,000 to the Safeguarding Communities, Reducing Offending (Sacro) scheme last year.
It was created in an effort to keep people aged 12 to 24 charged with sectarian offences out of court.
More than 1,000 charges have been brought under the Scottish government's Offensive Behaviour at Football Act since its launch, leading to more than 200 criminal prosecutions, official figures up to 2015-16 show.
However, prosecutors have sent just 34 people to Sacro's anti-sectarian services programme, with only 22 people completing it.
All four of Holyrood's opposition parties have pledged to repeal the Offensive Behaviour at Football Act.
Liberal Democrat justice spokesman Liam McArthur, who uncovered the Sacro data, said the low uptake to the programme of those charged under the act was a cause for concern.
He said ministers needed to work with the Crown Office to make sure the most was made of the resource.
"Sacro's diversion-from-prosecution scheme is something that has the potential to make a big difference," he said.
"The fact that uptake is so low is therefore a concern.
"The Scottish government has provided funding, but more needs to be done to ensure that the Crown Office are making use of the programme when this is the best option.
"Unless action is taken, SNP ministers leave themselves open to the charge of having no interest in genuinely addressing the huge flaws in the Offensive Behaviour at Football Act (OBFA) or supporting schemes that help keep people out of court."
In response to the figures, Ms Ewing said she would meet with the Lord Advocate to discuss the issue.
She said: "Decisions to refer an accused to a diversion scheme are taken by prosecutors after full consideration of the facts and circumstances of the case reported by the police.
"The Scottish government-supported Sacro anti-sectarian services (SASS) diversion-from-prosecution programme was developed in late 2013 and began working with referrals in May 2014.
"The service is open to a wide range of organisations to make referrals although participation is voluntary, and if the client decides against participation the matter is returned to the referring body."
Lloyd-Roberts has acute myeloid leukaemia and is dependant on a stem-cell transplant to survive.
The BBC is holding an open day on Monday for anyone aged 16-30 to volunteer as a possible donor.
Lloyd-Roberts has worked for ITN and the BBC, making her name in foreign affairs.
She has reported on events in Syria, Burma and North Korea among many others, and has campaigned for human rights.
Lloyd-Roberts told the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme she had been "really encouraged" by the number of people attending the open day.
Held in the BBC's New Broadcasting House in central London, it hopes to encourage 16- to 30-year-olds to join the register of the blood cancer charity Anthony Nolan Trust by supplying a saliva sample. It is open to the public as well as BBC staff.
Lloyd-Roberts's chances of surviving the disease rest on a transplant.
"My prognosis is very grim. So I'm counting on one," she said.
But she added she was "very confident" that a successful donor would be found with the assistance of the charity.
Until then, she said, her "life is on hold".
"You feel as though you're in limbo. You really can't plan anything," she told Derbyshire.
"The kind of work I do for the BBC tends to be long-length investigative films, which can take two months to do. So clearly my work is on hold.
"I really want to remain optimistic, but it's a strange period.
"You can't work, you can't live a normal life, I could have to go to the hospital any day."
But she added that despite "this killer disease in my body", she currently felt "physically fine".
"This is what is so insidious and maddening about it," she said.
Since being diagnosed four months ago, Lloyd-Roberts has undergone two rounds of chemotherapy at University College Hospital in London, and is now in remission.
She had expected a stem-cell transplant to take place in May, but the would-be donor failed medical tests and the operation was cancelled.
"It was a major disappointment," she said.
"I had my bags packed and was ready to go into hospital when the call came the day before I was due to go in, saying that the donor had failed his medical."
Of the 25 million names on the Anthony Nolan Trust register, only three potential donors had been identified - with all three later ruled out.
The charity says that only one in about 1,200 people on the register ends up donating in any given year. Because there are many thousands of different tissue types, matches can be rare.
Those unable to attend the BBC open day can sign up on the Anthony Nolan Trust website.
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Paralympian John Stubbs is Britain's most successful archer with a cabinet full of accolades including a Paralympic gold medal from 2008 and four world titles.
However, the 51-year-old has had to overcome a traumatic accident and battle mental health issues. It all started on 6 November 1989 - a date which would have more significance later in his triumphant archery career.
Aged 24, Stubbs was content with his situation in life as he travelled home on his motorbike from his dream job as a fabrication engineer to his young wife and newborn son in Warrington, Cheshire. But on a cold and dark evening, his world was turned upside down.
"Somebody in a car sideswiped me. I ended up landing in a farmer's field, not knowing at the time how bad my injuries were," Stubbs reflected.
"The driver had gone. My only thoughts were to get up and switch my bike off. But I couldn't. I crawled towards the bike on the edge of the road and the amount of pain I was in made me pass out."
His ordeal was not over, though.
"Another car ran me over while I was down. They couldn't see me on the road," he adds. "But the next person to see me was a female doctor.
"There had been a hoax call for an accident and the ambulance that picked me up was on its way back to the station.
"If I had waited for another ambulance, I would have probably died at the scene. I had to have a 68-pint blood transfusion because I had severed the femoral arteries in both my legs."
Stubbs would later have his right leg amputated, and treatment on his damaged left leg. Months after, as he was undergoing rehabilitation, Stubbs was lost and did not know how to cope with his predicament.
"You're thrown into this situation where you've acquired a disability through no fault of your own," he said.
I feel like my life has gone full circle now
"I felt like I was a burden on my family. I was seeking solace in the bottle.
"It was at that point I felt there was only one way out and that was when I tried to commit suicide."
Fortunately for Stubbs, a concerned neighbour and close friend Mark Chadwick had followed him to a local pond, where he had attempted to drown himself.
"My neighbour dragged me out," said Stubbs.
"It was a cry for help more than anything. My doctor was told about this and I went through counselling."
Stubbs received treatment at a clinic in Withington, Manchester, where he realised his situation was better than other people in less favourable circumstances.
"It felt like a shock treatment to me. Going in there and seeing people that would love to be in the position I was. It was that kind of place where they relied on other things to keep them going," he said.
"That's when I realised 'what have I got to complain about?' It was a reality check for me and it really hit me hard, emotionally. I realised I had a lot more to offer."
With his new-found determination and drive to succeed in life, Stubbs tried a variety of sports before finding his true purpose, armed with a bow and a set of arrows, in 1994.
"I was playing disabled cricket but I felt like I needed an extra activity," he said.
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"I went down to a disabled sports club to try a variety of things because I was struggling to find a sport that would float my boat. But then I peered through some double doors and there was this guy teaching archery, who beckoned me to come and have a go.
"I was really chuffed that I had found something that challenged me," added the former world number one Para-archer.
"I didn't feel like I had that when I had my accident. That was what was missing.
"I never realised at the time where it would actually take me and now I've been across the world with it. It made me realise that I've been very fortunate in my life as a disabled person. It made me a success."
Although Stubbs went on to top the podium at European and world events, with a career-defining moment as a gold medallist at the Beijing 2008 Paralympics, he would always feel low on the anniversary of his accident.
That was until he claimed two gold medals and a silver at the 2013 World Para-archery Championships in Thailand on its 24th anniversary.
"I always used to look at that date in a negative stance because that's the day my whole world changed," he said.
"I did that every year right up until I won gold on that day. To compete and win a gold medal on what usually was a sad day... I used to remember that day for all the wrong reasons but now it will be remembered for a good reason."
The next World Para-archery Championships are in Beijing this September and Stubbs feels there is room for one more gold medal to complete his career.
"I want to win gold at the World Championships in Beijing," he said. "I won a Paralympic gold medal there in 2008 and I feel like my life has gone full circle now."
The man burst into the Druzba restaurant in the eastern town of Uhersky Brod and started "shooting indiscriminately", mayor Patrik Kuncar said.
Police described it as the worst mass shooting incident on record.
Czech Interior Minister Milan Chovanec said it was not a terrorist attack.
Some 20 people were thought to have been in the restaurant at the time.
A waitress who was shot in the chest by the gunman is in a serious condition in hospital.
Czech Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka said he was shocked by the attack and offered his condolences to relatives of the victims.
The suspect has been described as a local man in his 60s.
The town's mayor said he assumed the shooting "was an isolated incident".
"We have various anti-terrorist measures but we can see that, here, probably a lone shooter struck with no warning," he added.
"I'm rattled by this event. I never would have imagined something like this happening here, in a restaurant that I know well."
The restaurant's owner, Pavel Karlik, said the attacker had walked in to the property and started firing a handgun.
"I immediately ran out through the back door, along with other guests who then called an ambulance and police," he said.
The gunman had called a national television station before he started the attack.
Pavel Lebduska, head of regional broadcasting at the Prima channel, said the man had claimed "he was being bullied, no public institutions would help him, and that he had a gun and hostages and that he would deal with it his own way".
Mr Lebduska said the caller had given his name but the station would not reveal it for the time being. The station alerted the police immediately.
Mr Chovanec said on Twitter: "According to the available information, this was not a terrorist attack, but one carried out by an unbalanced individual."
Uhersky Brod is a town of 17,000 in the Moravia region, near the border with Slovakia.
Such shootings are rare in the country, says the BBC's Rob Cameron in Prague, but with hunting a popular hobby many people in rural areas own weapons.
Ian Cumming will offer a pie to anyone who disembarks at Cambridgeshire's Shippea Hill station on Christmas Eve.
But with just two trains during the day - 12 hours apart - mince pie fans will have to find alternative means to get home or commit to a day in the Fens.
The station was used just 12 times in the last financial year.
Mr Cumming, a travel photographer from Great Wilbraham in Cambridgeshire, said he and his family planned to board the 07:00 service from Cambridge, arriving at Shippea Hill 25 minutes later.
Anybody who gets off at the station with him will get one of his mince pies.
"But they have got to get off and stay off - they can't just hop off and get back on again," Mr Cumming said.
He encouraged people to either run or cycle back - or to ask a "nice person" to pick them up.
Otherwise, they will have to wait for the next train at 19:27 GMT.
He said: "It's just a bit of fun for Christmas Eve.
"Have a pie and get a bit of exercise at the same time."
Mr Cumming, a Great British Bake Off finalist in 2015, will be making a total of 38 mince pies, some with a Viennese topping.
If all 38 are earned by travellers, Shippea Hill stands a good chance of relegating its nearest rival - Greater Manchester's Reddish South - into the quietest station slot.
With just one train in and one train out at Shippea Hill on Christmas Eve, those taking advantage of Ian Cumming's mince pie offer could have some time to fill.
So if you enjoy a walk then you are in luck, because Shippea Hill is surrounded by countryside - although not much else.
The most notable attraction in the surrounding region is the cathedral city of Ely, a mere two-and-a-half hour walk away.
The cathedral dates back to 1083 and is known locally as "the ship of the Fens" because of its prominent position above the surrounding flat landscape.
But other than that, well... there's always the pub.
Littleport and Lakenheath - both less than six miles (9.6km) away - probably provide the most accessible options for food and drink.
Armed police were at the scene of an initial disturbance at Western Cemetery in Ely at about 12:45 BST on Monday.
Three men received non-life threatening injuries in the incident between groups "known to each other", South Wales Police said.
Four men, aged 20, 24, 31 and 44, and a boy aged 16, are in police custody.
At 15:45, another disturbance was reported outside the British Legion on Cowbridge Road West. Another incident took place near Fairwater police station.
South Wales Police said the incidents were "linked" and there was an increased police presence to reassure the local community.
The Department of Justice did not name the employer, but it is widely reported to be software developer IBM.
Mr Xu intended to sell the code for his own profit and for the benefit of the Chinese government, authorities said.
The source code has been described as "a product of decades of work".
The US Attorney's office said Mr Xu had worked as a developer for "a particular US company" from November 2010 to May 2014.
IBM's website, however, has a Xu Jiaqiang still listed as a developer. The company has not commented.
On Tuesday, the DOJ said Mr Xu planned to share the valuable source code with the National Health and Family Planning Commission of the People's Republic of China.
The source code in question was a clustered file system - or one that helps a computer's performance "by coordinating work among multiple servers".
China and the US have both flung accusations at each other over state-backed hacking and theft of secrets.
However, China has said in the past that it does not engage in theft of commercial secrets in any form.
Chinese President Xi Jinping said last year that Beijing does not encourage or support such practices in any way.
Mr Xu was first arrested in December for alleged theft of a trade secret from his former employer.
Each of the three counts of espionage carry a maximum sentence of 15 years in prison. The three counts of theft of a trade secret each carry a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison.
Mr Xu's is set to answer the charges in the US on Thursday 16 June.
University of Manchester scientists used a new computer simulation to assess the speed of the massive biped.
Based on T. rex's muscles alone, the model came up with a maximum speed of 30km/h, but this dropped to 20km/h when skeletal strength was assessed too.
Had it moved from a brisk walk to a sprint, the dinosaur's legs would have snapped under the weight of its body.
"T. rex is everyone's favourite dinosaur, and palaeontologists have been arguing for years about how fast it could run because this would tell us something about its hunting style and the way it caught its prey,'' said Prof William Sellers.
''This project used a highly realistic computer simulation to predict how T. rex moved, and it shows that running would have been impossible because its skeleton just isn't strong enough.
''That means that T. rex was actually quite slow and therefore not a pursuit predator.''
Fossil footprints had already hinted that the mighty dinosaur was not as agile as its Hollywood image suggests.
However, Dr Eric Snively, of UW-La Crosse, US, who was not involved in the research, said it would still have been a scary creature.
The top speeds calculated for T. rex ''are still beyond those of most fast human joggers or distance runners and would be rather frightening to behold'', he said.
Referring to a scene in the sci-fi film, he added: ''It might well have caught Jeff Goldblum in Jurassic Park, had he stayed outside the Jeep and in the slippery mud.''
Prof Sellers said: "We can basically say that running was unlikely in any of the big predatory dinosaurs, but that doesn't mean that the smaller ones were not fast.
"That means that as it grows up, T. rex would get larger and slower and we would expect to see the hunting behaviour change.
"This really helps fill out the picture of what life was like in the cretaceous [period], when we have large numbers of dinosaurs roaming around."
The study is published in the journal Peer J.
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It posted a pre-tax profit of $9.7bn (£7.2bn) for the first six month, down by $3.9bn.
HSBC also announced a share buy-back of up to $2.5bn in the second half of this year.
In a statement, HSBC described the weak numbers as a "reasonable performance in the face of considerable uncertainty".
For the second quarter, pre-tax profits were $3.1bn, down from $6.1bn for the previous three months.
The fall in profits was in line with what analysts had expected as a result of restructuring costs and weak revenues.
Chairman Douglas Flint said the falls came amid a "turbulent period" for the bank.
"The period ended with exceptional volatility as financial markets reacted to the UK referendum decision to leave the EU, a result that had not been anticipated," he said.
HSBC chief executive Stuart Gulliver also raised the fallout of the UK's vote to leave the European Union: "There has been a period of volatility and uncertainty which is likely to continue for some time."
The Brexit vote meant the UK and UK business were entering a "new era", Mr Flint added as he warned that negotiating Brexit and new global trade deals would be complex and time-consuming.
The London and Hong Kong-based bank's results come as Europe's banking sector is squeezed by deteriorating yields amid record low interest rates and higher regulatory costs.
HSBC has its headquarters in the UK, but the financial institution makes most of its money overseas.
Asia accounted for 83.5% of HSBC's global pre-tax profit last year.
The bank's shares are listed in London, Paris, New York and Hong Kong. On Hong Kong's Hang Seng, HSBC rose 0.8% in afternoon trading.
Nyomi Fee, who insisted she could have done nothing to prevent Liam's death, said her phone was damaged with the screen held together by sticky tape.
Nyomi Fee and Rachel Fee deny killing the two-year-old at a house near Glenrothes in Fife on 22 March 2014.
They also face charges they neglected Liam and abused two other children.
The pair blame one of the other children for killing Liam, while in their care over a two-year period.
The women, who are both originally from Ryton, Tyne and Wear, deny all the charges against them.
Giving evidence for a third day, Nyomi Fee was questioned Fee on why she had deleted calls made to her mother on the evening Liam died before handing her phone over to police.
Prosecutor Alex Prentice QC said: "The only ones you deleted were the calls to and from your mother.
"The critical calls (at) 19:36, 19:42, 19:44 to 'mam' they were deleted, you accept that."
Ms Fee said she had not done so on purpose, said her phone was "completely cracked" and held together with tape, and insisted she had informed police about what had happened.
The prosecutor went on: "It's just a bit odd that within that cluster these are the only three which are deleted. It looks odd." Ms Fee dismissed the suggestion.
Asked what she had "really" discussed with her mother, she said they had been talking about a forthcoming holiday.
Meanwhile, the best friend of Nyomi Fee said she had no problem with Ms Fee looking after her own son, before and after the toddler's death.
Lindsey Snaith wept in the witness box as she described a phone call from Nyomi Fee telling her that Liam was dead.
She said Nyomi Fee had told her "one of the boys had harmed him and it had went too far".
The court had earlier heard how Nyomi Fee, 28, denied losing her temper and killing Liam - as she faced claims in court her attitude towards the two-year-old was "wicked and atrocious".
She told the court she had never harmed the child on any occasion, but did accept Liam would be here today if she had taken him to hospital for treatment to a leg injury sustained days before his death.
Nyomi Fee admitted that her failure to seek the required medical help amounted to neglect and ill-treatment, telling jurors: "I hate myself for that."
She rejected suggestions she failed to seek help because she was responsible for causing the injury, but admitted she did nothing despite thinking the child could die.
Prosecutor Alex Prentice said: "You looked after Liam, you cared for Liam, he couldn't care for himself.
"He looked to you as a parent to care for him, to look out for him, to create a safe environment for him, and you thought he might die and you did nothing?"
"Yes," Nyomi Fee replied.
"That sums this case up, doesn't it? You didn't care whether he lived or died?" said Mr Prentice.
"Yes I did," she said.
The prosecutor said later: "You knew that there was a risk he might die and you allowed that set of circumstances to continue because Rachel might leave you, is that right?" Nyomi Fee agreed.
"That is a wicked and atrocious attitude to have towards a young boy," said Mr Prentice.
"I knew it was wrong, yes," she said.
"It's more than just wrong, do you not agree?" said Mr Prentice.
"Yes," the accused replied.
"Because if you had taken him to hospital he would be here today, wouldn't he?" the lawyer said.
"Yes he would," she said.
The trial continues.
Mukesh Singh, Vinay Sharma, Akshay Thakur and Pawan Gupta were found guilty last September.
A fifth adult suspect was found dead in his prison cell before he was tried.
The sixth member of the group, a juvenile at the time of the crime, is serving a three-year sentence.
On Thursday, Judges Reva Khetrapal and Pratibha Rani of the Delhi High Court upheld the four men's sentences, saying that the case fell in the "rarest of rare category".
"Death reference is accepted. Death sentence awarded by the trial court is affirmed. The appeals of the convicts are dismissed," the Press Trust of Indian news agency quoted the judges as saying.
Defence lawyers said earlier they would appeal to the Supreme Court if the death sentences remained in force.
The 23-year-old medical student was attacked on a moving bus in December 2012 while she was returning home after watching a film. The male friend she was with was also beaten up.
The rape shocked Indians and prompted protests across the country.
Although India has tightened its anti-rape laws and society is more openly discussing cases of violence against women, correspondents say women across India still live with the daily fear of sexual assault and victims still often have to deal with police apathy.
The remains were found by staff at Callington Road Hospital, a specialist unit for patients with psychiatric and addiction problems.
It is thought the body, and the head found nearby, are those of a man and they had been there for six months.
Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Trust said none of its in-patients had been reported missing in that time.
It is understood the body had been there for about six months and that it may have been recently disturbed by animals.
An Avon and Somerset Police spokesman said the death did not appear to be suspicious adding that detectives were studying outpatient records as part of their attempts to identify the remains.
"A post-mortem examination is due to take place in the next few days to try to find the cause of death," he added.
The hospital, in Marmalade Lane, specialises in treating patients with drug and alcohol problems and people with mental health issues.
It also offers psychiatric intensive care for men compulsorily detained, usually in secure conditions.
Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Trust, which owns the hospital, is a provider of specialist mental health services operating across Bath and North East Somerset, Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon and Wiltshire.
It was reported that the ecstatic women were scientists and the photograph challenged the stereotype that rocket science in India was a male preserve.
Isro later clarified that the celebrating women were administrative staff, but it went on to add that there indeed were several women scientists who had worked on the mission and were in the control room at the time of the launch.
The BBC's Geeta Pandey recently travelled to Bangalore to meet some of the women who have taken India into space.
As a little girl growing up in the northern Indian city of Lucknow, Ms Karidhal was an avid sky watcher who "used to wonder about the size of the moon, why it increases and decreases. I wanted to know what lay behind the dark spaces".
A student of science who loved physics and maths, she scoured the daily newspapers for information about Nasa and Isro projects, collected news clippings, and read every little detail about anything related to space science.
After getting her postgraduate degree, "I applied for a job at Isro and that's how I became a space scientist", she says.
It's now been 18 years and Ms Karidhal has worked on several projects at Isro, including the prestigious Mars mission, which has thrust her and her colleagues into the limelight.
The mission began in April 2012 and the scientists only had 18 months to capture Mars.
"It was a very small window, so the big challenge was to realise the project in that time. We had no heritage of interplanetary missions, so we had a lot to do in that short period."
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Although women scientists were part of the mission right from the time of conception, Ms Karidhal says its success was due to the team effort.
"We used to sit with the engineers, everyone would brainstorm, irrespective of the time, we often worked the weekends.
A mother of two young children, Ms Karidhal says it was not easy to maintain a work-life balance but "I got the support I needed from my family, my husband and my siblings".
"At the time, my son was 11 and my daughter was five. We had to multi-task, manage time better, but I think that even when I was exhausted at work, I'd go home and see my children and spend time enjoying with them, and I'd feel better and they would also like it."
It's often said that "men are from Mars while women are from Venus" but following the success of the Mars mission, many dubbed India's women scientists the "women from Mars".
"I am a woman from earth, an Indian woman who got an amazing opportunity," Ms Karidhal says.
"Mars mission was an achievement, but we need to do a lot more. The country needs a lot more from us so that the benefit reaches the last man."
And who better than women scientists to do that?
Ms Harinath's first exposure to science was Star Trek on television.
"My mother is a maths teacher and my father is an engineer with a great liking for physics and as a family we were all so fond of Star Trek and science fiction and we would sit together and watch it on TV."
Of course, at the time, she never thought of becoming a space scientist and for her, Isro "just happened".
"It was the first job I applied for and I got through. It's been 20 years now and there's been no looking back."
Being part of the Mars mission was a high point of her life.
"It was very important for India, not just for Isro. It's put us on a different pedestal, foreign countries are looking at us for collaborations and the importance and attention we got was justified.
"It was also the first time Isro allowed the public to look at what was happening inside, we were on social media, we had our own Facebook page, and the world took notice.
"I feel proud of our achievement. Sometimes, I feel honoured and flattered, but sometimes I'm also embarrassed," she says, laughing. "But now the way people look at you, it's very different. People recognise you for being a scientist. And I'm enjoying it thoroughly."
Ms Harinath says she takes "immense pride" in Mangalyan and was "really thrilled" to see it's photograph on the new 2,000 rupee notes.
But it was not an easy assignment and the work days were long.
In the beginning, the scientists worked about 10 hours a day, but as the launch date came closer, it went up to 12 to 14 hours.
"During the launch, I don't think we went home at all. We'd come in the morning, spend the day and night, probably go home for a short time the next afternoon to eat and sleep for a few hours and come back. But for an important mission like that which is time bound, we needed to work like that.
"We spent many sleepless nights. We encountered lots of problems as we progressed, in the design as well as in the mission. But it was coming up with quick solutions, innovation that was brought in that was key."
To make matters worse, her daughter's crucial school leaving exams fell right in the middle of the mission.
"Those few months were very demanding at work and at home. It looked like a race at the time. I'd wake up at 4am with my daughter to give her company while she studied. But now, we look back on that time with fondness. She did extremely well in her exams, scoring 100 in maths. Today, she's in medical school and is doing really well so I think it was all worth the effort."
I ask if we can call her the "woman from Mars".
"I want to be grounded to earth. It's important to remain so, to bring out the best in a person," she says.
"The Mars mission was a huge achievement, but that's past now. We need to look into the future, to see what more we can do. We have the entire cosmic neighbourhood waiting to be explored. There are so many planets, so it's time to venture out."
For this senior-most woman officer at Isro, the sky is the limit - she specialises in sending communication satellites into space that sit at least 36,000km from the earth's centre.
The scientist who has worked with Isro for the past 34 years first thought about space when she was nine.
"It was the Apollo launch, when Neil Armstrong landed on the moon. We had no television in those days, so I heard about it from my parents and teachers. It really ignited the imagination. I wrote a poem on a man landing on the moon in Kannada, my native language."
Considered a role model by other women scientists at Isro, Ms Anuradha disagrees that women and science don't gel.
"I never liked subjects where I needed to remember a lot and science looked logical to me. I don't believe that Indian girls think science is not meant for them and I think maths is their favourite subject."
When she joined Isro in 1982, there were only a few women and even fewer in its engineering department.
"In my batch, five-six women engineers joined Isro. We stood out and everyone knew us. Today, more than 20-25% of Isro's over 16,000 employees are women and we no longer feel special," she laughs.
At Isro, she says, gender is not an issue and the recruitment and promotional policies are all dependent on "what we know and what we contribute".
"Sometimes I say that I forget that I'm a woman here. You don't get any special treatment because you're a woman, you're also not discriminated against because you're a woman. You're treated as an equal here."
She laughs at the suggestion that her colleagues consider her an inspiration, but agrees that having more women in workplace can be a motivating factor for other women.
"Once girls see that there are lots of women in the space programme, they also get motivated, they think if she can do it, so can they."
Although the numbers of women staff has been consistently growing at Isro, it is still way below the halfway mark.
That's because "we are still carrying cultural loads on our backs and many women think their priorities lie elsewhere, at home", she says.
Her advice to women who want to be rocket scientists is simple: "make arrangements".
"Once I had made up my mind that I needed a purposeful career where my passion lay, I created a good set up at home. My husband and my parents-in-law were always cooperative, so I didn't have to worry much about my children.
"And I owe my success to the arrangements I made. You have to give something to get something. But life is like that. So when there was work to do, when I was needed at the office, I was here, working with passion. And when there was an absolute need for me to be at home, I was there."
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Hassan Rouhani also said the programme would be more advanced than in 2015, when Iran curbed its nuclear activities as part of a deal with world powers.
Iran says unilateral US sanctions targeting its ballistic missile programme breach the agreement.
But the US says Iran's missile tests have violated a UN resolution.
The resolution endorsed the nuclear deal and called upon Iran not to "undertake any activity related to ballistic missiles designed to be capable of delivering nuclear weapons, including launches using such ballistic missile technology".
Iran says the missiles it has tested are not designed to carry nuclear warheads and insists its nuclear programme is entirely peaceful.
US President Donald Trump has repeatedly threatened to pull out of the nuclear agreement, and after a missile test at the end of January his administration declared that the US would no longer turn "a blind eye to Iran's hostile and belligerent actions".
While acknowledging that the test was "not a direct violation" of the nuclear agreement, it imposed sanctions on 25 individuals and entities connected to its missile programme and the powerful Revolutionary Guards force.
Further sanctions targeting six Iranian companies were announced in late July following Iran's launch of a rocket capable of putting a satellite into orbit.
And earlier this month, Mr Trump signed into law a bill passed by Congress that requires the president to impose sanctions on individuals facilitating Iran's ballistic missile programme, "foreign persons that are officials, agents, or affiliates" of the Revolutionary Guards, and on those responsible for human rights abuses.
On Sunday, Iran's MPs responded to the move by voting overwhelmingly in favour of legislation to increase the budget for the country's ballistic missile programme and the Revolutionary Guards' external operations arm, the Quds Force.
In a speech to parliament on Tuesday, Iran's president stressed that Iran wanted to abide by its commitments under the nuclear deal, which he called a "model of victory for peace and diplomacy". But he warned that this was not the "only option".
"Those who try to return to the language of threats and sanctions are prisoners of their past delusions," Mr Rouhani said.
"If they want to go back to that experience, definitely in a short time - not weeks or months, but in the scale of hours and days - we will return to our previous situation very much stronger."
He said the world had seen clearly that under President Trump the US was "not a good partner or a reliable negotiator", noting that he had said he would withdraw from the Paris climate accord and reverse parts of an agreement with Cuba.
ITVplc said on Monday it was buying Ulster Television in Belfast for £100m.
It will leave STV as the last standalone operator in the network, which was originally made up of about 15 separate companies.
In a BBC interview last month, former ITV boss Michael Grade said STV was "defying gravity" by remaining independent.
Until the mid-90s, the Channel 3 network was made up of a number of fiercely independent regional companies.
A series of mergers and takeovers led to the creation of ITVplc which will shortly control all of the network, except STV's transmission area in central and northern Scotland.
STV has long had to endure speculation - which, so far, has turned out to be groundless - that it could also be swallowed up by ITV.
Analysts say UTV came into play because it recently launched a station aimed at the Irish Republic.
However, the new station's losses have been far heavier than expected.
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In the video, two masked gunmen speak to a man kneeling in front of them.
After killing him, the gunmen say they will kill others they are holding if the government does not agree to their demands. The demands are unspecified.
They identify themselves as belonging to the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, who are allied to the Taliban.
There had been speculation that the hostages, mostly from the Hazara ethnic minority, had been seized by Islamic State as they travelled from Iran to Kabul through Zabul province.
The Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU) was formed in the late 1990s and said it carried out the attack on Karachi airport in June 2014.
The BBC's David Loyn in Kabul says this is the first time they have issued a video showing a beheading.
In the footage, the gunmen ask the hostage what his job is, and he says that he is a soldier. Local news agencies report that the kidnappers want their comrades released from Afghan jails.
Along with other Taliban factions, the IMU was pushed out of its former stronghold in Pakistan's North Waziristan tribal region in an army offensive launched after the Karachi airport assault.
Unlike in Pakistan, Afghan Hazaras, who are mostly Shia Muslims, have been largely spared attacks by Sunni militants operating in both countries.
Dog owners have been warned to keep pets on leads since the deposits appeared on beaches in Kent and Sussex.
Tests in Kent have revealed a mineral oil "of unknown source or proposed use" and investigations are continuing.
The substance is not hazardous to humans or animals unless eaten, Shepway council said.
A joint statement from Kent County Council (KCC), the Maritime & Coastguard Agency and Shepway District Council said the worst affected areas were between Sandgate and Folkestone Warren.
It has advised the public not to touch the substance and to keep dogs on a lead.
It also said the public should alert the RSPCA if any distressed seabirds were found, and not to touch the birds themselves.
The likely source of the pollution "would appear to be from shipping in the Dover Strait", the statement said.
Kent Scientific Services, part of Kent County Council (KCC), carried out a chemical analysis and was able to identify the paraffin-based substance.
It revealed: "The fatty acid profile was not consistent with palm oil or any vegetable based oil. The profile resembled one from a 'fuel'-based oil."
A clean-up operation is under way.
Thanet District Council said precautionary signs erected around its coastline had now been taken down.
It said beaches were now clear and also that on inspection most reported sightings were actually non-harmful whelk egg cases.
Brighton and Hove District Council did not have any test results but said it had been clear from the start it was "suspected" palm oil.
Adur and Worthing District Council said its tests also showed the substance was a waxy mineral oil.
Its clean-up process will begin on Monday. High tides and strong winds made it unsafe for staff to start on Friday.
Chris Drake, Coastal Officer at KCC, said: "KCC will work with all the agencies concerned to ensure that our coastline is quickly restored and that if possible; those responsible for the pollution are identified and made to cover the costs of the clean-up."
The 50-year-old, who played 408 matches for Forest during two spells totalling nearly 12 years, has taken up a role with the Rams as a defensive coach.
His son Tyler, a 19-year-old striker, also now plays for Forest, while 17-year-old son Lewis represents the Rams.
Academy director Darren Wassall, who played with Walker at Forest, said the ex-England man had "plenty to offer".
Walker won 59 caps during his career and played for England at the 1990 World Cup, when they reached the semi-finals, and Euro 92.
Former Derby defender Craig Short has also joined the academy coaching set-up.
Brian Reader, 76, fell seriously ill at Belmarsh Prison, where he is being held, and was taken to nearby Queen Elizabeth hospital on Wednesday.
Reader, the oldest member of the gang, had pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit burglary last September.
He is due to be sentenced on 7 March with six others over the £14m raid.
A Prison Service spokesperson said: "An HMP Belmarsh prisoner was taken to hospital on 24 February. He remains there in order to receive treatment for an ongoing medical condition.
"Appropriate security measures are in place."
Reader's solicitor Hesham Puri said Reader was being treated for "a number of issues" at the south-east London hospital and it was "unlikely" his client would be able to attend the sentencing hearing at Woolwich Crown Court.
The "largest burglary in English legal history" took place at Hatton Garden Safe Deposit Ltd in London's jewellery quarter over Easter last year.
The gang raided safe deposit boxes for jewels after boring into the vault.
John "Kenny" Collins, Daniel Jones and Terry Perkins pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit burglary.
Carl Wood and William Lincoln were convicted of conspiracy to commit burglary and conspiracy to conceal, convert or transfer criminal property.
Hugh Doyle was found guilty of concealing, converting or transferring criminal property.
Another thief, known only as "Basil", is yet to be identified and is still at large.
Reader was also involved in the £26m gold bullion Brink's-Mat robbery three decades ago.
West Lindsey District Council said land at Swallow on the A46, near Caistor, had become a "dumping ground for fly tippers".
Paperwork found among the rubbish revealed the waste was "likely to be from various house clearances in the Grimsby area", the authority said.
It is working with the police to identify those responsible.
The authority said it had taken seven members of staff four hours to clear the site of debris, which included fridges, mattresses and tyres, at an estimated cost of £1,500.
Lesley Beevers, regulatory team manager at the council, said: "No sooner has one lot of rubbish been cleared than another load appears. In November, we cleared around four tonnes of waste from the same spot, costing more than £900."
Councillor Owen Bierley said: "It is important for residents and landlords alike to make sure that their waste is disposed of by properly registered companies.
"Simply paying cash to anyone with a van to take away your waste is not acceptable and could leave you facing a fine of up to £5,000 for not checking where your waste is going to."
Dartmouth, trained by Sir Michael Stoute, beat Simple Verse by a neck.
Morrison was later called before a stewards' inquiry after an employee of his was alleged to have urinated in the stable of his horse Marmelo.
The employee was subsequently found guilty of improper conduct.
Morrison was instructed by the British Horseracing Authority (BHA) to "ensure all of his employees are correctly briefed as to the integrity implications of these actions in the future".
He said: "There's nothing to it really. The lad is a long-standing employee. He knows he's made a mistake and he won't do it again."
Marmelo, who was fifth in the Yorkshire Cup, was ordered to have a routine doping test.
Urinating in a racecourse stable is banned because of the risk of cross contamination.
BBC horse racing correspondent Cornelius Lysaght said: "The chances of cross contamination are probably rather higher than 100-1, but of course it's possible, and this is an example, the BHA will say, of how all regulations relating to security and integrity on the racecourse are tightly enforced."
On Thursday, Morrison offered a reward of £10,000 to clear his name after one of his horses tested positive for an anabolic steroid.
Our Little Sister tested positive for nandrolone after finishing last in a race at Wolverhampton on 14 January, which had prize money of £2,500.
Dartmouth, the 11-4 favourite, was one of five horses in the running over the final furlong of Friday's race.
Having made his challenge on the stands-side rail, he snatched the verdict from Ralph Beckett's 2015 St Leger winner Simple Verse (13-2).
The pace-setting High Jinx, having his first race for 747 days, kept on in gritty fashion and was just a neck away to claim third on his first start for Yorkshire trainer Tim Easterby.
Winning rider Ryan Moore said: "He felt very easy the whole way, he's got mile-and-a-half pace, he was just doing a little too much in stages.
"He travelled beautifully and is such an honest horse, but it didn't help that I was apart from them and he's done very well."
BBC horse racing correspondent Cornelius Lysaght:
You don't have to be an arch-Royalist to enjoy the spectacle of the Queen beaming at a success for one of her runners at Royal Ascot.
And, after this narrow defeat of his nearest three rivals, Dartmouth - named after the Devon naval town - goes to the famous fixture in June with the wind in his sails.
It would be nice to think Dartmouth might try to emulate his owner's horse Estimate, who won Ascot's marathon Gold Cup four years ago, but he'll be sticking to the shorter Hardwicke Stakes this time.
The fire broke out at Lakanal House in Camberwell, south London, in July 2009.
Catherine Hickman, 31, Dayana Francisquini, 26, and her children, six-year-old Thais, and Felipe, three, were killed in the fire.
Helen Udoaka, 34, and her three-week-old daughter Michelle also died. They all lived on the 11th floor.
The jury retired to consider verdicts after hearing evidence for more than two months at Lambeth Town Hall in Brixton, south London.
In her summing up on Wednesday, Assistant Deputy Coroner Frances Kirkham said evidence suggested that the firefighters from incident command who dealt with the blaze did not have knowledge of the building layout.
She said they did not know they were dealing with maisonettes and did not know about escape balconies on the block.
Ms Kirkham added: "It's a matter for you, members of the jury, but you may conclude that the evidence suggests a lack of training amongst staff in relation to fire survival guidance calls prior to the incident that we're dealing with."
Ruth Davidson was speaking after a private meeting with Prime Minister Theresa May in Downing Street.
Ms Davidson, who also attended a meeting of the cabinet, said the Conservatives now had to "reach out to others" on issues such as Brexit.
She added: "I do think that there can be changes in the offer of Brexit as we go forward".
Ms Davidson has new-found clout at Westminster after her party won 13 Scottish seats in the election, and has hinted that she wants Mrs May to change course on her Brexit objectives.
A high-profile Remain campaigner ahead of the EU referendum, she wants the UK to keep the "largest amount of access" to the single market after Brexit.
She has also called for what she describes as an "open Brexit", which prioritises free trade and country's economic interests over curbing immigration.
The prime minister is attempting to secure a deal which would see Democratic Unionist Party MPs support her minority government.
Ms Davidson said she had stressed to the prime minister that the electorate had said "they want the Conservatives in government, but by denying us a majority they don't want us to govern alone".
She added: "And that means that we have to reach out to other people on some of the big issues, for example on Brexit."
Ms Davidson said there was a "clear understanding" that the prime objective for leaving the European Union was to ensure that the economy was protected.
And she insisted there was a "general consensus" that free trade should be prioritised despite Mrs May indicating that the UK will leave both the single market and the customs union.
When asked whether the UK could stay in the single market, she replied: "I think what is clear is that there is a commitment from around that cabinet table, from within the Conservative Party, to now work with others to make sure that we go after the best economic deal.
"In terms of how we reach out to others and how we take on board their ideas there is lots of work to be done.
"But I do think that there can be changes in the offer of Brexit as we go forward."
Mrs May is battling to keep her party behind her after losing her parliamentary majority just before the start of negotiations with the EU.
Chancellor Philip Hammond has also stressed the need to put the economy first in the Brexit negotiations.
But speaking ahead of her meeting with Ms Davidson, a spokesman for the prime minister said it had been made clear that the UK cannot control its borders while remaining as a single market member.
There has been speculation that Ms Davidson could use her 13 MPs to push for a "softer" Brexit than Mrs May had planned.
She said: "I think my 13 MPs are all individuals and each and every one of them will play their full part in the House of Commons.
"In Scotland we do come from a liberal tradition, we were a separate party at one time, and I would expect them to carry that tradition into the House of Commons and I look forward to their progress - I am proud of them and I want to see what they are going to do next".
Ms Davidson also stressed the need for the UK government, and the wider Conservative party, to pull together and insisted that Mrs May could remain in office for the next five years.
The Scottish Conservatives won just a single seat in Scotland in the 2015 general election - but the party's share of the vote doubled as it took a further 12 seats last week, all of which were at the expense of the SNP.
Ms Davidson's performance in leading the party to its best result in Scotland since 1983 has seen her mentioned as a possible successor to Mrs May - although she does not currently have a seat in the House of Commons.
The Scottish Conservative leader arrived at Downing Street as SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon met her party's 35 MPs outside the Houses of Parliament.
Ms Sturgeon, who is Scotland's first minister, has called for a "short pause" in the Brexit negotiations in order to secure a cross-party, UK-wide consensus on what they hope to achieve.
She also claimed that Mrs May's plans for a so-called "hard Brexit" were now "dead in the water", and questioned whether the prime minister could form a functioning government.
Alex Staniforth, of Cheshire, has already tackled Pen-Y-Fan, Fan Foel and Snowdon since starting the series on 13 May.
The 22-year-old will aim to scale Moel Famau, on the Flintshire-Denbighshire border, on Sunday.
If successful, he will have climbed the equivalent of 13 Mount Everests.
He said: "A big thanks for all my friends and supporters from all over north Wales who encouraged me so brilliantly over the past few months and who've been so generous."
Mr Staniforth previously became the youngest person to complete the Three Peaks Challenge and has twice attempted to scale Everest.
He abandoned his last bid to reach the world's highest summit in 2015, after an avalanche left three of his friends dead.
Mr Staniforth, who sets off at 11:30 BST, is carrying out the latest series of climbs in aid of mental health charity, Young Minds UK, and has so far raised £15,000.
Michael Keen, 42, was stabbed in 15 times and was found dead at a house in Hazel Avenue, Darwen, Lancashire in August last year.
A Merseyside-based organised crime gang supplying drugs in the Darwen area was linked to the killing, police said.
Daniel Bamford, of Harvey Lane, Warrington, was found guilty of manslaughter. He was jailed for a total of 16 years at Preston Crown Court.
He had also earlier admitted one count of possession of class A drugs with intent to supply and two counts of supplying Class A drugs.
Mr Keen had been forced into allowing Bamford, a gang enforcer, to oversee the supply of drugs from his home, police said.
The pair had argued and Mr Keen was stabbed in the head, neck, arm, abdomen and back on 25 August, police said.
Det Insp Zoe Russo said: "This was a challenging and at times complex investigation.
"Bamford is clearly a dangerous and violent offender whose actions led to Michael Keen's death."
Three women aged between 60 and 82 were hit by bullets and bullet fragments after two officers fired at the man.
The 23-year-old man, who allegedly approached officers with the knife, was also injured.
An independent team will now investigate the circumstances surrounding Thursday's incident.
Police were called to an organic food market outside Westfield Shopping Centre at Hornsby, in Sydney's north, just before midday after shoppers noticed the man acting strangely.
New South Wales Police Assistant Commissioner Dennis Clifford said the man was holding a large carving knife and confronted officers when they approached him.
He said two officers fired shots at the man, who was wounded several times.
"Unfortunately some bystanders were also injured, with either bullet or fragment wounds," Mr Clifford said.
"The man is known to us. I understand he was reported missing from a psychiatric centre near here yesterday and police were making efforts to try and locate him."
Mr Clifford said it was understood that Tasers, batons and sprays were available to the officers.
"In a life-and-death situation the police had to make a very critical decision on the action that they took," he said.
All the injured bystanders are in hospital in a stable condition.
Witnesses told Australian media of a chaotic scene after police shot the "zombie-like" young man, who was "babbling incoherently" before the incident.
He also remains in hospital, under police guard.
The video will show arrivals at Australia's offshore detention centre on Christmas Island being expelled and boarding aircraft.
Canberra recently signed a deal with Malaysia to accept 800 boatpeople intercepted in Australia.
Asylum seekers remain a politically sensitive issue in Australia.
Australia currently has more than 6,000 asylum seekers in detention, originating from countries including Iran, Iraq, Vietnam, Sri Lanka and Afghanistan.
In return for Malaysia accepting the new arrivals by boat, Australia will take 4,000 immigrants who are already registered there over the next four years.
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has said the move will "smash the business model of people-smugglers".
But human rights groups have criticised Australia over the deal, because Malaysia has not signed the UN Convention on refugees, and the groups say asylum seekers are routinely mistreated there.
The footage posted by the Australian government on YouTube will show boatpeople arriving at the country's offshore detention centre in Christmas Island, boarding a plane to Malaysia and then arriving at camps in the Malaysian capital, Kuala Lumpur.
Source: Australian Department of Immigration
It is intended to drive home the point that asylum seekers heading for Australian shores will now end up in Malaysia, says the BBC's Nick Bryant in Sydney.
Previously, the government has used dramatised videos of people in detention or losing their lives at sea to act as a deterrent.
This, however, is the first time that real asylum seekers have been filmed being expelled from Australia - although, for security reasons, their faces will be pixelated, our correspondent says.
The footage will be posted on YouTube in eight languages, targeting Iranians, Afghans, Sri Lankans and Iraqis in particular.
The aim, according to immigration officials, is to demonstrate the futility of risking your life at sea, only to be put on a plane to be flown back to Malaysia.
"We know that people-smugglers tell lies. We know that people-smugglers will be out there saying, 'Look, this won't apply to you'... because they are desperate to make money off desperate people," Immigration Minister Chris Bowen told Australian radio.
"I do think that many people would have access to that sort of social media, and word-of-mouth will spread quickly."
The first boatload of asylum seekers expected to be sent to Malaysia was intercepted on Sunday. They are to be processed on Christmas Island before being sent to Kuala Lumpur by plane.
With eight minutes left, the U's captain finally beat excellent visiting keeper Mark Cousins after Joe Worrall brought down Robbie Simpson.
The visitors were unlucky not to be ahead early on, as Ashley Hemmings' cross was pushed out and Josh Coulson's follow-up was blocked on the line.
Ryan Ledson and Jimmy Spencer both went close for Cambridge before Berry kept a calm head to finally secure the points.
Cambridge manager Shaun Derry told BBC Radio Cambridgeshire:
"It was a horrible game (because of the weather). I knew it was going to be like that as soon as I arrived today, but we found a way.
"But we keep going on to the boys about affecting games in different ways, and we sure did that today.
"I've always said it's not just a game of 11 people, the substitutes have to make a real impact, and Robbie has come on and won the penalty."
Dagenham manager John Still told BBC Radio London:
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"We're making good progress now, I thought our back four was very, very good.
"I'm quite encouraged. I think we've built over the last three or four games, there's a resoluteness about us. It's hard to judge the game because of the conditions.
"The ingredients that we need to get away from the bottom two are showing weekly. I'm really, really pleased with the two centre halves we now have in, I'm really pleased with our organisation and work-rate and I thought it was a really strong display."
He was supposed to join other artists to record Do They Know It's Christmas to raise money for Ebola-hit West Africa, but pulled out at the last minute.
"I said change whatever words you like, it's your thing," Geldof told Newsbeat.
But the British-Ghanaian rapper didn't agree with the message of the song.
Geldof said: "His thing was you had to be positive about Africa, but then you have Angelique Kidjo and Emeli Sande who were on the same attitude and I said there's the world's press, tell them about your point of view.
"If there's a line you can't sing, change it and he said he just felt awkward."
Fuse ODG is passionate about raising the profile about Africa and Africans, his current single T.I.N.A. (This is New Africa), the name of the movement he's set up to help, features in the Official Chart Top 40.
In a statement Fuse ODG said he initially agreed to be part of Band Aid 30 when he was approached by Geldof. However, upon receiving the proposed lyrics, Fuse ODG felt the message of the Band Aid 30 song was not in line with the message of The New Africa movement.
Bob Geldof understands where he's coming from: "He's quite right Fuse, this ridiculous image of this continent, seven of the top ten fastest growing economies in the planet are African and of those seven, five are countries where Band Aid operated."
Geldof also confirmed Adele hadn't snubbed his call, "Adele won't pick up the phone to her manager. She's just out of it, which you respect. Nothing. She's not part of that anymore. That's absolutely her thing.
"Some people just don't want to do it, some people say no.
"Adele on the other hand isn't engaged in rock and roll, pop music, not picking up the phone to anyone. Brilliant."
The single, to raise money for the Ebola crisis in West Africa, in which more than 5,000 people have died, was first aired on X Factor last night.
With half an hour to go until the programme it was almost pulled when ITV compliance stepped in.
It was over a short piece of footage showing a seriously ill woman suffering from Ebola being carried out of her home by her arms and feet.
"I said to Simon [Cowell] we need to contextualise this, it's a pop moment but there's a reason for the moment and he said 'absolutely' and I said I've got some BBC news footage and I said 'how harrowing do we have this' and he said 'we go harrowing."'
In the end it did air with Bob Geldof appearing beforehand explaining why they were showing the footage first.
Speaking about the film Bob said, " I don't know if it will end up on the video that's for sale, it was basically for the X Factor nation to show, you know, don't get enamoured by the performances of your favourite pop star, there's a logic and this could be this country."
Four minutes after the single had aired on TV £1m had been donated.
The 99p download was released this morning and appears to have crashed iTunes and it seems likely it will knock Children in Need off number one in the Official Charts on Sunday.
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Daniel Dolan now hopes to join one of the big Russian theatres.
The Bolshoi Academy is attached to the best-known ballet company in the world, the Bolshoi Theatre.
The regime at the school is one of the toughest in the world, with up to 10 hours dancing a day. The teaching is all done in Russian, and the professors are themselves former stars of the Russian dance world.
Four years ago Daniel plunged into that pressured atmosphere. He was accepted after sending a video of himself dancing to the academy.
"I want to be a classical dancer," he said today.
"It's embedded in me. It's what I believe I was born to do now. And whether that's inside or outside Russia makes no difference to me. As long as I get to perform alongside other great dancers, I'll be a very happy person."
The girls at the school who come from overseas have their own ballet class, but there are so few foreign boys that Daniel has trained with some of the best young dancers in Russia, and with one of the best teachers - Professor Valery Anisimov, himself a former star of the Bolshoi Theatre.
Dolan's dancing career began when he was four years old.
His sister was learning ballet, and being a competitive young boy, he wanted to as well.
"I'll always remember him going to his first class," his mother Carol recalled.
"He had a football kit on. He was very, very sporty - spiked hair. He was the only one that could get away with spiked hair in a ballet class."
Dolan never wore his football kit to ballet again.
By the age of 11, he knew he wanted to be a dancer. By the age of 16, he was at the Bolshoi Ballet Academy.
Coming from Widnes, his father Peter Dolan is a big rugby league fan. But unlike the fictional father in Billy Elliot, he has backed his son all the way.
"From a very early age, he was very clear what he wanted to do," he explained, after watching his son's final exams in Moscow.
"And it's gone on. And today we just couldn't be any prouder."
Dolan is now a good Russian speaker and before he formally graduates, he has to pass his state academic exams. But it was the dance exams that mattered, and this week he passed them all with flying colours.
In fact, he was the one chosen from the top boys' class in the academy to dance the very Russian Cossack dance in front of the "Commission" that decides the marks.
Mr Anisimov, who has taught him for three years, said: "He is ready now to dance in the ensemble of any theatre, whether it is the Bolshoi or Covent Garden... or if not, maybe the English National."
Dolan's style of dancing is muscular. He himself says he is not best suited to the romantic leads.
But he does seem to be cut out for the big-jumping masculine roles like Spartacus, perhaps after serving his time somewhere in the corps de ballet.
His dream would be to dance for the Bolshoi Theatre but he knows that that is almost impossible for a foreign dancer. He has also got his eye on the world-renowned Mikhailovsky Theatre in St Petersburg.
There is no doubting his ambition, and the hunt for a job has already started.
The protesters, who are made up of students and supporters of the Occupy Central pro-democracy movement, want a free choice of candidates for the vote in 2017 but Beijing has ruled that option out.
BBC News readers in Hong Kong and mainland China have been explaining why the issue has caused so much anger on the streets.
David Boyton, former police officer, Hong Kong
As a lawyer and a former Hong Kong police officer I did not initially care much for the Occupy Central movement.
I also felt greatly inconvenienced when I was stuck in Hong Kong traffic for several hours at one point because of these protests.
However, when I saw the unnecessary gassing of protesters who were not doing anything, my attitude completely changed.
This is an indication of what is to come - PRC [People's Republic of China]-style heavy-handed police tactics to deal with its own citizens.
It is no coincidence that the underlying movement promotes democracy and government accountability.
Why do the police, who are themselves citizens of Hong Kong, have to treat its own citizens with such disdain and contempt?
No doubt it will come out in the wash that, "we were just following orders". The unnecessary escalation by the Hong Kong police has changed my attitude completely.
The government and police must be made accountable; and this society must be allowed to move ahead in the way that the majority wishes.
I now fully support the protesters and I am ashamed of ever being a police officer in Hong Kong.
SK, a student at the Chinese University of Hong Kong
I spent a tense night amongst the students when it all started kicking off on Friday night.
The police just burst into a crowd that was formed by thousands of students and citizens who were outside the Hong Kong government headquarters.
Police used huge pepper sprays to attack the protesters. Students were shouting "protect the students, police please leave!" I support the student protests because Beijing's solution is unacceptable.
Hong Kong's leader, CY Leung, has ignored our demands to meet and that's why people in Hong Kong are so angry - not just us students.
Clara Me, Hong Kong
It's not that I don't sympathise with the protesters but I feel their way of going about things is too extreme.
I understand why they are doing it - but it is very naive to think if the students protest or speak loudly enough it will change things.
The Hong Kong government is under China's jurisdiction and if China doesn't agree, the Hong Kong government can't act. It's a difficult situation.
No-one wants another Tiananmen Square. People have been spreading rumours on social media of guns and tanks outside of Hong Kong and the territories - they are old pictures, it's not what is happening now.
So it makes me think some people want things to escalate. I want the protesters to calm down and go home.
Jason Liu, a civil engineer from Hong Kong
The students have been calm and peaceful. Some brought food and water with them, and the protest has been well organised.
The students have been lying peacefully on the ground. The police seized a protester's loudspeaker and this is what caused the first disturbance.
The protesters were not happy about it and they tried to stop the vehicle that was taking it away.
The police are trying to persuade protesters to go away. The police increased the number of barricades to stop people going into the government square.
I believe they will escalate their actions in order to clean up the square. But the protesters have been sitting peacefully.
I've never seen this happen in Hong Kong in my life.
I want the world to know that we are peaceful; no looting or vandalism, but police still treat us as if we are rioting.
We only use umbrellas to protect ourselves from the tear gas.
Ben Sun, sales manager, Shenzhen, China
I don't support the protesters, especially those who are secondary school students. They are the ones in society who need to be protected from politics, not involved in it.
1 October is National Day. Whatever China looks like and feels like in everyone's heart, it is Mother's Day too.
No-one hates their mother even if she is ugly, poor or unwise. To protest on Mother's Day is no different to a rebellious child misbehaving.
People in Hong Kong are full of idealism. Do the university students even know what they are protesting about? I think they are too young.
Just like an older brother to a younger brother, I would suggest, please talk to your parents and respect their decision.
When you can raise children yourself and support your parents, then you will really understand.
Jessica Yeung, professor, Hong Kong
I agree with the protesters.
Civic Square is supposed to be a public space but a fence three metres high was erected around it only a few months ago. I think the government was preparing for protests.
I saw thousands of people gathering there. It was very moving. People were coming with food, drink, facemasks, raincoats and cling film - so as to protect against the pepper spray.
Beijing is being increasingly manipulative and controlling when it comes to Hong Kong's legislation.
There is a huge cultural difference and I don't think Hong Kong's legislation reflects the view of the residents to Beijing. This has caused a lot of misunderstanding.
The present government is responsible to a large extent for what is happening. They've blocked communications between democrats and Beijing.
Andy Bugden, Shenzhen, China
I don't know what the protesters expect to achieve. I think Hong Kong people look down on mainlanders.
In about 30 years Hong Kong will return obediently to the mainland under one system.
They need to deal with reality. If they work with China then all will be fine - work against and they will find that China is stronger.
Hong Kong people are not going to get a choice that they want. A stable government is good for business.
The people of Hong Kong have to see the long-term view. They won't have democracy until China has democracy.
Police are searching for Rebecca Minnock, who fled with her son Ethan to avoid a ruling that the boy should live with his father.
Her mother Louise, 52, was convicted of contempt of court for hiding the fact they were driven to Cheltenham.
The driver, Andrew Butt, was jailed for 28 days for contempt.
Earlier Butt, Louise Minnock's partner, told Judge Stephen Wildblood QC at Bristol Crown Court he had lied about his role in events.
He admitted driving Rebecca and Ethan from Highbridge, in Somerset, to Cheltenham in Gloucestershire on 27 May. That morning, a family court had ruled Ethan should live with his father, Roger Williams.
Butt claimed he did not know where Rebecca and Ethan had gone after he left them in Cheltenham.
But the judge told him he did not believe him and was satisfied both had committed "a serious contempt of court". He told Louise Minnock she knew her daughter and Ethan had been taken to Cheltenham but had "obstructed the inquiry" by withholding that information.
During sentencing, Butt was told by the judge he could be released earlier if he chose to share more information.
The 56-year-old was also warned if he continued not to tell the truth about their whereabouts he could be given a further sentence.
After sentencing, Butt's solicitor, Iona Phillips read an appeal from her client to his former partner's daughter.
The statement read: "Becky, you need to seriously look at the situation. It's only going to get worse, not just for you, but for all of us.
"But there are some very good people who are helping support you. I have been with them today and I know.
"We have made our point. We have got our support. Come home."
The case against Butt centred around his car - a black Ford Focus - which was used to drive Ms Minnock and Ethan to Cheltenham on 27 May, the day they went missing.
Butt had denied driving them but changed his story in court on Friday.
He said Ms Minnock had asked him, the night before a family court hearing, to help her get away with Ethan.
She had withdrawn £300 at a cash point in Highbridge, Somerset, and Butt had dropped the two in Cheltenham, where Ms Minnock's aunt lives.
"Basically, the plan was to keep her away for as long as possible and to generate as much publicity as possible," Butt said.
"We felt we weren't getting anywhere. She said no-one was listening. I said: 'People will listen when you go missing'."
He said he did not know where the two were now and had not told the police what had happened because "I didn't want them to catch her."
"We didn't expect it to explode in the manner it has exploded."
Judge Wildblood said on Friday that Ms Minnock "should not see herself as being backed into a corner" and urged her to come forward with Ethan, adding: "Everything possible will be done to ensure that Ethan has an effective relationship with both of his parents."
He said the "immense strain" on Ms Minnock would "only increase with the passage of time".
The police chief leading the search has also issued a direct appeal to the mother to contact her to discuss "the best way to get you and Ethan back to some sort of normal life".
Ms Minnock has been engaged in a two-year legal battle with Ethan's father over contact with their son. In February, a district judge found she had fabricated allegations against Mr Williams in order to "frustrate contact" between him and Ethan
A social worker reported that Ethan was not "emotionally safe" with his mother. Ethan had been staying with his father four nights a week since February.
The day Ms Minnock disappeared with Ethan, a district judge ruled the boy should live with his father.
Labour deputy leader Tom Watson called for a probe and for Mr Gove to "confirm or deny" having been the source.
Commons Leader Chris Grayling said the press watchdog was investigating and no further action was needed.
Mr Gove has said he does not know "how the Sun got all its information".
The Sun says it is standing by its front page from last week, which was headlined "Queen backs Brexit".
It referred to an exchange between the monarch and former Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, in 2011, which it called a "bust-up" and said left no doubt about the Queen's "passionate feelings over Europe".
Buckingham Palace has complained to the Independent Press Standards Organisation about the report, insisting the Queen is "politically neutral".
Asking an urgent question in the Commons on Monday, Mr Watson said ministers who met the Queen as members of the Privy Council swore an oath not to reveal what was said at their meetings.
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Any member of the Privy Council who turned out to have been the source of the story "should be removed from office if he won't honourably resign himself", he said.
Mr Watson said the three other ministers at the meeting where the exchange was said to have taken place had denied being the source, adding that Mr Gove's response had been "hardly categoric".
On Saturday, Mr Gove told reporters: "I don't know how the Sun got all its information and I don't think it's really worth my adding anything to what's already been said."
A source close to him later told the BBC: "Michael did not brief this story."
Before Mr Watson asked his urgent question in the Commons, Speaker John Bercow reminded MPs they were not able to discuss the Queen's views.
Mr Grayling, who like Mr Gove wants to quit the EU, is also Privy Council lord president.
Responding to Mr Watson, he said there was no need for further action as the press watchdog was already investigating and the story had been denied by Mr Clegg, Mr Grayling's predecessor as Privy Council lord president.
Mr Clegg has said he could not remember any such incident and called the story "nonsense".
"You can't be found guilty of an offence when an offence has not taken place," Mr Grayling said.
He also answered "yes" when asked whether Mr Gove was supported by the prime minister and cabinet.
The OECD researches economics for the 30 nations that make up its membership.
For the eurozone, its leading indicator of economic activity rose in January and also turned positive for Britain.
The United States and Japan also continued to show signs of a pick-up.
"The United States and Japan continue to drive the overall position but stronger, albeit tentative, signals are beginning to emerge within all other major OECD economies and the euro area as a whole," the OECD said.
However, Brazil and China showed signs of weakness in January, according to the OECD report.
The OECD publishes its Composite Leading Indicators every month. The measure is designed to anticipate turning points in economic activity.
Burntwood School in Wandsworth was rebuilt between 2011 and 2014 at a cost of £40.9m, to a design by architects Allford Hall Monaghan Morris.
The Stirling Prize judges said it was the "clear winner".
They said it was the "most accomplished of the six shortlisted buildings" and showed "the full range of the skills that architects can offer to society".
The judges added: "Burntwood sets a standard in school design that every child in Britain deserves.
"It is a culmination of many years of creative toil by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris in designing schools up and down the country. This is their masterpiece."
Burntwood School was one of the last projects under the Building Schools for the Future scheme, which was scrapped by the government in 2010.
Michael Gove, education secretary at the time, gave permission for the work to go ahead despite the end of the policy.
Six new buildings were erected on the school campus - four four-storey "teaching pavilions", a sports hall and a performing arts centre.
They replaced most of the school's original 1958 buildings. The new complex also includes a covered walkway fashioned from off-the-peg bus-stops and colourful murals throughout the buildings.
Royal Institute of British Architects (Riba) president Jane Duncan said it "shows us how superb school design can be at the heart of raising our children's educational enjoyment and achievement".
Allford Hall Monaghan Morris have created "delightful, resourceful and energy efficient buildings that will benefit the whole community in the long term", she said.
"With the UK facing a huge shortage of school places, it is vital we learn lessons from Burntwood."
Allford Hall Monaghan Morris director Paul Monaghan said schools should be "more than just practical, functional buildings", and good design "makes a difference to the way students value themselves and their education".
Burntwood School principal Helen Dorfman said: "The whole Burntwood School community is delighted and proud that the scheme has been recognised as being worthy of the Stirling Prize.
"Staff and students have said on many occasions that the new buildings have greatly improved the quality of their day-to-day experiences at the school and students comment that their commitment to learning has been enhanced."
The award was handed out at a ceremony in London on Thursday.
The Whitworth art gallery in Manchester topped a BBC readers' vote, gaining 38% of all votes of the shortlisted buildings, with Maggie's Centre, Lanarkshire in second place.
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Rovers scored two goals in two minutes to end their run of four consecutive draws, lifting themselves out of the bottom four in League One.
Swindon's Lloyd Jones, who missed the defeat to Bury due to suspension, bundled in a Yaser Kasim corner to give his side the early lead.
Rovers went in search of an equaliser and Chris Lines' free-kick was tipped on to the bar by goalkeeper Lawrence Vigouroux.
Midfielder Ollie Clarke thought he had levelled the scores for his team in the second half, but he was denied by the post after his shot had the Swindon goalkeeper beaten.
Rovers were awarded a penalty in the closing 10 minutes after Raphael Rossi Branco fouled Easter and Matty Taylor made no mistake from the spot to score his sixth goal of the season.
Clumsy defending from Swindon saw Branco turn Easter's cross into the back of the net for the winner moments later.
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Match ends, Swindon Town 1, Bristol Rovers 2.
Second Half ends, Swindon Town 1, Bristol Rovers 2.
Attempt missed. Darnell Furlong (Swindon Town) header from very close range is just a bit too high following a corner.
Corner, Swindon Town. Conceded by Daniel Leadbitter.
Ellis Harrison (Bristol Rovers) is shown the yellow card.
Attempt missed. Jonathan Obika (Swindon Town) header from the centre of the box is too high.
Tom Lockyer (Bristol Rovers) is shown the yellow card.
Foul by Lloyd Jones (Swindon Town).
Ellis Harrison (Bristol Rovers) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Lloyd Jones (Swindon Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Jermaine Easter (Bristol Rovers).
Own Goal by Raphael Rossi Branco, Swindon Town. Swindon Town 1, Bristol Rovers 2.
Goal! Swindon Town 1, Bristol Rovers 1. Matty Taylor (Bristol Rovers) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
Penalty conceded by Raphael Rossi Branco (Swindon Town) after a foul in the penalty area.
Penalty Bristol Rovers. Jermaine Easter draws a foul in the penalty area.
Attempt blocked. Ollie Clarke (Bristol Rovers) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt saved. Darnell Furlong (Swindon Town) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Attempt blocked. Luke Norris (Swindon Town) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Jonathan Obika (Swindon Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Tom Lockyer (Bristol Rovers).
Attempt saved. Ellis Harrison (Bristol Rovers) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Lloyd Jones (Swindon Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Matty Taylor (Bristol Rovers).
Attempt saved. Luke Norris (Swindon Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Substitution, Swindon Town. Luke Norris replaces Nathan Delfouneso.
Attempt missed. Tom Lockyer (Bristol Rovers) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high.
Corner, Bristol Rovers. Conceded by Brandon Ormonde-Ottewill.
Conor Thomas (Swindon Town) is shown the yellow card.
Attempt missed. Jermaine Easter (Bristol Rovers) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right.
Attempt saved. Ellis Harrison (Bristol Rovers) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Darnell Furlong (Swindon Town) is shown the yellow card.
Darnell Furlong (Swindon Town) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Ollie Clarke (Bristol Rovers).
Foul by Jonathan Obika (Swindon Town).
Tom Lockyer (Bristol Rovers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Bristol Rovers. Charlie Colkett replaces Stuart Sinclair.
Substitution, Bristol Rovers. Ellis Harrison replaces Rory Gaffney.
Substitution, Bristol Rovers. Jermaine Easter replaces Billy Bodin.
Foul by Raphael Rossi Branco (Swindon Town).
Daniel Leadbitter (Bristol Rovers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Administrators FRP Advisory said the Banbury-based team would continue to operate but had already withdrawn from the forthcoming US Grand Prix.
Caterham, also based in Oxfordshire, was put in administration on Friday and will miss the US and Brazilian races.
Marussia driver Jules Bianchi remains in hospital, following a crash at the Japanese Grand Prix, on 5 October.
Bianchi sustained serious head injuries when his car was in collision with a tractor recovery vehicle.
In a statement, FRP Advisory said no redundancies have been made and all staff would be paid in full until the end of the month.
"The ongoing staff position will however, be dependent on whether the company can secure new investment in the limited time available," it said.
Last week, the company that builds cars for the Caterham Formula 1 team went into administration, putting hundreds of jobs at risk and leading to staff being locked out of the team's site in Leafield.
On Friday, the bosses of Caterham F1 formally agreed to hand over the running of the team to administrators.
Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone has given both teams dispensation to miss the grand prix meetings in the US and Brazil.
It now looks likely Marussia will take up the offer and also skip the Brazilian race.
Like Caterham, Marussia entered F1 at the start of 2010, albeit under the promise from then FIA president Max Mosley of a budget cap.
Teams were encouraged to operate within a £40m budget in a bid to level the playing field and cut costs.
It helped lure in three new teams, then known as Manor Grand Prix (now Marussia), Campos Racing (that later became HRT) and Lightspeed (now Caterham), but the optional cap was soon scrapped following disagreements within the sport.
HRT went bust at the end of 2012, and now Caterham and Marussia are poised to follow suit unless new buyers can quickly be found.
It means for this weekend's race in Austin there will only be 18 cars taking part, the smallest field since the 2005 Monaco Grand Prix.
The attacker seized one of the guards' weapons before other guards killed him, a presidential spokesman said.
He said the man appeared to be "mentally unstable". President Omar al-Bashir was not there at the time.
Mr Bashir first seized power in a coup in 1989, and announced last month he would run for office again next year.
Press secretary Emad Ahmed said the assailant did not respond to calls to stop before he was shot dead by guards.
The International Criminal Court (ICC), which Sudan does not recognise, has indicted President Bashir for genocide in the Darfur region. He denies the charges.
The African Union (AU) has backed Mr Bashir in his rejection of The Hague-based court's indictment.
It argues that as a serving head of state, he enjoys presidential immunity.
The radar spacecraft is able to sense ground movement by comparing before and after imagery acquired from orbit.
Scientists turn this information into an interferogram - a colourful, but highly technical, representation of the displacement that occurs on a fault.
The new data confirms an area of 120km by 50km around Kathmandu lifted up, with a maximum of at least 1m.
"There's a peak of slip just to the northeast of Kathmandu. Basically, what we do is count the coloured 'fringes' in this interferogram and there are about 34, so that translates to more than a metre of uplift," explained Prof Tim Wright from the UK's Nerc Centre for the Observation and Modelling of Earthquakes, Volcanoes and Tectonics (COMET).
Further to the north of the capital, the interferogram indicates that the ground subsided, which is exactly what would be expected following a shallow thrust.
Researchers can also see how the fault ruptured east from the epicentre, and did not break the surface.
This may indicate that not all the strain built up in the rocks prior to the earthquake was released in the magnitude-7.8 event and its subsequent aftershocks.
The interferogram has been produced as part of a European Space Agency study called INSARAP.
This is led by Norut in Norway, and includes Dutch-based PPO.labs, Leeds University, UK, the Polish Geological Institute and the Geological Survey of Norway.
The interferogram will be refined in the coming days. It will be used to map damage and landslides.
INSARAP will also derive a model to interpret the quake's "anatomy". This will help scientists understand Saturday's tremor in the context of historic events.
The hope is that such analysis can point to areas at greatest risk from future ruptures - information that can assist with disaster planning.
"We want to know which parts of the fault slipped," said Prof Wright, who is based at Leeds University.
"And that's important because it tells us those parts that did not, and which are still primed and ready to go in a future earthquake.
"Many of us are involved in a project called Earthquakes Without Frontiers, which has as its aim to use the latest scientific information to improve resilience."
Sentinel-1a is the first in a new fleet of spacecraft being launched by the European Union to monitor the Earth. Next year, it will be joined by a sister satellite, Sentinel-1b, and this will cut the time taken to acquire the after-quake images, as the pair will be able to map the entire planet every six days.
In anticipation, researchers have been working on speeding up the production of the interferograms themselves. In this case, Sentinel-1a passed over Nepal shortly after midnight, Tuesday into Wednesday. The data was then downlinked and put in the hands of scientists within a matter of hours.
Sentinel radar analysis of Nepal quake
The interferogram on this page is copyrighted: Copernicus data (2015)/ESA/PPO.labs-Norut-COMET-SEOM Insarap study
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Ivor Jenkins replaces Dilwyn Jones as chairman.
The consortium consists of new president Gordon Craig, finance director Andy Ewing, commercial director James Lees with Andy Haslam a director and club accountant.
"I'm honoured to become chairman of such a big name in Welsh football," Jenkins said.
"Our ultimate aim is to challenge the leading clubs over the coming seasons for the Welsh Premier League title and Uefa Champions League football."
Bangor have won the Welsh Premier League title three times and are eight time winners of the Welsh Cup.
The 17-year-old's body was found at a house on Foston Close, Mansfield, at 01:45 BST on Wednesday, after concerns were raised about her safety.
A 21-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of murder, but has since been released and is assisting officers.
Detectives are not looking for anyone else in connection to the death.
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"If you stay here, you should expect that you could be killed at any time".
It is a terrifyingly simple calculation that millions of Syrians like Abdulrahman al-Harkoosh have been forced to make over the last two years.
He used to be an English teacher in al-Safira (or al-Safir), a small town in the Aleppo countryside.
Today the school is closed, the children have left town and he patrols the shell-shocked streets with a rifle slung over his shoulder.
'Hundreds killed'
A little over 100,000 people normally live here but the population swelled by another 70,000 last year as families displaced by the fighting in Homs and Hama were taken in by friends and family.
Then the war came to al-Safira.
In a pattern familiar across Syria, rebel fighters advanced into the town, the government responded with massive indiscriminate bombardment and those who could get out, did.
"Every day homes are shelled and houses destroyed," says Abdulrahman, "thousands have been injured, hundreds killed."
He points to where the government's military perch threateningly on a nearby hill: "They can come to the city and kill its people anytime."
Entire homes have been flattened in al-Safira. The exterior walls of buildings have been ripped off and the ground is littered with the burnt remains of daily life.
Every few minutes, the thunderous roar of more shells being launched breaches an uneasy silence in the town.
The road out of al-Safira is stained with the hallmarks of war: the burnt shells of tanks, shards of shrapnel and gaping holes where rockets have landed.
Two weeks ago, the army sent a column of troops and tanks along the desert road that leads to Aleppo to try and relieve beleaguered troops there.
They were met and halted by hardcore Islamist fighters, self-styled mujahideen or holy warriors.
Jihadis
The black flag of the jihadis, inscribed with the shahada (the Muslim declaration of faith) is planted in a roundabout on the front line. It marks territory but also declares very publicly which groups lead the battle here.
Foreign fighters from Libya, Iraq and Saudi Arabia together with Syrian Islamists, work their way around houses and gardens, crawling through holes punched into walls to take potshots at the stalled army column.
They have a reputation for being tough, disciplined and brave. With little external help, many Syrians are simply glad of their support and mounting success.
In the last few weeks, rebel fighters, invariably with Islamist battalions like Jabhat al-Nusra and Ahrar al-Sham in the lead, have made key gains in the north.
Towns and cities have fallen; military bases and airfields have been taken, together with their precious munitions.
There are growing fears that the jihadis want to turn Syria into a hard-line Islamic state or caliphate, a vision far removed from the early idealism of a revolution built on a call for freedom and democracy.
Chemical weapons
There may be another reason to worry about what is happening here.
Only a few kilometres from al-Safira is a vast military complex, home to Syria's defence industries.
It is believed by some analysts to store part of the government's suspected chemical weapons stock, although there is no proof of this.
Even so, it is now in the rebels' sights and that will be enough to send shivers through capitals from Damascus to Washington.
It is two years since the battle between the Syrian government and many of its own people began. Too much has been lost to think of winners and losers but the rebellion is certainly advancing and it is becoming more brutal and radicalised.
Civilians pay the highest price for the ambitions of the government and those it fights.
It is a battle for Syria's future that leaves homes in ruins and lives destroyed, and it makes refugees of the very people both sides claim to represent.
There are renewed efforts outside Syria to find a diplomatic solution to this war. But inside the country, the death and destruction is relentless and hope that it will or even can end soon has passed.
Men like Abdulrahman are resigned to a long, bloody and lonely fight: "Nobody in the whole world is able or really wants to help the Syrian people."
The event will see the awards celebrate their 21st anniversary with "spectacular musical performances from a host of world famous artists".
It will be the fourth time the awards, which celebrate urban music artists, have been held in Glasgow.
London, Liverpool and Leeds have also previously hosted the awards, which were established by Kanya King in 1996.
Artists to have performed at the awards over the years have included Rihanna, Amy Winehouse, Grace Jones and Scotland's Emili Sande, who won both Best Female and Best Album in 2012.
Ms King said: "Mobo turning 21 is a huge achievement and a special time for us. Celebrating this in Glasgow, which has become our second home, is an absolute joy.
"The Mobo Awards has changed the music industry, and helped represent a diverse range of music that is now the heartbeat of youth culture.
"Having given a platform to so much emerging talent which has then gone on to achieve global and commercial success is something to be proud of. We will continue to build a positive legacy that can be enjoyed by various generations to come.
"There has never been a more thrilling time in music than now so I look forward to making some exciting talent announcements in the lead up to the show."
Mobo is expected to announce the line-up of artists for the show over the coming weeks. Tickets for the awards will go on sale from 09:00.
About 147,000 people now tune into the station each week - up 4,000 in the past three months.
Meanwhile BBC Radio Wales saw a 34,000 fall in its weekly listeners to 438,000, but its listener share rose.
Radio Two broke the one million-listener barrier in Wales for the first time.
Rajar (Radio Joint Audience Research Ltd) issues latest radio listening figures for stations across the UK every three months. The latest figures cover the six months to the end of June.
The Portrait of Henry Callender, by Leicestershire artist Lemuel Francis Abbott, was painted between 1790 and 1798 and is thought to be one of the earliest depictions of the game.
It had been hanging in the clubhouse of the Royal Blackheath Golf Club in London for 150 years.
A rare putter, believed to be from the same picture, also sold for £62,500.
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Andrew McKenzie, director of old master paintings at Bonhams, said: "Henry Callender was both connoisseur and sociable bon viveur and his charisma shines through this charming painting.
"The sale marked an incredibly exciting opportunity for golfing enthusiasts all over the world."
Lemuel Francis Abbott, born in 1760, had a number of his works displayed at the Royal Academy of Arts between 1788 and 1800.
The portrait artist died in London in 1802.
His painting watched over the clubhouse's famous "Wee Dinners", where guests traditionally enjoyed haggis, neeps and tatties before hitting golf balls onto the 18th green from the dining room table.
Both the painting of the prominent English golfer and the putter went to the same anonymous buyer.
They were sold by Royal Blackheath to raise money for its acquisition of the freehold of its course and clubhouse from The Crown Estate to secure its future.
The snow slide struck the skiers at around 15:00 local time (13:00 GMT) near the town of Briancon in the Ecrins National Park.
Eight others were also swept away but survived. One person was airlifted to a hospital in Grenoble for treatment.
The national park is popular with skiers and mountaineers, with peaks of over 3,000m (9,842ft).
Officials told the Associated Press that seven members of the group were currently staying in a refuge building near the site until emergency services could rescue them.
The 30-year-old, however, hopes fellow Scot Dorrans, 30, stays put to help the Championship club's bid for promotion to the Premier League.
"He'd be a massive addition to a Rangers squad in transition and could be a main player if they get him," Naismith told BBC Scotland.
"He has real quality so I hope he stays because he'd be a big loss for us."
The Ibrox club have had bids for Dorrans rejected by the Carrow Road outfit, as Rangers manager Pedro Caixinha continues his summer rebuilding job.
Naismith, who described Dorrans as one of Norwich's "best players" due to his "calmness on the ball," knows the call from Rangers would prove a massive draw.
"He's a big Rangers fan," former Ibrox star Naismith said. "For the last 18 months we've spoken a lot about Rangers, you catch the games in hotels and stuff like that.
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"When you're a Rangers fan there's no better place when you're winning trophies but it can be a hard place when things aren't going well - so that is a driver to be successful.
"You need to make sure you are successful. All those things are right for him but he has a chance to help get Norwich back to the Premier League, and that's the best league in the world - you count your days when you're playing in it because your career will be over soon enough.
"It's a big decision for him but first of all the clubs need to agree.
"It's not as straight forward as saying, 'Rangers or Norwich' because everything needs to be right for him and his family. It's a tough one for him."
Another former team-mate of Naismith's, Kyle Lafferty, could also soon be returning to Scotland with Hearts and Hibernian interested in the Northern Ireland striker.
Lafferty, who left Norwich this summer, also played alongside Naismith at Ibrox.
"I think he would be a fantastic signing for either of them," Naismith added. "He will score goals no matter if he's in a good vein of form or not.
"He's one of the most entertaining guys you will ever see in a changing room and that's fantastic, it makes such a difference.
"If one of those clubs could pick him up it would be a fantastic move for them. He's 30 and he has matured from his early days. He'd be a real asset for one of them."
The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) said many sets were designed to perform well in government tests, but used more energy in regular use.
It said energy consumption could be twice the expected amount.
But the US Consumer Technology Association (CTA) said modern TVs were an "efficiency success story".
The NRDC said it found many television sets disabled energy saving features with little or no warning when a viewer adjusted other settings, such as the picture brightness.
It also found that a test video produced by the US Department of Energy to determine energy consumption typically used less energy than real-world television broadcasts.
The group suggested that the short scenes in the test video triggered screen dimming features in some televisions, lowering their energy use.
It also warned that energy efficiency tests did not analyse how a television performed when displaying high dynamic range (HDR) video.
HDR allows a much larger number of colours to be shown, but consumes more energy than standard high definition pictures. Manufacturers are gradually beginning to produce HDR-capable sets.
"In some cases, a TV's annual energy use will be twice the levels that manufacturers reported," said Noah Horowitz from the NRDC.
However, CTA president Gary Shapiro said "fundamental changes in video screen technology" meant television sets were now more energy efficient than before.
"Innovation is constantly driving TV models to become thinner, lighter and more energy efficient," he said.
He also defended the eco-friendly modes included on some sets, saying that they provided viewers with choice.
"The TV settings used in the energy efficiency testing processes can be and are used in the real world, unless consumers want a different viewing experience," he said.
A spokeswoman for the European Commission said: "The Commission is involved in discussions on a completely new test loop that will not only make defeat devices far more difficult to be conceived and implemented, but will also be able to capture different energy consumption patterns, such as displaying images in HDR that can dramatically improve picture quality but at the expense of a higher energy use."
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There will be around 50,000 people in Wales voting in the contest.
I'm told the split in the types of voters is the same as the rest of the UK with half being full Labour members, around a third union affiliates and a fifth classed as registered supporters, these are the people who have paid £3 to have their say under the new rules which have proved so controversial.
In an earlier blog, I set out who the politicians are supporting. Here's a rough guide: we've spoken to the majority of Welsh Labour MPs and Andy Burnham narrowly comes out on top, above Yvette Cooper. We've also spoken to around half of the 30 Labour AMs and the noticeable difference is the higher number of the Cardiff Bay politicians who support Jeremy Corbyn.
Nine Welsh constituencies have nominated Jeremy Corbyn which is more than any other of the other candidates have received.
An interesting question is whether Labour members in Wales will be more predisposed to vote for Jeremy Corbyn than other parts of the UK, considering that Welsh Labour is often given the tag of being more left wing that the rest of the party.
Insiders have questioned this, pointing to the previous leadership contest when all but one of the Welsh constituencies supported David Miliband rather than his more left-wing brother Ed.
The tag of being more left wing in Wales partly comes from the clear red water comments Rhodri Morgan made when he was first minister to try to separate his government's policies from the Blairite agenda.
Jeremy Corbyn referred to this on a visit to Wales saying he'd hope to narrow the red water or "even walk across it."
But in a column in the Western Mail, Rhodri Morgan responded by saying that rather than being a Corbyn-ite himself, what he was trying to do at the time with those comments was to bridge the mile-wide gap between Tony Blair and the likes of Jeremy Corbyn.
And to illustrate that, claimed that Corbyn was as hostile to what he called classic Labour polices put forward by the likes of John Smith and Neil Kinnock, as he was to Tony Blair.
Another intriguing question is what a Corbyn victory will mean for the assembly election?
It will inevitably throw a sharp focus on events, and Labour's performance in particular.
All eyes will be on Wales, rather than Scotland, where people know the scale of the party's problems, and the London mayoral elections, which is far more wrapped up in personalities, to see what kind of state Labour is in.
The question will be how Labour responds to the inevitable claims from the opposition that it's a party in disarray at Westminster and in meltdown in Scotland.
One Labour insider had a resigned tone when he told me the problem is that the party didn't lose seats like Cardiff north and the vale of Clwyd in the general election because it needed to be more left wing, which will be the inevitable result of a Corbyn victory.
Much of course will be down to Carwyn Jones and Welsh Labour, rather than whoever wins the contest. The current First Minister has already written this month of wanting the freedom to develop a Welsh identity.
He also referred to the old Rhodri Morgan phrase of Welsh Labour managing to blend the guacamole of New Labour with the mushy peas of traditional values. I'm not sure where that foody analogy will stand after September 12.
In the eyes of some, a Corbyn victory may help further cement the identity of Welsh Labour as a party in government, compared with a party of protest, which is what many fear will be the result of him winning.
The flip side is that Jeremy Corbyn has inspired a new generation of Labour voters who are joining for the first time, or returning to the fold, in an attempt to combat austerity measures and make a difference.
When Jeremy Corbyn was in Llandudno recently he spoke about having "uncorked a bottle labelled optimism, we've taken the cork out of and people are excited."
I'll be putting that to the test when I meet a group of Corbyn-ites in a pub in Cardiff this week for a Wales Today feature on the contest. I'll report back in due course.
The government agency will continue to focus on sports with medal chances but participation will be used as a factor in sports unlikely to win a medal.
Last year, basketball's funding was stopped because it stood little chance of winning an Olympic medal in 2016.
Nearly 218,000 people play basketball in the UK every week.
Participation levels will not guarantee funding for sports such as basketball, synchronised swimming and water polo, which all saw their funding cut ahead of Rio 2016.
However, Minister for Sport Helen Grant said: "I am pleased that UK Sport is open to taking the broader value of its investment into account in its funding decisions."
British Basketball admitted to "mixed feelings" over the news in a statement.
British Basketball performance chairman Roger Moreland said: "On the face of it, while it was not the news that team sports were hoping for, I do at least take some comfort from the words of Minister for Sport.
"She has explicitly spoken about her pleasure that UK Sport are at least open to taking the broader value of its investment into account in its funding decisions. We have to now see how this unfolds and how it can be interpreted."
UK Sport will also continue to invest primarily in athletes who can win a medal within eight years but will consider funding for a longer period of time "where there is a performance need and if finances allow".
UK Sport annually invests around £100m of National Lottery and government money into high-performance sports.
The agency's funding criteria, which has been based purely on performance, helped Britain move from 36th in the Olympic medal table at the 1996 Games in Atlanta to third at London 2012 with 65 medals.
In 2014, basketball was one of seven sports which had its money withdrawn controversially but in November the sport received £1.18m of emergency funding from Sport England after the government intervened.
Meanwhile, Sport England has taken £1.53m from the governing bodies of swimming, rugby league, gymnastics and horse riding because they failed to meet participation targets.
The money will be "reinvested in alternative projects to explore new ways of producing better results in those sports" according to a Sport England statement.
Sport England chief executive Jennie Price said: "Sometimes we need to take tough decisions to protect our much-needed investment in grassroots sport. Today is one of those times."
Swimming is the most popular participation sport in England with more than 2.6 million adults taking part once a week, according to the sport's governing body, the Amateur Swimming Association (ASA).
The world's biggest luxury goods group said sales rose 16% in 2015 to €35.67bn (£27bn). Like-for-like sales rose 6%.
The company owns a host of the world's most famous brands, including Louis Vuitton and Christian Dior.
Chief executive Bernard Arnault said trading in France was almost back to normal after the November attacks.
The Paris terror attacks resulted in falls of 50% at some stores and sales were still 4% to 5% lower. LVMH makes 10% of its sales in France.
"Over time, sales are coming back to normal," Mr Arnault said.
Net profit for 2015 was €3.57bn - lower than the €3.71bn expected by analysts. The figure was down 37% compared with 2014, although the company had €2.8bn in capital gains from selling its stake in rival Hermes that year.
LVMH shares rose €9.65 to €154.80 in morning trading in Paris on Wednesday.
The company reported strong progress in Europe, the United States and Japan which helped compensate for lower sales in Asia.
Sales at the fashion and leather division, which accounted for the bulk of revenue, rose 3% in the fourth quarter, beating analysts' expectations of a 1% increase.
The division rose posted a 4% annual rise in like-for-like sales, with the perfumes and cosmetics division up 7% and watches and jewellery expanding by 8%.
Exane BNP Paribas analyst Luca Solca said the results were "a solid set of numbers with a good beat on fashion and leather".
Mr Arnault said sales growth for Louis Vuitton was "in double-digit terms", while Fendi was up more than 20%. However, the figures were flattered by exchange rates given the weak euro.
LVMH will increase the dividend by 11% to €3.55 a share.
Goldman Sachs raised its target price from €164.90 to €171.90 and rated the shares as a "buy".
Neil Gorsuch's comments were made to a Democratic senator and confirmed by his spokesman.
The president called a judge who halted his controversial travel ban a "so-called judge", and said any terror attacks on US soil would be his fault.
The ban on arrivals from seven mainly Muslim countries faces a legal test.
Judge James Robart made headlines last week when he issued a stay on the president's refugee and immigration ban.
Mr Trump's reaction was swift.
He tweeted: "The opinion of this so-called judge, which essentially takes law-enforcement away from our country, is ridiculous and will be overturned!"
Later he said that a high school student could see that the president's ban was lawful.
Senator Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut revealed the conversation with Mr Gorsuch after meeting the Supreme Court nominee on Wednesday.
The federal judge, Mr Blumenthal said, found the president's criticism to be "demoralising and disheartening".
Donald Trump has offered Neil Gorsuch the keys to the kingdom - a lifetime appointment to the US Supreme Court, where the 47-year-old judge would have the opportunity to make a lasting mark on American jurisprudence.
The gift comes at a price, however. Mr Gorsuch, highly regarded for his judicial temperament and sharp legal mind, is now in the uncomfortable position of having to explain why the president who nominated him seems intent on eroding the authority of the judicial branch in which he serves.
While past presidents have questioned judicial decisions, Mr Trump - with his "so-called judge" tweet and warnings of assigning blame to courts for future terrorist attacks - has made his disagreements personal.
Now we have evidence that Mr Gorsuch may not hold his tongue and play the loyal soldier. In the end, he has a reputation to protect - one that will outlive the upcoming confirmation battle.
This is the Trump dilemma for conservatives in a nutshell. The president offers Republicans the opportunity to achieve goals long delayed after eight years of Democratic rule. They may not enjoy the political journey the president takes them on to get there, however.
Ajax, concerned with internal travel arrangements in Angola, honoured the fixture after South Africa's Football Association (Safa) said they would face severe sanctions if they did not go.
Ruzaigh Gamildien and Riyaad Norodien grabbed vital away goals for Ajax, with Antonio Oliviera scoring for the hosts.
In other first round first leg ties, Tripoli-based Al Ittihad began their Confederation Cup campaign with a resounding 4-1 win over visiting Sonidep from Niger on Friday.
The Libyan club played their match in Tunisia at the home of Stade Gabesien, about 400km along the coast from Tripoli because of the war in Libya.
Al Ittihad are looking to go one step further than 2010 when they reached the semi-finals of the Confederation Cup.
Stade Gabesian were also in action themselves on Friday as they travelled to Bakaridjan in Mali where it finished 1-1.
Two-time African champions Esperance from Tunisia and Morocco's FUS Rabat have a bye and so will see action from the first round in March.
The second-tier Confederation Cup has been hit by the withdrawal of Gaborone United of Botswana and Wallidan from The Gambia, giving JKU of Zanzibar and Mouloudia d'Oran byes.
The return leg matches will be played on the weekend of 26-28 February with the overall winners advancing to the round of 32 to be played from 11-13 March.
Robert McLean, from Patna in East Ayrshire, hit a verge when his car left the road near Lendalfoot at about 19:00 on Monday.
He was taken by ambulance to Ayr Hospital where he was pronounced dead a short time later.
Police Scotland said a report would be submitted to the procurator fiscal.
The Lynx UK Trust is holding a consultation into bringing the big cats to Norfolk, Cumbria and Aberdeenshire.
It is now considering Kielder Forest, in Northumberland, as another site as it has a large deer population - the main prey for lynx.
Sheep farmers have raised concerns about the animals attacking sheep.
The scheme would see four to six lynx, wearing radio tracking devices at each site, each of which are rich in deer and tree cover.
Once the Lynx UK Trust's consultation is completed, it will lodge a formal application with Natural England and Scottish Natural Heritage.
A spokesman for the trust said this could take many months.
Chief scientific specialist Dr Paul O'Donoghue, of the Lynx Trust, said: "These are beautiful cats which will fit beautifully into the UK environment.
"They're extremely shy animals which have never attacked a human anywhere they live, and everywhere they live their preferred prey is deer which we have a serious overpopulation issue with in the UK.
"Concerns raised by some sheep farmers at the plans have been met with assurances of a comprehensive and generous compensation program, and extensive research from Europe showing that lynx very rarely predate on sheep anywhere they live, preferring the hiding places of remote forestry to the open environment of farms or sheep moors."
He said that there was no pre-arranged plan for him to stage a takeover.
But former President Nasheed says that he has been the victim of an organised coup.
He told the AFP news agency that he had been forced to resign by armed police and army officers in a plot hatched with the knowledge of his successor.
Mr Nasheed, speaking by telephone from the capital, said he had gone to military headquarters on Tuesday where he found about 18 "middle-ranking" police and army officers in control.
"They told me if I didn't resign they would resort to use arms," he said. "I took it as a threat. I wanted to negotiate the lives of the people who were serving in my government."
He added that he feared Mr Hassan - formerly his vice president - was "in on" their plans.
The new president in turn criticised Mr Nasheed for wrongfully arresting a top judge.
President Hassan said his aim now was to form a coalition to help build a stable and democratic country.
"We will respect the rule of law, we will uphold the constitution, the executive will not interfere in legislation and we will make sure that democracy is consolidated," he told a news conference on Wednesday.
Mr Hassan repeated his call for the formation of a national unity government to help the country recover from the political crisis that led to the resignation of his predecessor.
The authorities are also reported to be investigating the discovery of bottles of alcohol being removed from outside Mr Nasheed's residence.
Consuming alcohol outside tourist resorts is a crime in the Muslim nation.
Mr Hassan also promised to protect Mr Nasheed from retribution, pointing out that he was free to leave the country.
However he said he would not interfere with any police or court action against Mr Nasheed.
The former president's resignation followed protests over the arrest of Justice Abdulla Mohamed last month.
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He was released soon after Mr Hassan took power.
The judge was accused of being loyal to the opposition by ordering the release of a government critic he said had been illegally detained.
Mr Nasheed's supporters say that they fear for his safety as well as the safety of other senior members of his government.
Mr Hassan on Tuesday described Mr Nasheed's resignation as a "generous decision... because he has taken into consideration the call from the people and he has also helped to prevent bloodshed".
He pledged to hold elections in 2013 which would lead to the formation of a government of national unity which could bring "calm and quiet to the streets".
Mr Nasheed's resignation came within hours of a mutiny in police ranks which saw a few dozen officers side with protesters and then clash with soldiers in the streets.
The mutinying officers took control of the state broadcaster in the capital, Male, and began playing out messages in support of Mr Gayoom.
The Welshman, 28, has lost three of his last six fights but still has ambitions of becoming world champion again.
Cleverly was accused of avoiding the best light-heavyweights during his three-year reign as WBO champion before losing to Sergey Kovalev in 2013.
"Every fight now till the end of my career, until I hang the gloves up I'll go to war," Cleverly said.
"Real fights against elite fighters, world title belts or top level fighters on the big stage, only those now till the end of my career."
Cleverly concedes that the fight against Kovalev and the loss to Pole Andrzej Fonfara in October this year were a step-up in class to previous opponents.
He moved up a division after losing his title to Kovalev two years ago.
The Welshman considered retiring after losing to English cruiserweight Tony Bellew in November 2014, yet returned to light-heavyweight for a "fresh assault" on the division.
That resulted in a points defeat against Fonfara in a WBC International light heavyweight title bout.
"I could happily have stayed unbeaten against fringe contenders," he added. "But I tested myself against Kovalev, who is probably the best pound-for-pound fighter on the planet.
"Obviously I lost my last fight, but again Fonfara is an elite level fighter."
Although Cleverly says retirement is not an option, he concedes that he is concerned about the effect on his health.
"There's a large element of me which says you don't want many of those fights," he said.
"They're brutal, your nose is broken, your face is swollen and you can feel the swelling around your brain.
"You definitely don't want too many of them but I'm prepared to do it again."
The Welshman is hoping to speak to his promoter Eddie Hearn over the next few weeks with a view to setting up a bout with Germany WBA light-heavyweight champion Juergen Braehmer.
David Gillespie said he found investment firm Merchant Turnaround had "less funds than expected" in 2011.
Mr Whyte, 46, is on trial at the High Court in Glasgow for acquiring Rangers by fraud, and for a second charge under the Companies Act.
He denies both charges.
The court heard that Mr Gillespie, 68, was director of Merchant Turnaround and Mr Whyte was company secretary.
The retired stockbroker said he had never given "authority" for the money to be used in any Rangers buy-out.
Instead, he had earlier warned Mr Whyte that he had not wanted any involvement in a football club.
The jury has heard how Mr Whyte struck a £1 deal to purchase Sir David Murray's controlling stake at Ibrox in May 2011.
Around that time, another director asked for an "analysis" of investments.
Mr Gillespie said: "We discovered that there were less funds than expected."
It was found £1m had been sent to law firm Collyer Bristow, which was involved in Mr Whyte's takeover.
Mr Gillespie said, up to that point, he had been unaware of the money transfer.
Prosecutor Alex Prentice QC asked what his reaction was.
The witness said he was "annoyed".
"I obviously referred to Mr Whyte what was going down really," he added.
"He said that he had put it across as a prelude to being involved in the Rangers acquisition that he was trying to pursue or had concluded."
Mr Gillespie told how months earlier he had met Mr Whyte in Glasgow as speculation mounted about his Rangers bid.
He said: "We discussed that and I made it clear that I did not want to get involved with a football club.
"I just would not want to stretch to something as high profile as that."
Mr Gillespie added he had not granted permission for the cash to be transferred although he "could not speak" for another director Philip Betts.
The jury heard Mr Betts was a key associate in the takeover.
Mr Prentice asked the witness had he given "authority" for money to be used in any "proposed acquisition".
Mr Gillespie: "No. As I said previously, I had discussed it with Mr Whyte and he knew my view."
Prosecutors allege Mr Whyte pretended to Sir David Murray, and others, that funds were available to make all required payments to acquire a "controlling and majority stake" in the club.
The Crown alleges Mr Whyte had only £4m available from two sources at the time but took out a £24m loan from Ticketus against three years of future season ticket sales.
The court has heard the sale was eventually made to Mr Whyte for £1 but came with obligations to pay an £18m bank debt, a £2.8m "small tax case" bill, £1.7m for stadium repairs, £5m for players and £5m in working capital.
The second charge under the Companies Act centres on the £18m payment between Mr Whyte's Wavetower company and Rangers to clear a bank debt.
The trial, before Judge Lady Stacey, continues.
Udinese fan Arrigo Brovedani was the club's sole supporter in Genoa for a Serie A match against local team Sampdoria.
The 30-something wine merchant found himself alone in the visitors' section.
But Sampdoria stewards gave him coffee and home fans invited him for a drink after the match.
Mr Brovedani told the BBC he had not expected to find many fellow supporters from Udinese, one of the smaller clubs in Serie A.
It was a cold Monday night and Udinese never attracts more than 50 or 60 away fans.
"But I went there thinking I'd find five or six other people," the Udinese fan said.
"I went into the stadium while they [Udinese] were warming up. I shouted and said 'hi' to the team.
"When I went in the local fans booed me, I felt a bit offended.
"But in the end they clapped and invited me for coffee and a meal, and the club managers gave me a shirt. They wished me a merry Christmas."
Genoa is about four hours' drive from Friuli, where Udinese are based.
But Mr Brovedani was in Genoa on business.
"I like the stadium there, it's very similar to English stadiums," he said. "I always take my flag and scarf around - they're always in the car with me."
Luckily for Mr Brovedani, Udinese won the match 2-0 and the team dedicated their victory to their only fan. He has been invited to attend its next home match on Saturday.
Vincent Copeland from Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, who admitted three counts of making indecent images, must join a sex offenders' treatment programme.
He confessed to the offences in a letter to friends found at his home, Ipswich Crown Court court heard.
Judge David Goodin said Copeland had been "completely humiliated".
The 61-year-old was arrested after officials in the US contacted the UK authorities about his online activity, and police went to his home in Leigh Road.
The charges related to seven images. Three were in the most serious category - A - and involved boys as young as 10. Two were category B and a further two category C.
In the letter found at his home he said he was ashamed and he would serve his sentence.
An earlier hearing revealed Copeland often talked online with other adult males as well as posing as a child having fantasy chats online, but he had never touched a child.
Judge David Goodin said: "As a teacher and a magistrate he should have known better... it's complete humiliation."
He gave him credit for his early guilty plea and for the fact he had previously referred himself to a self-funded Lucy Faithfull foundation treatment programme.
He told him: "You could never have imagined yourself in this position."
He said the three-year community order had two conditions - that he take part in a 30-day rehabilitation activity programme and in an internet sex offenders' treatment programme.
Officers said they was dealing with 100 victims manipulated by men and women pretending to love them.
The warning comes as the BBC's Angus Crawford spoke to one victim who sent money three times to a man in the United States.
She said she did not know how she had been "so damn stupid" to fall for it.
The woman, who asked not to be identified, said she met the man who claimed to be a US Marine living in California after being encouraged to try online dating by friends.
"My common sense was telling me something wasn't right in his story," she said.
"He sounded too much like a movie character."
But she said the man's young son began ringing her on her mobile phone and calling her "mum".
So who's most likely to become a victim of dating fraud? The short answer is, anyone looking for love online is vulnerable.
From January to the end of October this year - there were 2,858 reports of dating fraud reported to Action Fraud from around the UK. Victims lost more than £21m.
One victim told me when she tried internet dating the first man who replied to her profile "was the only one who sounded like a decent person".
What she didn't know was that scammers routinely use multiple, fake profiles to target a single victim - sending abusive or unpleasant messages from some of the fakes, to make their main bogus profile seem comparatively kind and considerate.
Det Ch Insp Gary Miles is from the Met Police's Falcon Unit, which investigates cybercrime and fraud. He says victims aren't stupid, the criminals are very sophisticated.
"This is their profession, they have designed social engineering specifically to target the vulnerabilities of those seeking relationships."
After a while she said she was asked for money to buy the boy an iPad. She was later told the boy needed surgery, which needed paying for, and then that he had cholera and needed money for treatment.
The woman said she had the feeling "something was not right".
"The first thing I thought was, 'how in hell could I have been so damn stupid?' after sending him money three times."
She said when she questioned the man he became abusive.
"[He] said he would kill himself because his son was dying and how that blood would be on my hands."
In September, two men admitted their part in duping a woman out of £1.6m in the biggest online dating scam the Met have investigated.
Olusegun Agbaje, 43, of Kershaw Close, Hornchurch, Essex and Ife Ojo, 31, of Hammonds Drive, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, will return to court on 8 January to be sentenced.
Their sentencing was adjourned earlier at Basildon Crown Court after the Probation Service failed to produce a report requested at conviction.
However, the figure is likely to have been distorted by tax changes.
There were 8,556 new cars sold during the month, 1,000 fewer than the pre-recession peak of 9,564 in March 2006.
New Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) rates came into effect on 1 April, which introduced an annual flat-rate charge for all cars except those with zero emissions.
The latest figures had been flattered by some motorists bringing forward buying a new car ahead of the tax changes, said Ulster Bank economist Richard Ramsey.
"We can therefore anticipate April and May's figures to be somewhat softer," he said.
"It's also noted that Northern Ireland's near double-digit rise in March followed a double-digit fall of 11.2% year-on-year in February."
For the UK as whole, March was the best month on record for UK car registrations, according to the car industry trade body.
The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) said 562,337 new cars were registered in March, up 8.4% on the same month last year.
"These record figures are undoubtedly boosted by consumers reacting to new VED changes, pulling forward purchases into March, especially those ultra-low emission vehicles that will no longer benefit from a zero-rate fee," said SMMT chief executive Mike Hawes.
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).
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There have been fears that such a decision could trigger fresh violence.
The government said it would hold opposition leader Jean Ping responsible if clashes erupted following the ruling.
President Bongo won August's election by just 6,000 votes but the opposition says the poll was rigged.
Following the court ruling, President Bongo called for a "political dialogue" with the opposition.
Correspondents say residents of Libreville were stockpiling food ahead of the court ruling. There were long queues at banks and supermarkets on Friday and the French embassy told its citizens to stay indoors.
Riot police have been deployed across the city.
Mr Ping had alleged fraud in one of the president's main strongholds, Haut-Ogooue province, where Mr Bongo won 95% of the vote on a turnout of 99.9%.
Mr Ping had warned that Gabon could face serious instability if the court rejected his appeal for a recount in that province.
The court partially changed the results of the bitterly-fought election, giving President Bongo 50.66% of the vote and Mr Ping 47.24%.
The result of the election on 27 August sparked days of deadly violence.
The search for 55-year-old Ian John McLoughlin follows the death of Graham Buck, 66, in a village in Hertfordshire on Saturday.
Mr Buck died intervening in a robbery two doors from his home.
A convicted murderer, McLoughlin was on day release from Category D HMP Spring Hill when Mr Buck was killed.
McLoughlin had served 22 years of a minimum 25-year sentence for murder, police said.
Another man hurt in the suspected robbery - in which thousands of pounds were stolen - has been released from hospital and is currently in what police described as a "place of safety".
Police said they had found a number of "items of interest" at the crime scene but were unable yet to state whether the murder weapon was among them.
It was unclear whether McLoughlin was armed, police said.
Officers said McLoughlin might have left Hertfordshire and confirmed their search had "gone nationwide with ports authorities, police forces, airports across the UK all being notified and put on alert".
McLoughlin is known to be a heavy drinker and police have appealed to owners of guest houses, hotels and pubs to be "vigilant".
Det Ch Supt Jeff Hill said Mr Buck had received "fatal stab wounds" and police were treating the death as murder.
Mr Hill said McLoughlin was "a violent man".
He is described as white, about 6ft (1.8m) tall, with straight, greying, collar-length hair and of average build.
He is believed to have been wearing sunglasses, blue jeans or three-quarter length trousers and a dark blue, light blue and white checked short-sleeved shirt with a button-down collar.
McLoughlin was convicted of the murder of of 56-year-old Peter Halls, from Brighton, in 1992. He was also jailed for manslaughter in 1983, following the death of 49-year-old Len Delgatty, from Stoke Newington, in north London.
Anyone with information on his whereabouts has been urged to contact police or Crimestoppers.
Claudia Martins, 33, gave birth alone in the bath at her sister's flat in Knowle, Bristol, having allegedly kept the pregnancy a secret.
At Bristol Crown Court, Ms Martins denied a single charge of murder on 12 September 2014.
Police found the baby's body in a suitcase after Ms Martins had initially denied she had been pregnant.
Paramedics were initially called after family and friends found Ms Martins in the bath with "a lot of blood".
She was taken to the Bristol Royal Infirmary where she repeatedly told medical staff she had not given birth or been pregnant.
Two days later, police were called to the flat and found the body of a newborn baby inside a small black suitcase.
Ms Martins, a Portuguese national who is described as having an extremely low IQ, was arrested and admitted that she had given birth, but said the baby was stillborn.
A post-mortem examination found a wad of toilet paper inside the girl's mouth, which experts claim was "deliberately inserted".
Prosecuting, Adam Vaitilingam QC, said two police officers were called to the flat Ms Martins shared with her sister, Vilma Marshall, on 15 September last year.
They were shown to the bathroom of the flat, where they saw and opened a suitcase.
"Inside, wrapped in towels and in a black plastic bag, they found the body of a newborn baby girl," he said.
"The baby had been born three days earlier to the defendant, Claudia Martins.
"It is the prosecution's case that she killed the baby as soon as it was born and that she hid the body in the suitcase.
"It is the defence case that she never knew she was pregnant and when she gave birth it was stillborn and that she hid it in the suitcase out of a mixture of shock and panic."
The jury heard Ms Martins is originally from Mozambique but moved to Portugal before settling in Bristol in 2011.
The case continues.
Kinterbury Gate, near Devonport naval dockyard, has shown sharp spikes of plutonium and americium since 2007, Food Standards Agency reports show.
A senior scientist at Plymouth University said more investigation was needed into how the potentially cancerous materials got into the water.
The Environment Agency said the "trace" amounts were no risk to public health.
Nearby Kinterbury Creek is designated as a County Wildlife Site "because of the interest in its maritime habitats" according to Plymouth City Council's website.
The materials found, plutonium 239 and 240 and americium 241, do not occur naturally in the environment and are by-products of nuclear energy plants, said Emeritus Professor Geoff Millward, director of the radiation analysis unit at Plymouth University.
"There should be absolutely no mystery about the origin of these alpha-emitting radionuclides, it should be known," he added.
The Environment Agency said the spikes, shown in the Food Standard Agency's annual Radioactivity in Food and the Environment (RIFE) reports, were "most likely" due to a change in the government agencies that collected and analysed the samples in 2007.
And it said the "trace amounts" found at Kinterbury "are most likely to have originated from spent fuel reprocessing elsewhere" and "not related to activities or discharges" from Devonport, where Britain's nuclear submarine fleet is serviced.
The quantities of the radioactive materials found at Kinterbury, measured in radiation units or Becquerels per kilo (Bq/Kg), are well below levels found in other parts of the country such as Eskmeals near Sellafield nuclear power plant where 720 Bq/Kg of plutonium and 1,600 Bq/Kg of americium were found in 2014, according to the latest RIFE report.
Dr Jill Meara, director of Public Health England's (PHE) Centre for Radiation, Chemical and Environmental Hazards, said: "There is nothing we have seen in these reports that lead us to believe that recorded levels of discharges of radionuclides to the UK environment pose a threat to public health - technology allows the measurement of radioactivity in the environment at levels far below those that would cause public health concerns."
There should not be any plutonium (Pu) or americium sources at Devonport unless, that is, there has been some historic spillage at Bull Point and/or the old Saltash nuclear warhead stores, both of which have been out of commission for years.
Similarly, there might have been a spillage from the clean-up operations under way at the Winfrith nuclear plant in Dorset, although most of this decommissioning programme should have been completed several years back.
It could have been a leak from the French nuclear power plant at la Hague or an incident at sea.
Nuclear powered submarine reactors do not generate much Pu, and if it derived from an incident involving a nuclear warhead then to breakdown the Pu a relatively energetic event, ie fire would be expected to have occurred.
Dr Jill Meara, director of Public Health England's Centre for Radiation, Chemical and Environmental Hazards, said it was unaware of "any information which suggests radiation levels detected in the Tamar River pose a risk to public health".
A Plymouth City Council spokesperson said the Environment Agency and Public Health England were "very clear" and "levels of radioactive material do not pose a threat to public health".
A Ministry of Defence spokesperson said it welcomed the monitoring by the Environment Agency and "doses to members of the public in the Devonport area are very low and absolutely safe".
The Edinburgh-based company said Jeremy Stafford had tendered his resignation "for personal reasons".
Mr Stafford joined Menzies in October 2014, having previously been chief executive of Serco UK and Europe.
His departure comes a few weeks after Menzies issued a profits warning following problems with its ground handling contract at London Gatwick.
In a trading update on Wednesday, Menzies said negotiations over the airport contract had been "satisfactorily concluded".
It added that since its previous update in November, trading had continued to be in line with its forecasts and it remained confident of meeting expectations for the full year ended 31 December 2015.
The group also announced that former Menzies Distribution managing director Forsyth Black had been appointed as managing director of Menzies Aviation with immediate effect.
Forsyth has been with the group for more than 16 years, predominantly in senior aviation roles.
Mark Cassie, currently Distribution Operations Director, has been appointed as interim boss of Menzies Distribution.
John Menzies chairman lain Napier said: "I am delighted to welcome Forsyth to the board with his extensive and relevant experience which we are confident will drive forward the implementation of our existing aviation strategy.
"I also look forward to working closely with Mark Cassie as he continues to develop our distribution business into the e-commerce fulfilment market.
"The board wish Jeremy Stafford well for the future."
Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran were given the death sentence in 2006 for leading a drug trafficking group known as the Bali Nine.
The former prime ministers said they deserved clemency.
An Indonesian official has told the BBC that the executions are unlikely to go ahead this month.
Tony Spontana, spokesman for Indonesia's attorney general's office, said preparations at the high-security Nusa Kambangan prison, where the executions will be carried out, had taken longer than expected.
Earlier, Attorney General H M Prasetyo said their move there was being delayed so that Chan and Sukumaran could spend more time with their families.
Indonesia has some of the toughest drug laws in the world and ended a four-year moratorium on executions in 2013. It has insisted the executions will go ahead.
Malcolm Fraser - who was prime minister from 1975 to 1983 - and all his successors gave their support to Australia's continuing protest against the executions.
John Howard said the pair had "demonstrated genuine rehabilitation", while Bob Hawke told The Australian newspaper that justice should be based on human understanding.
"These two men made a mistake when they were young and foolish," he said. "They have served their incarceration with model behaviour, and I therefore urge and plead that the government reconsider its decision to now take their lives."
Julia Gillard said: "I personally would find it heartbreaking if such extraordinary efforts to become of good character were not met with an act of mercy, of recognition of change."
Paul Keating and Kevin Rudd also added their voices to the plea.
Australia opposes the death penalty.
Six other individuals - from Brazil, France, Ghana, Nigeria, Indonesia and the Philippines - are also being moved to the high-security prison.
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The current Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said on Monday he believed there were still legal options open in the case.
Lawyers for Chan and Sukumaran have filed a complaint in the administrative court challenging the decision to reject their clemency appeals.
"We have been summoned by the administrative court to appear on 24 February," lawyer Todung Mulya Lubis told a press conference. "This is an evidence that legal process is still ongoing."
But Mr Spontana told the BBC earlier that the court filing did not affect preparations for the executions.
"I can't tell you what will happen if the administrative court says the clemency rejection was flawed. For now as far as we know we have gone through all the legal process to carry out an execution."
Australian media on Monday reported that the men's lawyers had written to the Indonesian judiciary alleging judges had asked for bribes for lighter sentences.
Neil Thomas Douglas boarded a flight on Thursday night and came face-to-face with his lookalike.
Mr Douglas, a photographer from Glasgow, said: "Everyone around us had a laugh, we took a selfie and that was it."
The selfie was posted on Twitter and has been retweeted thousands of times.
The photographer explained that when he boarded the Ryanair flight to Galway via London Stansted there was already someone sitting in his seat.
He said: "There was a dude already on my seat. When the guy looked up, I thought: 'He looks like me'."
But the pair were later to encounter a further coincidence when they checked into the same hotel in Galway.
Mr Douglas added: "Later that night, I went to the pub and again, there was my twin. Total weirdness. We had a laugh and a pint."
The selfie was posted on Twitter by Lee Beattie, director of Wire Media, who wrote: "Guy on right is the husband of my friend. Guy on left is a STRANGER he met on a flight last night!"
Norwegian researchers looked at health anxiety levels in 7,000 people who were followed for at least a decade.
The BMJ Open paper suggests that, while general anxiety is already recognised as a risk, health anxiety might also be an issue.
Heart experts said anyone who felt they were experiencing 'health anxiety' should speak to their doctor.
Health anxiety describes when people have a "persistent preoccupation" with having or acquiring a serious illness, and seeking prompt medical advice, without any symptoms of an actual disease.
Participants in this study were taking part in the Norwegian Hordaland Health Study (HUSK).
All were born between 1953 and 1957.
They completed questionnaires about health, lifestyle, and education and had blood tests, and their weight, height, and blood pressure measured regularly between 1997 and 1999.
They used a recognised scale called the Whiteley Index to assess anxiety levels.
The researchers also used national data to track hospital treatment and deaths in the group up to 2009.
And of the 7,000, 234 (3.3%) had a heart attack or bout of acute angina during the monitoring period.
Even after known risk factors were taken into account, the proportion of those succumbing to heart disease (just over 6%) was more than twice as high among the 710 considered to have health anxiety.
And the higher their anxiety score, the greater the risk of developing heart disease.
Writing in BMJ Open, the researchers, led by Dr Line Iden Berge, said: "[Our research] further indicates that characteristic behaviour among persons with health anxiety, such as monitoring and frequent check-ups of symptoms, does not reduce the risk of [coronary heart disease] events.
"These findings illustrate the dilemma for clinicians between reassuring the patient that current physical symptoms of anxiety do not represent heart disease, contrasted against the emerging knowledge on how anxiety, over time, may be causally associated with increased risk of [coronary artery disease]."
Emily Reeve, a senior cardiac nurse at the British Heart Foundation, said: "It's natural for people to worry if they feel they might be unwell.
"But anxiety and stress can trigger unhealthy habits, such as smoking or eating badly, which put you at greater risk of heart disease.
"While we don't know if the 'worried well' are directly putting themselves at risk of a heart attack, it's clear that reducing unnecessary anxiety can have health benefits.
"If you are experiencing health anxiety, speak to your doctor."
Meanwhile, Manchester City strengthened their claim for Champions League qualification with a sublime second-half performance at Southampton.
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For the second consecutive week I have picked Simon Mignolet in my team. The Belgium international made a save that won the match against West Brom and prompted manager Jurgen Klopp to hug his players in sheer relief at a result that got him out of jail.
To be perfectly honest, Liverpool should have won this game comfortably. They dominated most elements of the match and should have scored at least one more, especially when Ben Foster became obsessed with joining the Albion attack in the final minutes as if he was going to somehow provide the equaliser.
Nevertheless it has been Mignolet who has proved to be Klopp's most valuable asset in the past couple of games.
Where has Jesus Navas' form suddenly come from? In the same way Victor Moses has found a new role starring as a wing-back, Navas seems to be doing equally well, but as a genuine full-back. Navas' pace has neutralised raids down City's right side, and in attack the Spaniard seems to have found a confidence to deliver decisive balls into areas I had never seen in his game before.
Pep Guardiola finding this position for Navas, not to mention invest his faith and time in the player, has proved to be quite an innovation.
It has given the team options and, with the introduction of a fit Vincent Kompany, managed to revolutionise City's back four.
How good was it to see Vincent Kompany back and among the goals? I have seldom met a player who is more impressive than the Manchester City captain.
When he scored his first goal for the club since his return from yet another injury, the delight of his team-mates and the travelling City fans was evident.
However, it was his defensive performance that was most impressive. I said a few weeks ago that if Kompany had been playing in City's game at Arsenal this month, Shkodran Mustafi would never have scored the Gunners' equalising header from a corner - such is the Belgian's all-round aerial power and general inspiration.
Arsenal got away without feeling the effects of Kompany's influence but Southampton did not. In fact, the Saints were blown away by City's performance, which was led by the Belgian defender. Great captain, great leader, great performance.
When a centre-back scores goals in three consecutive games you have to consider whether the defender is just going through a purple patch or has a genuine knack of scoring goals. I think with Phil Jagielka it's both.
The Everton defender is certainly going through a wonderful period of scoring goals and that is because he is good at it.
His goal in the win against Burnley was absolutely superb for two reasons. Firstly because, more often than not, he times his run to perfection and gets his head on the ball and, secondly, because of his desire.
The way Jagielka responded to the initial save by Burnley keeper Tom Heaton (goalline technology said it had gone in, by the way) was striker-like, while as a defender his ability to read situations at the back has stood him in good stead all his career. A top-class professional.
It's not often I start my comments by commending a referee but on this occasion I find myself compelled to congratulate Bobby Madley on a tremendous game at Old Trafford - and so should Marcos Rojo.
There is no doubt in my mind a less considerate official might have sent Rojo or Chelsea striker Diego Costa off. If either had received their marching orders for a little 'argy bargy' in the first half it would have destroyed what was a marvellous contest and first-class entertainment.
I must say Rojo won the battle of the warriors and, actually, it was fantastic to watch him and Costa battle it out - under the watchful eye of referee Madley, who orchestrated the affair beautifully.
This kid is going to be special. It has been a long time since I've seen a young lad look so promising. He is quick, direct, loves to take players on and scores goals. If you're a player with a bright future it doesn't get better than that.
It took a wonderful save from Fraser Forster to stop the Germany international from opening his account but the Southampton keeper was only delaying the inevitable.
The football played by Manchester City for their second goal was complete and utter bliss. From the moment Kevin de Bruyne (the king of the assists) won the ball in midfield, Sane was off like a hare, racing 40 yards to support De Bruyne, who provided him with the opportunity to score.
It takes guts, desire and fitness for a player to get into that position and offer alternatives for the man on the ball. That is what Sane now offers a Guardiola team who look better every time I see them. Pep is getting this team right.
It is not often a player finds himself on the front and back pages at the same time, but that is what Ross Barkley has had to cope with these past few days. However, the way the youngster has coped with some of society's excesses has been more than admirable.
Professional footballers dealing with the occasional confrontation from a member of the public, or a crass comment from a journalist who should know better, has been an occupational hazard for years. However, none of that seems to affect Barkley.
In fact, if his performance against Burnley was anything to go by, it seemed to energise the England international. His clearance off the line from a Michael Keane header was brilliant defending.
When his goal came - and it was his goal, and should not have been credited to Ben Mee for trying to do his job and block the shot - Barkley deserved it. Precisely why the experienced Mark Clattenburg had to caution the player for celebrating his goal with the fans, bearing in mind the week he's had, I don't know. It seemed grossly unfair.
Was Clattenburg so blithely unaware of the sheer thrill his goal and performance would have meant to Barkley under the circumstances? Well, for what it's worth, Barkley has shown himself to be a real professional, in the true sense of the word.
He is the sort player who looks like butter wouldn't melt in his mouth, but Ander Herrera is capable of making life very difficult for his opponent.
When he was commissioned by manager Jose Mourinho to take care of Eden Hazard in the FA Cup tie at Stamford Bridge, it it ended very badly for Manchester United and in particular for Herrera, who was sent off. Not so at Old Trafford, where there were three massive points at stake.
Luck plays a part in most football matches and it could be argued Herrera had a large slice of it with the suspected handball that took the pace off an attempted Chelsea pass, allowing the Spaniard to produce a world-class through ball for Marcus Rashford to score.
His deflected second-half goal, which gave keeper Asmir Begovic no chance, was the final body blow for Chelsea - there was no way back for the Blues after that.
However, it was Herrera's dominance over Hazard that set the tone for United's victory. Not since Italy defender Claudio Gentile outwitted Brazil legend Zico at the 1982 World Cup have I seen a marker nullify a top-class player so completely.
Tottenham's win against Bournemouth was a walk in the park and it was Son Heung-min who led the Cherries by the nose. I must say the Lilywhites are playing some wonderful stuff at the moment but Bournemouth didn't help their cause one little bit.
There are a few players in the Tottenham set-up who have distinguished themselves this season but the most improved Premier League player in my opinion is Son. He was brilliant against Bournemouth and seldom lets Mauricio Pochettino down when called upon.
Another manager who had done a wonderful job is Bournemouth's Eddie Howe but he really must do something about his goals-against record. It doesn't help when your captain and arguably best defender cannot determine whether his team-mate had the last touch before letting the ball roll out for a corner. It was patently obvious the ball came off Harry Arter's boot. If Simon Francis thought he could kid referee Michael Oliver by letting the ball out of play then he made a big mistake.
But if that wasn't bad enough, Bournemouth had seven defenders marking five Tottenham attackers at the ensuing corner and the ease with which Mousa Dembele lost his markers to put Spurs in front was quite alarming.
From the moment Arnautovic hit the underside of the bar with a thunderous shot I knew he was in the mood to wreak havoc against Hull City. And so he did in a 3-1 win.
Arnautovic could have had a hat-trick but that did not matter because it was good to see one of the most gifted players in the league actually fancying it.
He seemed to be involved in everything Stoke did and when Xherdan Shaqiri is also on fire, watching the Potters is an absolute delight.
The ball from Arnautovic to Jonathan Walters, who eventually provided the cross for Peter Crouch to score, was simply wonderful.
I've seen lots of gifted players in the candy-red-and-white-striped shirt of Stoke over the years and Arnautovic must rank among the best of them. But sadly we just don't see enough of what he has to offer.
This lad absolutely ran Chelsea ragged. I have not seen a single player this season give David Luiz and the entire Chelsea defence such a run-around.
I have spoken before about how Manchester United must think long and hard about replacing Zlatan Ibrahimovic but I think after their game against Chelsea they don't have to be so concerned.
Rumours are rife about Atletico Madrid striker Antoine Griezmann, and others, joining the ranks at Old Trafford, and that makes sense. But United have a special talent on their hands in Rashford, and they must handle him with care.
To see this young man look so comfortable on one of the biggest stages in the world was one thing, but to see the United centre-forward destroy a world-class centre-back was something entirely different.
What is even better is that Rashford is English.
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Giggs, 42, ended a 29-year stay at United after new boss Jose Mourinho decided not to retain him on his staff.
Ferguson says long-time rival Mourinho was right to go with "his own man" - long-time assistant Rui Faria.
The 74-year-old told BBC Sport: "It is time Ryan stood on his own feet, got out there and accepted the challenge."
Ferguson thinks his former charge, who was assistant to former United manager Louis van Gaal, has the qualities to make it on his own.
"I talk about his poker face," said the Old Trafford legend, who stepped down as manager in 2013. "He has a bit of steel about him.
"It is such a highly intense results industry, you need people who go into it to have a bit of steel about them, a bit of character and personality."
Former Chelsea boss Mourinho, who succeeded Van Gaal, has worked with Faria in his six previous managerial jobs.
"You have got to have, in your assistant, someone you have trusted all your life," said Ferguson.
"When I came to United, I brought Archie Knox because he was a valuable person for me. I trusted him 100%. Jose Mourinho has had his assistant for years and, quite rightly, has stuck by his own man.
"If Jose hadn't had an assistant, I know he would have taken Ryan."
Giggs left United after failing to reach an agreement with the club over an alternative role.
He has passed all of his coaching badges, had a four-game spell as caretaker boss when David Moyes was sacked at the end of the 2013-14 season and had already been linked with other clubs before his exit was confirmed.
Ferguson feels the Welshman has the attributes to deal with the demands faced by the modern manager.
He wants Giggs to "be himself" and make sure he picks the right club to join.
"I think he is ready to manage and he has a lot of quality," said Ferguson. "He doesn't want to spoil that quality by going to a club where it is sacking a manager every two minutes."
Ferguson nurtured Giggs from before he joined United, spending so much time at his house persuading the then 13-year-old to leave Manchester City that the winger's mother Lynne started offering to make his tea.
From giving the Cardiff-born player his debut at 17, to his own retirement in 2013, they shared 13 Premier League title successes, two Champions League wins, four FA Cup triumphs and four League Cup successes.
Ferguson was confident Giggs would be a great player the moment he saw him play.
"You knew right away... the way he ran over the ground," said Ferguson, who was responsible for all but 22 of Giggs' club-record 963 appearances.
"I referred to it like a cocker spaniel chasing a piece of silver paper in the wind. His feet never seemed to touch the ground."
Jay Risbridger said the move was for "personal reasons relating to his family and business commitments".
The Bath PPC said the "unexpected timing" prevented him from being able to fully commit to the campaign.
Both seats are currently held by the Conservatives but have previously been Lib Dem strongholds.
Paddy Ashdown was Yeovil's MP for 18 years - between Jun 1983 and Jun 2001; Don Foster was Bath's MP from 1992 to 2015.
In a note to the Bath and North East Somerset Lib Dems, Mr Risbridger said he would commit what time he has to campaigning hard "to elect his Lib Dem successor as Bath's next MP".
The "unexpected timing of this snap election" prevents him "from being able to fully commit myself to the campaign to win Bath".
On Monday, Yeovil PPC Daisy Benson said the "snap election" had come at "precisely the wrong time".
Ms Benson said it would be unfair to her constituents as she "would not to be able to devote 100% of my time to campaigning" as she was in the middle of buying a house.
The Democratic candidate will face Republican rival Donald Trump when Americans go to the polls on 8 November.
In an editorial, the magazine said: "Vogue has no history of political endorsements.
"Given the profound stakes of this one, and the history that stands to be made, we feel that should change."
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The article reminds readers the magazine has previously profiled Clinton six times.
Vogue, which has been led by editor-in-chief Anna Wintour since 1988, added Clinton "knows the challenges working women face".
"We understand that Clinton has not always been a perfect candidate, yet her fierce intelligence and considerable experience are reflected in policies and positions that are clear, sound, and hopeful," the editorial said.
But the magazine criticised "the chaos and unpredictability and the sometimes appalling spectacle of this election season".
On Wednesday evening, Clinton and Trump will go head to head in the final televised debate of the campaign season.
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The PM said on the No 10 website that he would use arguments of the "head and heart" to keep the UK together.
The UK government is preparing to release an analysis paper about Scotland's role in the Union, ahead of next year's referendum on independence.
The SNP accused the PM of focusing on "an entirely negative attack".
The Westminster government is publishing its first analysis paper on Monday - the same day the fiscal commission working group, which was set up by SNP leader Alex Salmond last March, publishes its economic proposals for an independent Scotland.
The working group said its document did not determine what path Scotland should take, but instead offered options for reform should Scots vote for independence.
Writing before the launch of the Westminster government's document, Mr Cameron pledged that his government would put the "facts" about Scottish independence to the public.
He said: "As one of Scotland's two governments, the UK government has a duty to help inform people with hard facts.
"So we'll be providing expert-based analysis to explain Scotland's place within the UK and how it might change with separation - and our first paper is published tomorrow.
"We don't shy away from putting facts and evidence before the Scottish people. This must not be a leap in the dark, but a decision made in the light of day."
The prime minister said the case for retaining the union focused on matters of the "head and heart".
"It's about heart because our nations share a proud and emotional history," he said.
"Over three centuries we have built world-renowned institutions like the NHS and BBC, fought for freedom and democracy in two World Wars, and pioneered and traded around the world.
"Our ancestors explored the world together and our grandfathers went into battle together as do our kith and kin today - and this leaves deep, unbreakable bonds between the peoples of these islands."
But Mr Cameron said the case for the UK was about "our future as well as our past".
"I have no time for those who say there is no way Scotland could go it alone," he said.
"The real question is whether it should - whether Scotland is stronger, safer, richer and fairer within our United Kingdom or outside it. And here, I believe, the answer is clear."
He pointed out that Scotland had its own government and parliament in Edinburgh, with power over areas such as health and education.
"Scots can take all of these decisions and more to meet the specific needs of Scotland," Mr Cameron said.
"And they can do so without losing the benefits of being part of the UK and having a full say in its future - economic strength and opportunity, international influence and national security."
The Scottish government, earlier in the week, published a "road map" from the referendum next year to full statehood in early 2016.
The 16-page "transition plan" said that, in the event of a "Yes" vote in the referendum, independence day for Scotland would be in March 2016, with the first elections to an independent parliament in May.
The prime minister criticised the SNP for discussing the final transition to independence, saying: "I know those arguing for independence are already preparing their separation transition plan, as though they've got this in the bag, but to me that is wrong.
"It's like fast-forwarding to the closing credits before you've been allowed to see the movie."
However, Scotland's deputy first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, defended the move.
She said: "The Electoral Commission has called on both sides of the independence debate to provide more information to the people of Scotland and to work together to discuss what will happen in the wake of the referendum.
"We have agreed with the Electoral Commission and published information about the transition to independence following a Yes vote.
"The prime minister's remarks suggest he is ignoring the Electoral Commission's advice - despite the previous calls of the Westminster government for the Scottish government to follow their advice.
She added: "Instead of spelling out a positive case, David Cameron is simply continuing with an entirely negative attack. The pro-independence campaign is making the positive case and preparing for the future.
"By placing himself at the head of the No campaign, David Cameron is simply reminding people that he heads a government that Scotland didn't vote for and that independence is the only way to ensure that Scotland always gets the government it votes for."
The bill was passed in parliament on Thursday with a quick show of hands by MPs loyal to the president, rather than the usual system of electronic voting.
The changes include a ban on unauthorised tents in public areas and criminal responsibility for slandering government officials.
The move has sparked uproar among the opposition, who say it is illegal.
They have accused the ruling party of a coup.
The US and several EU countries expressed deep concern over the new bills.
As well as signing into law a series of bills, President Yanukovych also fired his long-time chief of staff, Sergiy Lyovochkin, on Friday.
Mr Lyovochkin was rumoured to have wanted to step down after riot police broke up a rally at the end of November - a move that brought tens of thousands of protesters on to the streets the following day.
In a tweet on Thursday following the events in parliament, EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fuele said he was "profoundly concerned by new legislation limiting freedoms".
He said the move contradicted Ukraine's "European aspirations" and its commitments in the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement, which President Yanukovych abruptly refused to sign in November, amid Russian economic pressure.
The Ukrainian opposition warned the new measures would further inflame the protest movement, and called for a big gathering in the capital Kiev on Sunday.
Anti-government protesters have been camping out behind extensive barricades in Kiev's Independence Square - known as the Euromaidan - for nearly two months in the freezing cold.
The mass demonstrations were initially triggered by President Yanukovych's last-minute rejection of the EU partnership deal.
But the protesters' demands later widened to include the fight against what they said was widespread government corruption and abuse of power.
On Thursday, MPs from Mr Yanukovych's Party of the Regions, together with the communists and a number of independents, passed the laws amid scenes of chaos in parliament.
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The measures were pushed through in a matter of minutes when lawmakers simply raised their hands, despite the protests of opposition deputies who had earlier blocked the speaker's platform to try to disrupt the voting.
One of the laws bans any unauthorised installation of tents, stages or amplifiers in public places. Those who violate the law now face a hefty fine or detention.
Another bill provides a punishment of one year of corrective labour for slandering government officials.
Protests involving more than five vehicles in "Automaidan" motorcades were also banned. This followed such demonstrations outside government offices - including Mr Yanukovych's countryside residence - in recent days.
Party of the Regions MP Oleh Tsariov said the laws aimed to prevent further escalation of the ongoing political crisis.
But the three main opposition leaders described the move as "illegitimate", saying the pro-presidential MPs had decided to use voting by a show of hands after realising they did not have enough support.
Udar party leader Vitali Klitschko condemned it as a "coup d'etat", while Arseniy Yatsenyuk, one of the leaders of the Batkivshchyna (Fatherland) party, warned that Ukraine was now bracing for another "wave of protests".
In Washington, the US state department voiced its "deep concern" that the controversial measures had been passed.
"We believe deeply that the people of Ukraine want to affiliate and want to be associated with Europe and they want to turn in that direction," Secretary of State John Kerry said.
"And the steps that were taken yesterday are anti-democratic. They're wrong. They are taking from the people of Ukraine their choice and their opportunity for the future."
The new laws were also criticised by foreign ministers from Sweden and Poland.
The EU's ambassador to Ukraine, Jan Tombinsky, said "norms should be adopted through proper procedures, otherwise the credibility of democratic institutions and of the legal system is at stake".
The force said 300 officers carried out 14 simultaneous warrants in Newport at 05:00 GMT on Tuesday, after three hours of briefings.
Eleven men appeared at Newport Magistrates' Court on Wednesday charged with possessing class A drugs with the intent to supply.
A further six were bailed pending a court date.
Two men were released on police bail ahead of further enquiries, and nine others were being questioned.
Gwent Police is still hoping to speak to two men, Curtis Hooper, 40, and Christopher Mears, 18.
The raid followed information from the community about the supply of drugs.
Police and Crime Commissioner for Gwent, Jeff Cuthbert, said: "The spread of Class A drugs is a huge problem for society and the steps taken by the force to seriously disrupt the supply and distribution of these illegal drugs is to be commended."
Officers were previously told not to shoot drivers of moving vehicles because of the additional dangers it posed, Simon Chesterman said.
But he said the approach had changed in the wake of attacks such as those in Westminster, Nice and Berlin.
He added officers now had ammunition to penetrate doors and windows.
Last month, Khalid Masood killed four people on London's Westminster Bridge when he mounted the pavement in a car and drove into pedestrians.
One of the biggest challenges previously faced by police was the risk of bullets bouncing off the glass on vehicles in such attacks, said Mr Chesterman, of the National Police Chiefs' Council.
"We've seen some very horrible and different tactics lately involving vehicles and lorries," he said.
"Within our policy, we used to talk about not shooting at a moving vehicle because of the danger we might cause if we fired at a driver.
"But if the vehicle is being used as a weapon in the first place, there aren't many tactics available in relation to stopping it, particularly a very large lorry.
"Driving a vehicle in front of it for example is not going to stop it. So you need to shoot the driver," he said.
As part of the change in policy, Mr Chesterman said the tactics of firearms officers were now "far more aggressive".
They are no longer being told to "locate, contain and neutralise" but to "locate and confront", he said.
He also announced that the number of authorised firearms officers available to be deployed across England and Wales is to reach 10,500 by next year - an increase of about 1,500.
In April 2018, there will be about 7,000 armed police from the 43 forces in England and Wales, and 3,500 from other forces, including the Civil Nuclear Constabulary.
The government is funding 1,000 extra armed officers, while forces are paying for 500 more.
Mr Chesterman said the capability of armed officers was "phenomenally different" from previous years following investment in recruitment and training.
But he warned that concerns about the way police are treated after fatal shootings could act as a "tipping point" and discourage people from joining or staying on.
The family of David Dixon, 50, who lived in Brussels with his partner and young son, said it was "the most terrible news".
Mr Dixon had contacted his family after the airport blasts but was missing after the later Metro station blast.
The UK government said seven Britons had been injured in Tuesday's attacks.
Three were still being treated in hospital, the Foreign Office said.
Meanwhile, Belgian officials have named the second suicide bomber in Tuesday's attack at Brussels airport as Najim Zaachraoui, and said that his DNA had been found at sites of the November Paris attacks.
Twelve suspects have been arrested in three European countries as police step up efforts to prevent further attacks after the Brussels blasts, which claimed 31 lives and injured about 270 people.
The family of Mr Dixon, who was originally from Hartlepool and had also lived in Nottingham, said they had received "the most terrible and devastating news about our beloved David".
In a statement, they said: "At this most painful time our family would gratefully appreciate it if we could be left alone to grieve in private."
A statement from the UK Foreign Office said: "We can confirm David Dixon lost his life in the attacks which took place in Brussels on Tuesday 22 March 2016.
"Our thoughts are with his family at this difficult time and our embassy staff are continuing to support them."
Mr Dixon had lived in Brussels for about 10 years with his partner, Charlotte Sutcliffe.
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Mr Dixon was working as an IT contractor for securities settlement group Euroclear, which has an office a few Metro stops away from Maelbeek Metro station, the site of the third explosion on Tuesday.
Twin blasts had hit Zaventem airport an hour earlier at about 07:00 GMT.
Tim Howell, CEO of Euroclear, said: "David was a valued colleague and will be sorely missed."
He said "deepest condolences" went out to his partner, son and family.
Mr Dixon's friend Simon Hartley-Jones previously described the father-of-one as "a lovely guy" and "an amazing man who deeply, deeply loves his son".
Prime Minister David Cameron tweeted: "I am deeply saddened to hear David Dixon was killed in the Brussels attacks. My thoughts and prayers are with his friends and family."
Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond tweeted: "Saddened by the dreadful news of David Dixon's death following the #BrusselsAttacks. My thoughts & condolences are with his family."
Mark Beamish, from Birmingham, was among those injured in the explosion at the Maelbeek Metro station.
Mr Beamish, 35, told the BBC he had "no memory" of the explosion itself, which left him with cuts to his head and burns to his hands.
"I was travelling with a friend so I remember shaking his hand goodbye as I stepped off the train," said the European Parliament worker.
"And that's the last thing I remember. I don't remember a blast. I don't remember any sound or vision.
"I have one static image of me crouching on some stairs covered in dust."
Brahim el-Bakraoui is one of three men believed to have been involved in the bombings at Zaventem airport that killed 11 people.
The Belgian prosecutor said another suicide bomber had been the wanted jihadist Najim Laachraoui, whose DNA was found on explosives linked to the attacks in Paris last November.
A third man, who has not yet been identified and is on the run, is said to have fled the scene without detonating his explosive device.
Bakraoui's brother, Khalid, struck at Maelbeek metro station, where 20 people died.
So far nine suspects have been arrested in Brussels, two reportedly in Germany and one in Paris as investigations continue into the attacks.
In Brussels, six people were arrested in connection with the attacks on Thursday, according to Belgian prosecutors, who later said three of them had been released. Three more were held on Friday.
In France, a man alleged to be in the "advanced stage" of plotting an attack was arrested in Paris's north-western Argenteuil suburb on Thursday.
And in Germany two suspected jihadists were detained in Dusseldorf and Giessen areas on Wednesday and Thursday - both with suspected links to one of the Brussels bombers, Der Spiegel reports, and one with suspicious text messages on his mobile phone referencing Brussels.
The Brussels bombings have been linked to last November's Paris attacks, when 130 died after militants opened fire and detonated bombs in a number of locations in the French capital.
The so-called Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for the attacks in Brussels and Paris.
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The 35-year-old, who made her international debut in 1999, won her 356th cap to eclipse the record held by current GB assistant coach Karen Brown.
Richardson-Walsh said it was a "really special moment" to break the record playing alongside wife Helen.
Sunday's final match in the six-game series is also in Perth.
GB opened the scoring a minute before the break when Helen Richardson-Walsh won the ball high up the pitch.
She burst clear and drew the goalkeeper before slipping the ball to Sarah Haycroft, who finished in assured fashion for her first GB goal.
Australia levelled immediately after the restart. Georgie Parker's first shot was saved by Kirsty Mackay but the forward forced the rebound through the keeper's legs.
GB coach Danny Kerry: "Kate Richardson-Walsh's achievement today in becoming our most ever capped player is quite simply phenomenal. Her passion and resilience is an example to all."
Hosein, 19, who took a club-record 11 catches in his first two days of first-class cricket in 2014, has extended his stay until the end of the 2017 season.
The seven catches that the then 18-year-old claimed in the first innings against Surrey was a joint world record for a keeper on first-class debut.
"Harvey is an exciting talent," elite performance director Graeme Welch said.
"Since making his debut, Harvey has performed well with the gloves and continues to show improvements with the bat.
"His challenge now is to score runs on a consistent basis and contribute to winning games for the county."
Hosein, who took 33 catches in 12 first-class matches last season, scored his maiden first-class half-century against Gloucestershire in 2015, hitting 61 in the win at Bristol.
Mark in Durham, on 6-0-6 on BBC Radio 5 live after England's 1-0 win over Estonia:
"Wayne Rooney is not worth his place in the starting line-up. People talk about him in the same breath as someone like Cristiano Ronaldo, but that miss tonight in the 93rd minute could have cost us a goal that could cost us qualification. Rooney's confidence is shot. He's trying to be the best man around, but he's playing the worst of anybody. If Roy Hodgson's picking a team of players in form then Wayne Rooney should not be in the team. He scored the winning goal, but that's all he's done in two games."
BBC Sport pundit Danny Mills, in reply:
"But that's a massive thing. Wayne Rooney is still a quality player. He might be suffering with confidence, but when that one moment came this evening, he scored it. No-one else did."
His performance against Estonia in Tallinn provided ammunition for those who continue to doubt his international pedigree - but also confirmation of his class for those who support him.
Rooney's sure touch was surprisingly lacking in the penalty area, particularly in the first half when England's domination of possession touched 82% at one point, yet it was still the captain who dug out the win with his 73rd-minute free-kick.
And in that match-deciding moment, the 28-year-old Manchester United forward showed his enduring quality.
It took Rooney to 43 England goals, six behind record holder Sir Bobby Charlton and one shy of the great Jimmy Greaves. If he had been on top of his game against San Marino and Estonia, he would be entering next month's qualifier at home to Slovenia, and the friendly against Scotland in Glasgow, standing at the very edge of history.
Instead his finishing was mixed, but he was still the man who made the most vital contribution in Tallinn on a night, and at the very moment, when England and manager Roy Hodgson were threatening to be frustrated.
In some respects it was the sort of game by which Rooney's international career will be judged. He will, barring injury, be his country's most prolific goalscorer but many will still ask questions about his contribution.
Some will view it through the prism of his disappointing performances at major tournaments following his stunning entry as an 18-year-old Everton player at Euro 2004, while his backers will point to the consistency of an excellent goalscoring record of 43 goals from 99 England appearances.
As he approaches his 100th cap it will be asked 'is Rooney an England great?' In reality he has been a very good England player rather than the great one he threatened to be as a teenager.
Rooney, though, has still made an excellent contribution for his country, and when England and Hodgson needed someone to rescue them as Estonia's fans sensed an unlikely point, he obliged.
His record and his ability to shape the outcome of important matches suggests he is still someone they cannot do without.
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Raheem Sterling's absence from the starting line-up - after Hodgson revealed the Liverpool teenager told him he was feeling tired - generated a lot of heat in freezing Tallinn.
How can a 19-year-old be tired in the early weeks of October? How can he be jaded after only playing 45 minutes of the 5-0 win against San Marino? Is this the spectre of club v country rearing its head again?
Arguments were made on all sides with an extra gloss of intrigue after Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers made no attempt to disguise his fury when striker Daniel Sturridge injured a thigh training with England after the 1-0 win against Norway at Wembley on 3 September. He has not played since.
Hodgson came under heavy pressure about Sterling after England's win in Estonia. He handled it in a measured manner. He is clearly not angry with Sterling and actually gave him credit for coming clean about his condition.
He said: "On Saturday he told me 'I'm feeling really tired and I don't think I'm in my best form at the moment'. It would be wrong of players to fool me into thinking they are ready when they are not because they are robbing another player of an opportunity."
Of course Hodgson could be leaving himself open to allegations of naivety or even pandering to Liverpool after the recent Sturridge row - but the truth is probably less interesting and is actually the version of events Hodgson delivered in a small room beneath Le Coq Arena.
Sterling is certainly not immune to fatigue despite his tender years and there is no doubt he has fallen short of the blistering form that played such a part in almost taking Liverpool to the Premier League title last season.
He has not just had physical demands to cope with, but also emotional demands. Sterling was part of a Liverpool squad that had the title in their grasp last season only for it to slip away, a matter of grave disappointment after 24 years without winning the league.
He was then one of the few England players to return from the World Cup in Brazil with his reputation enhanced, the spotlight shining on him pretty heavily during a short stay in South America.
Liverpool have struggled so far this season and expectation has risen around Sterling, along with a debate about when and if he will sign a new deal at Anfield.
So, for one game against opposition England should beat with or without Sterling, Hodgson was hardly gambling the house on playing without him.
Sterling's Liverpool team-mate Adam Lallana had done well against San Marino in a 45-minute appearance so it was not a high-risk strategy - and Hodgson could still call on him for a cameo.
And so it proved when Sterling was brought on after 64 minutes and earned the free-kick from which Rooney won the game.
He will be needed for sterner battles ahead, so there did not appear to be huge drama in the decision to take Sterling at his word and rest him.
There was no doubt the collateral damage from the disagreement over Sturridge added to the conversation about Sterling - but no harm done for England and, more likely than not, Liverpool or their player.
England's win in Estonia lacked excitement and was short on a sprinkling of stardust - but in a Euro 2016 qualifying group without the showbiz element, this may become the norm.
Hodgson can point to nine points from three games without a goal conceded and while the diamond formation is a healthy option, England need to produce more variety.
England are not edge-of-the-seat box office material but it is hard to mount the critical case against a team with maximum points.
They face Slovenia next in a Euro 2016 qualifier at Wembley but the real excitement may actually come from friendlies - and they do not come any tastier than meeting Scotland in Glasgow next month.
There will be a growing confidence in Glasgow that 'The Auld Enemy' can be put away when they meet at Celtic Park against the improving Scotland.
If San Marino and Estonia were low-key, facing Scotland on their own turf will be anything but.
Storm Doris is set to bring heavy wind and rain on Wednesday evening.
Tracking east over northern parts of the island, the system will bring heavy rain at first. Some snowfall is expected too over high ground.
Yellow warnings - which mean to be aware of possible disruption - have been issued across Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
The warning comes into force at 22:00 on Wednesday until 14:00 on Thursday.
"Rainfall totals of 20-30mm could bring some localised flooding and surface water issues," according to the Met Office warning.
"Then later on Thursday morning gusts of 55mph (90km/h) could bring some minor travel disruption."
Storm Doris follows Storm Conor, which struck on Christmas Day bringing strong winds in from the Atlantic.
They have yet to win since dropping out of the top flight and that remains the case after this clash.
They did lead, though, when Gary Warren converted from Liam Polworth's free-kick.
But the home side were unable to add a second and Robert Thomson levelled early in to the second half when he prodded in Ricki Lamie's cross.
Match ends, Inverness CT 1, Morton 1.
Second Half ends, Inverness CT 1, Morton 1.
Brad McKay (Inverness CT) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Gary Harkins (Morton).
Attempt missed. Jake Mulraney (Inverness CT) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
Substitution, Morton. Gary Harkins replaces Ross Forbes.
Substitution, Inverness CT. David Raven replaces George Oakley.
Attempt missed. Michael Tidser (Morton) left footed shot from outside the box is too high.
Second yellow card to Collin Seedorf (Inverness CT) for a bad foul.
Foul by Collin Seedorf (Inverness CT).
Mark Russell (Morton) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Substitution, Morton. Scott Tiffoney replaces Jai Quitongo.
Attempt saved. Jai Quitongo (Morton) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Attempt saved. George Oakley (Inverness CT) header from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the bottom right corner.
George Oakley (Inverness CT) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Thomas O'Ware (Morton).
Attempt missed. Brad McKay (Inverness CT) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
Liam Polworth (Inverness CT) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Michael Tidser (Morton).
Substitution, Morton. Gary Oliver replaces Robert McHugh.
Thomas O'Ware (Morton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Connor Bell (Inverness CT).
Attempt saved. Robert McHugh (Morton) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Foul by Liam Polworth (Inverness CT).
Michael Tidser (Morton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt saved. Gary Warren (Inverness CT) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Jake Mulraney (Inverness CT) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Thomas O'Ware (Morton).
Foul by Gary Warren (Inverness CT).
Jai Quitongo (Morton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Ricki Lamie (Morton) header from a difficult angle on the left is just a bit too high following a corner.
Corner, Morton. Conceded by Joe Chalmers.
Attempt blocked. Ross Forbes (Morton) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Substitution, Inverness CT. Jake Mulraney replaces Riccardo Calder because of an injury.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Riccardo Calder (Inverness CT) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Ross Forbes (Morton).
Attempt saved. Robert McHugh (Morton) right footed shot from very close range is saved in the bottom right corner.
Attempt saved. Jai Quitongo (Morton) right footed shot from very close range is saved in the centre of the goal.
Substitution, Inverness CT. Connor Bell replaces John Baird.
Peter Redwood-Smith, 21, from Rayleigh, Essex, took Pica on after a customer found him injured outside the shop.
Mr Redwood-Smith said the magpie stuck by him constantly although the bird was free to fly away at any time.
"I'm very connected to him, he's kind of like a child - not to sound too soppy - he's bonded up to me," he said.
As reported by The Essex Chronicle, Pica was rescued from the clutches of a cat when he was about two weeks old.
"One of my customers found him just outside my shop and saved him from being dinner, because he was so wobbly he couldn't outrun the cat," Mr Redwood-Smith recalled.
I knew a bit about magpies before this - I knew the Latin was pica pica, and that's where I got his name.
"I knew the diet, and I knew they were intelligent but I didn't know to the full extent, and after researching I found they're more intelligent than I could have imagined."
Pica is fed on a diet of cooked chicken, duck and turkey, as well as raw pheasant and meal worms, crickets and locusts, which they eat in the wild.
Mr Redwood-Smith said his feathered friend had "flown off on several occasions" in the seven weeks they have been living together, but had always come back.
He said the birds, which have a lifespan of 20 years, "bond up to their mate for life".
"I'm ready for 20 years of magpie friendship, whether I want it or not - I think I'm stuck with him and he's stuck with me."
The RSPB says it does not recommend hand-rearing young magpies as they can seek human company when released back into the wild.
Ogbonna, who joined the Hammers from Juventus in 2015, is now committed to the club until the summer of 2022.
The 29-year-old missed almost the entire second half of last season following knee surgery in January, returning for the final match.
"I think we have a long season ahead and my target is to be better than last season," Ogbonna told the club website.
"I'm really grateful for this new deal."
Ogbonna, who has played 13 times for Italy, is expected to be fit enough to join West Ham's pre-season tour of Germany and Austria.
Clashes erupted in the capital, Kinshasa, and the eastern city of Goma, where a policewoman and a protester were killed, the UN says.
President Joseph Kabila is constitutionally bound to step down in December, the end of his second term.
But opponents are concerned that he will not relinquish power.
A presidential election is due in November, but this could be delayed.
Earlier this month the Constitutional Court ruled that the president could stay in power if no election took place.
The BBC's Maud Jullien says that some says this is part of a ploy to allow Mr Kabila to extend his presidency.
Oppositions groups had called for the protests after the Constitutional Court's ruling.
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Police in the Democratic Republic of Congo have fired tear gas at stone-throwing demonstrators as tensions rise over the timing of the next election.
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Sisu had claimed the council's £14m loan to Arena Coventry Limited (ACL), the previous operator of the Ricoh, was an illicit use of public funds.
But the Court of Appeal said there was not a good legal reason to challenge the original judgement.
Sisu said it would apply for another hearing in a bid to continue the fight.
In July, Mr Justice Hickinbottom found Sisu had, from April 2012, refused to pay rent "deliberately to distress ACL's financial position, with a view to driving down the value of ACL and thus the price of a share in it."
Coventry City Council gave ACL, at the time jointly owned by the authority and a charitable trust, the loan so it could pay off debts.
A Coventry City Council spokesman said: "We have always been confident we had a strong case and we're pleased the application, from Sisu-related companies for leave to appeal against Mr Justice Hickinbottom's High Court judgement, has been refused."
Premiership rugby team Wasps took over ACL last November.
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Coventry City's owners have been refused permission to appeal against a High Court ruling that a city council loan was lawful.
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The British Deaf Association (BDA) has compiled footage dating back to the 1930s for Power in our Hands, which covers the battle to have British Sign Language officially recognised.
It has been released in the association's 125th anniversary year.
For a deaf woman from Nottingham, the film was particularly poignant as it shows her father who died 50 years ago.
Gloria Pullen was one of a number of deaf people asked by the BDA to help identify people in the footage.
She was "overwhelmed" when she spotted her father Arthur King, who died when she was 19, taking part in a cricket game for deaf players in the 1930s.
"To not see my dad sign since he passed away and then to suddenly see him on screen, it takes me back to being a little girl," she said.
"It is our language - it's like seeing a film in your language, you pick up the emotion, the intonation."
Jemma Buckley, from the BDA, said the film reels were found in a skip in south London 12 years ago. The association received a Heritage Lottery grant to piece them together for the film.
"The deaf community do not see themselves as disabled. They see themselves as a cultural, linguistic minority with a rich and exciting heritage," she said.
"The really special thing about the fact that British Sign Language is captured on screen is you can actually see how people are communicating.
"You wouldn't get that in hearing films of that era because they were silent," she said.
The film is being shown at the Broadway cinema in Nottingham on Sunday and at screens around the country over the next month.
Holten, who has been at the ROH in London's Covent Garden since 2011, said it felt "very painful" to leave.
However, his departure appears to be amicable as Holten also said he had turned down the offer to renew his contract for family reasons.
The search for his successor will begin in the new year, the ROH said.
This past summer, Holten was offered a five-year extension to his time at the leading venue by Alex Beard, the ROH's chief executive.
Holten declined, but instead asked for seven months to give him time to direct a new production of Wagner's Meistersinger early next year.
Holten said in a letter to colleagues: "I love working at the ROH - and with all the amazing colleagues here.
"But when I moved to London, my partner and I didn't have children. Now we do, and after much soul searching we have decided that we want to be closer to our families and inevitably that means we make Copenhagen our home where the children will grow up and go to school."
Mr Beard said: "Kasper Holten is a wonderful colleague and a good friend, and continues to bring extraordinary energy and vision as our director of opera.
"While I had very much hoped to work with him through to 2020 and beyond, I understand and respect his reasons for moving back to Copenhagen."
Antonio Pappano, the ROH's director of music, also praised his colleague: "Kasper Holten has been electric during his time at the Royal Opera House, demonstrating an uncanny energy, perseverance and vision for the future of our great institution.
"My collaboration with him on Krol Roger was one of the most fruitful experiences I have had during my time at this theatre. I am very sad that he has decided he must leave, as I believe it will be a major loss for our company."
Holten's time at the ROH has not been without controversy. In early 2012, audience boos and walkouts greeted a modern-dress staging of a Dvorak work.
The reason for the outrage was Holten's decision to set Rusalka - a version of The Little Mermaid - in a brothel populated by provocatively dressed prostitutes.
"It is OK to have divided opinion when you try to move the boundaries," said Holten at the time.
Similarly, this summer, audiences were unhappy with the ROH's staging of William Tell, with the opening night again marked by boos, this time over a rape scene with nudity.
Holten's reaction was to apologise, saying he was sorry if some of the audience found the scenes "distressing" but he added: "The production intends to make it an uncomfortable scene, just as there are several upsetting and violent scenes in Rossini's score."
He said the scene "puts the spotlight on the brutal reality of women being abused during war time, and sexual violence being a tragic fact of war".
Analysis by Will Gompertz, Arts editor
The director of opera at The Royal Opera has announced he is to leave the Company at the end of March 2017 and return to Denmark.
The first thing you notice when meeting Kasper Holten is his energy and enthusiasm. Hang around a little longer and you discover a serious figure who is open-minded about his art form and experiential in his approach.
They are good attributes for an organisation such as the Royal Opera House, that is genuine in its desire to develop new audiences and push the boundaries of opera.
But it's not easy. It is an inherently conservative organisation with an old-school establishment core audience.
I suspect Holten will feel creatively freer in a more avant-garde environment, which Copenhagen is likely to provide.
He says he's going home to bring up his family. But maybe there's also an element of flying off before his wings have been clipped.
Do expect him to carry on innovating. Don't expect him to take up the vacancy at the English National Opera.
It's a loss - in my opinion - for London and the Opera House.
Police said the 16-month-old baby, who was outside a cafe at Central Railway Station on Thursday morning, suffered a cut to the face.
After the assault, the attacker ran away towards Elizabeth Street with the child's father chasing him, officers said.
A 28-year-old man has been charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm.
He will appear at Central Local Court on Friday.
But seeing them through the eyes of a nine-year-old child from Northern Ireland gives a different perspective.
Nicole Graham from Portadown, County Armagh, spent half term in Calais working on the refugee camp with her mum, dad and three other siblings.
At first it was scary, seeing all the people in the tents, she said.
"It wasn't very nice to see all the things on the ground and very muddy.
"I gave out water and tea and coffee and we handed out bubbles to the younger children.
"I felt very sad for them."
Her mother, Paula, said people did ask why they were bringing children with them.
"My husband had been out before Christmas and we knew it was safe and she didn't leave my side," she said.
"We had to do something. We couldn't sit back and do nothing.
"Children can do a lot - there's a job for everyone."
The family went with 12 others from the Vineyard Church in Dungannon.
Dad Nigel packed the family's camper van with supplies before Christmas and thought it would be a one-off trip - but he had to go back.
"The conditions are appalling. You'd do time for keeping animals in those conditions here," he said.
"One lady came in and she just wanted somewhere where she could feed her youngster and wash the bottle and put her youngster down to sleep - she has nowhere dry that is clean. Her child was eight months old."
The Grahams' eldest son, Danny, is 21 years old. He found seeing all the unaccompanied children the most difficult part.
It is estimated that there are 400 children with no parents or adult supervision in the Calais camp.
"It was scary because some of the kids that Nicole was playing with had no fear," he said.
"They had learned the word 'axle' in English because they were trying to find a lorry that they could try to climb on to, in the hope that it would go to the UK."
The Graham family helped build a shelter. But most of it was dismantled when the bulldozers moved into the "jungle" camp on Monday.
Paula said this was devastating because even though the conditions were appalling, it was all that the people have.
"To see it destroyed is soul-destroying. The little communities they've built up and now it's gone," she said.
"We will definitely go back and try to do more."
For Nicole, the trip has had a big impact: "I've been thinking about the way they have to sleep and that I've got a bed," she said.
Demolition teams moved into the French port to dismantle more makeshift shelters this week.
French police have warned that they will use force if the migrants refuse to move to nearby shipping containers.
French authorities believe about 1,000 migrants will be affected by the eviction plan, while aid agencies say the number of people living there is much higher.
James Holmes, 27, was charged with multiple counts of murder and attempted murder for the shooting at a midnight premiere of a Batman film near Denver.
He pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity but prosecutors say he was sane at the time of the incident.
Mr Holmes could face the death penalty if he is convicted.
Defence lawyers accept that he was the man who opened fire, but claim schizophrenia distorted his ability to tell right from wrong.
Two state-appointed psychiatrists deemed Mr Holmes legally sane but mentally ill at the time of the shooting at the suburban movie theatre.
The jury, made up of nine women and three men, heard closing arguments from both sides on Wednesday in a case that has lasted nearly three months.
If they agree that Mr Holmes was mentally ill, he would avoid execution and probably spend the rest of his life in the state's mental hospital in Pueblo, 100 miles (160 km) south of Denver.
The former neuroscience graduate student from California did not testify in his own defence but jurors watched about 23 hours of video of interviews conducted with him by psychiatrists.
Residents living near the disused Trinity United Reform Church on the Esplanade in Whitley Bay were forced to leave their homes after the fire broke out at 20:25 BST on Saturday.
Several are still in a refuge centre and have not been allowed home.
Northumbria Police said the fire was being treated as arson and a man, aged 56, had been arrested.
Det Ins Jane Fairlamb said: "This was a large operation involving a number of partners, all agencies worked together to extinguish the fire and I want to personally thank all of them for their hard work in ensuring that it did not spread to neighbouring properties.
"The fire was successfully extinguished overnight, but a number of people have been housed in temporary accommodation while we carry out some further structural investigations."
Phil Neville is co-commentating on the Europa League final for BBC Radio 5 live on Wednesday, 24 May. Build-up to Ajax v Manchester United starts at 18:30 BST, with kick-off at 19:45.
If United were heading to Stockholm having already qualified by finishing in the Premier League top four on top of having the EFL Cup in the bag, then I think their players would be a lot more relaxed.
Instead, all of United's eggs are now in one basket.
The outcome of Wednesday's game feels like a matter of life and death for them, which is a dangerous situation to be in against a really good young Ajax team.
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Ajax are very impressive technically and they have lots of energy too.
Their front five - with Bertrand Traore and Amin Younes either side of Kasper Dolberg in attack, and Davy Klaassen and Hakim Ziyech in the centre of midfield - give them goals and creativity, and a good mixture of pace and skill.
Traore is very quick down the right but a little bit erratic, while Younes on the left is a good dribbler - he is not rapid but he is pretty sharp.
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What Peter Bosz's team do well is play a high-tempo game - they like to press and win the ball back early.
To counter that, United have to be really brave and mirror the approach they had when they beat Chelsea at Old Trafford in April.
They tore out of the blocks in that game and went toe to toe with Antonio Conte's side. They were positive and they put the champions under pressure, and never allowed them to settle.
United played on the front foot that day and used the speed of Jesse Lingard and Marcus Rashford to pester Chelsea. The energy in midfield of Ander Herrera, Marouane Fellaini and Paul Pogba overpowered them.
If they do the same again on Wednesday, I don't think Ajax will be able to live with them.
Klaassen and Ziyech, in particular, are capable of dictating play if you let them, but if United get in their faces early on then they will not be able to find their rhythm.
And Ajax's defence is definitely their weakness. They press on transition - whenever they lose the ball - but if you get past that initial press then there are some big spaces behind it, and their back line looks vulnerable.
Kenny Tete at right-back is not quick, and centre-back Matthijs de Ligt is only 17 and erratic. The Europa League final is going to be a huge occasion for him.
What United definitely shouldn't do is sit back like they did at Old Trafford in the second legs of their quarter-final and semi-final.
When they did that against Anderlecht and Celta Vigo, they got nervous. United were not playing well and it became a struggle as their opponents grew in confidence.
United cannot allow that to happen again. They should see this as a game where they have to go out and start fast.
If they put Ajax under pressure early on, and do some damage, they can seize control of the game.
Ajax's inexperience is definitely something United should try to exploit - none of their players have featured in a game as big as this before.
But the Dutch team also do not have to deal with the same expectation of winning that United do, and they are already into the third qualifying round of next season's Champions League after finishing second in the Eredivisie - so the final is not make or break for them.
On occasions like this, you wonder whether players will freeze or play without fear, and it is the same for United's younger players too.
If there was ever a game in which United needed the know-how of injured striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic, it might be this one - because he would not be scared of what was at stake.
Ibrahimovic has already delivered for United in the Community Shield and EFL Cup final. It is big games like this in which you need your big players, and there are none bigger at United than him.
I think United will miss Zlatan, but what they do have in their favour is a manager who has been there and done it all before.
Jose Mourinho has great experience, not just of the big occasions but of winning them. He is a serial winner and knows how to set up a team to win a final, and that is where I think United have the greatest advantage.
Mourinho will have a massive influence on the day but he has already got all of the energy back into his team before the final.
I don't think he can complain about them being tired because he has given his players the rest they needed in the three Premier League games they have played since they reached the final.
United will be mentally fresh for this game, for the first time in about five or six weeks.
It is a one-off game and finals are so unpredictable - but, under Mourinho, they will be ready.
The difference between United's form going into this final and the 1999 Champions League success that I was part of comes down to momentum.
Back then, we had just won the Premier League and then the FA Cup.
But there are still similarities this time - things that were drummed into you at Old Trafford when I was there, and still are under Mourinho.
It is still the case that you cannot enjoy a final unless you win it. Getting there is not enough, even if by doing so you have already created history, as United have done by reaching a Europa League final for the first time.
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And United still measure themselves on trophies won, not the fact they have finished outside the Champions League positions in the Premier League.
Mourinho's whole philosophy is about winning, so you have got to admire the fact that, if they beat Ajax, they have two major trophies to show for their season.
For me, that means they have been more successful than three of the clubs who finished above them in the table - Tottenham, Manchester City and Liverpool, who finished second, third and fourth.
I would rather finish sixth and win two major trophies than finish second with none - that was the mentality I was brought up with at Old Trafford and I am pleased it is the same there now.
Winning trophies gives you a taste of something you want more of, which is why success in Stockholm is important for this United team in the future, as well as the here and now.
If you finish second, third or fourth and you don't get your hands on a trophy or a medal, you don't get to step on to that winning podium. There are no prizes in fact.
There are several United players who have never won a trophy with the club, and I know what a boost getting some silverware gives you and how you get a thirst for more.
Beating Ajax would make a big difference for next season, not just by getting them into the Champions League but to give them an advantage over the teams who have finished above them but have not got anything to show for it.
Phil Neville was speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan.
Caernarfon-based Mulcair told staff on Tuesday about the move.
Recent high-profile projects for the company included building a bridge to replace Pont Briwet across the River Dwyryd and a Welsh Water scheme to alleviate flooding in Deeside.
The company did not add any further comment.
Speaking in Canberra, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said the filming of the next Thor and Alien movies would inject A$300m into the economy.
She said it would also give a significant boost to tourism.
Australian actor Chris Hemsworth made an appearance in a pre-recorded video message, where he confirmed his role in the next Thor film.
Although the exact locations are yet to be confirmed, filming on Marvel Comic's Thor: Ragnarok is expected to begin next year.
Federal Arts Minister Mitch Fifield said Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull had taken a minute-by-minute interest in the project.
Mr Turnbull made headlines when he snapped a selfie with Hemsworth during the AFL Grand Final in Melbourne earlier this month.
It was accompanied by the caption: "Good to meet Chris Hemsworth today - talked about the contribution of the creative sector to our economy. But a bit weird he insisted on me calling him Thor."
The Alien film will be the sixth in Ridley Scott's series. It is expected to be a sequel to his 2012 movie Prometheus.
Ms Bishop has said the recent production of Pirates of the Caribbean, on the Gold Coast, saw $160m flow into the Australian economy, and created 2,600 jobs.
A BBC correspondent says there are tight controls on people entering the capital, Bamako, from the border area.
He says thermal-imaging cameras are screening passengers at the airport in case they have a fever.
The virus, which is spread by close contact and kills 25%- 90% of its victims, has already spread to Liberia.
'I lost 10 relatives to Ebola'
Meanwhile, an Air France plane which landed in Paris from Guinea was quarantined for two hours on Friday morning after the crew suspected a passenger was infected with Ebola.
"The test turned out negative," a spokesman for the airline said.
Six people have died in Liberia, out of 12 suspected cases, according to the local health authorities.
Sierra Leone has also reported suspected cases, while Senegal has closed its normally busy border with Guinea.
The BBC's Alou Diawara in Bamako says the three people feared to have Ebola have been moved to isolation wards on the edge of the city.
Samples have been sent to the US for testing and the results are expected in a few days.
Mali's government has advised its nationals against all non-essential travel to areas affected by Ebola.
WHO spokesperson Tarik Jasarevic in Conakry told the BBC the reports of cases in Mali were a "concern".
"Everyone should be vigilant and aware of what is going on. But we need to wait for the results to confirm if it is Ebola," he said.
The virus was first spotted in Guinea's remote south-eastern region of Nzerekore, where most of the deaths have been recorded.
But it was not confirmed as Ebola for six weeks.
It has now spread to Guinea's capital, Conakry, where five deaths have been recorded out of 12 suspected cases.
Saudi Arabia suspended visas for Muslim pilgrims from Guinea and Liberia on Tuesday, in a sign of the growing unease about the outbreak.
This is the first known outbreak in Guinea - most recent cases have been thousands of miles away in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda.
There is no known cure or vaccine for Ebola.
The tropical virus leads to haemorrhagic fever, causing muscle pain, weakness, vomiting, diarrhoea and, in severe cases, organ failure and unstoppable bleeding.
The 14-year-old has been missing since 28 August, when she was filmed on CCTV walking along the Grand Union Canal.
The Met said it searched Elthorne Park, but had "determined this area is not of relevance to the investigation".
Detectives continue to search for convicted murderer Arnis Zalkalns, named as the main suspect in the case.
Earlier, the BBC's Richard Main at Elthorne Park said contractors with strimmers and police divers had attended the park.
Mr Zalkalns, 41, was filmed cycling along the canal 15 minutes after Alice was seen and went missing from his Ealing home on 3 September.
Analysis by Richard Main, BBC London
Elthorne Park is in a few dozen acres of scrubland and football pitches between Hanwell and the River Brent.
The last sighting of Alice was on Trumpers Way which runs parallel to one side of the park and it is here that contractors have been brought in by police to cut back hedgerows and strip out undergrowth.
In the park itself, a series of police cordons are keeping reporters away from a large area of overgrown scrubland, but the wait is occasionally broken by forensics officers in pale blue coveralls travelling back and forth to their vans.
In the distance, a white tent has been set up on one of the tracks down to the river.
The Latvian was convicted of his wife's murder in 1998 and served seven years in jail before moving to the UK in 2007.
On Thursday police staged a reconstruction and released an interactive map showing Alice's last known movements.
Alice's parents urged anyone with information to "please, please help us".
In a statement they said they were "desperately concerned" for her welfare and "every morning brings new agony".
Competitors taking part in the Ealing Half Marathon on Sunday have been told they can wear yellow ribbons in support of the search for Alice.
Det Supt Carl Mehta said: "Alice was last seen on CCTV walking along the canal towpath, heading under Trumpers Way bridge towards Hanwell.
"Since 16:26 BST on that Thursday 28 August she has not been seen. Did you see Alice that afternoon? Have you seen her since? We need your help to find her."
He said Alice's walk was "particularly distinctive" and was similar to that of a power walker - moving her arms up and down as she walked.
The hunt for Alice, from Hanwell, west London, is the largest Met Police search operation since the 7/7 terrorist bombings in 2005, with 600 officers from eight forces involved.
Police have also been searching a stretch of the River Brent where her rucksack was found.
Detectives have been in the Latvian capital Riga as part of the investigation, although Scotland Yard said there was no evidence to suggest Mr Zalkalns was there. The officers are due to return later on Friday.
The force stressed Mr Zalkalns was one of many lines of inquiry.
The BBC's correspondent in Latvia, Damien McGuinness said there was not enough evidence to issue a European Arrest Warrant. However, legal experts believe Latvian police would detain Mr Zalkalns because there is reasonable suspicion a crime has been committed.
A reward of up to £20,000 is being offered for anyone who has information that leads detectives to find Alice.
Anyone with information is urged to contact the incident room on 0208 358 0100 or 101.
US District Judge Mark Goldsmith expanded an order he issued last week, initially halting the removal of 114 Iraqi nationals from the Detroit area.
He sided with immigration advocates who argue the detainees face persecution or death if returned to Iraq.
The move comes as the US Supreme Court reinstated parts of a US travel ban.
Judge Goldsmith ruled in favour of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), which said those being deported - many of whom are Chaldean Catholics, Sunni Muslims or Iraqi Kurds - faced physical danger in Iraq.
"Such harm far outweighs any interest the Government may have in proceeding with the removals immediately," he wrote in a seven-page opinion and order.
The judge last Thursday ordered a hold in the deportation of Iraqis in Michigan for at least two weeks while he considered whether he had jurisdiction over the matter.
But on Monday he granted a request from ACLU lawyers to expand the order to apply to Iraqi nationals nationwide who face final orders of removal from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
The decision applies to some 1,444 Iraqi immigrants who have been issued deportation orders for overstaying a visa, or due to a criminal conviction.
But only 199 of those Iraqis were detained during recent immigration raids, federal prosecutors said in court on Monday.
Many of those detained had convictions for serious crimes like rape and kidnapping, according to ICE.
The decision gives those facing deportation at least until 10 July to find legal representation to appeal against the orders, according to the judge.
America's highest court on Monday partially lifted a block on President Donald Trump's temporary ban on travellers from six Muslim-majority countries and on refugees.
Iraq was removed from the list of countries after the government reached a deal with the White House in March.
More than 100 Iraqi nationals in Michigan were detained following Iraq's agreement with the Trump administration to accept deportees in exchange for removing the country from the travel ban.
Some of those affected by the sweeps came to the US as children and committed their crimes decades ago.
They had been allowed to stay because Iraq previously declined to issue travel documents.
A mother by the age of 13.
When I meet Eloise what strikes me is how incredibly small she is. Her arms are tiny and she's not very tall either.
The thought of a man - a soldier - raping her seems unimaginable.
But it's not only the trauma of sexual violence Eloise has to deal with - she has a nine-month-old baby to look after too.
We are not using her real name because she is a minor and also for her own protection from possible retaliation.
She says that when she was 12 a Ugandan soldier, deployed to protect her town, attacked her.
"My mother sent me to the market to buy something," she says. "On the way, a Ugandan soldier grabbed me. He dragged me to a nearby lodge [hotel] and raped me."
Uganda has about 2,500 soldiers stationed in the Central African Republic (CAR). The mission, which began in 2009, aims to hunt down Joseph Kony and members of his Lord's Resistance Army (LRA).
The rebel group has been accused of committing massacres, abductions, rape and acts of looting. Kony and his men started in Uganda but went on to wage their war across the Democratic Republic of Congo, South Sudan and the CAR.
But now the Ugandan army is being accused of committing sexual crimes similar to those carried out by the group it's meant to be fighting.
At a secret location, we meet Marie. She is 14 years old and far more confident than Eloise.
She makes a similar allegation.
"I was going to the field to work and on my way, I was grabbed by a Ugandan. He was violent, he attacked me and he raped me. When I think about this, it hurts me. I didn't expect it at all.
"If I had a knife or machete I would have tried to attack him."
Most of the soldiers from the Uganda People's Defence Forces (UPDF), are stationed in Obo, in the far south-west of the CAR.
Dense forest and rivers surround it. But it's also a modern military town. During the day there's the constant sound of helicopters and planes taking off - soldiers coming in and going out, their supplies arriving.
A United States unit of about 100 military advisers is also based in the town, supporting the mission to find Kony.
Uganda operates under an African Union mandate but other countries in the region affected by the LRA, which are meant to be part of the mission, hardly contribute troops because of conflicts back home.
Obo mayor Barthelemy Maickos says: "I'm thankful for the Ugandans being in our locality. If they were not here, Joseph Kony's men would be."
But, with all the allegations of wrongdoing, he wishes his own government would take up the responsibility of protecting its people.
The CAR has faced bouts of instability. The most recent began in 2012 when the mostly Muslim Seleka rebels overthrew the government. To confront them a Christian/Animist group the anti-Balaka was formed. The country is divided and the United Nations stepped in to provide peacekeepers.
But some of these UN soldiers, as well as those from former colonial power France, have been accused of sexually abusing boys, girls and women.
In an effort to be more open about these crimes, the UN has investigated allegations against Ugandan soldiers in and around Obo.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, last July said his office had interviewed 18 women who said they had faced sexual violence and harassment by Ugandan soldiers. Fourteen cases of alleged rape, including cases involving victims who were minors at the time, were also reported, all in and around Obo.
Several women and girls reported they had been taken from their villages by Ugandans and forced to become prostitutes or sex slaves, or to marry Ugandan soldiers, the statement said.
Mr Al Hussein called on Uganda to investigate the alleged crimes itself and ensure that, where evidence was sufficient, alleged perpetrators were brought to justice.
But the man charged with carrying out public prosecutions in Obo, Max Tina, told us he gets little co-operation from Uganda.
"We knew one case where a dog was used to rape a minor," he says. "When we started investigating, the Ugandan authorities decided to clean their tracks and repatriate those who committed this crime back to Uganda."
I put these allegations to Brig-Gen Richard Karemire, the Ugandan military spokesman, who says an investigation was carried out in Obo but no evidence was found.
"A team went on the ground and did a very good investigation and they never found anything really to implicate any UPDF individual for having perpetrated such crimes," he says.
I push him on the fact that such complaints have followed the Ugandan army when it's been deployed in Somalia or the Democratic Republic of Congo.
He answers: "Allegations will always be there. What's important is that when there are allegations, when you investigate and find elements culpable, what do you do? Wherever we find any of our soldiers culpable we take action."
Maria Burnett, associate director at Human Rights Watch, sees the situation very differently.
"We have long-standing concerns about accountability for sexual exploitation and abuse committed by Ugandan soldiers during operations outside Uganda," she says.
"We have discussed our concerns with various officials over many years and each time there are commitments to investigate, mixed with denials that abuses have occurred."
I asked Eloise, still a child herself, what she hoped for her and her baby's future.
"I'm not thinking of anything for us, " she says. "I don't know - I'm not thinking of anything."
Already in a desperate situation, they have barely a fighting chance.
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Street angels, or pastors, will be spending their evenings over the festive period helping everyone from revellers to the vulnerable and homeless.
In Cumbria and Tyneside, more people are needed to join their teams as the winter takes its toll on recruits.
Anne Connelly, founder of the Redcar Beacons, started the charity one month ago and said she "cares very much" about the community and wanted to help those in need.
Environmentalists have protested against the ships in recent years, saying they damage the city's fragile lagoon.
From January 2014, the number of cruise ships allowed through Venice will be cut by 20%.
Ships of more than 96,000 tonnes will be banned from the centre of the city from November next year.
Prime Minister Enrico Letta's office also announced plans to open up a new canal route to the city - thereby allowing big vessels to enter the city by a kind of back door, the BBC's Alan Johnston reports from Rome.
The measures were announced after a meeting between Mr Letta, the mayor of Venice and other local politicians on Tuesday.
A spokesman for those who have protested against the ships told Italian media that the measures constitute a first step and that their campaign will go on.
Concerns over big ships sailing too close to shorelines have increased since the Costa Concordia cruise liner ran aground off a Tuscan island in January 2012, killing 32 people.
Those who oppose the ships argue that they are grotesquely out of keeping with the beautiful old city and that they disgorge unsustainable numbers of visitors into the squares and alleyways, our correspondent reports.
But there is also a powerful lobby in Venice that favours the cruise ship trade and welcomes the economic benefits it brings, he adds.
Financial information service Moneyfacts said the complexity of accounts meant it was difficult for customers to find their best option.
Bank customers have become accustomed to paying a fee for add-ons to their account, such as insurance.
But fee-charging accounts now tend to offer other incentives.
These tend to include cashback for opening an account, or discounts at certain retailers.
Moneyfacts found that customers with accounts that had a regular management fee paid £131 a year on average.
However, some customers with subscription-free accounts might actually be worse off, owing to the extra charges when going overdrawn.
Moneyfacts looked at the extreme case of a customer who took an unauthorised overdraft for 30 consecutive days in each of the 12 months of the year. Typically they would face charges of £918 a year.
However, Moneyfacts found that only one in five of all types of current accounts paid interest to customers who kept money in their account.
Rachel Springall, of Moneyfacts, said: "It is clear that the concept of free banking has become a bit of a myth for the majority of standard current account customers.
"The complex nature of current accounts makes it hard to choose the right option upfront, which means that when someone does borrow, the fees are likely to give them a nasty surprise."
Earlier this month, the Finances Services Consumer Panel (FSCP), a consumer watchdog which advises the City regulator, suggested that a duty of care from banks to their customers should be enshrined in law to prevent further mis-selling scandals.
It said customers thought banks were only interested in winning new business.
The British Bankers' Association, which represents that major UK banks, said that its members were committed to treating their customers fairly and providing them with "a first-class service".
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Wet weather forced the abandonment of the first match and rain again affected proceedings at The Grange as the tourists sealed a series win.
Mohammad Shahzad hit 84 as Afghanistan reached 178 for six before their innings ended prematurely in the 38th over due to rain.
Set a Duckworth/Lewis target of 211 off 36 overs, the Scots were out for 132.
Shahzad set down a marker for Afghanistan - who reached 283 for four on Monday before rain intervened - with consecutive sixes in the 15th over.
Ruaidhri Smith eventually accounted for Shahzad with his only wicket of the day, caught behind by Matthew Cross, while Brad Wheal and Alasdair Evans each claimed two wickets before bad weather halted the Afghanistan innings.
When play resumed, Scotland's reply got off to the worst possible start when opener Kyle Coetzer was out for a two-ball duck, edging behind to Noor Ali.
Craig Wallace hit six boundaries in 15 balls as Scotland reached 58 for one by the sixth over, but Cross was then caught deep for 24 and Wallace caught and bowled by Rashid Khan for 33 in the next over.
Of the subsequent batsmen only Con de Lange reached 20 runs as Scotland faded, and it was his removal in the 28th over that confirmed the hosts' defeat.
He will be the first chief executive of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) - an umbrella body that will oversee the distribution of £6bn of research funding annually.
Sir Mark is currently the government's chief scientific adviser.
At the moment, UK research is funded by nine separate organisations. Each body specialises in specific fields.
The system is regarded as one that works well and has contributed to Britain leading the world in many areas of science.
The government is replacing it with UKRI, which will oversee and co-ordinate the work of the research organisations, following a review of the system by Prof Sir Paul Nurse. Prof Walport will be its chief executive when it takes control on 1 April, 2018, just as his term as chief scientist finishes.
Critics of the reform fear that the restructuring is a merger in all but name.
It would, they believe, lead to the loss of the close relationships between specialist funding bodies and research groups that has led to a system of effective funding that nurtures world class research.
Before he was appointed chief scientific adviser in 2012, Prof Walport was director of the Wellcome Trust - one of the largest funders of medical research in the world.
This, combined with his extensive experience of government, make him highly qualified to take on the new post.
In a statement Sir Mark said: "I am honoured to be appointed as the first chief executive of UKRI. My ambition is to make UKRI the world's leading research and innovation public funding agency.
"I look forward to working closely with the Research Councils, Innovate UK and Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE), as we work together to create UKRI. I also look forward to working closely with all of our research and innovation communities to provide a strong and coherent voice for UK science and innovation."
But his appointment is controversial. Critics fear his leadership style will lead to a more centralised approach to research and to a diminishing role for the individual research councils.
Prof Walport has a reputation for being tough. He has steered through controversial strategic changes at the Wellcome Trust that have won him many friends but also some enemies.
The new head of UKRI also has strong opinions on a variety of issues and is not shy to express them, often forcefully.
The Astronomer Royal Lord Rees told BBC News: "Reorganisation of the research councils puts a great deal of power in the hands of a single person. They oversee such a great deal of research, ranging from hard science at one end to humanities at the other. No-one could fulfil the role adequately."
James Wilsdon, professor of research policy at the University of Sheffield, said his appointment would be greeted with mixed feelings.
"Sir Mark Walport is the ultimate operator in British science, so his appointment as UKRI's CEO is in some ways an unsurprising outcome. He will bring a wealth of experience to the role, both from his years running the Wellcome Trust, and from the past four years he's spent as government chief scientific adviser," he said.
"The vision for UKRI is ambitious and exciting, and Mark's track record and connections will be a huge asset in turning this into an operational reality.
"But as he will be only too aware, critics in the House of Lords and elsewhere, who fear that UKRI may lead to greater centralisation of power and political direction across the research system, will also be looking to Mark for reassurance that the opportunities of UKRI can be realised, whilst still preserving the delicate balance between freedom and accountability - bottom-up and top-down - that has enabled UK research to flourish."
The Science Minister, Jo Johnson MP, confirm the news in a tweet: "With Sir John Kingman as Chairman and Sir Mark Walport as CEO, UKRI will be a strong voice for science and innovation."
Venki Ramakrishnan, president of the Royal Society, also welcomed the appointment: "Sir Mark Walport's appointment as CEO of UK Research and Innovation is excellent news. Mark's broad experience leading the Wellcome Trust and as Chief Scientific Advisor to the Government will serve him well as UKRI establishes itself as a strong and unified voice for science that can help tackle the considerable challenges that lie ahead, both national and global."
But the Nobel Prize winner cautioned against any attempt to centralise control of how research funds are allocated: "Sir Mark should also be well placed to address the concerns of the science community about ensuring that establishing UKRI causes minimal disruption to an already highly efficient research ecosystem and protects the autonomy of the individual Research Councils."
Ehsan Masood, the editor of Research Professional News, which covers science policy, said he believed that the strength of the UK's research system is that it is slightly chaotic, and decisions about what to fund and how much to spend are devolved to those who are closest to the people doing the research.
"The big worry is Sir Mark's appointment will change that. When UKRI becomes an arm of the government - that creates an extra barrier for individual scientists who want to heard."
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Hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans have given fingerprints to authenticate signatures on the petition.
Referendum co-ordinator Vicente Bello said the number of signatures had "clearly exceeded the minimum needed".
The process must now be validated by electoral officials.
If that step is passed, a second petition must be signed by four million people before a recall referendum can be held.
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The opposition blames Mr Maduro's socialist policies for rampant inflation and shortages of food and basic goods.
The initial petition handed in on 2 May gathered almost two million signatures but election officials said 600,000 of those were fraudulent.
Those who signed the petition had until Friday to have their identity cards and fingerprints checked in centres set up by the National Electoral Council (CNE).
Only 1% of the electorate, or 194,729 voters, is needed to endorse the referendum in the first phase.
Many people queued for hours to have their signatures authenticated by electronic fingerprinting.
"Prices are going up every day, on top of the shortages," said civil servant Felix Rodriguez, who skipped work to give his signature.
He said he had no flour, milk or meat in his kitchen and there were no spare parts to repair his car.
Opposition leaders want the recall vote to be held this year, as its timing is key for what happens next.
If the referendum is held before 10 January and goes against Mr Maduro, fresh elections will be triggered.
But if the vote were to be held after 10 January - in the last two years of Mr Maduro's mandate - he would be replaced by his vice-president and supporter, Aristobulo Isturiz.
Mr Maduro was elected in April 2013 and his term runs until 2019.
Cadwaladers will add two more cafes in Cardiff as well as an outlet in Swansea while a new premises in Llanelli has just opened.
The firm was founded in Criccieth, Gwynedd, in 1927 but moved to Carmarthenshire in 2012.
The new premises will take the number of cafes to 14 in Wales and England.
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The 36-year-old West Indies batsman was disciplined for "inappropriate conduct" after telling journalist Mel McLaughlin: "Don't blush baby".
He subsequently apologised, but said the reaction was "out of proportion".
Gayle had a spell at Taunton last season and the club said he made a positive impact on and off the pitch.
Speaking before the incident, chief executive Guy Lavender told BBC Somerset: "We aspire to get the very best players in the world. We have the finances available.
"We know Chris Gayle really enjoyed his time when he was here," Lavender added. "Last season he was tremendous on and off the pitch, all the pieces of the jigsaw need to align and we'll see where we get to over the next month."
Gayle is playing for Melbourne Renegades in Australia's Big Bash League and his comments came as they beat Hobart Hurricanes on Monday.
Gayle was answering questions from Network Ten's McLaughlin at pitch-side when he made the remark, which was widely condemned as sexist.
He said: "To see your eyes for the first time is nice. Hopefully we can have a drink afterwards."
McLaughlin described Gayle's date request as "a little bit disappointing".
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Former Australia opener Chris Rogers, who has signed to play for Somerset this summer, told ABC Grandstand in Australia: "From my time at the [Sydney] Thunder I was very disappointed in his attitude and his behaviour. I've never been a fan since.
"I would go out with him socially in a group, as you do in a team and I'd probably distance myself from him.
"I was very wary of the role he was setting for the young guys and I spoke to them quite a bit; 'Do you think this is good behaviour? Would you do this kind of thing?' And all of them, to give them credit, were like 'no, we don't think this is right'."
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From meeting a fan who dived into a river to retrieve one of Gayle's sixes to turning out for South Devon Cricket Club, the Jamaican immersed himself in life at England's smallest cricketing county last summer, with Somerset keen for him to return.
Gayle totalled 328 runs in three appearances for Somerset in 2015, with 85 not out against Hampshire his lowest score.
Somerset director of cricket Matt Maynard declared the West Indies star to be "box office" during his time in Taunton, and Rogers admitted his worth to the club was huge.
"The funny thing is, I spoke to Matt Maynard who was the coach of Somerset, and Chris was apparently unbelievable in Somerset. Sold out the place every time he played, to the point where opposition CEOs were willing to pay Somerset so he could come and play away games," Rogers said.
"This guy has an amazing grab, and he brings crowds. But equally you can't tolerate that kind of behaviour."
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Barry Wilkins, 71, was attacked at his flat in Norrington Road, Northfield, Birmingham, in November 2013.
Susan Hughes, 48, was convicted of murder in August. Police said she was overheard attacking Mr Wilkins even as she made a 999 call.
On Monday, a judge at Birmingham Crown Court sentenced her to life.
Det Sgt Harry May said: "In a drunken argument she armed herself with a large kitchen knife and violently attacked Barry in the bedroom.
"Whilst she was attacking him she called the 999 system and whilst on the phone she was heard attacking Barry, physically and verbally abusing him."
During the trial, the jury was told Hughes was overheard by an emergency operator saying "I wish I had stabbed your throat, love".
Hughes, previously of Linley Grove, Kings Heath, used a kitchen knife with a 20cm blade to stab Mr Wilkins, who died on New Year's Eve.
Mr May said Hughes had shown no remorse since the attack.
Eric Garner, 43, was arrested on a street in New York in July after he was thought to be selling illegal loose cigarettes.
In footage shot on a mobile phone he is heard saying "I can't breathe" as he was restrained by police.
He became unresponsive and later died.
Officer Daniel Pantaleo, 29, who has been on the force for eight years, appeared before a grand jury last month testifying that he did not intend to choke Mr Garner.
He described the manoeuvre as a takedown move and said that he never thought Mr Garner was in danger.
The footage shows Mr Pantaleo and other officers arresting him after an argument in which he refuses to be handcuffed.
Several officers move to restrain Mr Garner, who is asthmatic, with Mr Pantaleo holding him by the neck.
He can be heard shouting repeatedly, "I can't breathe."
Officials found Mr Garner's death was caused by "the compression of his chest and prone positioning during physical restraint by police".
Asthma and heart disease also contributed to his death.
After the grand jury decision on Wednesday not to charge Officer Pantaleo over the death of Eric Garner, the US justice department is now launching a civil rights investigation.
It will review how to heal a "breakdown in trust" between police and communities.
The court decision came barely a week after a grand jury found no criminal actions of another white police officer, Darren Wilson, who shot and killed Michael Brown, an unarmed 18-year-old black man in Ferguson, Missouri.
President Barack Obama said the Garner case spoke to "larger issues".
Activists have called for a march in Washington next week.
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HM Inspectorate of Constabulary found 75% of cases were dealt with "inadequately" or needing improvement.
It said there was an "indefensible" lack of leadership in child protection, with no single officer in charge.
The Met apologised for any failures but the home secretary described the report as "profoundly concerning".
The force's assistant commissioner Martin Hewitt said the safety of youngsters was a priority but added that child protection "often involves complex social problems which cannot be solved by police alone".
HM Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) inspectors discovered 277 of 384 cases investigated had been poorly handled.
Of those, 38 were referred back to the Met because inspectors believed the children involved may still be at risk.
HM Inspector of Constabulary Matt Parr said "far too many of the cases we looked at fell well short of expected standards".
The force was found to be the only one investigated not to have a chief officer in charge of child protection, in spite of it being the largest police service in the country.
Information about victims and offenders was kept on "isolated" IT systems and not shared between boroughs, while some staff - including borough child sexual exploitation officers - had been given no training in child sexual exploitation.
Mr Parr told BBC Radio 4's Today programme the previous mayor had set the priorities for the Met to tackle crimes such as burglary, criminal damage, theft and violence, which meant it had taken its "eye of the ball" when it came to child protection.
As a result, child protection investigations were "inconsistent" and caused issues such as a backlog of visits to registered sex offenders who were thought to be a very high risk to children.
In a statement, the Met said it already had "more than 1,300 officers" who were "dedicated to protecting vulnerable young people".
It said it had re-examined the cases highlighted by HMIC and had identified "no further harm to children and no further offenders".
With regards to accusations it had focused too much on other areas of policing, the force said "children are disproportionately victims" in those crimes.
However, it said it had "worked closely" with HMIC since the inspection and would use the report as "a launch pad" to change its approach to child protection.
Assistant Commissioner Hewitt told the Today programme: "We had already identified that we needed to change in the way that we managed child protection and we were - as the report acknowledges - we are in the process of a range of activities to change our response to child protection.
"But what this report gives us is some very clear issues that we need to look at and we need to address as we continue in that process of change."
HMIC has made several recommendations, including a London-wide oversight of child protection.
Home Secretary Amber Rudd said: "The findings of this report are profoundly concerning. They raise serious issues that must be urgently addressed.
"I have spoken to the mayor of London and sought his assurance that immediate action will be taken to overhaul the force's approach to child protection."
She added: "Every child has the right to feel safe and protected, and to trust that they can turn to the police for help.
"It is critical that the Met learns from its mistakes and gets this right going forward."
Current London Mayor Sadiq Khan said: "This deeply troubling report has found that, too often, children in our city have been let down when they are most in need.
"This is simply unacceptable and things must change."
He sais he has set out a plan to improve the service, including "a new independent group of child protection experts".
Inspectors will carry out another inspection of the force to check on improvements within 12 months.
The 53-year-old will join former Masters champion Ian Woosnam in the Shopco Masters, which will take place in Denmark between June 1-3 next year.
"My golfing career has been played in parallel with a number of players who are currently on the Senior Tour," said Davies, a four-time major winner.
"I'm really looking forward to testing my wits against them."
David MacLaren, head of the European Senior Tour, said: "Dame Laura's participation in this event is an honour for the European Senior Tour.
"She has been one of my golfing heroes since 1996 and this is another example of the European Tour and European Senior Tour being prepared to innovate and look to attract a wider audience to the game of golf."
Errol Lawson spoke out after 16 knives were handed in over the first three months of the scheme, prompted by the deaths of five people died in stabbings in eight months.
Mr Lawson, now a pastor in Digbeth, said a different approach was needed.
But charity Word 4 Weapons, which set up the amnesty, said it needed more time to succeed.
Police figures showed that in 2012-13 there were 1,615 knife-related incidents in the city, although police said over the past six years knife crime had fallen by 63% across the force area.
Among the high profile deaths in the city were Christina Edkins, 16, who was stabbed on a bus on her way to school in Halesowen in March last year and Joshua Ribera, 18, who was also killed in 2013.
Mr Lawson said: "For me the knife surrenders is a tokenistic gesture.
"Although it's a good sentiment, if we really want to see knife crime reduced we need to look at the issues around why a young person will carry a knife."
He believes young people need educating, because they believe carrying a knife is a "cool thing to do now".
Knife collection bins were installed in February at three Birmingham churches, one in Lozells, one in Hockley and one in Erdington.
West Midlands Police and Crime commissioner Bob Jones, who backed the amnesty, said it was part of a police programme of education around knives.
The charity's founder Michael Smith, said that as well as collecting the knives, it offers practical advice to young people and it was too soon to judge the success of the amnesty.
He said: "After three months I wouldn't be looking in a bin to find out what's in them, it would be six months before I'd even look in them, that's based on experience."
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Many of them are escaping war and poverty, but it's a very dangerous journey and some people don't survive.
One of the ships patrolling the sea, looking for boats carrying migrants, is called Dignity One.
It's run by a charity and gives care and help to people stranded at sea.
The BBC's Ben Mundy joined the ship as it left the small island of Malta in Europe, heading towards the coast of Libya in North Africa.
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Murray, 29, beat Juan Martin Del Potro, 27, in Sunday's final in Rio to claim his second successive Olympic gold.
That win came weeks after his second Wimbledon title, with Murray also heavily involved in Great Britain's Davis Cup win last year.
"It's an incredible achievement what he's done and he's not going to stop there," Smith told BBC Scotland.
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"He's so motivated. He's playing the best tennis of his career, results show that. His consistency this year has been absolutely exceptional. He works so hard.
"Every match means so much to him. He manages to win matches even when he's not playing his best level and that's such a skill.
"There's an awful lot to look forward to. He's at the peak of his career.
"We are very, very fortunate to have him. He is incredible to have around."
Smith said watching fellow Scot Murray claim his second gold was "an emotional moment".
The world number two also won the 2012 US Open and has reached the final in both the Australian Open and the French Open.
Spaniard Rafael Nadal and American Andre Agassi have won the 'Golden Slam' of all four Grand Slam events and Olympic gold.
"It's very, very difficult," said Smith of Murray's chances of repeating Nadal and Agassi's feat.
"Andy would be the first to tell you that. Winning any Slam is an incredible feat. There's so many good players out there.
"Every single Slam, he's there - winning or making finals or latter rounds. He'll have opportunities.
"He will not think that way. It's about the process behind it.
"Because of his meticulous work ethic and dedication to what he does, he will produce opportunities to go on and win more majors."
Great Western services between Slough and London Paddington will be closed on 27 and 28 December to allow for major work as part of the Crossrail project.
High-speed trains through Reading will be diverted into London Waterloo.
Last year Network Rail failed to finish on time, leading to travel chaos.
Heathrow Connect and Heathrow Express services will also be cancelled on 27 and 28 December as part of "essential improvements"
Network Rail advised anyone planning to travel over this period to first check online for service disruptions.
Nick Mann, from Network Rail, said: "We absolutely understand the impact overrunning engineering works has on passengers, we got it wrong last year and we apologised at the time.
"We've been planning for these works in meticulous amounts of detail for well over 12 months now to make sure we get it right."
Revised timetables will be in operation from 29 December to 3 January.
The biggest single bit of these works is replacing a junction at Heathrow Airport - this is all about preparing for the arrival of Crossrail.
Some local services will be replaced by buses, some longer distance services through Reading will be diverted down to Basingstoke and up to Waterloo - that will add about an hour to the journey.
Services coming in from Bristol will divert off at Oxford, go up to Banbury and then go all the way down to London Marylebone station.
Let's remember what happened last year - engineers did not hand back the tracks on time nor did they warn the train companies and the result was chaos.
Network Rail was hauled up before a committee of MPs and given a severe dressing down, so fingers crossed this year.
Both were part of the Puma helicopter force based at RAF Benson, Oxfordshire.
Station commander Gp Cpt Simon Paterson said Flt Lt Roberts, 44, from north Wales, and Flt Lt Scott, 32, from London were "exceptional men" who had a "massive impact" on the force.
An MoD spokesman said the crash was "an accident and not the result of insurgent activity".
Three other people were killed when a Puma Mk2 helicopter crashed as it was landing at Nato's training and support mission HQ, in Kabul on Sunday.
Gp Capt Paterson said Flt Lt Roberts, known to his colleagues as "Roly", was "a military man to his core and was the epitome of all that the RAF represents".
Married with two children, he served in Bosnia, the Falkland Islands, Iraq and Afghanistan.
His commanding officer, Wing Cdr Toby Sawbridge, said he was "my 'go to' man for all crewman issues and his honest and direct approach was always welcomed".
Friend and colleague Flt Lt Kevin Hare said he "cared about his job so much, constantly pushing the rest of us and never accepting mediocrity".
"On the ground he was equally passionate about his stories of flying experiences and his family," he added.
"He spoke with such joy about his time growing up in north Wales, and strove to ensure he gave his own children the best opportunities and experiences. Our detachment and our squadron will not be the same without him."
Flt Lt Scott, who was married, was undertaking his first operational tour with the Puma before he qualified as a tactics instructor next year.
His wife said her heart was broken that "such a vivacious, young and amazing person can be taken so cruelly and suddenly".
Gp Capt Paterson said he was a "well-respected pilot" whose "experience and level-headed nature made him an ideal pilot to go to Afghanistan on operations".
His commanding officer, Wing Cdr Mark Biggadike, said "Scotty" was "not one to seek the limelight" and was one of the "most dependable and intelligent officers" he had ever worked with.
Defence Secretary Michael Fallon said: "The heartfelt tributes paid to Flt Lt Scott and Flt Lt Roberts demonstrate that they were both highly respected and professional members of the RAF.
"Their untimely deaths are a tragedy and my thoughts and deepest sympathies are with their families at this difficult time."
Stephen Pike, from Ely, murdered father-of-four Clint Simms, 39, in an alleged feud between the pair, Cardiff Crown Court heard.
Pike was woken by father-of-five Mr Simms allegedly kicking the front door and shouting through the letter box.
Pike stabbed him in the chest as soon as he opened the door, the court heard.
Pike, who had previously been jailed for four years for wounding, denied murder and claimed he was acting in self defence during the incident in March.
Prosecutor William Hughes QC said: "Despite all the valiant attempts of the medical team, Mr Simms died shortly after being stabbed by Mr Pike."
Police found Pike mopping up blood outside his house.
The court heard that Pike picked up two knives and stabbed Mr Simms through the chest with one of them, claiming that Mr Simms was trying to rob him.
But Judge Eleri Rees QC said: "There was no evidence of this and the defendant's actions were grossly disproportionate."
Speaking after the verdict, Mr Simms' family said: "Our memories are of a good father, son, brother and grandfather who was needlessly taken from his family and friends, a young man with his whole life ahead of him."
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England's Laura Davies will become the first woman to compete in a men's European Senior Tour event.
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A knife amnesty in Birmingham has been described as a "tokenistic gesture" by a former gang member.
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Malaysia Airlines has joined the unenviable list of national carriers forced into a painful restructuring.
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Davis Cup captain Leon Smith believes Olympic champion Andy Murray still has "an awful lot to look forward to".
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A Cardiff man who stabbed a neighbour on his own doorstep has been jailed for life with a minimum of 20 years.
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The boy was found with "life-threatening injuries" at a property on Thresher Drive, on 25 March.
He was taken to the Great Western Hospital before being transferred to Bristol Children's Hospital.
A Wiltshire Police spokesman said a 50-year-old man remains on bail after being arrested in connection with the incident.
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A three-month-old baby, who was injured in an incident at a house in Swindon, has died.
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Diabetes UK says that up to 80% of foot amputations could be avoided if better care was in place.
Patients are suffering because many areas do not have services in place to quickly deal with foot ulcers and infections.
By 2015, the number of diabetes-related amputations is expected to rise to 7,000 a year.
When diabetes, both Types 1 and Type 2, is present for many years, especially if it is poorly controlled, it can cause complications such as reducing blood flow to vessels in the feet and nerve damage which reduces sensation.
This increases the risk of ulcers and infections that may lead to amputation.
A report produced in collaboration with the Society for Chiropodists and Podiatrists and NHS Diabetes points out that people with diabetes are more than 20 times more likely to have an amputation than the rest of the population.
It recommends that all hospitals have a multi-disciplinary footcare team as recommended in national guidelines.
Figures suggest that 40% of hospitals currently do not have such teams in place.
Every hospital also needs to be able to guarantee that people with urgent foot problems can be assessed by the right professionals within 24 hours, the report urges.
This is because ulcers can deteriorate extremely quickly and a matter of hours can make the difference between keeping a foot and losing it.
In addition people with diabetes who are at high risk for foot problems need to know what to look out for and what to do when a problem develops.
Barbara Young, chief executive of Diabetes UK, said it is unacceptable that every week people with diabetes who have treatable foot problems are having feet or toes amputated because they are not being treated quickly enough.
"It is not as if this is a problem we don't know how to solve.
"If every hospital had a multi-disciplinary footcare team and ensured access to that team within 24 hours, then that would make a huge difference to the amputation rates."
She added that some prevention work was so poor that people were not even asked to take their shoes off when attending their annual foot check.
"This is not something that requires more money," she continued.
"In fact, putting these kind of systems in place can actually save money because the amputations that they prevent are so expensive.
Matthew Fitzpatrick, spokesman for the College of Podiatry, said they strongly welcomed the recommendations.
"The most important aspect is that patients appreciate how to check themselves and are seeking appropriate advice when they need it.
"If they're worried then their local podiatrist should be the first port of call."
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Thousands of diabetes patients end up having a foot amputation because of slow treatment, a charity warns.
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All four secondary schools in the town are being rebuilt or refurbished as part of the Learning Town scheme.
It will cut the capacity at all the sites to "reflect demographics".
Dumfries and Galloway Council said it could not speculate on what might happen if the number of pupils seeking places exceeded the limits at a school.
A report earlier this year outlined proposed S1 intake capping levels at Dumfries Academy, Dumfries High School, Maxwelltown High School and St Joseph's College.
All the schools are being rebuilt or upgraded and a new "learning hub" with room for more than 300 students is also being built.
At present, the capacity of the secondary schools exceeds the number of pupils by more than 1,000.
However, proposed caps on intake would be below the 20-year average at two sites and close to the average at another.
The council said it was working on a new modelling tool to help inform future capping levels which should be ready for use in 2017/18.
It said the picture for August next year should become clearer at the start of the new year when placement requests were confirmed.
"We cannot speculate on the limits," a statement said.
"We can work with data but are always aware that other factors such as parental choice may impact."
It said that new capping numbers for the secondary schools and the hub reflected the need to reduce the school estate by approximately 1,000 pupils.
"The numbers for the Academy and High School are to accommodate the change to the new campus figures that are reflective of numbers across the town," it added.
"This is also the case for St Joseph's College, here we are reducing the size of the building but increasing the efficiency therefore we can continue to accommodate similar numbers."
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A new system is being developed to assess future pupil intake capping levels during a major overhaul of education in Dumfries.
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Barack Obama's policies on technology were considered pro-innovation, with a view to using technology expertise to improve government systems and services.
Aside from a disastrous and expensive roll-out of healthcare.gov, those efforts appear to have been well-received.
With Mr Trump, the future leaves many uncertainties. While we can draw a lot from what he has said in the past, more difficult is separating freewheeling campaigning Trump from measured, lawmaking Trump.
Much of the detail below comes from research carried out by the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, a US-based non-profit group.
It pulled together a report on what Mr Trump has said and pledged when it comes to technology. When lacking in specifics, the report authors drew from attitudes in other areas in an attempt to predict what may happen. You can read the report for yourself here.
The issue:
In the wake of the shootings in San Bernardino, the FBI called on Apple to weaken the encryption on its iPhone in order to assist the investigation into the shooters. The company refused, saying the personal privacy of its users should take precedent. That stance was backed by the majority of the tech community, but not by Mr Trump. User privacy when using technology is a battleground that will continually rear its head during Mr Trump's term. Today many people are concerned about his views on the surveillance state.
In his own words:
"Boycott Apple until such time as they give that information." (Campaign rally, February 2016)
"I would come down so hard on [Apple chief executive Tim Cook] his head would be spinning all of the way back to Silicon Valley." (Bloomberg interview, February 2016)
The call to boycott Apple over the encryption row seemed very much in the heat of the moment. Indeed, Mr Trump said "I just thought of that" during the rally. It wasn't a boycott that was taken seriously - even tweets on Mr Trump's Twitter account were shown to have come from Apple devices (even if Mr Trump himself is understood to use an Android device).
When speaking about the controversial power of the NSA and its surveillance capabilities, Mr Trump said:
"I assume when I pick up my telephone, people are listening to my conversations anyway, if you want to know the truth. It's pretty sad commentary, but I err on the side of security. When you have people that are beheading [you] if you're a Christian and, frankly, for lots of other reasons, when you have the world looking at us and would like to destroy us as quickly as possible, I err on the side of security." (Speaking on Hugh Hewitt radio show, December 2015)
What it means:
We don't really know. Attitudes towards "America First" and support of the military might have assumptions leaning towards Mr Trump at least maintaining the power of the security services in the US, but we're yet to hear firm policy on the specifics. Mr Trump has said he wants to restore the Patriot Act at which, among other things, used to give the NSA powers to collect bulk data on American's phone records until that power was taken away by Congress. As with previous administrations, we can expect the war on terror to be the primary justification for these powers to exist. When it comes to encryption, the Apple row gave Mr Trump a chance to make his thoughts perfectly clear, and while the boycott may have been flippant, his attitudes seem firmly set on supposed security over privacy.
The issue:
One point of concern for tech firms is the future of the H1-B visa.
The H1-B is considered vital for technology companies that want to fill their ranks with skilled developers and engineers. It's a temporary residency, but companies can choose to sponsor employees to remain in the US indefinitely.
In his own words:
"I know the H-1B very well. And it's something that I, frankly, use, and I shouldn't be allowed to use it. We shouldn't have it. Very, very bad for workers. And second of all, I think it's very important to say, well, I'm a businessman and I have to do what I have to do. When it's sitting there waiting for you, but it's very bad. It's very bad for business in terms of — and it's very bad for our workers and it's unfair for our workers. And we should end it." (CNN Republican debate, March 2016)
Mr Trump has been seen to have done a U-turn. He seems to believe the H1-B visa is being abused to bring in cheaper labour, rather than skilled labour. He cited an example in Florida where he said American workers at a Disney theme park were being forced to train their cheaper, foreign replacements.
What it means:
Mr Trump is in favour of highly-skilled immigration, particularly when immigrants have come in to study at top US colleges. It seems likely he will either alter or abolish the H1-B visa and attempt to enforce an alternative that clamps down on what he sees as abuses of the current system.
The issue:
Cyberattacks are becoming more frequent, more powerful, and more dangerous. Forrester Research on Wednesday predicted that "within the first 100 days, the new president will face a cybercrisis".
And so while much debate in the run up to the election was about Mr Trump's possible control of the nuclear codes, there've been questions over how he'd handle the growing cyber threat from the likes of China, Russia and stateless hacking groups.
In his own words:
"It is a huge problem. I have a son - he's 10 years old. He has computers. He is so good with these computers. It's unbelievable. The security aspect of cyber is very, very tough. And maybe, it's hardly doable. But I will say, we are not doing the job we should be doing. But that's true throughout our whole governmental society. We have so many things that we have to do better. And certainly cyber is one of them." (Presidential debate, September 2016)
The quote above was widely mocked as being utterly incoherent. The New York Daily News called it "an out-of-touch comment that would come from your tech-illiterate grandpa".
Mr Trump was also reluctant to follow the FBI's lead in blaming Russia for hacking the Democratic National Convention - one of several cyberattacks that were arguably pivotal in winning the race for Mr Trump.
But Mr Trump certainly wouldn't be the first person in power to have a lacklustre understanding of how technology works, and so it's broad policy rather than expertise that is most important.
What it means:
Unlike traditional war, where observers can see jets in the sky or tanks rolling across land, cyberwar is much harder to track. It may be that we never learn Mr Trump's precise thoughts on the USA's cyberattack capabilities, and they could be enacted in secret.
His campaign website provides vague descriptions of what his administration would do, including an "immediate review of all US cyber defences and vulnerabilities".
He's also said he wanted to develop the US's offensive capabilities so the country could retaliate against cyberattack. This wouldn't be unprecedented as cyberweapons have been used by the US in the past.
The issue:
For some time a debate has raged over the control of internet traffic. Internet Service Providers (ISPs) have called for the ability to provide what would essentially be an internet fast-lane for major, data-intensive services like Netflix. The ISPs would seek to charge the companies to be on this fast-lane, a move described by most in the technology community as extremely anticompetitive and against the spirit of the internet itself. As it stands, we have net neutrality - all traffic on the internet is treated equally.
In his own words:
"Obama's attack on the internet is another top down power grab. Net neutrality is the Fairness Doctrine. Will target the conservative media." (Twitter, August 2016)
This statement appeared to display a deep ignorance of what net neutrality is. The Fairness Doctrine was a policy in the US which required broadcasters to present a range of views on important topics, like politics. It was overturned in 1987, allowing TV channels to push forward whatever view they want (and the rest is history). Mr Trump's linking of the Fairness Doctrine to Net Neutrality is baffling, as strong net neutrality would favour more views beyond the mainstream media he loves to hate.
What it means:
If we take the above tweet as evidence that Mr Trump has probably not spent much time considering Net Neutrality, then it's fair to say it's probably not at the forefront of his mind and therefore not high on his list of priorities once taking office. Lower down the pecking order, the US court system has come out in favour of neutrality principles.
The issue:
Telecoms giant AT&T is set to buy Time Warner, thus becoming even more giant.
In his own words:
"As an example of the power structure I'm fighting, AT&T is buying Time Warner and thus CNN, a deal we will not approve in my administration because it's too much concentration of power in the hands of too few." (Speech, October 2016)
It's a fair point about a large concentration of power. AT&T would not only control the biggest network providing information to the masses, but also much of the content they were creating and broadcasting. Time Warner owns HBO and Warner Bros, not to mention CNN, a news outlet attacked repeatedly by Mr Trump and his supporters during campaigning.
AT&T-Time Warner isn't the only deal he's taken aim at, either:
"Comcast's purchase of NBC concentrated far too much power in one massive entity that is trying to tell the voters what to think and what to do. Deals like this destroy democracy and we'll look at breaking that deal up and other deals like that. That should never, ever have been approved in the first place, they're trying to poison the mind of the American voter." (Speech, October 2016)
What it means:
Another "wait and see", unfortunately. At this point, there's just no way of deciphering whether Campaign Trump is the same as President Trump.
If Mr Trump did want to follow through on his words, it wouldn't simply be a case of stepping in and calling a halt. It would be a long, expensive process through the courts that would make Mr Trump look distinctly anti-business. This would especially be the case if the government went after Comcast some five years after it bought NBC.
On Wednesday AT&T offered an olive branch with this rather flattering statement: "From a company perspective, we really look forward to working with President-elect Trump and his transition team.
"His policies and his discussions about infrastructure investment, economic development, and American innovation all fit right in with AT&T's goals."
This issue:
If Mr Trump and Jeff Bezos were rappers, you'd call this a "beef".
Mr Trump has made no effort to hide his disdain for Mr Bezos, the billionaire founder of Amazon.
Mr Bezos also owns the Washington Post, the newspaper that perhaps did more than any other to take on Mr Trump's campaign.
The newspaper was the first to publish the infamous video of Mr Trump making disparaging remarks about women and bragging about sexual assault.
Mr Trump considers Amazon to be a company that is avoiding tax and is anti-competitive.
In his own words:
"Amazon is getting away with murder tax-wise. [Bezos is] using the Washington Post for power so that the politicians in Washington don't tax Amazon like they should be taxed." (Sean Hannity Show, Fox News, May 2016)
In various tweets, Mr Trump also suggested that Mr Bezos was using the Washington Post, which like many newspapers loses money, as a way of reducing Amazon's tax bill. However, the Washington Post isn't part of Amazon - it's a company Mr Bezos owns privately, so such a move would not be possible.
That said, Amazon is part of a technology collective that goes to great lengths to pay as little tax as possible, prompting law changes in several parts of the world.
Ironically, using big losses as a way to avoid paying taxes is precisely what Mr Trump has done for much of his professional life, a move he said made him "smart".
What it means:
Mr Trump's tweets were an example of the next president taking the bait. The insults followed Mr Bezos saying he'd gladly fund a rocket that would take Mr Trump on a one-way trip into space.
So while Mr Bezos may now regret starting the #SendDonaldToSpace hashtag, we don't know if Mr Trump will see through his threat to single out Amazon. What's more likely is a clamp down on tax avoidance across the board, with a likely focus on the myriad inventive ways tech companies relocate their earnings.
Regardless, Amazon's stock dropped on Wednesday in anticipation for what might be on the horizon. While other tech stocks also went down, none were quite as pronounced as Amazon.
The issue:
A key area of growth in the US is in renewable energies and businesses built around it. But to accelerate growth of companies like Tesla, the US government has long offered attractive subsidies as a way of tempting in customers who ordinarily could not afford renewable energy.
In his own words:
"The concept of global warming was created by and for the Chinese in order to make U.S. manufacturing non-competitive." (Twitter, November 2012)
One of Mr Trump's strongest areas of support was in the so-called coal country area, traditionally populated by coal mines and industries. The region has suffered as concern about climate change pushed governments to embrace renewable energy instead.
Mr Trump turned that on its head by calling climate change a hoax, playing to a crowd that would not notice, nor care, about the incremental changes in climate the Earth is going through.
What it means:
Mr Trump has pledged to "unleash America's $50 trillion in untapped shale, oil, and natural gas reserves, plus hundreds of years in clean coal reserves", and the money for it may in part come from ditching subsidies offered to renewable energy efforts.
It may mean that tax credits given to people buying electric cars are no longer be offered. At the moment, a Tesla Model 3, for instance, is reduced from $35,000 to $27,500 when tax credits are factored in.
In the immediate future, Tesla chief executive Elon Musk, who said Mr Trump was "not the right guy" for the White House, may have a even tougher job convincing Tesla shareholders to push forward with his plan to buy solar panel company SolarCity. The vote on that takes place later this month.
Uncertainty, frustration and an increased fragility for the global home of tech innovation.
Mr Trump certainly won't want to go down as the president who destroyed Silicon Valley, but the concern here is that of the few policies that have been explained in detail, some seem directly at odds with each other.
How do you promote "great" American companies which provide jobs, while simultaneously dragging Amazon, a massive employer and innovator, through the courts? How do you protect innovation at Tesla when taking aim at efforts to curb climate change?
Silicon Valley may be in America, but it's by no means an entirely American success story. The region's success grew out of being an attractive, progressive destination for the best brains in the world.
This industry worries that may be under threat.
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The police headquarters and the main government building fell to the Taliban on Wednesday, a local senator said.
The Taliban say their fighters have seized the entire district.
However, the Afghan defence ministry said fighting was continuing and that reinforcements had been sent.
Sangin saw almost a quarter of British military fatalities during the UK's combat mission in Afghanistan.
District governor Haji Suliman Shah told the BBC he had been airlifted from the district HQ to Shorabak base - formerly Camp Bastion - in the provincial capital Lashkar Gah early on Wednesday, along with 15 wounded security force members.
A few hundred police and soldiers have taken refuge at an army barracks about 7km (four miles) from Sangin, and are besieged there.
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Ashuqullah, a police officer at the barracks, told the BBC the "entire" town was controlled by militants. "We have not seen any help," he said.
"Support troops have been airdropped at a distance... but all roads are blocked and in the militants' control," he added.
There were many wounded at the barracks needing urgent evacuation, he said.
Speaking in Kabul, Afghanistan's acting Defence Minister Masoum Stanikzai described the situation in Helmand as "manageable" and said fresh support troops had been sent in.
Afghan government forces had been "thinly spread" over the whole country, he said, and had been trying their best to hold all areas.
A small contingent of British troops has been sent to Helmand "in an advisory role," the British government said on Tuesday.
A Taliban spokesman, Qari Yousuf Ahmadi, claimed on Wednesday:
"The Sangin district centres, its police HQ, and other establishments were under continued attacks of the mujahideen and today... with God's grace the district was fully captured by the mujahideen.
"The white flag of the Islamic emirate is at full mast at the district now.''
Haji Daud, the head of the Sangin district people's council, told the BBC that Sangin residents had fled the district to neighbouring areas.
Responding to the defence minister's claims, he said: "Those whose family - brothers and siblings and parents - are not fighting on the front, they always say the situation is not dangerous in the area..."
"Those who make such comments do not care to defend Helmand."
Pharmacy owner Sarwah Shah, who fled to Lashkar Gah, told the BBC that all of the families living on his street in Sangin - around 20 to 30 houses - had fled.
Another resident Agha Wali said he had fled Sangin with his children two days ago. He had had to leave all his possessions behind, he said.
The Taliban have already seized control of all but two districts in Helmand.
On Monday the deputy governor of Helmand complained of a lack of government support in an open letter on Facebook to President Ashraf Ghani.
"Helmand will collapse to the enemies and it's not like Kunduz, where we could launch an operation from the airport to retake it. That is just impossible and a dream," he wrote.
In September, the Taliban briefly overran the northern Afghan city of Kunduz in one of their biggest victories since 2001.
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Latest reports from southern Afghanistan suggest that Sangin district in Helmand province is now almost entirely under Taliban control after days of fierce fighting.
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Natural Resources Wales (NRW) said the Ystwyth Valley in Ceredigion has been largely cleared of Himalayan balsam right down to Llanilar.
Work has also been carried out from the Rheidol down to Aberffrwd and the Teifi down to Lampeter.
NRW said the work would safeguard "key habitats and wildlife".
Himalayan balsam can spread quickly, affecting wildlife and eroding river banks.
Clearance work on the upper Ystwyth has been carried out since 2009 and on the upper Rheidol and Teifi since 2013.
The clubs, who are based in Paris and play in the Top 14 league, announced their intention to merge six days ago.
However, Racing 92 president Jacky Lorenzetti said, in agreement with Stade president Thomas Savare, they were "giving this project up".
Stade Francais players began an open-ended strike last week, denouncing what they deemed a takeover in disguise.
They refused to train or play against Castres this weekend, forcing Saturday's game to be postponed, while the French league also called off Racing's game against Montpellier.
Stade Francais supporters demonstrated against the proposed merger at the club's stadium after the initial merger announcement.
"I heard and understood the strong reservations expressed in response to this project," added Lorenzetti.
"In any case, the social, political, cultural, human, and sporting conditions were not in place. Perhaps we had the right plan too soon, only the future will tell."
Players, officials and supporters from both clubs were taken by surprise by the initial announcement on 13 March, with Stade centre Jonathan Danty saying he and his team-mates, who were on international duty with France, thought it was "a joke".
The merger had yet to be ratified by the Ligue Nationale de Rugby (LNR), who met team representatives on Friday.
Another meeting was also scheduled for Monday, while LNR president Paul Goze and French federation boss Bernard Laporte were also going to meet later the same day.
New Zealand legend Dan Carter leads Racing's list of stars while Italy's Sergio Parisse is on Stade's books.
Stade Francais won the French Top 14 title in 2014-15, while Racing took over as champions the following year, though both are currently in the lower half of the division.
Racing's new 30,000-capacity stadium is due to be completed later in 2017 while their rivals have updated and expanded their Stade Jean-Bouin home to hold 20,000 fans in recent years.
The emergency services were called out at about 10:00, and the CHC helicopter landed at about 10:15.
A CHC spokesperson said: "In accordance with operating procedures, the crew requested priority landing from air traffic control.
"This is normal procedure, a light illuminated in the cockpit."
The spokesperson added: "The aircraft will now be inspected fully by engineers."
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Fury, 28, had his licence to fight temporarily revoked the day after he gave up his world heavyweight titles to focus on mental health problems.
Peter Fury said his nephew is being treated for "a form of manic depression".
"He now acknowledges that there is an issue. That's the start to recovery," Peter Fury told BBC Sport.
"But maybe it is a blessing in disguise he is taking some time out and getting this treatment, as it has been lingering on for quite a while."
On Wednesday, Fury vacated his WBO and WBA world heavyweight titles. The British Boxing Board of Control then announced his licence had been suspended.
But Peter Fury believes the former champion will be back in the ring by April and suggested he could become a role model for young people suffering with depression.
"It just shows people it can affect you no matter what you are," he added. "If depression can affect the linear heavyweight champion of the world, it's a serious problem.
"How many young people do you hear about who have committed suicide down to depression? Depression is an illness."
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Former world heavyweight champion David Haye said Fury's suspension could be the "catalyst" for him to re-invent himself and come back stronger.
"It's just the beginning of [Fury's] story, not the end," he said.
"I'm hoping he uses this to regenerate himself. [He can be] way better than he's ever been. He'll be back, right as rain, and stronger mentally for it.
"This might not be the end, this might be the start, the catalyst that turns his career around. He can re-invent himself."
Haye, 36, admitted he too had overcome bouts of depression earlier in his career.
"It's not self-inflicted, it just happens," Haye said. "I had it in small quantities and there was nothing wrong with me.
"Physically I was in fantastic shape. I was undefeated, but found myself locked in my room for days at a time in the dark, not talking to anyone, turning my phone off.
"I don't know what caused it. For whatever reason I just laid in bed, under the covers, in the dark, shut the curtains, and stayed there for days."
The UK government has taken a 25-year lease on 265,976 sq ft (24,710 sq m) of space from 2020 - with developers claiming it is the largest office deal ever signed in Wales.
Work on the former Cardiff bus station site began in 2014, with BBC Wales set to move there from 2019.
HM Revenue and Customs will move from their Cardiff base in Llanishen.
As well as the hub becoming one of 13 regional tax office centres in the UK, other government departments such as the Office for the Secretary of State for Wales will move there.
The site, next to Cardiff Central railway station, is already home to firms including Hugh James solicitors, Hodge Bank and Motonovo Finance.
Cardiff council leader Huw Thomas described the announcement as an important part of "the jigsaw" - with plans also for a new bus interchange and a redevelopment of the nearby Brains Brewery site.
"Cardiff is going head to head with all the major cities around the UK as we look to attract jobs and investment," he added.
A UK government spokesman said the deal formed part of a drive to cut its buildings from 800 to 200 by 2022.
Secretary of State for Wales Alun Cairns said it would show the government is "visible, accessible and helping to improve people's lives".
HMRC chief executive Jon Thompson said it will work with Cardiff council to redevelop their current base at Ty Glas, which houses 2,800 staff, following the move.
Cardiff should have been ahead at half-time but Frederic Gounongbe missed an open goal and Tomasz Kusczak saved brilliantly from Peter Whittingham.
After the break it was Bluebirds goalkeeper David Marshall's turn to shine with outstanding saves from Diego Fabbrini and Jack Storer.
When a goalkeeper was beaten, Cardiff's Lex Immers' shot crashed off the bar.
New Cardiff head coach Paul Trollope's side - including defender Fabio, who is being linked with Middlesbrough - started with a purpose.
And had it not been for former Manchester United player Kuszczak's brilliance and some sloppy finishing Cardiff would have been out of sight at the interval.
With takeover rumours dominating the build-up to the game, it took Gary Rowett's Blues 50 minutes to hit their stride.
When they did, Scotland international Marshall was equal to the task, although substitute Storer should have scored.
The pace slowed in the energy-sapping heat, and Immers' late effort almost stole all the points for Cardiff.
Birmingham City manager Gary Rowett told BBC WM:
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"It was probably the right result on the overall reflection of the game. I don't think we deserved to win but we didn't deserve to lose.
"To keep a clean sheet was a real positive and some strong displays from Ryan Shotton and Tomasz Kuszczak played leading roles.
"I admit that I am trying to bring in two players that will give us a bit more quality and win us games in the final third. We certainly need to improve in that area."
Cardiff City boss Paul Trollope:
"There is an influence from the Euros. Obviously a few teams used it in the Euros like the team I worked with. A lot of teams have used this system and got out of this division.
"With the players I have at my disposal at the moment I think it is a good way for us to go."
"We came with positive intentions to win the game but were frustrated we didn't win. We controlled good spells which was pleasing. We want to be progressive and dynamic but it is what happens in the box.
"The signs are good and we defended when we were put under pressure. It is, however, work in progress. Hopefully we will improve. A clean sheet on the road is not bad."
Match ends, Birmingham City 0, Cardiff City 0.
Second Half ends, Birmingham City 0, Cardiff City 0.
Attempt blocked. Jacques Maghoma (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jonathan Grounds.
Attempt blocked. Jonathan Grounds (Birmingham City) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
Foul by Bruno Ecuele Manga (Cardiff City).
Clayton Donaldson (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Lex Immers (Cardiff City) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right following a corner.
Corner, Cardiff City. Conceded by Ryan Shotton.
Attempt saved. Craig Noone (Cardiff City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Declan John.
Attempt missed. Craig Noone (Cardiff City) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Lex Immers.
Substitution, Birmingham City. Robert Tesche replaces David Davis.
Peter Whittingham (Cardiff City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Jack Storer (Birmingham City).
Substitution, Cardiff City. Craig Noone replaces Anthony Pilkington.
Substitution, Cardiff City. Stuart O'Keefe replaces Joe Ralls.
Attempt missed. David Davis (Birmingham City) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Stephen Gleeson.
Corner, Cardiff City. Conceded by David Davis.
Attempt missed. Anthony Pilkington (Cardiff City) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Kenneth Zohore.
Corner, Cardiff City. Conceded by Michael Morrison.
Foul by Kenneth Zohore (Cardiff City).
Michael Morrison (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt saved. Jack Storer (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Reece Brown with a cross.
Attempt missed. Jack Storer (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Jacques Maghoma.
Substitution, Cardiff City. Kenneth Zohore replaces Frederic Gounongbe.
Substitution, Birmingham City. Reece Brown replaces David Cotterill.
Substitution, Birmingham City. Jack Storer replaces Diego Fabbrini.
Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Jazz Richards.
Attempt blocked. Jonathan Grounds (Birmingham City) header from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by David Cotterill with a cross.
Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Bruno Ecuele Manga.
Attempt saved. David Cotterill (Birmingham City) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jonathan Spector.
Bruno Ecuele Manga (Cardiff City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Clayton Donaldson (Birmingham City).
Offside, Cardiff City. Lex Immers tries a through ball, but Frederic Gounongbe is caught offside.
Lex Immers (Cardiff City) hits the bar with a right footed shot from outside the box following a set piece situation.
Frederic Gounongbe (Cardiff City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Jonathan Grounds (Birmingham City).
Attempt blocked. David Davis (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Foul by Matthew Connolly (Cardiff City).
Clayton Donaldson (Birmingham City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Bruno Ecuele Manga (Cardiff City).
The two goals came in two first-half minutes with Yvonne O'Byrne converting from a penalty corner for the opener.
It was followed by Anna O'Flanagan scoring on the reverse - the Irish will now face Malaysia in Sunday's final.
"We scored two good goals and limited their goal scoring opportunities," said Ireland coach Graham Shaw.
He added: "Wales played as well as expected and now we're really looking forward to taking on Malaysia in the final.
"It will be an incredible atmosphere and something we can only learn from. It's a fantastic opportunity to test how we deal with the noise from the home crowd.
"We're delighted to have qualified for World League 3 and are really looking forward to a busy summer ahead."
Hundreds of people lined the harbour walls and jetty to wave home the Royal Navy's helicopter carrier.
The ship, which has clocked up 898,893 miles on operations, will be retired after 32 years of service.
Illustrious gave a gun salute as it arrived at the mouth of Portsmouth Harbour and its arrival was marked with a flypast of Apache, Lynx, Merlin, Sea King and Chinook helicopters.
The warship, which arrived with its 700-strong ship's company, flew a 210m decommissioning pennant.
The band of the Royal Marines also performed.
HMS Illustrious, nicknamed Lusty, was was built by Swan Hunter shipbuilders on the Tyne. The picture below shows its launch on 14 December 1978 by Princess Margaret.
The warship is the last of the Invincible class of aircraft carriers which included the Ark Royal and Invincible, introduced into the navy in the 1980s.
Its entry into service was brought forward so it could assist in the Falklands War effort.
In 1986 it attended the Royal Australian Navy 75th anniversary fleet review, shown in this image, which was watched by the Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip.
It has also been deployed to conflict zones in Bosnia, Iraq, Sierra Leone and helped aid efforts after Typhoon Haiyan struck the Philippines in December. This picture shows boxes of aid waiting to be loaded on to the ship.
Last month the crew of HMS Illustrious took part in an exercise with the Royal Navy Merlin Mk2 helicopters, pictured below.
HMS Illustrious will be replaced by HMS Ocean, which has just received a £65m refit.
The Ministry of Defence has invited tenders from private companies and trusts to secure Illustrious's future.
Kensuke Miyazaki apologised for "causing an uproar" at a news conference and resigned his seat.
Mr Miyazaki made waves last month when he became the first ever male MP in Japan to request paternity leave.
He faced strong opposition from people who saw it as neglecting his duties to his constituents.
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Japanese tabloid Shukan Bunshun had earlier this week published a photo of Mr Miyazaki with a woman, said to be a bikini model and professional kimono dresser, leaving his home in Kyoto.
The tabloid said the photo was taken days before his wife, fellow politician Megumi Kaneko, gave birth on 5 February.
Both Mr Miyazaki and Ms Kaneko are members of the ruling Liberal Democrat Party.
On Friday, Mr Miyazaki confirmed he had an affair and said he was stepping down as MP for Niigata prefecture.
He said he met the woman when she helped him and other lawmakers dress up in ceremonial kimonos for the opening of Japan's parliament, known as the Diet, on 4 January.
"I remember meeting her three times [after that]. The last time I saw her was in Kyoto. We don't contact each other anymore," he said
"I've explained everything to my wife. I deeply regret doing such a cruel thing to her just after giving birth... I sincerely apologise for causing an uproar," he told reporters as he bowed towards them.
When asked if he had had affairs with other women, he said he could not deny it. He also asked for privacy for his wife and child.
The admission drew immediate sharp criticism online, with many Japanese condemning his actions, and also reignited the debate on paternity leave.
Mr Miyazaki had told the BBC at the time that he wanted to apply for paternity leave to "set an example and cause a bit of a stir".
It did cause a stir with some saying that as an elected lawmaker he had a duty to continue serving the people.
Japan has one of the most generous entitlements for fathers among developed countries, but only 2.3% of fathers took paternity leave last year.
The research, in the
British Medical Journal
, compared the costs of giving birth in different places and the health outcomes for mother and baby.
More than 60,000 low-risk women in England were studied over two years.
The Royal College of Midwives says all women should receive one-to-one care.
For women having their first baby, however, planned home birth was more risky for the baby but still the most cost-effective option.
The study used data from the Birthplace in England national study to calculate the cost, and health effects, of women at low-risk of complications giving birth.
It looked at planned births in obstetric units, midwifery units located in the same hospital as an obstetric unit, free-standing midwifery units not in a hospital and at home.
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The study takes into account all NHS costs associated with the birth itself - such as midwifery care during labour and immediately after the birth, the cost of pain relief in hospital, and the cost of any stay in hospital or neonatal unit immediately after the birth, either by the mother or the baby.
The costs for planned home and midwifery unit births take account of any hospital care a woman may receive if she is transferred into hospital during labour or after the birth.
But the costs do not include any longer term costs, for example the life-long cost of caring for babies who suffer serious birth injuries.
The study found that the average cost per low-risk woman planning birth at the start of labour was £1,631 for an obstetric unit, compared with £1,067 at home.
When the researchers analysed women who had already given birth or who had no complicating conditions, the cost differences between planned places of birth narrowed.
The authors of the study conclude that giving women the opportunity to give birth at home or in a midwifery unit saves the NHS money and is safe for baby and mother, resulting in fewer expensive interventions.
Source: BMJ study
Liz Schroeder, health economist and co-author of the study from the University of Oxford, said that not all women had a choice of where to have their baby.
"At the time of the study, only half of the NHS Trusts in England provided women with access to a midwifery unit, and occupancy levels were often low.
"The findings of the Birthplace study may encourage women - particularly women having a second or subsequent baby - to request an 'out of hospital' birth. And the potential for cost savings could make offering women more choice an attractive option for the NHS."
The study found that individual care at home is cheaper than a planned hospital birth because hospital overheads tend to be higher and women who plan birth in an obstetric unit tend to have more interventions, such as caesarean section, which are expensive.
Recent research into the safety of home birth
, using the same group of women as in this study, found that it carries a slightly higher risk for the babies of first-time mothers, but no increased risk for babies of mothers who have already given birth.
Mervi Jokinen, professional adviser to the Royal College of Midwives, said: "Well-organised home births are perfectly viable for low-risk women, and we know there are other benefits too, like less stress and more comfort.
"But women should be able to receive one-to-one care, whether at home or in hospital."
Dr Tony Falconer, president of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, said the study results support the development of midwifery units within hospitals.
"This paper shows that the costs between freestanding and 'alongside' midwifery units are very similar. The close proximity of alongside units provides easier transfer, should complications arise during the labour, thereby reducing stress and anxiety a woman may face."
Dr Falconer added that "for low-risk mothers expecting their second or third baby, home birth is a safe option".
The alert caused major disruption at the North Terminal on Saturday morning.
Jerome Chauris, from Vendome, is due to appear at Crawley Magistrates' Court on Monday.
Explosive Ordnance Disposal officers carried out a small controlled explosion as airport passengers and staff were taken to local hotels.
The North Terminal was closed for six hours.
A military source told the Sana news agency that the missiles landed in the Sabboura area but caused no casualties.
The source did not say if anything was hit, but the highway from Lebanon to Damascus runs through the town.
The Israeli military has not commented. It is believed to have bombed weapons shipments intended for Lebanon's Hezbollah movement in the past.
Hezbollah, which fought a month-long war with Israel in 2006, has sent thousands of fighters to Syria to support President Bashar al-Assad's forces in the country's civil war.
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The Syrian military source said Wednesday's missile strikes were "an attempt to distract attention" from the Syrian army's "successes" and a "bid to raise the morale of the collapsing terrorist gangs", an apparent reference to recent rebel losses in Aleppo.
The pro-government Al-Masdar News website reported that the Israeli warplanes had fired Popeye missiles at Sabboura, 8km (5 miles) north-west of Damascus
"The overnight explosions were so loud they could be heard by an Al-Masdar News field correspondent in downtown Damascus," it added.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a UK-based monitoring group, and social media users also reported hearing loud explosions overnight.
Al-Masdar said it was likely the strikes targeted a Hezbollah location or a senior member of the Shia Islamist movement.
The London-based Arabic news website, Rai al-Youm, meanwhile cited sources as saying that the first target was an arms depot belonging to the 38th Brigade of the Syrian army's 4th Division.
The second target was a group of vehicles believed to be part of a Hezbollah weapons convoy, the sources added, stressing that no leaders were targeted.
The Israeli military declined to confirm or deny the reports.
The reported strikes come days after the Israeli military said its aircraft had targeted and killed four militants linked to so-called Islamic State in the Syrian-controlled Golan Heights, after they opened fire on a patrol on Israeli-occupied territory.
The Jamaican ran 19.78 seconds to come home ahead of Canada's Andre de Grasse and France's Christophe Lemaitre.
Britain's Adam Gemili clocked the same time as Lemaitre, but was denied his first Olympic medal in a photo finish.
Bolt, 29, has already won the 100m in Rio and will run in the 4x100m relay final on Friday (02:35 BST, Saturday).
Bolt is aiming to match his achievement of claiming gold in the 100m, 200m and 4x100m relay at both Beijing 2008 and London 2012.
The Jamaican, who said in February he would retire after the 2017 World Championships, has won all eight Olympic finals in which he has appeared.
"The fact I came here and executed what I wanted to is a brilliant feeling," he told BBC Sport.
"I wasn't happy with the time when I crossed the line but I'm excited I got the gold medal - that's the key thing."
Only US sprinter and long jumper Carl Lewis and Finnish long-distance runner Paavo Nurmi have won more Olympic gold medals in athletics.
Lewis won nine golds between 1984 and 1996, while Nurmi also won nine between 1920 and 1928.
"What else can I do to prove I am the greatest? I'm trying to be one of the greatest, to be among Ali and Pele," added Bolt.
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"I have made the sport exciting, I have made people want to see the sport. I have put the sport on a different level."
Bolt believed he could break his world record of 19.19 and even go under 19 seconds in Rio's Olympic Stadium.
So the slow time - by his standards - left the Jamaican gesticulating angrily as he crossed the line more than two tenths of a second ahead of De Grasse.
But Bolt quickly broke into a beaming smile, celebrating with a trademark 'Lightning Bolt' as thousands of fans chanted his name.
Gemili, 22, was competing in his first Olympic 200m final and was not tipped to challenge after scraping through as one of the two fastest semi-final losers.
But the 2014 European champion, running in lane two, clocked a time of 20.12 - leaving him just three thousandths of a second behind Lemaitre.
"I am heartbroken, I put so much into that run," he said. "I lost my form at the end and to get so close at the end is heartbreaking. I am absolutely gutted."
Michael Johnson, United States' four-time Olympic gold medallist:
"I expected a little faster but the race is what it is. Usain Bolt was straight into the lead and never relinquished it. This was a quality race.
"You could not separate the guys for bronze. I don't think Adam Gemili could have done more to get that bronze.
"If you look at his race and his position, he finished ahead of guys like [former Olympic and world 400m champion] LaShawn Merritt."
Colin Jackson, Great Britain's two-time world 110m hurdles champion:
"Usain Bolt was so aggressive out of the blocks. Andre de Grasse said he wanted to go with Usain and that is what he has done. If I am honest, many of the athletes will be disappointed with their times.
"My heart goes out to Adam Gemili. To be fourth with the exact same time as third place, Adam will be devastated no doubt but he is still fourth in the world, he has to remember that and he has a bright, bright future ahead of him."
BBC Sport's Aimee Lewis at the Olympic Stadium:
"What other athlete can turn even former Olympic champions giddy? While Usain Bolt was weaving his way through what seemed a never-ending line of journalists, on the sidelines was four-time Olympic champion Sanya Richards-Ross, shouting his name, begging for him to flash a smile at her so she could capture it on her smartphone, tell people 'I was there'.
"The benefit of also having an Olympic gold in the bag is access, so while others simply continued to yell his name, Richards-Ross was allowed to join the throng of journalists and get the picture she seemed to crave nearly as badly as Olympic gold. But just like anyone else who gets a selfie with the greatest sprinter who has lived, she seemed to bounce back to her seat - overawed, overjoyed. No-one can do what Usain Bolt does either on or off the track."
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The pair were rival coaches in Spain in 1989-90 when Toshack was at Real Madrid and Cruyff at Barcelona.
Cruyff was one of the "all-time greats" and architect of Barcelona's success.
"He orchestrated a style of play that's seen Barcelona through the years and Luis Enrique is still following today," said Toshack.
"He cultivated a style of play there which 20-25 years later they've carried on.
"As a player he ranks up there with one of the all-time greats - with Beckenbauer, Maradona and George Best.
"These days you've got the Ronaldos and the Messis - the modern day greats.
"But Johan was not only a great player, but an inspirational coach and manager who really sowed the seeds of the success at Barcelona."
"It's a terrible loss to the game and to Dutch football."
Toshack also managed Real Sociedad and Deportivo in Spain while Cruyff was at Barca.
He talked fondly of his relationship away from the game with the Dutchman, when the pair both had apartments in the same complex in Majorca.
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"The memories I have of him are on the golf course, when we could forget about the football and enjoy the sunshine," added Toshack.
The former Liverpool striker played against Cruyff during the 1970s and said the Netherlands team of that era - inspired by Cruyff - was among the very best although finishing runners-up in two World Cups.
"During the World Cups in '74 and '78 their brand of football was regarded as the best in Europe and possibly the best in the world," he said.
"But very often the best don't come away with the trophy."
Dennis Cuspert was declared dead by US officials last year in an air strike near the IS stronghold of Raqqa.
But a Pentagon spokesman announced officials had been mistaken and he had survived.
Cuspert, whose stage name was Deso Dogg, was designated a global terrorist by the US State Department.
Petagon spokesman Major Adrian Rankine-Galloway said in a statement: "At the time, our assessment was the strike was successful. It now appears that assessment was incorrect and Denis Cuspert survived the air strike."
Major Rankine-Galloway did not give any details on when US intelligence officials had learned that Cuspert survived the strike.
He added US officials would continue to target IS terrorists like Cuspert, who "work to plot, conduct or inspire attacks against the West and our allies".
The announcement follows a profile of the singer by The Fader magazine last month claiming that Cuspert was still alive.
German officials have never confirmed Cuspert's death.
Cuspert was known to use social media to recruit young Germans and other Westerners to work for IS.
He left the music industry in 2010, converted to Islam and became known for singing nasheeds, Islamic devotional music, in German.
According to US officials, Cuspert had also made threats against President Barack Obama as well as US and German citizens.
Mr Cuspert was previously reported to have been killed in Syria in April 2014, but that claim was also later retracted.
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Leicester City 3-1 Hull City
Stoke City 2-0 Middlesbrough
Swansea City 3-2 Burnley
Watford 3-4 Southampton
West Brom 0-2 Crystal Palace
Liverpool 3-1 Arsenal
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Kilmarnock 1-2 Motherwell
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Rangers 6-0 Hamilton Academical
Hibernian 3-1 Ayr United
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Blackburn Rovers 1-0 Wigan Athletic
Bristol City 0-0 Burton Albion
Derby County 2-1 Barnsley
Fulham 3-1 Preston North End
Ipswich Town 1-1 Brentford
Nottingham Forest 3-0 Brighton and Hove Albion
QPR 2-1 Cardiff City
Reading 2-1 Wolves
Rotherham United 0-2 Aston Villa
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The party said the Scottish government "is letting down some of the most vulnerable children in Scotland".
Figures showed those waiting 53 weeks or more rose from 20 to 226.
The Scottish government said the numbers were due to tougher target times brought in to "drive progress".
A spokesman said £17m had been invested in improving services since 2009 and that it would continue to work to "ensure that all young people who need the services get them within the time they should expect".
The figures from the Information Services Division Scotland showed the majority of those waiting for services were under 18.
Scottish Labour's health spokeswoman Jenny Marra said: "Twenty vulnerable young people waiting over a year for treatment is 20 too many.
"For the figure to multiply by more than 10 is simply horrifying."
Ms Marra added: "These children aren't even close to the waiting time target for mental health services - they are waiting over twice as long as the SNP want our NHS to aim for.
"This is a failure from the SNP government in Edinburgh. If these figures were A&E waiting times or delayed discharge it would be nothing short of a national scandal. We cannot allow these vulnerable children to be forgotten about."
The Scottish government said increased funding had seen the specialist child and adolescent mental health services workforce increase by 24% since 2009.
A spokesman said: "We have introduced the waiting times target that no-one will wait longer than 18 weeks from referral to treatment for access to child and adolescent mental health services, while when they are assessed as needing to access a service more urgently they will be seen more quickly, sometimes on the same day.
"Half of all health boards are meeting that tougher target. Seven health boards are not yet meeting the target, but they all have action plans in place.
"We are right to drive progress and we are right to set an even tougher target, to ensure that we can accelerate progress, and to have put in the resources."
Researchers reporting at the American Chemical Society conference revealed details of a cascade of micro-organisms that spring into action to degrade oil.
Research has also outlined how chemical "dispersants" used in clean-up efforts actually frustrate these processes.
However, the long-term effects of the weeks of oil exposure remain unknown.
And concern was expressed about the ultimate resilience of the Gulf.
Terry Hazen of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, has been studying oil-degrading microbes in greater and greater detail since the disaster, even discovering some that had never been seen before.
They can break down the long-chain carbon-based "alkane" molecules present in oil - and in isolated conditions will even move towards oil.
"They're really oil-seeking missiles," he told the meeting.
In a sense, it is no surprise that the seas should host oil-hungry microbes; natural seeps from the ocean floor have been releasing oil into the world's waters for millions of years.
A 2003 US National Academy of Sciences report put the annual average of this seepage in the Gulf at 140,000 tonnes.
But Prof Hazen's research has revealed more of the complex web of microbes that feed on oil - and are in turn fed on.
Through recent studies, most recently in Frontiers of Microbiology, he and collaborators have begun to map the genomes of these microbes and determine which genes contribute to oil-degrading properties when oil concentrations rise.
A release like that of Deepwater Horizon contains a rich mix of carbon-containing molecules - alkanes, methane and what are called polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), each presenting its own risks to the environment.
The new finding is about methanotrophs, which feed on methane - among the last compounds to be degraded.
Prof Hazen said that the sudden release of methane, rather than slow seeps, created a lucky effect.
"All of a sudden the [methanotroph populations] go up to really high densities and they're fat and happy - and then [the methane is] gone." he told BBC News.
"At that point, they degrade anything else that's there fortuitously, and they'll degrade it down below what would be usable as a carbon and energy source - so it's really sort of a 'deep-cleaning' effect.
"That's why I think the Gulf of Mexico is cleaner than you would expect, not only from the oil but from everything else that goes into it."
Back on shore, Gabriel Kasozi, now of the Makerere University of Kampala in Uganda, studied the sediments in coastal areas of Louisiana after the disaster.
"We took samples 3m and 15m from the shores… followed that for about a year and did some modelling. We found that the half-life of the half-lives of the alkanes was about 70 days and PAHs was 100 days," he told the meeting.
"After a year, the concentrations had pretty much reduced to background levels."
What is becoming clearer with time is that the chemical dispersants typically used in clean-up efforts to break masses of oil up into small droplets does more harm than good.
A 2011 study in Aquatic Microbial Biology showed that the dispersant used during the Deepwater Horizon cleanup was harmful to several oil-degrading bacteria - in lab conditions wiping one species out completely.
But Dongye Zhao from Auburn University in the US said that the dispersants also caused sediments to absorb more of the harmful compounds, lengthening their effects on the environment.
"Preliminary results show us that adding dispersants induces a series of hystereses," he told the meeting.
"That means it's really going to… increase absorption, which is quite counterintuitive."
The group's work presented here also showed that dispersants interfered with other natural processes that degrade oil, including effects from sunlight and ground-level ozone.
Prof Hazen said that while the Gulf was cleaner, faster than was once assumed, the effects of spills are yet to be fully quantified.
"There was a lot of oil out there for 84 days," he told BBC News.
"Fish and bacteria and plankton and everything else were swimming through that oil, and we don't know what long-term effects that'll have.
"I am quite worried about how resilient the Gulf of Mexico is," Prof Hazen said.
"She's had some pretty dramatic traumas, and I'm worried how much the ecosystem can actually tolerate."
The 58-year-old is set to miss the cut after finishing his second round 19 over par, following his opening score of 82 by carding an 81.
It is 25 years since Woosnam triumphed at Augusta to become the first - and still only - Welshman to win one of golf's major championships.
"I am in pain all the way round so it's time to say bye-bye really," he said.
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"There's not much they can do. I have ankylosing spondylitis and I can't play with all the slopes here.
"I was swinging it beautiful before I came here. I am always taking painkillers just to play golf but it's just too tough here for me.
"I said in the past that if I started shooting in the 80s I would call it a day."
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Woosnam carded a double bogey, eight bogeys and a solitary birdie on the 15th in his final competitive round at Augusta.
But he could take the positives from finishing with a par on the 18th, just as he did in 1991 to edge out Jose Maria Olazabal and Tom Watson for the Green Jacket.
"That was a great way to finish. The 18th was as well as I played this week," added Woosnam.
"It's just getting really tough. That's my last go. I am not fit enough to play with my bad back.
"Every time I play this course it just seizes on me and I can't swing the club properly.
"It's time for me to sit back and watch. I'll still keep coming to the tournament obviously.
"It's a shame to finish off playing like that but you can only do your best. Never mind, I've still got a green jacket."
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The scribe known as AlShepMCR on Instagram has been paying tribute to some of the city's music greats in recent weeks.
Prestwich, Whitefield and Manchester's Northern Quarter are some of the places the sketches have appeared.
The artist says it is not vandalism and that some people see it as "poetic".
He has stencilled words from Joy Division's Love Will Tear Us Apart and The Smiths' Shoplifters Of The World Unite and The Stone Roses' Fools Gold.
He said: "I don't want to make a mess and it does wash off after a couple of weeks, depending on the weather or the traffic."
Of his reasoning for his unique etchings, he said: "I always pick out the lyrics that mean something.
"Sometimes I make them fit around mental illness. People see what they want in them.
"I've done stuff for years."
The artist added: "My inspiration is autism and schizophrenia and Tourette's [syndrome], that's what often goes into it.
"It's not about me, I just want people to think and they can take the meaning they want."
Over the years, AlShepMCR said he had also stencilled words on to zebra crossings.
He said of his "cathartic" process: "I've had the same stencil kit for 20 years.
"I don't want money. I scribble on money and people in the shops won't take it."
He also dismissed comparisons to street artist Banksy.
He said: "He's making a mint, I'm making nothing."
The dramatic images of angry, determined protesters using ropes to pull down concrete walls surrounding the parliament building's main gate were redolent of those of Iraqis dragging down the statue of former dictator Saddam Hussein in 2003 after the US-led invasion-turned-occupation.
In 2016, the protesters were shouting the mantra "we will topple all of the politicians".
"From now on, no government, no parliament. We are the government," cried a young man who stormed the main hall of the parliament building.
The irony of the situation was not lost on the protesters.
Hundreds of them decided to hold their own "parliamentary session" and "approved" the long-awaited new cabinet of non-partisan technocratic ministers.
In so-doing, they were mocking the successive failure of MPs to reach the quorum needed to debate and approve the cabinet reshuffle.
But the message they wanted to send by storming the Green Zone was that they had finally broken the high walls that separate the masses from the ruling elite.
The heavily-fortified complex at the very heart of Baghdad is home to the cabinet, the ministry of defence, the Supreme Judicial Council and the parliament, as well as United Nations offices and foreign embassies.
Powerful, prominent politicians also live inside the sprawling compound.
Many Iraqis, especially those born after 2003, have never seen inside the Green Zone. Some protesters were so excited to get inside that they paused to take selfies with their phones.
"The politicians are isolating themselves in a Green Zone, while we live in a 'Red Zone'," said Hassan, who had been camping out in Tahrir Square for four weeks as part of an anti-government sit-in before Saturday's protest.
Hassan was alluding to the bloody bombings targeting civilians and security personnel that occur on an almost daily basis elsewhere in Baghdad.
Since last summer, the capital and eight southern cities have seen demonstrations against perceived endemic corruption and the lack of basic public services in an oil-rich country.
The protesters say that over the past 13 years they have not felt any sense of improvement in their living conditions, despite the billions of dollars spent on rebuilding Iraq.
The anti-government "uprising" was leaderless for several months and the protests were mainly driven by social media and leftist and socialist activists.
That was until the influential Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr emerged in February and delivered a fiery speech to the protesters in Tahrir Square.
"The people are at the doorsteps of the Green Zone, and their patience is wearing thin," he warned.
He ordered the protesters into the parliament building, and also told them to leave on Sunday. Strikingly, they heeded his calls immediately.
"If he tells me to kill myself, I would do it for him," one protester told me. "To us, he is a father, a spiritual leader, a unifying figure of both Shia and Sunnis."
Moqtada Sadr is popular among Iraqis, irrespective of their sect.
His popularity is largely based on the legacy of his family. He is the youngest son of the revered Shia cleric Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Sadiq Sadr, who was assassinated in 1999.
"Sayyed Moqtada is practicing what he is preaching," said Ibrahim al-Jabri, Moqtada Sadr's representative in Baghdad.
"He led several joint prayers for Shia and Sunnis to nip any sedition in the bud, disbanded the Mahdi Army [militia] after sectarian bloodletting nine years ago to distance himself from other Shia militias, and he ordered his political bloc in parliament to boycott parliamentary sessions unless they [the MPs] stuck to their promise of a new cabinet of independent ministers," Mr Jabri added.
But in the eyes of leading Shia politicians, he is a divisive figure who is threatening Shia unity.
They are particularly critical of what they describe as his bellicose style.
"No-one and no party has the right to impose their point of view on the people," said Walid al-Hili, of the Dawa party.
"This is against democracy. You can express your opinion, but change should come through the parliament not through threats and intimidation of the MPs."
But even his opponents acknowledge, Moqtada Sadr has carved out a key role in Iraq's current chaotic politics. This time, he could end up kingmaker.
The 22-year-old defender, on loan from Watford, had only played 10 times for the club before dislocating a shoulder.
Manager Owen Coyle told the club website: "He's got a meeting with the surgeon that did his operation and then hopefully he can get the all-clear.
"To my mind I would love to have Tommie available from the middle of February towards the end of the month because that would add a real quality player."
Hoban joined Blackburn in August but his last game for the club was in mid-October, before he dislocated his shoulder in training.
Rovers are 22nd in the Championship, a point adrift of safety.
28 January 2016 Last updated at 14:43 GMT
A controlled explosion was carried out on the vehicle which was parked close to the graves of people who recently died.
It is the third weapon police have recovered in recent days.
A military style assault rifle was found in Strabane last weekend.
BBC News NI's north-west reporter, Keiron Tourish has the details.
Four others were killed and at least 50 people were hurt in the attack.
Mr Chatah, a Sunni Muslim, was an adviser to ex-PM Saad Hariri. He was also a staunch critic of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Lebanon's Shia Hezbollah movement that backs him.
There has been a wave of attacks in Lebanon, linked to heightened Sunni-Shia tensions over the Syrian war.
In pictures: Bomb blast scene
No-one has claimed responsibility for Friday's attack.
Saad Hariri implicitly accused Hezbollah of carrying out the bombing.
He blamed "those who are hiding from international justice and who have spread the regional fire to the [Lebanese] nation".
For its part, Hezbollah called the bombing a "heinous crime, which comes in the context of a series of crimes and explosions aimed at sabotaging the country".
"No-one benefits from [the bombing] but Lebanon's enemies," a statement from the movement said.
Five Hezbollah suspects are due to go on trial in three weeks' time, charged in connection with assassinating Saad Hariri's father and former Prime Minister, Rafik, in a huge car bombing in February 2005.
Hezbollah has denied involvement in Rafik Hariri's death.
Syria denied any role in Friday's explosion.
Syrian Information Minister Omran Zoab called accusations that Syria was behind the blast "random and arbitrary".
US Secretary of State John Kerry called the attack "abhorrent" and said it underlined the importance of the tribunal in The Hague looking into Rafik Hariri's assassination.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon also condemned the attack, saying "the recurring acts of terrorism in Lebanon... pose a severe threat to the country's stability and national cohesion".
Mr Chatah was on his way to a meeting of the anti-Syrian March 14 bloc, led by Saad Hariri, when his convoy was hit.
By Carine TorbeyBBC Arabic, Beirut
The motives behind the assassination of Mr Chatah, a moderate, remain a mystery. But there seems to be a general belief that he was killed for what he represented more than for his own profile.
His assassination could have several interpretations.
One would be to link it to the turmoil engulfing the country since the start of the conflict in neighbouring Syria.
Another interpretation would be to link it to the forthcoming start of the special tribunal for Lebanon set up to try those accused of the assassination of former PM Rafik Hariri in 2005. The trial is set to start next month and five men close to Hezbollah are accused of the murder. Mr Chatah was a close adviser of the late prime minister.
The blast is only adding to a general state of crisis in Lebanon.
The bomb went off at 09:00 (07:00 GMT) between the Starco Centre and Phoenicia Hotel, not far from the Lebanese parliament building.
The blast damaged several buildings and set several cars ablaze.
Witnesses described shock and fear at the scene of the blast.
"We were opening our store when we heard the blast. It was really loud. We are used to blasts in Lebanon but not in this area. Now we are not safe anywhere," said Mohammad, a shop assistant quoted by AFP news agency.
Adel-Raouf Kneio, who saw the blast, told Reuters news agency the explosion had "caught motorists driving in the morning rush hour" and "there was terror and panic among residents".
"There was a big ball of fire and panic everywhere and then we learned that Chatah was the target," he said.
Forensic experts are at the scene, which has been sealed off by security forces.
The BBC's Carine Torbey in Beirut says Chatah was not a controversial figure in Lebanon. He was known as a moderate and so there is a lot of speculation that the bombing was a message sent to the March 14 bloc itself, rather than Chatah as an individual, our correspondent says.
In a Twitter message early on Friday, shortly before he was killed, Mr Chatah said Hezbollah was "pressing hard to be granted similar powers in security and foreign policy matters that Syria exercised in Lebanon for 15 years".
Syria withdrew its forces from Lebanon amid a backlash over the killing of Rafik Hariri, in which many suspected it had a role.
Hezbollah has sent fighters to help President Assad in the war against Sunni-led rebels in Syria. President Assad comes from the Alawite sect, a heterodox offshoot of Shia Islam.
Iran, which backs Hezbollah, saw its embassy in Beirut attacked last month. A Sunni jihadist group Abdullah Azzam Brigades said it had carried out that attack.
Earlier this month, a senior Hezbollah commander with close links to Iran, Hassan Lakkis, was shot dead outside his home near Beirut. A little known Sunni militant group claimed responsibility.
The Help to Buy Individual Savings Account (HTB Isa) was introduced last year to help people save for a home.
In many areas, the average price of a starter home exceeds the maximum purchase cap of £250,000, or £450,000 in London.
Chancellor George Osborne said the scheme was aimed at first time buyers.
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The HTB Isa was introduced in December to allow first time buyers to put their deposit into a tax-free savings account and get a 25% bonus, up to a maximum of £3,000, when they buy their home.
However, the bonus is only available if the purchase price does not exceed the cap. Housing charity Shelter said it only helped "the lucky few" and the government should focus on building more homes.
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Personal finance commentator Martin Lewis, of MoneySavingExpert.com, said savers should not be put off opening a HTB Isa.
He said: "It is a cash giveaway from the taxpayer.
"Even if you don't end up using it to buy a house, you still have savings with a very favourable rate of interest."
He added that from next year the government was launching its Lifetime Isa, with a limit on house purchases of up to £450,000 and that people could transfer in their savings from an HTB Isa.
Campbell Robb, chief executive of housing charity Shelter, said: "Soaring housing costs have left millions of people stuck in a rent trap and struggling to save anything towards a home of their own.
"The Help to Buy Isa only helps the lucky few who are better off, or able to live with their parents while they save for a deposit. For the vast majority of renters who want to move forward in life and put down roots, this scheme brings them no closer to that dream.
"If the government genuinely wants to help the nation's renters get a foot on the housing ladder, it needs to look beyond quick-fix schemes, and invest in homes that people on ordinary incomes can actually afford."
Speaking to BBC South East Today in Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex, Mr Osborne said: "We want it to be available for people getting on the housing ladder rather than [for] more expensive homes.
"The scheme goes from strength to strength and we can always look to improve it."
A Treasury spokesman added: "The property price cap allows the government to target support at those who are saving to buy their first home."
He added that by March 2016 more than 150,000 people had used the government's other Help to Buy equity loan and mortgage guarantee schemes.
The cap on purchase prices for a Help to Buy Isa should encourage house builders to develop smaller homes, a property expert says.
Richard Donnell, research and insight director from Hometrack, said: "In order to appeal to a wider group of buyers, builders need to start building smaller houses to offer at the lower price point to help first time buyers get on the housing ladder.
"There is a lack of supply of two-bedroom homes and this keeps the price gap narrow and relatively close to three-bedroom home prices."
Hometrack figures, based on prices paid for homes between June 2015 and January 2016, show how prices for two-bedroom homes at the higher end of the range cost as much as or more than the lowest-priced three-bedroom properties in the same area.
In Elmbridge in Surrey, an average two-bedroom home in the upper price range went for an average of £459,963, while a lower range three-bedroom home sold on average for £430,000.
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Benteke becomes the Reds' second most expensive signing ever, and the seventh player the Reds have bought this summer.
Belgium international Benteke scored 49 goals in 101 games for Aston Villa after signing for them in 2012.
He told the Liverpool website: "I'm very happy to be here. I came here to win trophies. I came here to reach some great goals with the team.
Benteke missed the 2014 World Cup in Brazil with an injury but returned to action last October and scored 15 times to help Villa stay in the Premier League and reach the FA Cup final.
Liverpool have also signed forwards Danny Ings from Burnley and Brazil international Roberto Firmino, after selling Raheem Sterling to Manchester City last week for £49m.
"No job is big or small. Some may think what they do is insignificant, but I have found my destiny. It is to make wigs," says Mr Kumar.
"It's my very small contribution towards giving people, who are facing a grave illness, some hope and dignity," he adds.
Born in a farming family, Mr Kumar ran away from home at a young age to work with a film crew which assisted studios making Kannada-language films.
Working long hours as an apprentice, he learnt the craft of making natural hair wigs - a painstaking job where every strand is hand woven.
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He didn't know anything about cancer or chemotherapy - and the hair loss that accompanies it - until he met a customer who was heartbroken after losing her hair because of the illness.
"My life changed from the moment when I saw the look on her face after I'd fitted the wig on her," he says.
From making wigs for television and movie stars, Mr Kumar switched to only making wigs for cancer patients.
He buys natural hair from the Hindu temple town of Tirupati - where it is considered auspicious for pilgrims to have their heads shaved.
He is helped in his work by his wife, Lalitha Marishetty, who cleans the hair by boiling it with detergents and drying it out in the sun. She then makes little bundles of five strands each by knotting them together.
The couple work out of a tiny hole-in-the-wall shop and together, they have made more than 20,000 wigs for people with cancer.
Mr Kumar keeps his prices low as most of his customers are poor - a wig from his shop costs between 7,000 rupees ($105; £73) and 25,000 rupees ($377; £263), depending on the length of hair used.
"It doesn't pay much," he says, "but the satisfaction I get from this job is immense."
Ex-boxer Anthony Small, 33, is accused of trying to go to Syria after spreading terrorist material online.
He was arrested after two other men - Michael Coe and Simon Keeler - were found with false documents in the back of a lorry at Dover last year.
All three, from east London, deny the charges they face.
Opening their trial at the Old Bailey, prosecutor Richard Whittam QC said: "The prosecution's case is they intended to travel to Syria to join and support what is called Islamic State of Iraq and Levant, known as Isil or Isis."
The men deny engaging in conduct in preparation of terrorist acts.
Mr Small is also accused of publishing an article online called Attacks By Muslims In Perspective, giving an address entitled "Why the Islamic State is rejected", and publishing a recording of a speech called "Another James Foley beheading".
He is charged with disseminating terrorist publications, two charges of supporting a proscribed organisation and a charge of conspiracy to possess false identity documents with improper intention.
Mr Whittam said Mr Small, who "enjoyed some success" as a British and Commonwealth light middleweight champion in 2009, had sold memorabilia shortly before his arrest.
In a fight screened on Sky Box Office, Mr Small won the British and Commonwealth titles against Matthew Hall at Manchester's MEN Arena in July 2009, entering the ring to the sound of Frank Sinatra's My Way.
He then defended the titles successfully in November that year against Thomas McDonagh in Wigan, but was beaten by Sam Webb in Dagenham, Essex, in March 2010.
The court heard the ex-boxer had not received false documents but they were in the process of being arranged by the same people who had helped Mr Coe and Mr Keeler.
The court also heard that both Mr Small and Mr Coe had previously been photographed at a demonstration on the 10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks in the US.
Mr Coe, 34, converted to Islam in 2007 and attended a number of demonstrations including protests over the banning of niqabs in France and the values of Sharia law, Mr Whittam said.
Mr Keeler, 44, had spoken out in favour of a "universal Muslim state founded on Sharia law", and accepted his religious views were considered "outside the mainstream by many people in the Western world".
Both Mr Keeler and Mr Coe were found in the back of the lorry on 30 November 2014 with 18 other people who were dealt with by immigration authorities.
Mr Keeler's false travel documents included the name, John Carpenter, while Mr Coe's featured the name Marcus Coleman, jurors were told.
The trial continues.
He is only 34, but in snooker terms, most of the best players have already made their mark by that age.
The Tamworth professional reached his first ranking event final in China earlier this month, when he faced a resurgent John Higgins and lost 10-5.
Gilbert jumped from 40 to 21st in the world after that run, but he is pretty sure he knows the main reason why he has under-achieved so far.
"I'm a late grower-upper," he told BBC Sport. "I just got married and moved in to a new home and my missus Abi is keeping me in check a bit more.
"I've not been the perfect professional in the past. I like a night out and I haven't been as dedicated as I should have been, but I am older and wiser."
Gilbert is still enjoying the odd night out with his mates but has plenty more to occupy his time now - including a need to brush up on DIY skills.
He explained: "I'm spending a fair bit of time stripping wallpaper and decorating at the minute."
It's hardly wild living - but the change was needed and is certainly helping him on the snooker table.
"I'm not saying I could have been five-time world champion, but I definitely feel like I have wasted many years," he added.
"I am talented enough to have been competing at a higher level and have achieved more than I have."
His next challenge is the UK Championship in York, where Gilbert faces Jason Weston in the first round on Thursday.
And Gilbert, who was born in Derby but has lived in Staffordshire for more than 20 years, said: "I felt great in China. I felt relaxed and it seemed to click. My form is as good as it has ever been. I have never been so high up the rankings as I am now.
"It was the best week of my career but I have already left that in the past. I am practising better than I ever have, and maybe now it's the right time in my life."
Being longer in the tooth is one thing. But there is also the question of mental approach, which he admits has been "questionable".
"My mindset will probably never be perfect, but it's definitely improving," he said. "In the past I got the hump too easily.
"My 'A game' is good enough, but in the past my 'B game' may as well have been a 'Z game'.
"Players like Mark Selby and Neil Robertson find a way when things aren't going well but my head has tended to go."
Gilbert dropped off the tour briefly after a disastrous 2010-11 season and, having lost in both of the finals of the first two qualifying school events, he had one more chance to win back his place.
Gilbert, who first turned pro in 2002, explained: "I was talked in to Q School and when I lost in the final twice, I realised that the third final would probably be my last game of snooker if I lost."
He conquered his nerves and beat Allan Taylor 4-1 and it had a galvanising effect, bringing an improvement in his approach, form and results.
"Now I put the hours in," he said. "But the way tour has gone in the last few years has really helped too.
"I was never totally committed but some of that was because it was difficult to see it as a career.
"A few years ago there were five or six tournaments a year and it was a bleak for players from 30-50 in the world.
"Now it is the best it has ever been. I wish I was 18 or 20. The younger players now can moan a bit but they don't get how lucky they are."
It was when things were difficult that Gilbert got saddled with a "potato picker" tag, something that has stuck with him.
"I wanted to work off season," he explained. "I have never expected to have things handed on a plate so I did various things.
"I worked on a farm, drove a tractor, and I did a bit of potato picking, but it was hardly wandering around for weeks on end with a shovel and a bag.
"But I suppose it sounds like a good story. I'm not bone idle, I would much rather be working and not be skint."
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County claims to insurance firm NFU Mutual totalled nearly £600,000 in 2014, up from £408,000 the year before.
Livestock was one of the main targets with claims for 191 stolen animals, including sheep, cattle and pheasants.
More than a third of claims were made for stolen tools. Equine-related equipment, bikes and fuel were the other most-stolen items.
Gloucestershire's National Farmers' Union chairman, Tanya Robbins, said the figures should be a "wake-up call".
"We obviously need to be more vigilant," she told BBC Radio Gloucestershire.
But, she added, some thieves would go to "elaborate lengths" to steal highly-guarded items like quad bikes.
Gloucestershire's rural crime officer, Sergeant Simon Clemett, said the force had improved the way it tackled rural crime "considerably" in recent years with more than 30 specialist officers now working on the issue.
He added: "We're also working with other forces across borders to ensure we adopt good practice and clamp down on those criminal groups who try to exploit the outlying areas of our counties."
Earlier, the 33-year-old had played in his side's 45-7 defeat of Indianapolis Colts in the AFC Championship game.
But on his way home from the Gillette Stadium with his wife, Wilfork saw a jeep roll over with a woman inside.
"The only thing I thought about was seeing somebody in there and getting them to safety," he said.
''It was something that we saw and we knew she needed help and we helped.''
Wilfork, who weighs 23st 3lb (146.1kg), reached into the jeep and pulled the woman out with one hand.
The 38-year-old woman was subsequently charged with driving under the influence of alcohol and negligent operation of a motor vehicle.
Here is a selection of the best, and worst, April Fools gags seen today.
The National Football Museum resides in a distinctive sloped building in the centre of Manchester. However, thrill-seekers could soon be taking the plunge down the six-storey sloping glass building before landing on a giant crash pad in Exchange Square, writes the Manchester Evening News.
It is billed as the largest "urban slide" of its kind anywhere in the world and a joint venture between the museum and French events company La Proofi!, a name which may, or may not, be a hint to readers.
Birmingham was once home to a much-lamented statue of King Kong, but the Birmingham Mail writes there could soon be a 100ft-tall replacement directly outside the city's new library.
Proposals for the giant structure - set to become "the Midlands' version of the Angel of the North" - are said to have gone on show.
Football fans were shocked to see Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp and Everton boss Roberto Martinez in a dance-off battle at HMV, according to the Liverpool Echo.
A video on the newspaper's website captured the moment high-street shoppers were left looking on in disbelief.
In Swindon, May Day is set to be a magical experience this year with plans for a huge maypole in the centre of the town's "world famous" Magic Roundabout.
The busy island will not be entirely closed to traffic. However, children from local primary schools will still be invited to dance around it holding traditional streamers, the Swindon Advertiser writes.
Gyllyngvase Beach in Falmouth is reported to be having under-sand heating installed to make it an all-year-round holiday destination.
The Falmouth Packet says the pilot scheme begins on 1 April and includes the installation of two large commercial gas boilers, 30 heating outlets and metres of under floor heating pipework installed.
In Cornwall, workers at The Lost Gardens of Heligan say they have managed to crossbreed a Devon and Cornwall Longwool sheep with a Tamworth pig, according to the Cornish Guardian.
The new heritage hybrid is reported to have been named a "Shig" with qualities including being "docile, friendly, with an approachable manner" as well as possessing a woollen coat.
Stoke-on-Trent's Westport Lake is to be transformed into Europe's first all-weather ice-rink, says the Stoke Sentinel.
After top secret negotiations, the paper reports Nordic refrigeration giant Slushimushi has agreed to freeze the 0.8 mile circumference lake with a small area left free at one side for ducks and other wildlife.
In Bolton, a bakery has announced the launch of a new left-handed sandwich, for those who currently struggle to hold their lunch with sufficient agility.
Gemma Hall told the Bolton News: "As a left handed person myself I'm only too aware of the pitfalls of living in a right-handed world."
In Bristol, 20mph speed limits are already annoying drivers, but they could soon be forced to drive at just 10mph.
Planners were reported by the Bristol Post to be reviewing next generation road safety options now that all the city's 20mph zones have been phased in.
Senior civil servant Dr Andrew McCormick was giving evidence to the Economy Committee.
He was speaking ahead of a vote on plans to reduce subsidy rates for those in the Renewable Heat Incentive scheme.
He said proposed changes to the botched scheme are the best way to "stop the haemorrhage of funds" from it.
The Renewable Heat Incentive scheme was an attempt by the Northern Ireland Executive to help to increase consumption of heat from renewable sources.
However, businesses were receiving more in subsidies than they were paying for renewable fuel and the scheme became majorly oversubscribed.
The fallout from the scandal, which is approximately £490m over budget, resulted in the collapse of Stormont's institutions and the calling of snap elections on 2 March.
A vote on the plans to reduce subsidy rates is to take place on Monday afternoon.
Dr McCormick, the permanent secretary in the Department for the Economy, said the proposed changes were an "overwhelming strong option" to stop the flow of unregulated spending.
The proposals include a recommendation to replace the uncapped subsidy with a tiered one, which would reduce payments after a certain number of usage hours.
It would also introduce a usage cap after which no subsidy would be paid.
Dr McCormick confirmed that a special adviser, rather than officials, had come up with the plan.
The SPAD was not within the Department for the Economy, he added.
DUP SPAD John Robinson stood back from involvement in sorting out the RHI overspend after it emerged last week that his father-in-law was a recipient of the subsidy.
Mr McCormick said Mr Robinson had not been party to discussions about the proposed cost controls before or after Christmas and had not been involved in the decision to introduce the planned changes.
Meanwhile, businesses involved in the RHI scheme have received letters about plans to publish their names.
Those who had objected to their names being published had their applications for anonymity assessed on a case-by-case basis.
Some have now been told their names will be put into the public domain.
In the letter, they are told the "public interest overrides your objections" and the Department for the Economy would release the information on Wednesday.
Sinn Féin's Martin McGuinness resigned as deputy first minister earlier this month after DUP leader Arlene Foster refused to stand aside as first minster while an investigation was carried out into the RHI debacle.
As they hold a joint office, his resignation automatically put the DUP leader out of her job and prompted the calling of snap elections on 2 March.
David Niles, 29, said Tia's mother Natalie was distraught and he had not slept for four days.
Tia disappeared after leaving her grandmother's home in Croydon, south-east London, at about midday on Friday.
CCTV stills of Tia taken outside the nearby Co-op the day before have been issued by police.
On Tuesday evening, around 100 local people gathered at Croydon Rugby Club to search for Tia.
Club secretary Sue Randall said: "We were here last night with the police and they told us all to come back today.
"At the moment there's about 100 people but more came and went off to start the search."
She said people would search for "however long it takes".
Earlier, police began searching a local wood, Birchwood, which is less than a mile from Tia's grandmother Christine Sharp's home in New Addington.
A team of nine officers dressed in blue police baseball hats used long sticks to scour the undergrowth.
Police said there had been 55 reported sightings of the girl, but these were yet to be confirmed.
Wearing a T-shirt bearing Tia's image, Mr Niles said: "I just want to find my little girl.
"We're in bits, the whole country has helped us and is supporting us.
"I haven't slept in four days. Natalie (Tia's mother) is in bits."
He said he last saw Tia on Thursday morning at the family home in Mitcham before he headed to work.
"She was good as gold," Mr Niles said.
"I know I am not her real dad, but I have been there since day dot.
"When she left the house she shouted 'Bye' and 'See you by six'."
Tia's grandmother said she was pinning her hopes on new CCTV stills of Tia taken outside the Co-op in Featherbed Lane near her house at about 16:15 BST on the day before she went missing.
The girl was wearing similar clothes when she was last seen leaving her grandmother's house on Friday.
Speaking from her terrace house where a solitary candle burns outside in a glass holder, Mrs Sharp said: "We're hoping the pictures will jog someone's memory."
She thanked the community for supporting the family.
A campaign has also been launched on the social networking site Facebook, while The Sun newspaper has offered a £25,000 reward for information that will help police find Tia.
Police have scoured hours of CCTV footage but have not found any trace of Tia, who has never gone missing before.
She had been on her way to the Whitgift shopping centre, in Croydon, when she went missing.
On Monday, Tia's uncle David Sharp, 28, urged anyone who knew where his niece was to come forward.
Det Ch Insp Nick Scola, from the Met's Homicide and Serious Crime Command, said the youngster spent a lot of time at her grandmother's house and the last person to see Tia was her grandmother's partner, but on Tuesday Tia's stepfather said he was not sure about that.
Mr Scola said: "She [Tia] told her grandmother's partner she was going out.
"He was the last person to see her, that we are aware of at this time.
"We have recovered a number of items but we now know that they do not belong to Tia."
Police said Tia went there the previous day after travelling by tram, with her grandmother's partner meeting her half-way at East Croydon station.
Officers are particularly keen to hear from anyone in the Lindens area of New Addington who has information and appealed for any bus or tram drivers in the Croydon area who recognise Tia's description to contact them.
She is known to frequent the Croydon, Mitcham and Wimbledon areas.
Tia is described as white, 4ft 5in tall and slim, and was wearing FCUK glasses.
Chris Cooke's 80 off 67 balls and Graham Wagg's brutal 52 late on helped Glamorgan post 302-6.
Aneurin Donald and Will Bragg built the platform after captain Jacques Rudolph retired hurt after a blow on the arm.
Captain Luke Wright led the Sussex effort with 65 but lacked support as the visitors were bowled out for 218.
Glamorgan skipper Rudolph watched his batsmen accelerate in the sunshine, helped by a series of dropped catches, before heading to hospital for an X-ray which showed no break.
England all-rounder Chris Jordan and spinner Danny Briggs were the pick of a mixed-quality Sussex attack, before Glamorgan plundered 118 off the last 10 overs.
Sussex lost wickets too regularly early in their innings to mount a challenge, with a stunning caught-and-bowled by Craig Meschede to remove New Zealand batsman Ross Taylor highlighting the difference in the field between the sides.
Wright and Ben Brown put on 68 for the fifth wicket but when Wright was superbly caught by stand-in skipper Colin Ingram, it marked the realistic end of the visitors' challenge before Michael Hogan (4-41) finished off the tail.
Glamorgan have two wins from two in the South Group, while Sussex remain without a win in 50-over cricket since 2014.
Glamorgan acting captain Colin Ingram told BBC Wales Sport: "My coach at under-elevens used to say 'catches win matches' and that's obviously relevant. No-one drops catches on purpose but our catching was outstanding tonight.
"They definitely change momentum, every time they got a partnership going we took a good catch and dragged ourselves back into it.
"On this wicket, the new ball is definitely a threat and we negated that pretty well. Then the way Graham (Wagg) and Chris Cooke batted together, they built that outstanding partnership and gave us the momentum to kick on in the last 15 overs.
"Jacques is fine, basically it was a solid hit (on the arm) and a big bruise, and you lose feeling in the hand for a while, it's a stressful moment but he'll have to toughen up and get back out with us soon."
Sussex captain Luke Wright told BBC Sussex: "It hurts a hell of a lot, to be honest.
"It's very, very frustrating. Catches win matches and we put down five which were pretty simple. Credit to them, they took a couple of great catches that changed the game."
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The 15 men and one woman have been jointly charged with conspiracy to steal cigarettes worth £2,432,665 from airline catering firm Gate Gourmet.
They have all been released on bail to appear at Crawley magistrates on 6 May.
A further two people are still on bail as part of the investigation.
The 16, who are from Sussex, Surrey, Kent, Devon and Lincolnshire, were arrested during a series of raids in July 2013, and have been charged with conspiracy to steal from their employer and money laundering.
Chris Hughton's side are two points behind second-placed Middlesbrough.
Knockaert, who joined the Sussex club from Standard Liege in January, beat David Button with an angled shot.
Tomer Hemed expertly headed in Beram Kayal's right-wing cross, his first goal since 5 December, before Jamie Murphy added a third in stoppage time.
Brighton's 3-0 win over Brentford as it happened
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Bruno also had a first-half shot deflected onto the crossbar by Brentford centre-back Harlee Dean, as Brighton strolled towards a third successive win.
At the other end, with the score at 0-0, goalkeeper David Stockdale made a flying save to keep out Alan Judge's powerful first-time shot.
Knockaert set up both goals in a 2-1 win over Huddersfield on his home debut 13 days earlier and he was in fine form once more against the Bees, although he should have opened the scoring inside the second minute but poked wide from eight yards.
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Israel striker Hemed had started the season with five goals in his nine appearances for Brighton but, like his team-mates, had struggled for goals during a seven-match winless run in the league over the festive period.
That dip in form appears to be at an end, with Murphy's late goal on the counter-attack sealing Brighton's biggest win of the season.
They also said it was overcrowded and struggled to hold prisoners in safe and decent conditions, after an unannounced inspection in February this year.
A report said violence levels had more than doubled since those found during the last inspection in November 2013.
But HM Inspectorate of Prisons praised the category B jail's cleanliness and efforts to "get the basics right".
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The report stated "too many prisoners felt unsafe", and recorded 126 assaults and fights six months before the inspection, with some injuries requiring hospital treatment. Attacks on staff were also "relatively high", with 49 incidents logged.
It said the number of inmates at risk of suicide or self-harm was also high, with 256 incidents of self-harm in the same period, three times higher than at the last inspection. But the report suggested "a smaller number of prisoners with complex needs accounted for many of the incidents".
Inspectors said the Victorian prison "faced increased levels of violence, often related to the prevalence of drugs and the difficulty of managing the problem with reduced staff numbers".
Chief Inspector of Prisons Peter Clarke said it had "achieved some success" and the new governor and his team had "redoubled efforts to build on the institution's strengths."
Chief Executive of HM Prison & Probation Service Michael Spurr said HMP Lincoln's governor was working to "achieve further improvements" at the jail.
By putting a larger-than-normal sensor in a relatively small body, the firm aims to make it easier to take "ultra-high quality" photos than before.
Professionals say the X1D should help them to capture images that feel more filmic, which many clients prefer.
But until prices for the technology fall, medium-format photography may remain a niche activity.
The mirrorless designation refers to the fact that the camera does not use a mirror to bounce light through the viewfinder.
This means its owner does not look through the lens, but must rely instead on a small electronic display built into the viewfinder or a larger touchscreen below.
The "medium format" terminology indicates that the sensor measures 43.8mm by 32.9mm (1.7in by 1.3in). The Sony-made part captures 50 megapixels and is said to be capable of recording a wider range of brightness values than the norm.
That compares to 36mm by 24mm for "full-frame" cameras, and about 23mm by 15mm for APS-C cameras.
The camera costs £7,188 - including VAT - which is more than double the price of Canon's full-frame 5DS R, which has the same megapixel resolution.
"Medium-format cameras are better at capturing light because their sensors have bigger pixels, which means they won't produce as much image noise in low light conditions," explained Jon Devo, retailer Wex Photographic's blogger.
"This camera also has 14 stops of dynamic range, which means you will get a lot more detail in the image with better colours - it's a completely different league from what you would get with a DSLR.
"There have been other digital medium-format cameras, but you weren't able to wear them around your neck. This could make medium-format photography accessible to a lot more people."
Like many mirrorless cameras, the X1D uses a type of autofocus that relies on maximising the amount of contrast in the sensed image.
This tends to be a slower process than the phase-detect autofocus technique used by many DSLRs, which splits the view in two and alters the focus until they come together in order to determine distance to a subject.
That may make the new camera unsuitable for sports photographers, for example, but still appealing to those working in fashion or other situations in which the subject can be posed.
Once focus is attained, the camera can freeze the action at speeds of up to 0.002 of a second.
The new camera weighs 725g (1.6lb) without a lens attached, which is lighter than many DSLR models including Canon's 5DS R and Nikon's 36 megapixel D810.
However, with only 14 compatible Hasselblad lenses at launch, there is considerably less choice than for Canon, Nikon or Sony's rival systems.
One photographer said the company already had a strong reputation with professionals, but the weight of its previous digital medium-format cameras had discouraged their use outside studios.
"Hasselblad is the closest to film I've come on any digital camera I've tried," said Jessica Klingelfuss from Wallpaper magazine, who has had hands-on time with a prototype X1D.
"The colours and tones of light are rendered differently. There's kind of a creaminess, a softness - things can look more dreamy.
"With normal digital cameras you find they can't really render red properly, images can seem lacklustre.
"So, the price may sound high, but it's still more affordable than other Hasselblad cameras, and I think you'll find semi-professionals and avid amateurs who might buy it."
The union is accusing Southern railway of wanting to impose changes rather than reach an agreement.
The dispute is separate to a long-running row between Southern and the RMT union over changes to the role of conductors.
Aslef said Southern had "dug its heels in" over the changes.
Southern's drivers who are members of Aslef voted for walkouts by 87%.
The union has announced its drivers will strike on 13-14 December, again on 16 December, and between 9-14 January.
Mick Whelan, Aslef's general secretary, said: "Our trade dispute with the company is that there should be no introduction and/or extension of new driver-only operated routes on Southern without the agreement of Aslef.
"We have genuinely sought to reach a compromise with Southern. We have always been prepared to talk to the company and we have always been of the view that it should be possible to do a deal, but it takes two to tango and the company has not been prepared to negotiate," he said.
"They have dug in their heels and forced us to ballot our members."
This ups the ante in an already vitriolic dispute.
Up until now, Southern had managed to run about 60% of its trains on RMT strike days. Still incredibly annoying for customers but they could normally find a way of getting to work.
Now that just under 1,000 Aslef drivers are joining the fray, albeit on different days, it's hard to see how Southern will be able to run any kind of functioning train service when they walk out.
They're also stopping overtime, which is often vital to running the trains every day.
This dispute has become the defining battle for one of the most contentious issues on our railways, the increasing introduction of what's known as "driver-only-operation" or DOO, where the driver, rather than the guard, takes control of closing the doors.
The unions say it's a safety risk and an excuse to cut jobs in the long run, all to save money. The rail firms and the government argue that it's about modernising the railways, freeing up on-board staff to deal with customers. They also point out that the safety regulator, the ORR, says it's safe and that DOO is already commonplace on many lines.
What happens on Southern is likely to determine what happens on other rail franchises in the future.
Charles Horton, the chief executive of Southern's parent company Govia Thameslink, said: "Passengers will be rightly furious that these wholly unnecessary and unjustified strikes have been called in the run up to Christmas and in the New Year.
"It's perfectly safe for the driver to have sole responsibility for the operation of a modern train and that's how a third of the trains up and down the country - with the full agreement and support of Aslef - already operate today."
The RMT has been embroiled in a bitter dispute with Southern over changes to the role of conductors.
More stoppages are planned in the coming weeks, in the run-up to Christmas and over the new year.
Southern wants drivers, rather than conductors, to operate carriage doors at certain times.
London Underground drivers are to stage a 24-hour strike on 6 and 7 December, coinciding with a walkout by Southern rail guards.
Just 13% of state-funded school's teachers are currently from a BME background, compared to 27% of pupils.
Teaching union, the NASUWT says ethnic minority teachers "face discrimination and prejudice when applying for jobs".
The government says there has been an increasing number of BME teachers joining the profession in recent years.
Department for Education (DfE) figures for 2016 show that of 510,000 state-funded teachers, 68,000 were drawn from an ethnic minority background.
Analysing the data, BBC News found the number of BME teachers would need to double to accurately reflect the ethnic make-up of the state school pupil population in England.
Ethnic minority teachers say young people from a similar background have historically preferred to enter other professions such as medicine or science.
"Teaching was never on my radar when I was younger," says Tayyab Ditta, a teacher in Leeds.
"A lack of BME teachers meant I had no role models so I never envisaged becoming a teacher. I remember seeing people from my community who'd become successful doctors or engineers but I never saw someone who was a teacher and that is a barrier we need to break down."
Janet Sheriff is the only BME secondary school head teacher in Leeds, an area where nearly 30% of children are from an ethnic minority.
"This is an enormous challenge for the whole education system. It's vitally important that as our communities become more multicultural our schools reflect the areas where our children grow up," she said.
"I do feel that when schools appoint teachers, there is an unconscious bias where white teachers are often the preferred candidate."
Government figures show the proportion of BME teachers in England rose from 11.6% in 2012, to 13.4% in 2016.
Despite the increase, a recent report from the National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers (NASUWT) warned BME teachers still faced "deep-rooted, endemic and institutional racism".
Chris Keates, general secretary of the NASUWT, said: "BME teachers are, on average, paid less than their peers, commonly face discrimination and prejudice when applying for jobs.
"Schools and pupils are losing out on the talents and skills of BME teachers who are unable to advance their careers or who opt for a different profession due to the barriers being placed in their way. We cannot afford to continue to let this happen."
Analysing the government's data, BBC News found that only one local authority area in England has proportionally more teachers than pupils from an ethnic minority background.
In 2016, 4.7% of teachers in Halton, Cheshire, were BME compared to 4.5% of pupils.
The London borough of Westminster had the greatest imbalance with 37.9% of teachers being from an ethnic minority compared to 85% of pupils.
A spokesperson for the DfE said: "There has been a steady increase in the proportion of minority ethnic groups starting teacher training and in the teaching profession in recent years.
"We also provide a range of support to teachers from black and ethnic minority backgrounds such as the Leadership, Equality and Diversity Fund. This fund supports schools to increase the representation of BME teachers in senior leadership roles as well as providing coaching and mentoring for BME teachers."
Seen as "pragmatic conservative", Rafsanjani was a leading member of the Iran's religious establishment who gained popularity in later life among the country's moderates. He boasted of a long-standing relationship with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei, while also calling publicly for greater freedoms for Iranians.
Rafsanjani was also one of Iran's richest men, and he maintained close links to Iranian industry and business throughout his life. In 2003 he was featured in the Millionaire Mullahs section of the Forbes Rich List.
He was dogged by accusations that he abused his political connections to amass a large personal fortune - allegations that he always denied. His wealth and leadership style earned him a nickname among Iranians - "Akbar Shah", or "Great King".
By 2002, he had fallen out of favour with conservative clerics, military commanders, and public, and he lost his seat in parliament. But the same year he was elected head of the Expediency Council, a powerful body that adjudicates disputes over legislation, and held the post until his death.
He ran again for the presidency in 2005 but lost to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. In 2013 he attempted to run again, registering for the ballot with just minutes to go, but he was barred from standing by Iran's electoral watchdog.
He went on to be openly critical of Mr Ahmadinejad and became a key supporter of his reform-minded successor, Hassan Rouhani.
Born in 1934 in south-eastern Iran to a family of farmers, Rafsanjani studied theology in the holy city of Qom with Ayatollah Khomeini, whose close follower he became. He was imprisoned several times under the Shah.
He was speaker in the Majlis (Iran's parliament) from 1980 to 1989. In the last year of the 1980-88 war with Iraq, Ayatollah Khomeini appointed him acting commander-in-chief of the armed forces.
He was seen as the main mover behind Iran's acceptance of the UN Security Council resolution which ended the war.
As president, Rafsanjani sought to encourage a rapprochement with the West and re-establish Iran as a regional power.
His influence in Lebanon helped to bring about the release of Western hostages there in the early 1990s.
Domestically, Rafsanjani pursued an economically liberal policy which critics said failed to deliver on social justice. He also opposed harsh Islamic penal codes and promoted better job prospects for women.
His financial policies aimed to move Iran from the state-controlled economy of the Iran-Iraq war years to a more market-based system.
Under Mr Ahmadinejad's presidency, from 2005 to 2013, he was a fierce critic of economic policies which he said seriously damaged Iran.
On the nuclear issue, he was in favour of negotiation with the West but warned his countrymen against "accepting bullying and imposition". Indeed, he warned Washington that its "threats" were futile.
In 2007, at Friday prayers, he spoke out against nuclear weapons and said he was disappointed that the US, which still has a nuclear arsenal, was trying to stop Iran from using nuclear energy for peaceful purposes.
In 2002, Mr Rafsanjani was appointed head of the powerful Expediency Council, which arbitrates in disputes between the Majlis and the Guardian Council which can block legislation.
In 2006, he was elected to the Assembly of Experts and a year later was voted leader of the body which appoints the supreme leader.
Hardliners within the Assembly of Experts were strongly opposed to Mr Rafsanjani's bid to remain as leader in elections in January 2009. He stood against Ayatollah Mohammad Taghi Mesbah Yazdi, a supporter of President Ahmadinejad, and won a convincing majority.
In the 2009 presidential election, he backed the reformist Mir-Hossein Mousavi, who stood against President Ahmadinejad but was defeated.
Following that election supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei distanced himself from Mr Rafsanjani and took away his title of Tehran's Friday prayer leader.
Rafsanjani also lost his position as the head of the Assembly of Experts. His son Mehdi and daughter Faezeh were temporarily imprisoned on what many saw as trumped-up charges to put pressure on their father.
He was attacked by the conservative and right-wing press for suggesting that he might register for the elections.
But among the country's moderates Mr Rafsanjani was seen as a master manipulator who had a foot in the door of the establishment and a hand in the affairs of the opposition, and who could, theoretically, create a more open and predicable political climate.
Unable to stand in 2013, Rafsanjani supported moderate candidate Hassan Rouhani and Mr Rouhani's win gave the former president an insider role in reform efforts, including the new president's push for nuclear talks with the US.
His sudden death will be seen as a major blow to Mr Rouhani, who is preparing himself for re-election in May. Mr Rouhani was the first top official to attend the hospital where Mr Rafsanjani died. Reports say Mr Rouhani was in tears, and a crowd gathered outside the hospital after the announcement.
Rafsanjani is survived by his wife, Effat Marashi, their sons Mohsen, Mehdi and Yasser, and daughters Fatemeh and Faezeh. Faezeh is a prominent women's rights activist and former MP.
Former Liverpool and Chelsea striker Fernando Torres opened the scoring with a lovely dinked finish.
Antoine Griezmann doubled the lead before right-back Juanfran made it 3-0.
Ruben Castro reduced the deficit before late goals by Griezmann and substitute Thomas Partey completed the rout and earned a fifth win in six league games.
The win leaves Diego Simeone's side six points behind leaders Barcelona, who are in action later in the day against third-placed Real Madrid.
Atletico's next game is away to Barca in the quarter-finals of the Champions League on Tuesday.
He works as a social media strategist at the US software firm Autodesk and is taking part in a company-led health challenge.
Staff teams equipped with pedometers are competing to see who can achieve the most steps over 100 days.
"Having that pedometer does illustrate quite clearly how active you are… and it makes you walk," Blake says.
And the benefits are immediate, says colleague Clay Helm, the firm's PR director: "I'm a lot more productive and less stressed. Sometimes your best ideas happen when you're away from technology."
They both enjoy the competitive nature of the scheme as it provides an added incentive to exercise.
"I'm an average person, not an athlete," says Clay, "but I don't want to let my team down… the team expects you to contribute and come up with results."
Autodesk is one of a growing number of companies spending on wearable technology to encourage its staff to lead a more active lifestyle.
It provides staff with a pedometer as part of its corporate wellness programme, taking the view that having healthier, more active workers is good for productivity.
Oil giant BP's North American business offers its staff Fitbit fitness trackers - wearable bands or clip-on devices that monitor your steps, calorie intake and sleep patterns.
And it's proving popular - BP distributed 24,500 of them to staff and dependent spouses in 2015 alone. No doubt the scheme's popularity is partly due to the fact that activity points earn staff discounts on their health insurance premiums.
Participants of the voluntary scheme aim to reach one, two or three million steps in a year. And BP believes its staff are fitter as a result.
The company tells the BBC that 81% reached the million step goal, "providing evidence that participants engage in physical activity year-round".
It's a growing trend.
In 2013, about 2,000 companies offered their employees fitness trackers, according to technology research company Gartner. In 2014, this rose to around 10,000.
By 2016, the firm predicts that most large companies - those with more than 500 employees - in both the US and Western Europe will offer fitness trackers with their programmes.
These are unlikely to be Apple smartwatches, however, as they are significantly more expensive than wearable devices from the likes of Jawbone, Fitbit, Garmin, Microsoft, Basis and others.
"A lot of companies view [these schemes] as giving them a competitive advantage," says Ryan Martin, wearable technology analyst at 451 Research.
"They can improve overall employee wellness through data collection. They're not just making workplaces better, but decreasing unplanned leaves of absence."
So far, this trend is being led by the US - partly because its healthcare system is built around health insurance - a perk often provided by employers to their staff.
The UK's publicly funded National Health Service means insurance and employee health are less intricately bound.
But think of the people you know who measure their steps, calories and sleep. Aren't they the ones who already go to the gym, eat healthily and generally lead an active life?
This is a problem that all these corporate fitness and wellness programmes come across. They want to reach the more sedentary part of the population - not just "the worried well".
Companies argue that the workplace is a good way to do this - with the less active types more likely to take part if their colleagues are already doing it.
Fitbit, which recently listed on the New York Stock Exchange, says various studies show about 20% engagement in general wellness programmes. It claims this figure rises to between 40% and more than 80% with a Fitbit programme.
The firm recommends that chief executives take up the challenge - leading by example - and suggests buying the "tallest, cheesiest trophy" to reward weekly winners.
Mr Ryan of 451 Research says that Fitbit rival Jawbone in particular wants to take a more holistic approach to fitness.
That is, it doesn't just want to measure activity, but prompt it, too - suggesting you get up from your desk and stretch your legs if the wearable gadget detects a long period of inactivity.
But what about the privacy issues surrounding sharing health data with your employer?
Autodesk's Clay and Blake say they don't mind, emphasising the voluntary nature of the scheme. And both BP and Autodesk say they only have access to aggregated data - not to any individual's particular details.
Gartner's Annette Zimmermann believes the workplace fitness tracking trend "is coming to Europe and the UK" but that "there will be different business models for each particular country."
"Our research shows that even if initially people are tentative about sharing [health data], they are willing to do so if they get something in return."
In other words, everyone has their price.
But US campaign group World Privacy Forum has specifically named wellness programmes as a problematic area.
It is concerned about companies potentially selling on data to marketing firms with the result that individuals could receive targeted advertising. The group recently asked the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to look at the issue.
The lobby group also wants a limit to the size of discounts offered on employee medical benefits, arguing that if the discount is too steep, poorer workers may feel compelled to take part - even though they may have valid reasons for not wanting to, such as pregnancy or religious objections.
Despite these concerns, workplace fitness tracker schemes look set to become more widespread, particularly if evidence grows that they help increase productivity and reduce sickness absence.
But ensuring they remain voluntary should keep privacy campaigners busy for years to come.
The Clevedon sea swimmers - come rain, shine or even snow - are continuing to keep a tradition alive that has been going on since the 1930s.
On an almost daily basis they don bright coloured swimming hats and battle the elements to swim in the sea at the Somerset resort before drying off and warming up with a cup of hot chocolate.
Sometimes they are only in the water for a matter of minutes, other days they will swim around the pier, depending on the tides and weather.
Now their morning outings have been captured by news and feature photographer Brad Wakefield, from Burnham-on-Sea.
Mr Wakefield, 26, said: "I have grown to love their attitude and sheer embrace of their surroundings.
"I have witnessed their pure dedication first hand, swimming through all weather as the seasons have changed from beautiful blue skies to painfully cold, snowy days."
The group of swimmers - aged 30 to 80 years old - swells in size from nine or ten in the winter to 20 or 30 in the summer.
Self-confessed as "totally mad", the "all year rounders", say the cold makes it all the more fun.
"I don't like swimming in swimming pools now, it's just too warm," former primary school teacher Dee Hamilton-Jones said.
"It all started with a conversation about swimming hats.
"I asked one of the members 'where did you get your swim hat?' and she said 'you must come down', but this was winter time and she said, 'don't start now, start in May', that's the best time to start."
Dee, 71, swims alongside her husband, 66-year-old Richard.
"The theory is, if you can cope with going in the British sea in the summer, the next day it only gets a little bit colder than the previous day," Mr Hamilton-Jones said.
"And if you keep going and keep going, you think, 'ok, it's December 31, but it can't be much colder than the day before'.
"It is absolutely wonderful. Somebody once said it's like having a high on oxygen."
The Clevedon Sea Swimming Photographic Exhibition will run from 9 March to 24 March at the Toll House Gallery on Clevedon Pier.
About 1,000 files accessed may include personal identity information of individuals who have made a complaint about an Abta-registered travel agent.
It says it is contacting those affected by the hack which happened on 27 February and has a dedicated helpline.
It has also alerted the police and the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO).
Part of the ICO's role is to help the public manage their personal data.
Abta chief executive Mark Tanzer said he would "personally like to apologise for the anxiety and concern" caused to Abta customers and members.
"It is extremely disappointing that our web server, managed for Abta through a third party web developer and hosting company, was compromised and we are taking every step we can to help those affected."
Mr Tanzer said the organisation was not aware of any of the information being shared beyond the infiltrator.
ABTA is the UK's largest travel association, representing travel agents and tour operators who sell £32bn of holidays and other travel arrangements each year, according to its website.
The organisation gives advice and guidance to holidaymakers, sets standards for travel firms and promotes responsible tourism in the UK and abroad.
It said the type of data which may have been accessed included:
Abta said the "vast majority" of the 43,000 people affected were those who had registered with email addresses and encrypted passwords or had filled in an online form with basic contact details.
It said there was "a very low exposure risk to identity theft or online fraud" with this kind of data.
It advised customers and ABTA members registered on the site to change their passwords as a "precautionary measure".
Abta said those who had uploaded contact details or documentation on the website should actively monitor their bank accounts, social media and email accounts, and "remain vigilant".
It has also offered people who may be affected a free-of-charge identity theft protection service.
It saw annual profits halve to $16.2bn, from $32.5bn in 2014.
Exxon Mobil's results come after rivals Chevron and BP both reported large losses for the fourth quarter.
Oil prices fell sharply on Tuesday, with Brent crude down 5.3% to $32.42.
Crude oil prices have dropped about 70% from the 2014 high of more than $100 a barrel.
Oil companies have been trying to cut costs and investments in new projects as they adjust to the sustained fall in prices.
Exxon says its capital spending will be about $23.2bn in 2016, a cut of 25% compared with 2015.
Upstream earnings, which means exploration and production, slumped to $857m in the fourth quarter compared with $4.6bn during the same time last year.
Lower commodity prices in the upstream section of the business were partly offset by higher downstream earnings.
Downstream earnings, which mean refined oil products, were $1.4bn, up $854m from the fourth quarter of 2014.
They are accused of not assisting a person in danger, leading to their death, spokesman Sofian Sliti said.
It comes after a UK judge said the Tunisian police response had been "at best shambolic and at worst cowardly".
The attack by student Seifeddine Rezgui killed 38 people, most of them British.
He opened fire on holidaymakers in the resort of Port El Kantaoui in an attack claimed by so-called Islamic State.
Police officers near the scene ran in the opposite direction to get more guns while he shot sunbathers and threw grenades, the British inquest heard.
Rezgui then went into the Imperial Hotel to kill more people. He was shot dead by police an hour after beginning his attack.
Six security guards from the Imperial Hotel are among those under investigation, Mr Sliti told Reuters.
So far 14 people have been arrested, 12 people are being investigated but are not in custody and seven more are on the run, Mr Sliti said.
The investigating judge ended his investigation last July and the case has been sent to Tunisia's criminal court but no trial date has yet been set, he said.
Warren Free, 42, died from head injuries in Spalding, Lincolnshire, in August 2014.
A Lincoln Crown Court jury found Jake Edwards, 18, two 15-year-old boys, a boy aged 17 and two 15-year-old girls not guilty of murder or manslaughter.
A 15-year-old boy was found guilty of perverting the course of justice.
Another boy, aged 17, admitted the same charge before the four-week trial.
Jurors reached the verdicts after a week of deliberations.
It was alleged Mr Free was subjected to a "vicious assault" involving a metal pole after confronting the group of youths in a nearby park over damage to his property.
He returned home after the attack, but died later from his injuries.
Defence lawyers argued the teens had acted either in self-defence, or were defending others in the group, while some were innocent bystanders.
They also told jurors pathologists who examined Mr Free's body were unable to determine exactly how and when he sustained the fatal blow to his head.
It could have been caused by a punch or kick, or from falling to the ground and hitting his head, they argued.
A post-mortem examination found he had multiple cuts and bruises and had suffered a brain injury.
The Chicago Sun-Times will instead rely on reporters to shoot photos and video, with freelancers also filling in.
The job cuts come as newspapers across the world struggle with declining advertising and subscription revenues.
The photographers' union vowed to fight the job cuts, which affect as many as 30 people.
Steve Buyansky, a photo editor for three of the smaller suburban subsidiary publications, said the photographers were "in shock".
In a statement, the newspaper said: "The Chicago Sun-Times continues to evolve with our digitally savvy customers, and as a result, we have had to restructure the way we manage multimedia, including photography, across the network.
"The Sun-Times business is changing rapidly and our audiences are consistently seeking more video content with their news.
"We have made great progress in meeting this demand and are focused on bolstering our reporting capabilities with video and other multimedia elements."
The Chicago newspaper is the eighth-largest daily paper in the US, according to industry tracker Alliance for Audited Media.
The media group went into bankruptcy under the direction of press baron Conrad Black. The paper and its 40 subsidiaries were purchased in 2011 by Michael Ferro, a wealthy Chicagoan.
The single currency strengthened 0.2% against the dollar as investors were reassured over the future stability of the European project.
The reaction was muted, however, as investors were expecting Mr Macron, a former investment banker and an economic liberal, to prevail.
He has proposed cutting corporation tax and changes to the labour market.
"Voters elected for Emmanuel Macron's pro-business policy proposals, which have the potential to unlock long-held-back investment and stimulate French markets," said Stephen Mitchell at London-based fund manager, Jupiter Asset Management.
His opponent in the race for the presidency, Marine Le Pen, is a critic of globalisation and had proposed withdrawing France from the single currency.
In contrast, Mr Macron, has campaigned for greater European integration.
Mr Macron, who was economy minister under Socialist President Francois Hollande, has tried to define himself as neither left nor right politically.
He has proposed a range of policies combining budget cuts and more labour market flexibility, with public investment and an extension of the welfare state.
However, his relative lack of political experience, and parliamentary elections in June, mean scope remains for market uncertainty.
"I see significant risks of an inexperienced politician and technocrat not being able to execute properly well-intended policies," said Stephen Jen, chief executive of Eurizon SLJ Capital, which is also London-based.
"We will see. It is important to give president Macron the benefit of the doubt."
Mr Winterkorn said he was "shocked" by recent events and that the firm needed a "fresh start".
He added that he was "not aware of any wrongdoing on my part" but was acting in the interest of the company.
VW has already said that it is setting aside €6.5bn (£4.7bn) to cover the costs of the scandal.
The world's biggest carmaker admitted last week that it deceived US regulators in exhaust emissions tests by installing a device to give more positive results.
The company said later that it affected 11 million vehicles worldwide.
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"I am clearing the way for a fresh start with my resignation," Mr Winterkorn said in his statement.
He said he was "stunned" at the scale of the misconduct in the group but that he was confident that VW would overcome this "grave crisis".
"The process of clarification and transparency must continue. This is the only way to win back trust," he continued.
In a separate statement, the supervisory board said they would announce Mr Winterkorn's successor at a board meeting on Friday, adding that it was "expecting further personnel consequences in the next days" as a result of its own investigations.
"The internal group investigations are continuing at a high tempo," it said.
"All participants in these proceedings that has resulted in unmeasurable harm for Volkswagen will be subject to the full consequences."
There has been speculation in German newspapers that Matthias Mueller would be named as the next chief executive. He is head of Porsche, which is part of the Volkswagen group of companies.
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The board also said that it would voluntarily submit a complaint to the state prosecutors.
"In the view of the Executive Committee criminal proceedings may be relevant due to the irregularities," its statement said.
German public prosecutors have already said they are considering an investigation, with US authorities also said to be planning criminal investigations.
Speaking to Radio 5 live Martin Leach, chairman of car industry consultancy Magma Group and former president and chief operating officer of Ford Europe, said the scandal was "not the work of a rogue engineer... so there would have been a number of people who knew of this device".
Mr Leach added: "Nobody knows just how bad this could get for Volkswagen."
Volkswagen shares have tumbled some 30% since the beginning of the week in response to the scandal, which has stunned investors.
"It has been a real shock. We are a long-term shareholder and we put a lot of emphasis on management credibility," said Gilles Guibout, a fund manager at AXA Investment Managers, which is the ninth biggest shareholder in VW.
He said that the departure of Mr Winterkorn "is an attempt to keep the fire under control", but added that it is not clear if "this will be enough".
While VW has set aside €6.5bn to cover potential costs of the scandal, Mr Guibout thinks the bill is more likely to be €10bn.
In addition, VW faces fines of up to $18bn by the regulator, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
In the UK half of cars sold have diesel engines and many drivers will be wondering if they can trust performance figures quoted when they bought their car.
Volkswagen is the only company to have admitted to cheating over emissions testing.
Its Jetta, Beetle, Golf and Audi A3 models in the US from 2009 to 2015, and the Passat from 2014-15, had the devices which produced doctored results.
The director of the RAC Foundation Steven Gooding, says the affair has been damaging, though he does not agree with predictions that diesels will now be labelled as dirty and are on the way out.
"It's a bit too early to be saying that this is the beginning of the end for the diesel engine.
"I think the key thing is we all need to be confident that the new diesels coming through - they're called the Euro6 Test diesels - are really performing as we need them to and as we expect them to," he said.
The dates and venues for the games have been confirmed with the preliminary round match between Monaghan and Fermanagh on Saturday, 20 May.
There will also be two games on the opening weekend with the Donegal v Antrim quarter-final a day later.
This reduces the championship from 10 to nine weeks with the decider to be played on Sunday, 16 July.
Tyrone are defending champions and Mickey Harte's side will take on derby rivals Derry at Celtic Park on Sunday, 28 May.
Mark Carney made the direct link between "weaker real income growth" and the process of leaving the European Union.
Brexit is likely to make people poorer, the governor of the Bank of England said.
Since the referendum the markets have sold off sterling, making the currency weaker and increasing inflation in the UK.
That means that price rises are now running ahead of wage growth and real incomes are falling again.
Mr Carney's speech at the Mansion House called for an "innovative, co-operative and responsible" approach to Brexit.
"Fragmentation is in no-one's interest," he argued when it came to the key relationship of financial services in particular.
Some might describe that as a plea for a "soft" Brexit - no cliff edge at the end of exit negotiations, rather a "slope" - as the chancellor has described it.
Speaking alongside the governor, Philip Hammond said that no-one voted for Brexit to become poorer.
He also made it clear that he wants to put the economy at the heart of the Brexit negotiations.
Rather than sovereignty or controlling immigration, which are the issues likely to motivate other colleagues in the Cabinet and certainly in the Conservative Party.
The tensions are clear.
The chancellor - strengthened since the general election - gave the greatest detail yet about what his approach might mean for our future relationship with the EU.
Yes, as he said at the weekend, the UK will be leaving the customs union.
But he made the case for a new form of customs agreement with "current border arrangements" - which presumably means agreeing to some form of EU oversight for some years following Britain's exit from the union.
It is nailing down this "transition" or "implementation" period which is important for many businesses.
Some will be relieved that both Mr Carney and Mr Hammond are calling for Britain to play a longer game when it comes to the Brexit process.
Others may fear that tying the UK formally to the EU after Britain leaves the union in March 2019 could mean, for a few years of transition at least, Brexit does not, quite, mean Brexit.
National Museums Scotland, which saw off a Dumfries and Galloway Council bid to display the haul, is trying to raise nearly £2m to cover the finder's fee.
NMS said it would be exhibiting part of the treasure until October.
However, it added it would hold further talks with the council about displaying some items in Kirkcudbright.
The treasure will be on display at the National Museum of Scotland from 16 June to 1 October.
It is on loan from the Queen's and Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer and will give visitors a first glimpse of the unique hoard discovered by a metal detectorist.
NMS director Dr Gordon Rintoul said: "We have offered to carry the responsibility of raising the necessary funding to acquire the hoard and resourcing its long term conservation, care and research requirements.
"We have also offered to lend a significant and representative proportion of the hoard to Dumfries and Galloway Council for long term display in Kirkcudbright Art Gallery.
"The fragile nature of many of the items means a rigorous process of review and delicate conservation work must be undertaken before the future display of individual items can be decided."
The whole collection could also go on display in south west Scotland - for a set period of time - following the conservation work.
However, the decision to award the collection to NMS has come in for further criticism in Dumfries and Galloway.
Kirkcudbright-based councillor Jane Maitland said the region had been treated "shabbily" and should have been given the whole collection for permanent display.
"There should be nothing at all to stand in the way of permitting us to display it proudly to the rest of the world and to reap the benefit," she said.
She said the "default position" should be for the whole hoard to be displayed in Dumfries and Galloway and described the decision to allocate it elsewhere as the "theft" of the region's archaeological treasures.
Sex education should be compulsory in all state secondary schools, the Local Government Association (LGA) believes.
It says pupils are not being prepared for adulthood and so are vulnerable to sexually transmitted infections.
Ministers say they are looking at how all pupils can have access to good SRE.
The LGA says age-appropriate SRE should be an essential part of the curriculum for all young people, stressing that parents should still have the choice to take their children out.
But without access to accurate information, pupils are not being adequately prepared for adulthood, the association warns.
It says official figures show there were 78,066 new diagnoses of sexually transmitted infections among 15 to 19-year-olds in England in 2015 and 141,060 among 20 to 24-year-olds.
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Local authorities, which have responsibility for public health, budget around £600m a year for sexual health, it added.
Source: Sex Education Forum
Sex education has been hotly debated in recent years with campaigners, as well as MPs, calling for more and better lessons for young people.
Currently, all secondary schools in England under local authority control have to teach SRE as part of the national curriculum.
But a loophole means academies and free schools - which are controlled by central government rather than local authorities - do not have to follow the national curriculum and are not, therefore, obliged to teach the subject.
In reality, most academies and free schools do provide SRE lessons, but the LGA says it wants to see universal rules "across the board".
Parents still have the right to withdraw their children from the lessons in all state schools in England.
Chair of the LGA's community wellbeing board Izzi Seccombe said the matter was a major health protection issue.
"The lack of compulsory sex and relationship education in academies and free schools is storing up problems for later on in life, creating a ticking sexual health time bomb, as we are seeing in those who have recently left school," Ms Seccombe said.
"The evidence suggests that when designed and delivered in the right way, SRE can have a really positive impact on a pupil's development."
Lisa Hallgarten from the Sex Education Forum said: "Children and young people have repeatedly told us that the SRE they receive under the current system is failing to prepare them adequately for adult life or to understand their bodies, sexual health or respectful relationships.
"The argument for compulsory SRE for all pupils in all schools has been won - the government must listen to the groundswell of support for SRE and make this a guaranteed part of the curriculum."
A spokesman for the Department for Education said: "High-quality education on sex and relationships is a vital part of preparing young people for success in adult life.
"It is compulsory in all maintained secondary schools and, as the education secretary said recently, we are looking at options to ensure all children have access to high-quality teaching in these subjects.
"We will update the House during the passage of the Children and Social Work Bill."
This Bill, which will set out new laws in relation to the welfare of children, is currently being debated by the House of Commons.
The seasonally adjusted figure is at its lowest level since a year after German reunification in 1990.
The head of the Federal Labour Office, Frank-Juergen Weise, said strong consumer consumption was helping to drive the downward trend.
A recent survey showed Germans are feeling more optimistic than at any point since October 2001.
The chief economist at the government-owned KfW Development Bank, Joerg Zeuner, said demand for staff was rising in almost every sector, although it was weaker in manufacturing.
Private consumption has overtaken exports as the main impetus behind Germany's growth.
The government is hoping household spending will help the economy to expand by 1.8% this year, but economists at Deutsche Bank have lowered their forecast to 1.6%, because of weaker-than-expected first-quarter growth.
The unidentified gunman was shot dead by police after roaming the streets with a rifle and a revolver in broad daylight on Saturday.
Officials have released few details but accounts by friends and witnesses suggest the victims were not connected.
The dead include two women relaxing outside an addiction recovery centre and a cyclist who begged for his life.
The gunman shot the cyclist first before moving on to kill the two women.
"His last words were 'Please God, no,'" said Teresa Willingham, a witness to the first shooting. "He was just at the wrong place at the wrong time."
The cyclist was left lying face down in the street with his bike, while the gunman walked approximately half a mile (0.8km) to a home for women recovering from addiction.
It was there that the two women were shot while relaxing on the porch of the home.
"He walked calmly and collectedly. His demeanour was like he was having a stroll in the park," said Matthew Abshire, who heard the shots and followed the gunman down the street.
Police confronted the man outside a nearby burger restaurant.
An eyewitness told a local television station that police instructed the gunman to drop his weapons, before they "shot at him a good 20 times".
A frustrating display looked set to end in a draw until Baines cracked in a deflected shot from 20 yards.
Rooney was quiet when playing up front but improved once he moved back behind the striker in the second half.
The second leg takes place in Ruzomberok next Thursday.
Everton were dominant in possession throughout but still needed Maarten Stekelenburg to make a crucial save and turn Jan Maslo's header on to the crossbar.
Ronald Koeman gave debuts to summer signings Cuco Martina, Michael Keane, Davy Klaassen and Sandro Ramirez but will need a better performance if they are to reach the play-off round in August and avoid a repeat of him not reaching the group stage with Southampton two years ago.
It is 13 years since the then-teenage Rooney left Everton for Manchester United for £27m, with his move back this summer causing almost as much discussion and debate as his departure.
Is he the same player who left? No. But will he prove to be a shrewd signing for Koeman? For free, you'd think so.
He will be judged against stiffer opposition than the side who finished third in the Slovakian Fortuna Liga last season, but he will also have to play better to even keep his place in a rejuvenated Everton side.
Rooney has spent much of the last few seasons in midfield but started in the centre of a front three, showing some neat touches but also reminders that his sharpest days are perhaps behind him.
He had the best chance of the opening half hour, but his touch was not great and he could not get any power behind a shot, and he and Everton greatly improved once Sandro came on in the second half.
With Sandro stretching the Ruzomberok defence, Rooney and Klaassen looked dangerous in pockets behind him. Finding the right position for Rooney may be Koeman's biggest challenge in the coming weeks.
"It's something I've been looking forward to for the last few weeks," Rooney said.
"It's obviously great to be at Goodison wearing the blue shirt, it was a great feeling.
"But it was an important game for us so I had to put my emotions to one side. I've done that now and can get down to focusing more on the football."
What is not in doubt is that Koeman is in the process of assembling the strongest squad at Goodison in years. Ross Barkley may be set to leave but Everton continue to be linked to Swansea midfielder Gylfi Sigurdsson as his replacement.
Even without Sigurdsson, Koeman now has plenty of attacking options to suggest losing Romelu Lukaku's 20+ goals a season may not be a disaster, although another out-and-out striker would be a shrewd addition before the end of August.
Sandro's arrival changed Everton's game, but Klaassen was the pick of the new signings on show, going close with a shot in the first half and a header in the second, all the time knitting together the best of Everton's play on a performance which was very much in pre-season mode.
But considering the injured Yannick Bolasie, Barkley, Ramiro Funes Mori and Seamus Coleman all missed out, £30m goalkeeper Jordan Pickford was on the bench with Sandro, Tom Davies, Gareth Barry, Phil Jagielka and Ademola Lookman and Aaron Lennon, and Muhamed Besic and James McCarthy were not involved at all, it is clear this is a Toffees squad packed with quality.
Whether it is good enough to challenge for a top-four place is another question, so perhaps winning the Europa League remains the best chance for Everton to qualify for the Champions League.
And for all the attacking talent on display, it was left-back Baines who found the breakthrough, scoring with a deflected shot from the edge of the area after a corner was only headed out to him.
Everton boss Ronald Koeman: "It's always difficult against these kind of teams who drop back. We are not 100% yet, it is pre-season and it is a good result. We would like to score more, we had chances but every clean sheet in European football is a good result.
"When Sandro came on Wayne Rooney had more freedom and we had pace up front which made the team better. We know that we would like another striker, you normally need two nines in the squad. I am really confident that we can bring in a good one to make us better.
"It is up to the board if we go back in for Sigurdsson, everyone knows our interest but I don't get involved in the finances."
Storm led 37-27 late in the third quarter before Bath mounted a comeback to secure a 47-44 victory.
Their win rounded off 'Super Saturday' which saw all eight Superleague teams start the season at one venue on the same day for the first time.
There were also wins for Hertfordshire Mavericks, Loughborough Lightning and Manchester Thunder.
After a shaky start, Storm worked patiently in attack and produced a run of six straight goals to lead 14-11 at the first break.
England international Eboni Beckford-Chambers produced a number of intercepts for Team Bath but Surrey's attacking combination of Rachel Dunn and Pamela Cookey proved too strong and they stretched their lead to 10.
Dunn continued to execute superb long-range shots, but Bath's defence rallied and superb feeds into goal shooter Chelsea Lewis drew her side level.
The scoreline moved back and forth in the final 10 minutes, before Bath completed the turnaround.
Last season's runners-up Hertfordshire Mavericks got their campaign off to the perfect start as they cruised to a 60-39 victory over Celtic Dragons in the first game of the day at Birmingham's Genting Arena.
Wales international Georgia Rowe spearheaded the Dragons' attack and was on the receiving end of some fine long balls from mid-court, but the Welsh side struggled to cope with the defensive power of Mavericks' captain Layla Guscoth.
Hertfordshire racked up the defensive turnovers in the second quarter and their smooth transition into attack created a 32-13 lead at half-time.
Dragons continued to fight in the second half with Fijian defender Episake Kahatoka disrupting Mavericks' flow, but 2015's beaten finalists showed their strength in depth to record an easy win.
Loughborough Lightning also made a winning start to their campaign as they overcame last season's semi-finalists Yorkshire Jets 65-34.
The Jets, who won both encounters last season, struggled against a Lightning side which contained six international players in their starting seven.
Lightning bolstered their squad over the summer, adding England internationals Ama Agbeze, Kadeen Corbin, Sasha Corbin and Jade Clarke to their ranks.
Ugandan shooter Peace Proscovia and player of the match Agbeze were in fine form as Loughborough raced into a 28-13 half-time lead.
Yorkshire captain Stacey Francis put up a fight in defence and produced some superb intercepts but her side were well beaten by an experienced Lightning outfit.
New Zealand international Liana Leota impressed as Manchester Thunder cruised to a 58-37 victory over Team Northumbria.
Leota, who has played 41 times for the Silver Fearns, produced a scintillating attacking display as the 2014 Superleague champions took a 28-22 half-time lead.
Lynsey Armitage impressed in the shooting circle on her debut for Northumbria and linked well with fellow newcomer and Jamaican ace Shanice Beckford.
But the introduction of England's Helen Housby in the second half added consistency to the Thunder attack and the former champions pulled away.
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The crash happened at about 17:00 GMT on Monday on Oldbury Road in Rowley Regis.
West Midlands Ambulance Service said it arrived at the scene within six minutes of being called and found the rider in cardiac arrest but it was "not possible to save him".
No-one in either of the cars was injured, according to a spokesman for the service.
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West Midlands Police said the man who died in the collision, opposite the junction with Summer Road, was 39 years old and from the local area.
PC Chris Ridge said: "We understand the man was riding with another biker along Oldbury Road towards Blackheath when the collision occurred."
Boyce, 26, has had two previous loan spells with the Mariners, making a total of 21 appearances for the club.
He was released by Scunthorpe in May, having failed to make an appearance for the League One side last season.
Browne, 20, has signed for an undisclosed fee after scoring six goals in 37 National League games last term.
The Antigua and Barbuda international joined the Shots in July 2015 following his release by Charlton.
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He claimed a shock victory over Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton in Tuesday's election.
First Minister Arlene Foster said she looked forward to working with his administration.
She said Northern Ireland has "strong historical, economic and political ties to the United States".
"As our largest inward investor, the US plays a massive role in our economic progress," she said.
Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness said he would "work constructively with President Trump" to "maintain and strengthen our well established and deeply valued relationship with the US".
"Over many years, successive US administrations have made a major contribution to both our peace process and economic development and I expect this to continue," he said.
In comparison to Hillary Clinton, who made several visits to Northern Ireland over the past 21 years, Donald Trump is more of an unknown quantity so far as most Stormont politicians are concerned.
But not entirely unknown. The New York billionaire shook hands with Gerry Adams at a Manhattan fundraiser in 1995.
More recently, he met the late Ian Paisley in 2007 to discuss buying a North Coast golf resort. But the deal never came off.
He does own a golf resort in County Clare which he referred to both as "perfecto" and "small potatoes" during the campaign.
Some locals in Doonbeg hope Donald Trump will do for them what Barack Obama did for Moneygall.
The kind of access Stormont politicians might have enjoyed at the White House under a Hillary Clinton presidency seems unlikely under Mr Trump.
Indeed in the wake of controversy over some of Donald Trump's comments about women and Muslims the SDLP leader Colum Eastwood pledged not to attend a Trump St Patrick's Day reception.
But to be honest no-one had expected that Northern Ireland would be or should be anywhere near the top of a new US President's bulging in tray.
Those days are long gone and we are now entering a new era for the world, never mind Northern Ireland.
SDLP leader Colum Eastwood reiterated his pledge not to attend a Trump White House.
"I feel it is important that as an Irish leader I take a stand, even if only small and only symbolic, for the kind of politics which we continue to believe in," he said.
"Across the western world, politics is facing a dark and difficult moment.
"As Rowan Williams recently wrote, we are now understandably terrified about the potential triumph of a politics of resentment, fear and unchallengeable untruthfulness."
Alliance leader Naomi Long also expressed disappointment over the election.
"The problem with a protest vote is that you're left then with a protest president. What does a protest president look like in such an uncertain world?" she said.
"It will be interesting to see if can he unite the (Republican) party and then can he unite the country."
However, Ulster Unionist leader Mike Nesbitt congratulated Mr Trump on his victory and said he looked forward to continued US engagement with Northern Ireland.
Irish Prime Minister (Taoiseach) Enda Kenny also congratulated Mr Trump.
"I look forward to working with the new administration in the time ahead in the cause of international peace and security," he said.
Mr Kenny also praised defeated candidate Hillary Clinton for being "a friend to Ireland who fought such a tough campaign".
US firms employ more than 20,000 people in Northern Ireland.
There might also be concern about whether a crackdown on immigration from Mexico could have consequences for the undocumented Irish working in the USA.
The Republican president-elect adopted a protectionist economic stance during his campaign, talking about renegotiating trade deals and imposing tariffs.
If he turns that into policy it could mean a less open global trade system which would not be not good for small economies banking on export-led growth, adds our correspondent.
Mr Trump has also said he will reduce the headline rate of US corporation tax from 35% to 15%.
That could have particular implications for the Republic of Ireland which has attracted lots of tax sensitive US investment.
It could also make weaken the impact of the Northern Ireland Executive's plan to use reduced corporation tax as a tool for attracting investment, adds our correspondent.
The temporary injunction signed by Judge Reed O'Connor follows a challenge to President Barack Obama's directive by 13 states and applies nationwide.
The injunction was passed the day before many students go back to school.
The right of transgender people to use bathrooms of their choice has become highly controversial in the US.
Judge O'Connor, who was appointed by George W Bush, said schools should have been allowed to have a say before the White House directive was issued.
He said: "This case presents the difficult issue of balancing the protection of students' rights and that of personal privacy... while ensuring that no student is unnecessarily marginalised while attending school."
The injunction does not prohibit schools from allowing transgender students to use bathrooms consistent with their gender identity, but those that don't will not have to conform.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, a Republican, argued that President Obama was "attempting to rewrite the laws enacted by the elected representatives of the people".
The Justice Department issued a brief statement saying it was disappointed in the ruling and was reviewing its options.
Paul Castillo, a Dallas attorney for the gay rights group Lambda Legal, which argued in court against the injunction, said the ruling was the latest attack on transgender rights.
He said: "I think today is going to be a hard day for transgender students. The decision is certainly emotional and certainly an attack on transgender students' dignity.''
Public bathrooms have become a flashpoint in the battle over transgender rights in the US. In March, North Carolina passed a law requiring people to use public toilets that correspond with the sex listed on their birth certificate.
The Justice Department sued the state over the law and US Attorney General Loretta Lynch likened that law to the policies of racial segregation. The state's Republicans argued that the law was necessary for privacy and safety.
With disagreement at state and federal level over whether anti-discrimination laws apply to transgender people, the issue may go to the Supreme Court for resolution.
The lawsuit against President Obama's directive was filed in May by Texas, Alabama, Wisconsin, West Virginia, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Utah and Georgia, and the Republican governors of Maine, Mississippi and Kentucky.
Two small school districts in Arizona and Texas, which have fewer than 600 students combined and no transgender people, also joined the effort.
In 2015, O'Connor granted an order that temporarily blocked federal rules that would have expanded medical leave benefits to some gay couples.
Yang's seven-year exemption for winning the 2009 US PGA Championship was set to expire but he finished tied 11th.
Englishman Nathan Kimsey won the event on 13 under par, while compatriots Tom Lewis and Eddie Pepperell were among the well-known players to also qualify.
Ricardo Gonzalez of Argentina became the oldest Q School graduate aged 47.
The annual event took place over six rounds at PGA Catalunya, near Barcelona.
Italian Molinari, who played on Europe's triumphant 2010 Ryder Cup team at Celtic Manor with younger brother Francesco, qualified for the second straight year in a tie for second on 12 under.
Welshman Stuart Manley earned a card, but countrymen Rhys Davies and Oliver Farr missed out.
England's Richard McEvoy was the final player to secure his qualification.
30 players who earned Tour cards: N Kimsey (Eng), R Gonzalez (Arg), S Henry (Sco), E Molinari (Ita), S Tiley (Eng), J Fahrbring (Swe), A Karlsson (Swe), E Pepperell (Eng), J Parry (Eng), M Nixon (Eng), R Echenique (Arg), S Soderberg (Swe), P Maddy (Eng), YE Yang (Kor), T Lewis (Eng), S Manley (Wal), A Chesters (Eng), J Winther (Den), S Heisele, L Canter (Eng), P Widegren (Swe), R Johnson (Swe), M Foster (Eng), M Orrin (Eng), G King (Eng), J Ahlers (RSA), E Kofstad (Nor), J Rutherford (Eng), N Johansson (Swe), R McEvoy (Eng)
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Nicky Morgan called for books by authors like Jane Austen, Charles Dickens and Emily Bronte to be made available so all pupils can enjoy them.
The government is also offering new resources to help get children reading before they start school.
Author David Walliams is backing the push to get more children reading.
At a speech, made during a visit to Charles Dickens Primary School, in Southwark, south-London, Ms Morgan will say: "If a child fails to learn how to read - the consequences can be nothing short of devastating, holding them back for the rest of their lives
"I am absolutely determined to make sure that every child, no matter where they live or what their background, learns to read, to read widely and to read well - giving them the best opportunity to get on in life.
"In fact, we're going further than that - in the next five years, I want children in this country to become the best readers in Europe."
International surveys show that nine and 10-year-olds in England are currently ranked sixth in Europe - although the best readers in this country are already the best readers in Europe.
Ms Morgan also wants to see school libraries stocked with the classics.
She said: "Our ambition is that every secondary school should have sets of a wide range of classics so that whole classes can enjoy them together - books I loved as a teenager by authors like Jane Austen, Charles Dickens or Emily Brontë.
"I am delighted that a number of publishers are currently exploring how to make collections of our greatest novels available to schools at minimal cost - and I encourage more to get involved."
And she says she wants to tackle the "long tail of underachievement" which is leaving too many children behind, especially the most disadvantaged.
The government is also continuing with its push to get children learning to read with what it describes as good quality phonics schemes.
The campaign also includes a partnership with the Reading Agency to create at least 200 new book clubs across England and a push to get every eight-year-old enrolled at their local library.
The Warwickshire all-rounder has not played international cricket since June after struggling with a side strain.
He will replace fellow pace bowler Toby Roland-Jones, who took four wickets at Edgbaston as England won the first Test by an innings and 209 runs.
"It's a great chance for Chris to come back into the side and show his class," captain Joe Root said.
West Indies drew criticism for their lacklustre performance in the previous Test - which was a day-night match - as England thrashed them in three days to take a 1-0 series lead.
The three-match series is England's last Test preparation before they travel to Australia in November for the Ashes.
Woakes took seven wickets and scored 65 on his return to first-class cricket against Middlesex earlier this month.
A regular in all three formats for England, the 28-year-old bowled just two overs in England's first Champions Trophy match against Bangladesh, before leaving the field.
He was an important part of England's Test side last summer, taking 26 wickets in four Tests against Pakistan, and scoring 177 runs in seven innings.
Woakes was replaced in the Test squad by Middlesex seamer Roland-Jones, who has taken 14 wickets at an average of 19.35 in three Test appearances this year.
"Roland-Jones has not done a lot wrong at all, he's played some fantastic cricket and I see him being a massive part of our future moving forward," Root added.
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West Indies have not won a Test in England since 2000 and have not won a series away from home against a team other than Bangladesh and Zimbabwe since 1995.
However, wicketkeeper Jonny Bairstow said England were wary of a West Indies fight-back following their poor performance in the first Test.
"There's talent and a lot of desire in the West Indies side, a lot of want to prove people wrong and we don't want to be at the other end of that," the Yorkshire player told BBC Sport.
"We're expecting the West Indies to come back at us pretty hard after Edgbaston."
England have lost two of their past four Test matches at Headingley and still have issues in their batting line-up, with Durham's Mark Stoneman the latest player to open alongside Alastair Cook.
Bairstow backed the team to score runs in Leeds.
"If you don't respect the conditions, then it can be difficult," the 27-year-old said.
"If you get through those difficult periods - if it's a bit cloudy and it's nipping or swinging - then it's a fantastic place to bat."
West Indian bowling great Sir Curtly Ambrose was one of many to criticise the side following the first Test, describing the performance as "embarrassing and pathetic."
Head coach Stuart Law said he was disappointed that Ambrose - a former bowling coach with the national side - had criticised the side in a newspaper column, rather than addressing the players face-to-face.
"We have to understand why it is there. We are not performing as well as we want," Law said.
"What can we do? We have to get our noses down, our backsides up and play better. I believe in these young men. They have got high skills.
"It is just the experience of learning how to play in a very tough environment."
Despite having fast bowler Shannon Gabriel available for selection, West Indies are expected to go with the same side that lost in Birmingham.
The Scots won one silver and four bronzes at the World Bowls Championships in New Zealand.
"I thought the team did fantastically well to medal in five of the eight events and just to miss out in the other three," said captain Marshall.
"It was a great team effort in difficult conditions."
Marshall was one of three former world indoor singles champions in the Scotland squad and was a double gold medal winner at the last Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
But he was satisfied with the medal haul, including his own bronzes in the pairs and fours, in New Zealand despite the lack of golds.
"You were playing in 50-60mph winds, so conditions were very different to what they are in the UK, so we are very pleased," Marshall told BBC Scotland.
"I was very happy with two bronze medals - playing with Paul Foster in the pairs and just missing out by a couple of shots to the Aussies and we got well beat by the Kiwis in the final of the fours, but the score wasn't a fair reflection."
Although Marshall captained the Scots in New Zealand, he still has to win a place in the Scotland team to compete in Australia's Gold Coast.
"I am 50 next year, so I'm getting on a bit now, but I try to improve each year I play and hopefully I'll be selected for Broad Beach and it is something I'll look forward to," he said.
"It is going to be very hard back over in the southern hemisphere, but I think we will be more prepared as we've been there before and we'll be going over with plenty of confidence."
Representing Scotland for the first time, Lesley Doig was her country's top performer in New Zealand, winning silver in the women's singles and taking bronze in the pairs along with Lauren Baillie.
However, she is not taking it for granted that she will be on the plane for the Gold Coast.
"I didn't expect to be coming home with a silver and bronze, so I definitely achieved more than I expected and I'm really chuffed," she said.
"There's a lot of good up-and-coming players in Scotland, so you can never assume anything.
"But, if I stick in and keep playing well, hopefully I'll make it into that team.
"You are out there playing against the best players in the world, so to have beaten some of them out there means everything."
Commission director Maria Luisa Sepulveda said they had identified another 9,800 people who had been held as political prisoners and tortured.
The new figures bring the total of recognised victims to 40,018.
The survivors will get lifetime pensions of about $260 (£157) a month.
An earlier report by the commission recognised 27,153 people who suffered human rights violations under military rule.
The official number of those killed or forcibly disappeared now stands at 3,065.
'Peace and reconciliation'
Ms Sepulveda said the commission had examined 32,000 new claims of human rights abuses over the past 18 months.
By Gideon LongBBC News, Santiago
The report from the Valech commission doesn't change the substance of what we know about human rights abuses during the Pinochet years, but it does alter the numbers - particularly as far as the victims of torture and detention are concerned.
Until now, we knew there were around 28,000 victims of torture and abuse. Now, that figure needs to be revised upwards to nearly 38,000.
This is the fourth major report into human rights abuses in Chile since 1990. The first, in 1991, looked specifically at deaths. We know that around 3,200 people were killed in political violence during General Pinochet's rule.
The second and third reports, published in 2004 and 2005, looked at torture. This latest report is an update to those two.
With it, the Valech commission has concluded its work. But that doesn't mean an end to human rights investigations in Chile. Hundreds of cases are still before the country's courts, and will be for many years to come.
She said of those, 9,800 were found to fulfil the commission's criteria.
In order to be officially recognised as victims, people had to have been:
Furthermore, all the cases had to have happened between 11 September 1973 and 10 March 1990, when Gen Pinochet was in power.
The BBC's Gideon Long in Santiago said Ms Sepulveda did not give details of the kind of abuses the victims had suffered, nor did she release the names of the victims.
The report was presented to Chilean President Sebastian Pinera at a ceremony in the presidential palace.
Justice Minister Teodoro Ribera said the document would contribute to peace and reconciliation in Chile.
In the first half of 2017, private equity investment in the capital's tech sector totalled £4.5bn, said the Mayor of London's agency, London & Partners.
At the same time, venture capital invested £1.1bn in London's tech firms.
That total was more than in any other six-month period in the past decade, the agency said.
The city's "fundamental strengths" as a centre for technology and business were unchanged, said London & Partners.
"The Brexit vote has understandably created some uncertainty, but it is no surprise to see that London continues to attract more than double the amount of investment [of] any other European city," said Laura Citron, chief executive of London & Partners.
"We have everything companies need to be successful: policymakers, finance, infrastructure, world-class universities and talent."
According to London & Partners, London's tech sector has attracted more venture capital investment than any other European city since the Brexit vote, including Dublin, Paris and Amsterdam.
It said the city had received £1.8bn in venture capital funding for 544 deals in the tech sector since the UK voted to leave the EU on 23 June 2016.
During the same period, Berlin, the next most popular city for venture capital tech investment, had received £775m for 136 deals, London & Partners said.
One of the companies benefiting is virtual reality start-up Improbable, which saw investment of £388m during the first half of this year.
Improbable's chief executive, Herman Narula, said: "For a technology business looking to raise growth capital and scale, investment can come from anywhere in the world, but London is a great place to be located.
"London provides access to the UK's tremendous tech talent, and is also an attractive place to work for the global talent vital to growing a tech business."
Civil servants are currently in control of Stormont's finances because the executive collapsed before agreeing a 2017-18 budget.
James Brokenshire's intervention will, however, stop short of imposing a budget for now.
He will instead reallocate underspends and other money in what is known as a monitoring round.
In a statement, Mr Brokenshire said that having taken advice from civil servants he had concluded it was necessary to "provide additional clarity... in addressing financial pressures and maintaining public services".
He will make a written statement to the House of Commons with adjusted indicative budget positions and departmental allocations.
He said these will take account of extra money arising from the UK's spring budget, which has not yet been allocated.
The BBC understands that about £116m will be allocated, including £42m flowing from the spring budget.
Northern Ireland has been without a functioning devolved government since January, when the coalition led by the two biggest parties, the DUP and Sinn Féin, collapsed over a green energy scandal.
Under the current rules, civil servants only have control of 75% of the £10bn block grant.
By the end of July, this will rise to 95% of funds - but they are reluctant to take some spending decisions in the absence of direction from ministers.
The issue of passing a full budget for Northern Ireland from Westminster, in the absence of Stormont, is on hold for now.
The autumn is thought to be the more probable time for this, if a political deal continues to prove elusive.
A budget would give Northern Ireland access to all of its block grant.
The report, commissioned by the BBC Trust, examined how the corporation reflects views from across the UK.
It found the BBC had been "slow" to catch up with public opinion on areas such as immigration and the EU.
But former ITV chief Stuart Prebble, who led the review, praised the BBC for an "impressive breadth of opinion".
"I have been impressed by the commitment of the BBC's journalists to ensuring that they bring a diversity of voices and viewpoints on a wide range of news stories to audiences across the country," he said.
The report found that too much weight is given to the views of politicians and the BBC should find ways to report more "contentious" views from people outside Parliament, which would reflect wider public opinion.
Mr Prebble said it was clear "the BBC cannot afford to rest on its laurels and it should ensure it does all it can to keep up with the ebb and flow of public opinion, which means avoiding over-reliance on Westminster voices, making efforts to find new voices even if they are contentious, and challenging their own assumptions on the accepted consensus."
The report suggested that the audience of Question Time should be chosen from a wider group, rather than just BBC viewers.
BBC coverage of immigration, religion and the European Union between 2007 and 2012 was examined as part of the study.
On reporting religion, if found there were some gaps in knowledge among some generalist reporters
Mr Prebble said the BBC had not fully reflected concerns about immigration's effect on Britain saying coverage was too often "dry and clinical".
He put this down to an over reliance on interviewing politicians, many of whom were reluctant to address the issue.
Mr Prebble's investigation picked up from a 2007 report by John Bridcut, which set out 12 "guiding principles" aimed at protecting against biased reporting and ensuring impartiality.
Mr Bridcut's report found that technological and social change had led to a wider range of opinion in society than the traditional right and left wing views.
BBC Trustee David Liddiment said: "Our impartiality reviews are an important inducement for the Executive to question itself, in this case on its breadth of opinion, to ensure it is doing all it can to achieve what licence fee payers expect and that it is constantly alert to changing public opinion.
"We deliberately chose some complex and controversial subject areas for the review in immigration, religion, and the EU, and our generally positive findings are testament to programme-makers across the corporation.
"It is clear that there is more to do and we will look to the Executive to deliver on this." he added.
The BBC executive team has set out a series of actions in response to the report's findings, including:
Mr Prebble's review is the fifth report examining impartiality commissioned by the BBC Trust. Previous reports have focused on business, science, coverage of UK nations and the Arab spring.
In a statement, the BBC said it was "pleased" its news coverage was found to be "remarkable" and "impressive", adding that it set out "interesting insights".
"Stuart Prebble has concluded, overall, that our coverage of immigration is 'broad and impressive', that on the EU we offer 'a wide and comprehensive range of information and viewpoints' and that the BBC's coverage of religion is 'comprehensive and impressive'.
"He also states that the overwhelming number of journalists within the BBC leave their personal politics at home.
"We agree it is always vital to guard against unconscious bias or 'group think' and will continue to do so and we've committed to a number of actions to improve our coverage even further."
Victor Nealon was living in Redditch, Worcestershire, when he was found guilty of attacking a woman and jailed for life.
In December, his conviction was quashed by the Court of Appeal after fresh DNA evidence came to light.
The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has turned down a claim and said there was no automatic right to compensation.
A spokesperson for the MoJ said claims were dealt with on a case-by-case basis and that it would not comment on individual claims.
Mark Newby, Mr Nealon's solicitor, said his client was "very angry" about the decision and planned to challenge it.
Mr Nealon was arrested after a woman was sexually assaulted on her way home from a nightclub in Redditch in 1996.
Despite being jailed for life in January 1997, Mr Nealon always maintained his innocence.
Last month, the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) ,a body set up to investigate claims of miscarriages of justice, apologised after two previous appeals to have the case reviewed were turned down.
On the third attempt, the CCRC referred the case to the Court of Appeal.
Last year, three judges heard DNA material found on the the 22-year-old victim's blouse belonged to an "unknown male" and called into doubt the jury's original guilty verdict.
However, in turning down Mr Nealon's claim for compensation, the MoJ said the owner of the DNA could not be identified, and added it could not be established that it "undoubtedly belonged to the attacker".
National Grid has consulted on routes for the cables to run between the station and to the east of Llangefni.
It said its chosen route would "keep the effects of the new connection" as low as it could.
Plans to connect Wylfa Newydd at Cemaes Bay to a substation at Pentir, Gwynedd, have proved controversial.
Campaigners have been concerned about the impact of pylons on the countryside.
Last year, the National Grid said it would use underground cables instead of pylons under the Menai Strait between Anglesey and the mainland.
It has also confirmed up to three miles (5km) of underground cables with no pylons close to Gaerwen and Bangor.
For the latest section of the route, the National Grid said it had taken feedback into consideration following a consultation.
"People said if an overhead line was progressed, that we should keep close to the existing line," it added in a statement.
The National Grid has published an interactive map showing the proposed routes of the power cables.
The lock in Buckland, Buckinghamshire, collapsed on 28 March, leaving boats in the nearby town of Aylesbury unable to connect back to the main waterway.
The Canal and River Trust said the boats would be pulled out this week and reunited with their owners.
The cause of the collapse is unknown, but the charity estimated the damage at "several hundred thousand pounds".
The trust said it was called about the lock by a passing member of the public, but no boat was using it at the time.
Work began earlier to move the boats, which are being taken by lorry to the Willowbridge Marina in Bletchley.
Jeff Whyatt, senior waterways manager for the Canal and River Trust, said: "We are still working on how and why the towpath and lock wall at Buckland Lock collapsed and hopefully we'll have a clearer idea in the next few weeks when our investigations are complete.
"Thankfully, no-one was hurt and we are working as quickly as we can to get the lock and the Aylesbury arm back open as soon as possible."
It is hoped the repair work would be completed by the August bank holiday weekend.
Nathan Edge filmed the moment he, his girlfriend and dog, Hudson, were turned away from the Shangri-La, near Mansfield, on Saturday where they had planned to celebrate his birthday.
Eating establishments are legally required to let assistance dogs in.
The restaurant has since apologised and said it was due to a lack of space.
The video of them being refused entry has been viewed more than 50,000 times.
Mr Edge, 21, said most places he eats "go above and beyond" to make him feel welcome.
He said: "I was surprised and incredibly disappointed. All I wanted to do was have a nice night out with my girlfriend and have an equal choice.
"I wasn't asking for any special measures just to be treated equal, so it was very hurtful."
Under the Equality Act, service providers must make reasonable adjustments to make sure disabled people are not treated less favourably, including amending "no dogs" policies to allow guide dogs entry.
Guide dogs and assistance dogs are highly trained and hygienic, according to Kelly France from the Guide Dogs for the Blind Association.
"Guide dogs are there to give people independence and mobility. To have someone say 'you can't come in here' is terrible."
Jason Liu, from the Shangri-La in Mansfield Woodhouse, said the incident was not about discrimination but "purely around adequate spacing and health and safety".
"I would like to apologise and understand this incident has greatly upset Mr Edge and his party," he said.
"I would like to make it very clear that we have no issues accepting guide dogs into our establishment, this is a proven fact as Mr Edge has dined with us previously."
Mr Edge said he joined over 100 campaigners in Westminster last week to lobby MPs to do more for the rights of assistance dog owners.
"A matter of days later I was facing the same problems myself," he said.
Archaeologists and volunteers have uncovered what could be the remains of walls dating back to 700 to 500 BC at Nybster in Caithness.
Andy Heald, of AOC Archaeology, said further investigations would need to be made to confirm the structure's age.
Evidence of possible Pictish and medieval occupation has been recorded.
A key feature of the site are the remains of a massive stone wall roundhouse, known as a broch.
Caithness has more brochs per square mile than any other part of Scotland, according to Highland Council.
Examples of the ancient buildings are also found on Orkney.
What lies beneath Nybster has intrigued the dig team, which is being led by AOC Archaeology and Caithness Archaeological Trust.
Mr Heald said he believed the site may have been occupied long before the Iron Age and provided habitation to various communities for 1,000 years.
He said: "We have dug down to what might be the earliest wall on the site and this wall may have been used to seal off the site as a territory, as if someone was saying 'this land is mine'.
"Typical of sites like these, it was reused and modified at different times."
Archaeologists are wary of any alterations that may have been made to the site during excavations led by Sir Francis Tress Barry in the early 19th Century.
A series of stone steps that may have been constructed on Sir Francis' instructions have been uncovered at the settlement.
From his Highland home at Keiss Castle, the British consul to Spain explored the ruins of nearby Caithness brochs.
According to an obituary written following his death in 1907, Sir Francis found the remains of elk, wolf, wild boar and a great auk, an extinct seabird.
Older artefacts found in the latest dig include the core, or centre, of a cannel coal bracelet.
The smooth circular stone was cut to create the hole in the bracelet.
It also suggests trade between the residents of Nybster and other parts of the Highlands because the nearest source of cannel coal is 50 miles (80km) away in Brora, in Sutherland.
Pieces made of bone have also been found.
Pep Guardiola's side fell behind early in the second half when Oscar Wendt scored for Borussia Monchengladbach.
Lars Strindl and Fabian Johnson added goals in quick succession for the home side, who moved into third spot.
Ribery, on as a substitute for his first match since injuring an ankle in March, struck with nine minutes left.
Bayern had dropped just two points in 14 league matches this season, and have looked imperious despite uncertainty over the future of coach Guardiola, who is out of contract at the end of the season.
Former Arsenal and Germany goalkeeper Jens Lehmann had suggested during the week that Guardiola's team could go through the whole Bundesliga season without defeat.
They were on top in the first half, with Borussia goalkeeper Yann Sommer making superb saves to deny Robert Lewandwoski and Thomas Muller, before Kingsley Coman hit the post.
But Sweden left-back Wendt surprised them nine minutes into the second half, slotting in after being set up by midfielder Raffael.
Borussia struck twice more in three second-half minutes, with striker Strindl finishing well from Granit Xhaka's knockdown, before Fabian Johnson took on Julian Korb's through ball and placed his shot beyond keeper Manuel Neuer.
France midfielder Ribery, brought on for the final 15 minutes, found the net after being set up by Arturo Vidal, but it was too late.
Match ends, Borussia Mönchengladbach 3, FC Bayern München 1.
Second Half ends, Borussia Mönchengladbach 3, FC Bayern München 1.
Attempt blocked. Rafinha (FC Bayern München) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Franck Ribéry.
Substitution, Borussia Mönchengladbach. Thorgan Hazard replaces Lars Stindl.
Offside, Borussia Mönchengladbach. Lars Stindl tries a through ball, but Josip Drmic is caught offside.
Attempt blocked. Josip Drmic (Borussia Mönchengladbach) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Oscar Wendt.
Offside, FC Bayern München. Rafinha tries a through ball, but Franck Ribéry is caught offside.
Substitution, Borussia Mönchengladbach. Josip Drmic replaces Raffael.
Rafinha (FC Bayern München) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Lars Stindl (Borussia Mönchengladbach).
Offside, FC Bayern München. Jérôme Boateng tries a through ball, but Franck Ribéry is caught offside.
Attempt missed. Javi Martínez (FC Bayern München) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Arturo Vidal following a set piece situation.
Rafinha (FC Bayern München) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Rafinha (FC Bayern München) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Lars Stindl (Borussia Mönchengladbach).
Substitution, Borussia Mönchengladbach. Marvin Schulz replaces Mahmoud Dahoud.
Corner, FC Bayern München. Conceded by Mahmoud Dahoud.
Corner, FC Bayern München. Conceded by Julian Korb.
Goal! Borussia Mönchengladbach 3, FC Bayern München 1. Franck Ribéry (FC Bayern München) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Arturo Vidal.
Attempt blocked. Franck Ribéry (FC Bayern München) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Arturo Vidal.
Attempt missed. Kingsley Coman (FC Bayern München) left footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Thomas Müller.
Corner, FC Bayern München. Conceded by Mahmoud Dahoud.
Attempt blocked. Sebastian Rode (FC Bayern München) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Corner, FC Bayern München. Conceded by Mahmoud Dahoud.
Substitution, FC Bayern München. Franck Ribéry replaces Robert Lewandowski.
Lars Stindl (Borussia Mönchengladbach) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Robert Lewandowski (FC Bayern München) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Lars Stindl (Borussia Mönchengladbach).
Foul by Arturo Vidal (FC Bayern München).
Granit Xhaka (Borussia Mönchengladbach) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Philipp Lahm (FC Bayern München) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Fabian Johnson (Borussia Mönchengladbach).
Foul by Thomas Müller (FC Bayern München).
Havard Nordtveit (Borussia Mönchengladbach) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt saved. Robert Lewandowski (FC Bayern München) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Arturo Vidal with a cross.
Corner, FC Bayern München. Conceded by Andreas Christensen.
Robert Lewandowski (FC Bayern München) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Granit Xhaka (Borussia Mönchengladbach).
Goal! Borussia Mönchengladbach 3, FC Bayern München 0. Fabian Johnson (Borussia Mönchengladbach) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Julian Korb with a through ball following a fast break.
Attempt missed. Javi Martínez (FC Bayern München) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Arturo Vidal with a cross following a corner.
Sixty Senedd seats are being contested, with the results expected in the early hours of Friday morning.
Wales is also electing four police and crime commissioners (PCCs), while a parliamentary by-election is taking place in the Ogmore constituency.
Polling stations will remain open until 22:00 BST on Thursday. Counting for the PCC elections in Wales will take place on Sunday.
For the assembly election, voters will be given two ballot papers.
Forty assembly members will be elected for constituencies as in general elections, and the other twenty via another vote to represent five larger regions.
Regional AMs are elected from lists of candidates to represent North Wales, Mid and West Wales, South Wales West, South Wales East, and South Wales Central.
There will be full coverage of the results and their implications across BBC Wales television, radio and online.
The BBC Wales Election 2016 website and mobile apps will be live throughout Thursday night and Friday.
The Times Educational Supplement asked councils how much maintained schools had asked to borrow since 2013-14.
Borrowing in the 137 of 174 local authorities that responded rose £20m to £56.7m, the TES said, over three years.
The government says school budgets have been protected, but heads say they continue to face rising cost pressures.
The Department for Education added it was up to head teachers to prevent their schools from going into debt.
"We have always been clear that local authorities need to work with schools to prevent any deficits and surpluses becoming significant," it said.
The figures obtained under Freedom of Information laws looked at the financial years 2013-14, 2014-15, and up to the end of November 2015.
They do not cover academies which are not maintained by local authorities.
The data also revealed the average permitted deficit per school, for indebted schools, has almost doubled to £122,828 since 2013-14.
Malcolm Trobe, deputy general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, said cost pressures were really biting in schools.
"The simple fact is that there has been no real-terms increase in schools' budgets, and schools have had to deal with extra costs and inflationary pressures," he said.
Although the chancellor's Spending Review confirmed per pupil funding will be stable as numbers increase, the Institute of Fiscal Studies has warned there will be significant cost pressures of up to 8% on schools over the next five years.
Schools will have to find extra resources to cover rises in pension, National Insurance and pay costs over the course of this Parliament.
Mr Trobe predicted the situation was likely to get worse, saying: "If you can't balance the budget this year, you're going to struggle to balance the budget next year and to pay off the deficit."
The DfE is to look at what needs to be done to rebalance school funding from area to area and is launching a consultation on the issue.
Presently schools are funded at quite different levels, as local authorities receive varying grants based on estimates of their historic needs. Schools are then allocated per pupil funding based on rates set by their local authority.
They then receive extra funds based on how many disadvantaged pupils they have and the characteristics of the school.
It happened on Saturday afternoon. There are no reports of any injuries.
Bedford Street is expected to stay closed until about 18:30 GMT.
By coincidence, the street had been closed since Saturday morning to allow filming to take place for a BBC drama series.
The popular crime thriller staring Adrian Dunbar and Vicky McClure is now in its third series.
Set in the 50th state, the police drama starring Jack Lord as Detective Steve McGarrett ran from 1968-1980.
It featured an elite branch of the Hawaii State Police force and was perhaps best known for McGarrett's catchphrase, "Book 'em, Danno", and the show's memorable theme tune.
The new show pays homage to the original, although it is a 21st Century take on the classic series.
"We're trying to retain the integrity of the original ideas, characters and stories in a new contemporary, aggressive kind of way," says Alex O'Loughlin, the Australian actor who plays McGarrett.
"The sense of humour is different. If you look at the original show it was a long time ago, it came off the air 30 years ago and the humour was very different.
"We can do a lot more, we're pushing a lot of boundaries," he says. "It's a really modern reboot."
Fresh from Lost, where he played Jin-Soo Kwan, actor Daniel Dae Kim gets to stay in Hawaii as Detective Chin Ho Kelly.
"I was really excited because I felt like after a run of six years on Lost I was ready for something new in terms of energy and creative input," he explains.
"There are so many times when you start a project and no-one knows anything about it, and you spend a lot of time trying to explain to people what the premise is.
"We're very fortunate in that everyone knows what Hawaii Five-O is and what they're going to get."
But viewers will get something very different. The re-imagination of Hawaii Five-O is a fast-moving, action-packed drama with a much grittier feel than the original.
Acting has evolved and stylistically the differences are enormous, says O'Loughlin.
"You look at television back then and you look at it now. We want a documentary feel to some of this stuff… we want to find as much realism as we can," he adds.
Only one episode, the pilot show, has been made. During the summer the first series will be shot on location in Hawaii, and the drama will air for the first time in the US in the autumn.
The first show sets the scene and explains McGarrett's background.
"The difference between this show and the original is that in the original you didn't know where McGarrett came from," explains O'Loughlin.
"You didn't know his back story and in this one you do. You know why he comes to the island - it's all revealed in the pilot and that's how we kick the show off.
"He's a navy seal. He has a mission that he sets out on in the beginning of the pilot, and that's what leads him to the beginning of our adventure which will be Hawaii Five-O."
Hawaii Five-O is just one of a several new dramas that network executives in the US hope will become the next must-watch show on TV.
The CBS network is also launching Blue Bloods, a legal and family drama starring Tom Selleck. The show follows a family of cops in New York.
The Defenders is a legal drama/comedy set in Las Vegas starring Jim Belushi and Jerry O'Connell.
"It's a show about two men who are very good attorneys but not so good at handling life," says executive producer Carol Mendelsohn.
In the cut-throat world of television, finding that magic formula for a new show can be fraught with problems.
"Broadcasters are looking to the American production machine for the next CSI, for the next NCIS, for the next Lost, the next 24," says Armando Nunez, president of CBS Studios International.
Hawaii Five-O is a tried and test franchise, although re-working an old idea does not guarantee success.
"There are certain problems peculiar to launching a show that is already a named brand like Hawaii Five-O, which would be similar to when we launched the spin-offs to CSI," says Ms Mendelsohn, executive producer behind both CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and The Defenders.
"There are also problems attendant to launching a brand new show that nobody is familiar with... you never know until you're on the air," she adds.
"We love everything about The Defenders… we just hope that a year from now we're talking about season two."
Daniel Dae Kim says he hopes the lure of paradise will help build a loyal audience for Hawaii Five-O.
"In the dead of winter when there's no sunlight around half of the planet, when you turn on your TV after a long hard day, you want to be able to see something that brings you a little pleasure," he says.
"When you see beautiful beaches and palm trees and beautiful people, it'll be a little bit of escapism with your entertainment."
The injury means Willey could be unavailable for some of England's one-day international series against Sri Lanka next month.
He has played 13 one-dayers and 11 Twenty20 matches for the national team.
The 26-year-old took two wickets in his first match for Yorkshire against Notts last week and 3-55 in their latest game against Surrey.
The research, published in the British Journal of Anaesthesia, analysed data involving nearly 295,000 patients.
The findings stood despite patients at these hospitals being sicker and suffering more complications.
Researchers also found death was more likely following a weekend admission, which they said showed staffing was factor in the so-called weekend effect.
That is the term given to the on-going debate about Saturday and Sunday services.
Ministers in England are looking to improve staffing levels on the weekend, citing previous research as the basis for their policy.
Higher rates of death following weekend admissions and among babies born at weekends have been identified in two papers published by the British Medical Journal since the summer.
While this study confirms what would be expected - better resourced hospitals provide better care - it is this link with weekend care that has sparked interest.
The St George's University of London team looked at what factors were behind variation in death rates following emergency abdominal surgery at 156 NHS trusts between 2005 and 2010.
This included surgery on ulcers, to remove appendixes and repair hernias.
While only a small number died within 30 days - just over 12,000 patients - there were small but significant variations in the death rates between those hospitals with the highest level of staffing and those with the lowest.
The third of hospitals with the lowest number of doctors per bed had death rates 7% higher than the third with the most. The difference was the same for nurse staffing levels.
Weekend admissions for emergency surgery led to an 11% increased risk in death compared with weekdays.
Lead researcher Dr Peter Holt said it was likely there would be a number of factors behind the higher death rates at weekends, but "clearly" staffing was one.
"We need to ensure the whole system is safe seven days a week," he said.
But he added the government needed to focus on getting emergency care right before even thinking about non-urgent services.
Royal College of Nursing general secretary Janet Davies said the study highlighted the importance of supporting "hard-working" staff.
"The NHS could reduce its staff turnover and save on the cost of temporary staff if it valued and invested in its permanent staff," she said.
"The benefits for all - staff, patients, and the NHS itself would be immeasurable."
Ms Tsai, 59, leads the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) that wants independence from China.
In her victory speech, she vowed to preserve the status quo in relations with China, adding Beijing must respect Taiwan's democracy and both sides must ensure there are no provocations.
China sees the island as a breakaway province - which it has threatened to take back by force if necessary.
In her speech, Ms Tsai hailed a "new era" in Taiwan and pledged to co-operate with other political parties on major issues.
The will of the Taiwanese people would be the basis for relations with China, Ms Tsai said.
"I also want to emphasise that both sides of the Taiwanese Strait have a responsibility to find mutually acceptable means of interaction that are based on dignity and reciprocity.
"We must ensure that no provocations or accidents take place," Ms Tsai said, warning that "any forms of suppression will harm the stability of cross-strait relations".
She thanked the US and Japan for their support and vowed Taiwan would contribute to peace and stability in the region.
Ms Tsai had a commanding lead in the vote count when Eric Chu of the ruling Kuomintang (KMT) admitted defeat.
Mr Chu congratulated Tsai Ing-wen and announced he was quitting as KMT head. Taiwan's Premier Mao Chi-kuo also resigned.
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The election came just months after a historic meeting between the leaders of Taiwan and China.
However, the flagging economy as well as Taiwan's relationship with China both played a role in the voters' choice, correspondents say.
The KMT has been in power for most of the past 70 years and has overseen improved relations with Beijing - Ms Tsai's is only the second-ever victory for the DPP.
The first was by pro-independence advocate Chen Shui-bian; during his time as president between 2000 and 2008 tensions with China escalated.
Analysis: Cindy Sui, BBC News, Taipei
The victory by Tsai Ing-wen marks a defeat for not only the pro-unification ruling party KMT but also China.
Despite the past eight years of reduced tensions and much improved relations built by the KMT and China, Taiwanese voters have voted for Ms Tsai from the pro-independence party instead. Basically, they've voted to keep Beijing at a distance.
This reflects not only widespread dissatisfaction with President Ma Ying-jeou of the KMT over insufficient measures to improve the lacklustre economy, low wages and widening wealth gap - it also reflects growing worries by Taiwanese people that the island may become too economically dependent on China and that this will make it hard for Taiwan to fend off pressures by Beijing to reunify with it one day.
The message voters have sent Beijing is that, while they want reduced tensions and good relations, they cherish Taiwan's sovereignty, democracy and self-rule even more.
The challenge now is for Ms Tsai to find a way to work with China, the island's biggest export market, trade partner and security threat.
Ms Tsai, a former scholar, has said she wants to "maintain [the] status quo" with China.
She became chairwoman of the DPP in 2008, after it saw a string of corruption scandals.
She lost a presidential bid in 2012 but has subsequently led the party to regional election victories. She has won increased support from the public partly because of widespread dissatisfaction over the KMT and President Ma Ying-jeou's handling of the economy and widening wealth gap.
Saturday's polls come after a historic meeting between President Ma and Chinese President Xi Jinping in Singapore in November for talks that were seen as largely symbolic - the first in more than 60 years.
Eric Chu, 54, is the mayor of New Taipei City and stepped up to become chairman of the party in October.
The KMT has lost its majority in the legislature for the first time in history.
The former accounting professor was seen as popular with young people in the party, but had been unable to change public opinion that is increasingly unhappy with the party's friendly stance towards China and the island's economic travails.
In 2014, hundreds of students occupied the parliament in the largest show of anti-China sentiment on the island for years. Labelled the Sunflower Movement, protesters demanded more transparency in trade pacts negotiated with China.
Taiwan for all practical purposes been independent since the end of the Chinese civil war in 1949, when the defeated Nationalist government fled to the island as the Communists, under Mao Zedong, swept to power.
Glyn Jones, 54, died on the farm at Brynsiencyn, Anglesey, last January.
A pathologist told the inquest at Llangefni that he did not die from the one tonne-weight of the bale but from noxious fumes when he was trapped.
The inquest jury returned a unanimous conclusion of accidental death.
The father-of-two was killed while he was in a shed removing bales to place on a trailer with a vehicle similar to a forklift, the inquest heard.
His younger brother, David Jones, said in evidence: "He was crouched down, silage was on top. He had a handful of silage in his right hand and a phone in his left."
Coroner Dewi Pritchard-Jones said it was a mystery how he came to be buried, adding: "The evidence is not clear."
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It's a Hindu spring festival that came from India but is now celebrated all over the world.
Holi is also known as the "festival of colours" or the "festival of love".
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Two annexes to existing grammar schools in Kent will be set up on KCC land at the old Wildernesse School site in Sevenoaks.
The law forbids the opening of any new grammar schools, but changes made last year enable existing schools to expand.
Parents in Sevenoaks set up an online petition to campaign for the expansion.
More than 2,600 people signed, arguing the area was the only part of Kent without a grammar, meaning more than 1,100 pupils who passed the 11-plus had to travel for an hour to Tunbridge Wells.
The new "satellite schools" are expected to take in 120 pupils in a year. KCC initially said the annexes would be linked to existing grammar schools in Tonbridge and Tunbridge Wells.
Academic selection and grammar schools were abolished in most areas of England in the 1960s and 70s but some areas retained them - including Buckinghamshire, Kent and Trafford.
KCC's preferred site, in Seal Hollow Road, is currently used by Knole Academy, whose lease runs out in 2015.
A new £18.3m building is under construction for the academy.
"We said back in March 2012, that we were determined to provide young people in Sevenoaks with access to a local grammar school, within current legislation," said KCC leader Paul Carter.
"The team has been working very hard to get this far.
"Our property team will be taking a close look at the site to assess its suitability for refurbishment or whether any rebuild will be required.
"We will be making a provisional allocation in the capital budget for this."
KCC said it would submit detailed proposals for the grammar school expansion to the government in the coming weeks.
"I expect them to do their job", he said, and consider the candidate as required by the US Constitution.
Scalia, a long-time conservative on the court, died on Saturday.
Leaders of the Republican-controlled Senate have said they would delay confirming any nomination until a new president is in power next year.
Republicans argue it should be up to the electorate to pick a president who can nominate the right candidate for the job.
Scalia's death leaves the court finely balanced with four judges appointed by Democratic presidents and four by Republican ones, so the new appointment would leave the court liberal or conservative leaning.
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"The Constitution is clear about what is supposed to happen now, said Mr Obama, during a news conference at an economic summit in California for South-East Asian countries.
The president must nominate someone for the court and then it's up to the Senate to confirm or reject him or her, he said.
"There's no unwritten law that says that it can only be done on off years. That's not in the constitutional text."
The president vowed to announce his preferred candidate "in due course" and called on Washington to employ "basic fair play" to get it done.
In recent years, the court has made key rulings on gay marriage, abortion and Mr Obama's key healthcare legislation.
Names on Michael Lowe's nomination form for the East Retford South ward on Bassetlaw District Council included three Labour supporters and a former Labour councillor, MP John Mann said.
Nottinghamshire Police said the matter had been referred "for consideration".
The local UKIP party said it would not comment as police inquires continued.
Mr Mann, who is running for re-election as the Labour MP in Bassetlaw on 7 May, tweeted earlier a police investigation was underway into the allegations.
Kevin Sly, whose name appears on the nomination form alongside those of his two daughters, Gemma and Jessica Sly, said they had been interviewed by officers.
"I'm not very happy at all," said Mr Sly, who describes his family as Labour supporters but not "active" members of the party. "I don't even know the guy."
Mr Sly, who lives in Ordsall, Nottinghamshire, near Retford, said the signatures alongside their names were not real.
Mr Mann said another person whose name was on the form, Anne Moore, was a Labour supporter who lived in the same town.
Signatures of 10 registered electors from the ward in which the candidate is standing must be obtained in order to apply, the Electoral Commission states.
David Scott, UKIP candidate for Bassetlaw in the general election, said Mr Lowe, who unsuccessfully contested the Worksop West seat at the county council elections in 2013, would not comment while a police investigation was under way.
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The 24-year-old defender, who previously had spells with Hull City, Aldershot and Portsmouth, is the 11th new signing made by Argyle this summer.
He has moved to Home Park after failing to agree a new deal with the Red Devils, after two years in Sussex.
Bradley played 49 games for Crawley last season, with his only goal coming at Argyle's fierce rivals Exeter City in a 2-2 draw on 14 November.
Plymouth have not disclosed the length of Bradley's contract with them.
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Police said the 18-year-old woman was raped in the toilets of Moo Moo nightclub in Tunbridge Wells in the early hours of Friday.
The attack happened between 01:30 BST and 02:03 at the Newton Road club, which held the party on A-level results day.
Officers seized CCTV from the nightclub as part of their enquiries.
The attacker is described as a white man with brown hair. He was wearing dark jeans and a short-sleeve T-shirt.
Moo Moo's Facebook page billed the event, from 21:30 to 03:00, as an "adventure as we go Pokemon mental to celebrate everyone's A-Level results when our three floors become three different Indigo League Locations."
Matthew Gordon said locals threatened him and his girlfriend at a restaurant, and that he was forced to write a letter of apology at a police station.
However police told BBC Hindi they had not insisted on an apology letter.
Australia's high commission in India issued a statement asking its citizens to research and respect local customs.
It was "concerned" by the incident and was speaking to local authorities, it added.
Bangalore police said they are investigating the incident.
Speaking to local media about Saturday's incident, Mr Gordon said they had been harassed by a group of people who appeared to be political activists.
"One of them came to me and confronted me about my tattoo. Soon they surrounded us and threatened to skin my leg and remove the tattoo," he was quoted as saying.
Ramesh Yadav, identified as one of the people responsible for heckling Mr Gordon, is a known activist from India's governing BJP party.
He denied threatening Mr Gordon and said he had only advised him to cover the tattoo because it could hurt local sentiments.
Mr Gordon's Facebook posts on the incident have been widely shared in India.
In one post he shared a picture of his letter of apology that he alleged police had forced him to write before he could leave the station.
"I should not have to apologise for what is on my skin and be put in a traumatising situation where it is apparently acceptable to be harassed, threatened and mobbed," he said.
However Bangalore Commissioner of Police NS Megharikh told BBC Hindi that they had never insisted on an apology letter and that Mr Gordon had written it on the advice of a "local friend".
"There was some altercation near the restaurant. In any case, the police responded to a call from the spot and only brought them to the police station to resolve the issue,'' he said.
Police also believe it may have been home to the people responsible for one of the US's most deadly mass shootings.
At around 5pm on Wednesday, acting on a tip off, police raided a house on Redland's Center Street, a leafy residential road about 15 minutes' drive from where the San Bernardino shooting occurred.
Using battering rams, police smashed through a window and climbed in.
It was a quick but measured entry - police were worried the home might contain explosives.
From a house opposite, 20-year-old Adrian Tejeda filmed everything.
"[Police said] lock all the doors," he tells the BBC.
"I got some calls from family saying 'Have you seen the news?'.
"I said 'Yeah I can see it because I'm right here!'"
Late into Wednesday night police continued to search the property. The surrounding houses were quiet, curtains drawn.
But nowhere was forcibly evacuated, a police officer at the scene said, although some residents had opted to leave - perhaps more due to the 20 or so satellite trucks that had descended on the scene, rather than any worry over a possible threat to their safety.
As is so often the case in these shocking incidents, those who knew or came into contact with the suspect were surprised that something like this could possibly happen.
"What kind of neighbourhood is this?" Mr Tejeda continues. "It's peaceful. Nothing really bad happens.
"It's a bunch of innocent people."
He says he thought he had seen the at least one of the suspects in the past, going in and out of the house, but nothing ever stood out as being unusual or strange. Certainly nothing that hinted at what would take place in San Bernardino.
"That's crazy stuff to think they're living right next door to you," Mr Tejeda says.
Hours before the arrest, at an unconfirmed address in the same town, the suspected shooters Syed Farook and Tashfeen Malik, both later killed by police, are said to have taken their six-month-old daughter to the home of Farook's mother.
According to a family spokesman, the couple said they had to go to a doctor's appointment.
Debate about what the shootings will mean for America's continued soul-searching on violence has already started here.
At a nearby bar, a man who did not want to be named said he worried that the shooting would be used to fuel anti-gun law arguments - due to California's apparently "restrictive" gun laws.
The state's strict - by American standards - regulations require passing a test to get hold of a weapon, and there is a waiting period.
But "Guns and Ammo" shops can still be seen peppered throughout the state, promoted with neon lights.
At least two of the weapons used in the shooting were bought legally, it has been established - news that will perhaps push the possibility of action even further away.
Psychologists and dermatologists at Guy's Hospital in London will question 400 patients with the rare genetic condition xeroderma pigmentosum (XP).
They have to protect themselves from the effects of daylight, as their skin cannot repair itself in the normal way.
Research suggests a third to a half of all medicines for long-term conditions are not taken as recommended.
Examples include children not using asthma inhalers to prevent an attack, and even transplant patients not taking medicine that stops their body rejecting the new organ.
Psychologist Prof John Weinman, from King's College London, told BBC News: "Medicine is waking up to this but it's a massive worldwide problem.
"Some doctors just assume a good diagnosis is enough, and treatment will be followed.
"They might not check to see how much the patient understands the condition.
"Certainly, there are major communication challenges."
Ben Fowler, 55, from Brighton, has a less harmful variant of XP - but he still needs to put on strong sunscreen and cover up, even on a cloudy day.
He has had many skin lesions removed - and had skin cancer on multiple occasions.
Specialist doctors monitor him three times a year.
Mr Fowler, who runs a furniture design business, told BBC News: "It took me a long time to recognise the importance of UV.
"I thought the doctors meant I shouldn't go sunbathing on the beach.
"Then, I noticed that some photographic paper had gone black even though I kept it in a drawer in my studio.
"This brought it home to me that UV is there all the time - and it's damaging the cells in my skin.
"I also got a letter from the doctors, expressing concern that I wasn't doing enough to protect myself.
"A doctor can tell you what's wrong with you in layman's terms - but you don't always understand the science behind it.
"Once I realised I had to avoid UV or be really careful, I recognised I needed to alter my behaviour profoundly - and I did."
Funded by the National Institute for Health Research, the study will question patients from Europe, Tunisia, Japan and the US.
A consultant dermatologist at Guy's Hospital, Dr Bob Sarkany, runs the NHS service for the UK's 100 XP patients.
Many of them put protective film over their windows to block invisible ultra-violet (UV) light, which causes permanent damage to their cells, from entering their homes.
Some children with XP have to wear visors to protect the face and neck.
The average life expectancy of an XP patient is just 32.
Dr Sarkany said: "XP is important, but a much more common problem is people without the condition who have had life-threatening skin cancers.
"A lot of those people have problems protecting their skin from the Sun after cancer - we don't understand why.
"We hope our research with XP will allow us to help these other patients."
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